He was clearly poor last season and nobody should suggest otherwise. However, we've also previously seen what he can produce in terms of performances.
Add to that, as a team or squad we were poor for large swathes of last season with a fair few players clearly under performing in terms of their ability.
The point therefore is that we shouldn't write him off yet just like we shouldn't be giving him subjective, unwarranted freedom or praise.
Shouldn’t write him off just yet
That’s a bizarre thing to say.
the lad is 24 a regular in the Brazil squad since 21. Averages a goal every 3 games in the premier league, while finishing mid table for 3 years. Playing under 3 different managers, countless different systems. He’s played left, right and central.
There are other players, With nowhere near as good a record as him, who get lauded. IE Traore at wolves. And players in teams finishing 2nd/3rd surrounded by world class players. Who also have worse or similar goal scoring records.
He’s not perfect and I think he will never create loads for his teammates playing wide, that’s not really his game. And does lose the ball cheaply at times. But keep him high up the pitch in a system that suits and the lad can be very hard to play against.
I remember seeing a goal comparison with him, Rashford, Jimenez at wolves and one or two others. What was interesting, was Richarlison goals were quite evenly spread between left foot, right foot and his head. While someone like Rashford scored something like 85% of his goals via his right foot.
