Igor Jesus Maciel da Cruz of BRAZIL

[witneyred]

Probably

But then he'd let himself down by beating a woman up & then w**king over some random couple shagging on the bonnet of their Cavalier in Colwick Park

Bastard it ruined the lacquer on the bonnet of my SRi acrid.

 

[reddog8000]

That's just hearsay Eddie. Nobody has substantiated that it was a cavalier.

They haven't until now.

 

[Red Dog in a Dinghy]

He's exactly the player I saw at the club world cup. I commented on here at the time my huge concern was that he won't score enough goals because he pulled wide and very deep too often and wasn't that quick. Some "south American expert" Tim Vickery claimed he is liked Drogba. I laughed at that at the time too because he's nothing like Drogba in any way, shape or form.

Unfortunately those concerns have been shown here too.

Agree on this and another poster re him being a no.10.

He’d be a much better option to cover for MGW than McAtee (or others).

Solid enough in Europe though.

 

[GregorRobertson]

Oops!

Sorry! We'll have to agree to disagree on that one. I think he'd have had us top 3 if only we'd given him a go.

Unfortunately Frankfurt have been eliminated from the Champions League tonight otherwise i’d have put the house on them going all the way with him in the squad.

 

[Canadian_red]

Quality finish and quality celebration today. Good work, oh great redeemer.

 

[Mr H]

Brilliant goal today: what a finish.

You Reds!

 

[Strummer]

He had a bloody good game and scored a superb goal.

What is there not to love about him?

 

[FBS]

Wonderful turn volley goal. Great technique.
Put himself about today and their players were not fans of it. You could see them getting uncomfortable with having to challenge him.

 

[Bob Fossil]

Never in the history of football has a man deserved a goal more than our Igor today.

 

[GOBIAS]

He’s gonna go on a scoring run now mark my words. He’s gonna finish on 10 prem goal.

 

[Osiris]

Never in the history of football has a man deserved a goal more than our Igor today.

You could argue two men today

 

[TrickyTree101]

Amazing what a striker can do when the ball is passed to him when he is the box, and not in alone 30 yards away from goal with 2 defenders next to him !

 

[justnotjase]

Few days after we sign a new striker, the two fit ones we have both score. Prob a coincidence, but does no harm for them to know there is someone in behind them wanting their place.

 

[Rzar]

He deserves every goal he scores because he gets no service at all, that was a fantastic goal today - it was a nothing ball into the box & he made it something.

I don't think it is fair when people get on his back about his goal record, he is not wasteful when he gets the ball in dangerous areas.

 

[The Frog]

He deserves every goal he scores because he gets no service at all, that was a fantastic goal today - it was a nothing ball into the box & he made it something.

I don't think it is fair when people get on his back about his goal record, he is not wasteful when he gets the ball in dangerous areas.

100%

The fact he often spends most of the game physically battling multiple premier league defenders completely isolated might be a clue as to why he snatches at some chances when they rarely come his way.

Because of his battling qualities it’s easy to forget he is new to the league, new to the country and the 286 managers he has had since joining.

The lazy thing to do is look at his goal scoring record but I can’t imagine how f**ked we’d have been without him in Woods absence

 

[Statto]

He deserves every goal he scores because he gets no service at all, that was a fantastic goal today - it was a nothing ball into the box & he made it something.

I don't think it is fair when people get on his back about his goal record, he is not wasteful when he gets the ball in dangerous areas.

I suppose the relevant criticism there is that he isn't in those areas enough, which for a striker he should be. We'd lose the link up play, but then, how much do we build from out wide anyway? No reason for him to not hold his line more really.

 

[Steve B]

what a thing of beauty that goal was - I was right in line with his shot as it smashed into the net

 

[The Frog]

I suppose the relevant criticism there is that he isn't in those areas enough, which for a striker he should be. We'd lose the link up play, but then, how much do we build from out wide anyway? No reason for him to not hold his line more really.

it’s a joke though. We want someone that can run the line completely isolated but also be a poacher the box.

I dread to think the pelters he’d get standing between the posts for most of the game

 

[Statto]

it’s a joke though. We want someone that can run the line completely isolated but also be a poacher the box.

I dread to think the pelters he’d get standing between the posts for most of the game

We have to balance the need to lead the line with the link up play. Really Morgan should be doing a lot of the stuff Jesus is.

 

[kenred64]

I think he has scored 9 goals (should be 10) in 29 appearances in all competitions this season. I know that this was against supposedly weaker opposition (although we lost a few of these) but he certainly knows where the net is. Let the commentators talk about “only his second goal in the premier league", I am happy for them to underestimate him.

 

[Wes' Organ]

That goal would have had a SkySports Creamathon if it had been scored by one of their darlings.

 

[Fawazzock]

My favourite goal of the season by far

 

[Yoghurt Slice]

I think Dyche system puts too much emphasis on the striker, and it takes away opportunities for other attackers to make better movements ahead of the ball. That's cost us a lot recently, ball gets passed back instead of forward and we turn it over eventually. I don't blame Igor Jesus for it at all, he's been great. He hasn't scored enough because the overall movement ahead of play has been poor, from everyone except him. I've missed a few matches recently including today due to work but in the games I have seen recently this is a recurring issue and it needs sorting.

 

[Listen 'ere young man]

According to chat GPT, Everton scored 74 goals in 75 Premier league games under Dyche.

 

[Tricky Tourist]

I love Jesus! Seriously, he's probably my favourite current squad member. The workload he gets through every single game is incredible, and although he must be terribly frustrated at the meager opportunities his teammates give him to score, he still puts in a tremendous shift every game, defending from the front and spearheading our attack virtually alone. I'm so delighted he scored today, and that there was nothing questionable or VAR-ish about it, Just exemplary control and technique against a good defender and keeper. I hope he bangs in a bagful for us now.