Analysing The Type Of Striker You Need in The English Premier League; Marcus Rashford And Tammy Abraham Esque?

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Former Chelsea Player Tony Cascarino has come out to call Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang a very lazy striker and I can obviously relate with what he means even though 70% of criticism I've seen has been against Cascarino, in truth goals is what defines a striker but believe me we'd soon get into an era where goal scoring abiilites wouldn't be the only thing you need in other to be a striker. In the past ball serving or ball player goal keepers never mattered but now currently you need to be an excellent ball player goal keeper to actually actually be brilliant goalkeeper or be considered as the best. I look at what Tony Cascarino meant and I see basically that after I've analysed Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang he's a material for a Spanish club where you don't need to do anything but to stick to being a goal scorer.

In the EPL this never is so, I believe after Didier Drogba the only true and complete striker Chelsea has ever had is Diego Costa and the reason is because you need to be a multi tasking player to play briliantly well in the EPL, Jose Mourinho has always stressed this but EPL fans always comes for his head. When you put Diego Costa into analysis you'll discover that he's one of those players that can actually produce a goal out of nothing, he's the type that hardly follows stereotype, he hardly plays to the book, this is because he's a thinker, a goal getter, and achiever and a player who springs surprises to the opponent who feels they've mastered his antics. He wasn't just a striker and there was a game against West Brom Which the whole of the West Brom players where in the 18 yard box and he had to dazzle and dance past defenders bullying some out of the way to bend an audacious goal into the top corner. What a striker.


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Truth is the EPL doesn't need a striker who can Only score goals like Tammy Abraham the EPL needs strikers who can play out of the book to save their teams in the most difficult of situations. I saw a little comparison about the better striker on Twitter some days ago and believe me I felt irked because I knew that Marcus Rashford might not be miles ahead of Tammy Abraham in terms of goal here but the premier league isn't about goals like the Spanish League and that's why a player like Ngolo Kante could win the PFA player of the season while there are strikers who scored 15 or 20 goals more than him. Coaches in the EPL are mastering the tactics of teams they can't outplay so if you're a striker waiting to be spoon feed or waiting for a clear cut opportunity to score then you'll hardly score against top quality side in the EPL.

Sometimes ago Luis Suarez said that Tammy Abraham might succeed him at Barcelona and I don't doubt it, the reason is because I think he's a goal scorer but Marcus Rashford produces wonders out of the ordinary and you could see this in his performance against Tottenham this season. Abraham have hardly scored against a quality side and this is because he doesn't come with that extra surprise that might stun the opponents. I watched Manchester United against Chelsea play this season and Rashford stunned Stamford Bridge with one of the most audacious free kick I've ever seen and my goodness it was a blinder! Abraham has never had such an impact and that's why I'll compare him to Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang. So let's be guided in talking about the EPL, Tammy Abraham is a fantastic goal scorer but Marcus Rashford is an EPL material and that decides it.



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