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Viktor Gyokeres

Qwiss

I think he probably scores that first chance if he's not waiting for his first goal. He should be a bit calmer from now on after yesterday. So far he's a goal a game striker for us 😁.

Klaus

Qwiss Yeah the only thing I was cautious about was the first goal. I've seen enough of him over the last two years to know that once he's fit he'll score truckloads against any kind of opposition, but strikers live and die by their confidence and it will get chipped away if you don't score.

Theo Walcott was on TV yesterday talking about how it took a while for Giroud to score his first goal for Arsenal, and he used to beat himself up for it in training, it got to him really badly. Bergkamp said the same thing in some interview, he didn't get off the mark until his 8th game and it took a toll on him mentally.

Mirth

Klaus and Giroud/Bergkamp came through 10 and 30 years ago. These days if you don’t score on your first game away at Old Trafford then you can expect headlines to be written about you. And going by Gyokeres’ celebration you can see he was aware about it.

Klaus

Mirth Yeah, it's probably another reason why it's a good thing to have someone like Gyökeres who's used to pressure and not a kid too. United broke Højlund so badly last season. What happens if Sesko still hasn't gotten off the mark in his first 5 games while Gyökeres and Ekitike both have run up a tab?

est

It took Henry 8 games to score his first goal for us. It's normal for even great players to take some time to gel and find the rhythm in a new team.

Doc

He'll score goals, that's pretty much guaranteed

lorddulaarsenal

Lovely to see him in an Arsenal shirt

Burnwinter

Glad to hear dad's no longer giving tragic sound bites to the press or chewing the furniture. Chill out dad.

yuppa

that’s a generational hair legacy.

Got contradictory feelings - I celebrated his first goal because it felt important that he scored and made it happen himself from almost nothing. On the other hand the rush to judgement on all players in this day and age has us projecting our insecurities onto them in under 120min of play. then he reacts to the social media banter and it’s clear we’re all swimming in social media slop together.

anyway, big boy who bangs them in is something we haven’t had enough of over the years. fingers crossed.

banduan

ffs does his dad lift as well

Gazza M

these options stats are crazy. some highlights against leeds

covered more distance than rice and zubimendi
did more sprints than anyone in the team
made almost 3 times as many off the ball runs as anyone

the goals have to come if he keeps putting in this effort and we keep feeding him

Burnwinter

Gazza M Told you ... it's that crazy sprint repeatability.

banduan

honestly, he shouldn't need to be covering that much distance.

Klaus

It's just his playing style. Can't tell a horse to stop running.

I've said all along that he dominates the pressing game; people just need to be patient for a bit. You can tell that he overtrained in the gym when he didn't kick a ball for three months but he'll whip into shape soon. He presses defenders like a madman for 90 minutes.

RocktheCasbah

Not sure if it's been mentioned in here, maybe last week?, but our boy has got a proper earworm of a chant.

lorddulaarsenal

Hope he doesn’t lose too much. Retain that power. He will have better stamina and agility though

Gazza M

lorddulaarsenal he does need to lose a bit though. he hasn't trained much so he's carrying some extra timber

lorddulaarsenal

Yep he does. Basically want him in the condition he was when he faced us last season

Klaus

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