If Jozy Altidore ends the seaon with only (1) BPL goal, is he with sunderland

Why is one in parentheses?

Also, depends on what happens with Sunderland's better forwards. If they move, they'll probably be forced to keep him. That said, he'll probably have a better year due to the Championship being his level.


ETA: Also, why are you so obsessed with American strikers?

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because i pull for the USMNT and strikers are important for scoring goals

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So are midfielders, but you're not starting a thread every couple days about them.

no love for mike grella?

you are missing the point of what he is saying to you broham

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That said, he'll probably have a better year due to the Championship being his level.

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if people thinks the service he gets now is bad o hell just wait. Also throw in some of those park the bus tactics you see in lower levels.

It doesn't matter who they play up top, they still suck.

Johnson only scores so much because he doesn't ever pass the ball. Jozy should be so selfish.

I don't know if he's lazy. I do think he has suffered in confidence. I think Adam Johnson is their top scorer and he has all of 10 goals (without checking) with most of those coming out of him driving the ball halfway down the pitch, taking matters into his own feet.

Jozy works best with people running off of him. He's a target striker who is best suited to a 4-4-2, which is really what Sunderland should be playing, imo. He was great with Charlie Davies for that reason. He has a great mind for quick passes/movement and is surprisingly good at this in tight spaces. Just put Borini and Jozy up top together and see what happens.

In my mind, Poyet is not the greatest tactician. I mean ffs, Giaccherini doesn't even sniff the field, and he could really provide a creative impetus in the midfield/forward for Sunderland. Maybe he's not as good as I think he is, but come on, this guy was playing for Italy in the Confederations Cup just this past Summer, and suddenly he isn't even good enough to get minutes off the bench for fricking Sunderland?

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Jozy's service has been terrible. I've watched a decent amount of Sunderland games and he's been wideopen in the box several times for an easy pass and they don't even look at him. This is not to mention just normal service that could provide him with more chance.

On the flip side of that - he sometimes seems to ball watch instead of making runs - I don't know enough to know if that lack of movement is to hold a defender someplace for someone else or what.

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Couldn't agree more. Watching him ball-watch is so frustrating, but then again when he does make the runs no one passes it to him.

Watching Sunderland is so painful though. It might actually be more painful than watching Hull when he was with them, and that is really saying something.

At AZ Jozy had three things working in his favor:
1. A midfield that could provide him with service
2. Competent teammates
3. Forwards who made runs off of him
Jozy at AZ

If the other strikers for Sunderland were lighting it up I could see us putting more blame on Jozy. That said, I've watched the majority of Sunderland's matches this season and by far the biggest problem is his teammates not passing it to him when he gets into position. It makes me rage so hard.