The Everton Forum • Re: Beto
Don’t think it’s worth talking about who would score what chances. Different forwards take up different spaces and make different runs.
Beto was perfect yesterday against a high line. He always wants to use his pace and physicality to run in behind the defense. He might have a tougher time against sides who do a better job of closing down the players supplying him or with better individual defenders (or both) but he’s a good option for these types of matches.
Against a deeper line and more rigid defensive structure where he’s going to have to receive the ball with his back to goal more frequently, he’s going to struggle a bit. That’s okay, it’s not his strength and if not for injuries, we wouldn’t have to ask him to do it.
It would be nice to have a complete forward who can do everything but everyone wants one and there aren’t many to go around, not to mention the expense. Long term, we could do worse than having one forward who’s better receiving the ball under pressure and setting up teammates and another that stretches aggressive defenses.
Beto was perfect yesterday against a high line. He always wants to use his pace and physicality to run in behind the defense. He might have a tougher time against sides who do a better job of closing down the players supplying him or with better individual defenders (or both) but he’s a good option for these types of matches.
Against a deeper line and more rigid defensive structure where he’s going to have to receive the ball with his back to goal more frequently, he’s going to struggle a bit. That’s okay, it’s not his strength and if not for injuries, we wouldn’t have to ask him to do it.
It would be nice to have a complete forward who can do everything but everyone wants one and there aren’t many to go around, not to mention the expense. Long term, we could do worse than having one forward who’s better receiving the ball under pressure and setting up teammates and another that stretches aggressive defenses.
Statistics: Posted by kramer — Sun Feb 02, 2025 8:30 pm