He’s had a lot of dangerous moments when running centrally.I know its been mentioned many times but I think Adama would be better utilised more central, recieve the ball in the centre of the pitch and just run at the defenders into the box, he either gets fouled for a free kick/ penalty or hopefully gets through on goal/ gets a shot off.
His first instinct now ( which has become increasingly easy to defend as he runs out of space) is to take it wide to the byline.
He may not want to play centrally but I just feel he can be so much more than what he currently gives us.
The goals against Spurs and Citeh, the one he setup by battering through away to Spurs, the penalty against Sevilla...
It’s just difficult to get the ball to him there, as it’s such a congested area and he’s so static. Usually involved Jimenez holding it up and giving it to him short.
It’s also high risk, as a number of opposing players rush towards him, and are then well placed to break if he gives it away.
If he manages to turn away from those first couple of players, then it’s instant danger...in most other circumstances it’s dangerous to us.
It’s definitely interesting, but the best partner he could have to achieve that isn’t going to be back for a while. Jimenez playing close to Adama in a front 2 can work, as Raul has the work rate, intelligence and hold up play to do the work for both of them, like Citeh away last season.
You then have the Neto conundrum, where does he fit into that? Lad is playing far too well to leave out even if Raul were available.
The 3-4-1-2 we went to in the spectacular comeback against Southampton worked, could be interesting now we’re finally getting towards a pair of wing backs that could feasibly cover the whole wing each.