Pukki

[Keith Scott 294]

Age catching up with him. Has lost a yard of pace and hasn't looked sharp in a long time. Needs replacing. Poor result today. Promotion looking highly unlikely but that's no bad thing. Last thing this club needs is another humiliating season as Premier league whipping boys. Save that until our owners are also replaced.

All the best. Big Keith Scott.

[CDMullins 498]

His conversation rate was between Mane and Ronaldo last season...

[cambridgeshire canary 7,799]

Yes, let's sell the player who has scored almost 30 goals twice before in this season. Genius thinking small kenith

[Petriix 3,219]

If you think Pukki is the problem then you really don't understand football. The issues are all in the midfield and the insistence on playing with wingers and no number 10. It's a shambles. Pukki created our goal and remains our main attacking threat.

Dean Smith's inability to figure out how to play to Pukki's strengths after 9 months in charge is the biggest failure.

[Monty13 2,736]

I don’t think it’s age. I don’t know what it is, confidence, frustration, jaded, lack of focus or something else or a combination who knows. He doesn’t look in his prime, but after last season are you surprised?

He made some poor decisions/mistakes today, but saying that if that shot had been 1 inch lower you wouldn’t be saying this.

Edited August 6, 2022 by Monty13

[Robert N. LiM 6,299]

3 minutes ago, Petriix said:

If you think Pukki is the problem then you really don't understand football.

thank you for saving me typing that.

[hogesar 10,766]

Thought Pukki was far more involved than vs Cardiff and had a few half chances he will be a bit disappointed about.

[Robert N. LiM 6,299]

Just now, Monty13 said:

I don’t think it’s age. I don’t know what it is, confidence, frustration, jaded, lack of focus or something else or a combination who knows. He doesn’t look in his prime, but after last season are you surprised?

He made some poor decisions today, but saying that if that shot had been 1 inch lower you wouldn’t be saying this.

The club posted a video on Twitter of him scoring an Alessia Russo-style backheel in training. He didn't react with any kind of pleasure or enjoyment, just turned his back and reset for the next play. He looked really miserable. As you can say, who can blame him.

[Newtopia 573]

If it looks like a troll and smells like a troll......

[littleyellowbirdie 3,140]

Trouble is that the whole discussion about attacking threat is about service to Pukki instead of a wider range of players scoring; we need more players actually getting it in the net, because even if this thread is total rubbish, the day that it's valid is the day we're properly scr3wed. 

We have hung onto him against his will and I suspect that's going to come through in his performance. 

Edited August 6, 2022 by littleyellowbirdie

[Branston Pickle 4,150]

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Edited August 6, 2022 by Branston Pickle

[Barham Blitz 869]

9 minutes ago, littleyellowbirdie said:

Trouble is that the whole discussion about attacking threat is about service to Pukki instead of a wider range of players scoring; we need more players actually getting it in the net, because even if this thread is total rubbish, the day that it's valid is the day we're properly scr3wed. 

We have hung onto him against his will and I suspect that's going to come through in his performance. 

Has someone come in for him ?   We're only holding him against his will if we are turning down bids after all.  I think after all the internationals over the summer and no real break as well as a bit of a truncated pre-season he just looks a bit off match fitness and off the pace slightly.  An improvement on last week though.  He'll come good and was just a fingertip away from scoring today.

[Branston Pickle 4,150]

3 minutes ago, Branston Pickle said:

Imo Pukki is off the pace - one gifted goal in preseason and has not started the real stuff well.  The argument about service is total bunkum, he had ample opportunity at Cardiff and today, but barely got a shot off in either. It’s been a poor start from him.

Incidentally , I totally hate this ‘goat’ thing - I’d have Grant Holt in my side 10 times out of 10 ahead of him, he’s not even in my top 3 strikers.

 

[littleyellowbirdie 3,140]

1 minute ago, Barham Blitz said:

Has someone come in for him ?   We're only holding him against his will if we are turning down bids after all.  I think after all the internationals over the summer and no real break as well as a bit of a truncated pre-season he just looks a bit off match fitness and off the pace slightly.  An improvement on last week though.  He'll come good and was just a fingertip away from scoring today.

We have no idea what goes on behind closed doors. His agent made it clear that he wanted away, but the club was refusing to entertain a sale. 

Edited August 6, 2022 by littleyellowbirdie

[Barham Blitz 869]

1 minute ago, littleyellowbirdie said:

His agent made it clear that he wanted away, but the club was refusing to entertain a sale. 

Entirely accepted.  But nobody as far as I am aware has tested that as yet ?  Why would the club say that we were open to a sale if we don't want him to go ?  If nothing else it drops the price.  If someone comes in with a decent offer then the agent would be correct and I could understand Pukki's position given the stage he is at in his career.  But until that happens we are hardly holding him hostage.

[GodlyOtsemobor 2,830]

Maybe it boils down to he's just not happy and enjoying his football here anymore, let's not forget the allegations of wanting out at the start of the summer. 🤷

[Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man 4,622]

He doesn't look as sharp as he has done on the past, I'll give you that, but after the two half-chances in the first 15 minutes today he had the square root of sod all to work with.

[yellowrider120 917]

1 hour ago, CDMullins said:

His conversation rate was between Mane and Ronaldo last season...

Which pub did they go to for these discussions? 

[ZLF 335]

Pukki movement was terrific, just could find him.   Problems are all behind him 

[Van wink 2,994]

1 hour ago, Keith Scott said:

Age catching up with him. Has lost a yard of pace and hasn't looked sharp in a long time. Needs replacing. Poor result today. Promotion looking highly unlikely but that's no bad thing. Last thing this club needs is another humiliating season as Premier league whipping boys. Save that until our owners are also replaced.

All the best. Big Keith Scott.

Hi Keith, thanks for popping in

[Nora's Ghost 157]

Pukki has always missed too many chances per game and now he is slower on his feet he will miss even more.

 

Good job our new striker Max Aarons managed to save a point for us.

[canarybubbles 2,199]

3 hours ago, GodlyOtsemobor said:

Maybe it boils down to he's just not happy and enjoying his football here anymore, let's not forget the allegations of wanting out at the start of the summer. 🤷

I fear this may be true. I hope he might strike up an understanding with Núñez and regain some of his old zip.

[TeemuVanBasten 3,328]

4 hours ago, CDMullins said:

His conversation rate was between Mane and Ronaldo last season...

What's that got to do with the price of fish? 

[AJ 1,359]

He's probably not in good form, no, but he's just endured another rancid year in the Prem feeding off scraps and still somehow managing double figures once again. Pukki is still by far the best we've got, and it may take him a little time to find some form, it'll come though. 

[canarybubbles 2,199]

I thought he was very unlucky with the shot that hit the underside of the bar. Those kinds of shots can often bounce over the line or ricochet against the goalie and go in. Also, from what I remember (although I need to see it again), he did an excellent job of adjusting his body to get any kind of decent shot in. It wasn't an easy ball.

[GodlyOtsemobor 2,830]

15 minutes ago, TeemuVanBasten said:

What's that got to do with the price of fish? 

Come on ladies, come on ladies, one pound fish. 

Come and have a look, one pound fish 

Very very good,one pound fish 

[Capt. Pants 5,013]

There were mutterings amongst the crowd today that it looks as though he's just off the pace. The Wigan defender he was up against was pretty rapid though.

He's certainly not 'finished' like someone mentioned last week who was rightly called out for it. Needs his Mojo back asap as we don't really have another option.

[WD40 726]

1 minute ago, Capt. Pants said:

He's certainly not 'finished' like someone mentioned last week who was rightly called out for it. 

No, he’s ‘Finnish’. He comes from Finland. 😂

[Don’t be Krul 452]

4 hours ago, CDMullins said:

His conversation rate was between Mane and Ronaldo last season...

But his "conversation" rate is nowhere near Cambridge's

[City 2nd 193]

4 hours ago, cambridgeshire canary said:

Yes, let's sell the player who has scored almost 30 goals twice before in this season. Genius thinking small kenith

In full agreement with the original,poster - ALMOST 30 goals twice before is history. Pukki is 32 and finished. He is slow, can’t score, and is now a yard short of pace. It’s what happens in the now that is important, not historically. If Smith thinks Pukki will fire NCFC to championship glory, he needs to move on and take Pukki with him