Cody GAKPO: 2025/26

Kirkby 2025/26
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Yep!
He put in some good performances when he had Diaz to compete with for a starting place. Now he never seems to get to grips with what his attacking role is.

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:+1: He worked hard like everyone did, covered well, tried to get forward and after that team performance, no need to have a go at anyone.

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Ok however thereā€™s nothing wrong with pointing out the weaknesses or weak link where it stands out.

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I donā€™t think he was a weakness, as the majority of the 1st half he was mostly on defensive duties and was diligent in what he was doing.

2nd half he was able to get forward more but he isnā€™t our most technical player.

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Having said said that, I do realise that having a 6ā€™4ā€ lad on the pitch against Arsenal is a benefit, and he did OK defensively.

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Thatā€™s what I said!

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Oh no you didnā€™t xxx

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Not in this thread. However I only mentioned his attacking weakness. :face_blowing_a_kiss:

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Ehh?

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Regarding the job he did yesterday which was work up and down doing did a predominantly defensive job and at times was deeper than Kerkez!

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7 goals and 4 assists in 32 games.

Thatā€™s just not good enough from our first LW who has played a lot of games.

I forgot to say post-Qarabag that he looked incredibly desperate to score, probably thought that game was a chance to pump his numbers.

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The main thing here is we didnā€™t block Rioā€™s path to the first team, could you have imagined.

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And Gakpo keeps on running into teammates too. SMH.

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Wasnā€™t Cody one of the fastest players on our team?

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Running with the head down will do that.

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Yeah heā€™s definitely been clocked at having a good top speed. Comparing game measured top speeds is often not a good measure of which players are faster than which though as they most often represent more how much of an opportunity (requirement) each player had to really open up

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The thing with Gakpo, is he needs to hear the starting gun each time before he starts to run into space

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ā€œNo one told you when to run, you missed the starting gunā€

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https://x.com/Ra_mmi_/status/2021700917418922438

This clip pretty much sums up his season. I just canā€™t understand why thereā€™s no improvement, whatever the reason, sigh.

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The guyā€™s playing like a numpty. He wasnā€™t like this before Slot arrived. Then again apparently he hasnā€™t any competition in in his position so can play in any fashion and still be starter.

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