Albanians abroad

[CanaYouDoIt]

At least he's touching the ball. Feels like he hasn't touched the ball in 4 months.

He's so bad in the air though. That prevents him from getting easier goals.

Thats a part of his game that will develop over the years, along with the hold up play. 20 years old remember. Also he isn't "bad" in the air, just playing in the most physical league that makes him look that way at times when he has aimless balls kicked up to him.

[CanaYouDoIt]

Look at the third goal, Broja was defending there deeper than the RB. I'm sure the coach will again blame him for the results because its easy to call out a 20 year old loanee when your team concedes 3 a game.

Its not just Broja, but every attacker, all they do is bleep tests up front , chasing nothing balls. Like watching Albania

[RedFootballs]

At least he's touching the ball. Feels like he hasn't touched the ball in 4 months.

He's so bad in the air though. That prevents him from getting easier goals.

Thats a part of his game that will develop over the years, along with the hold up play. 20 years old remember. Also he isn't "bad" in the air, just playing in the most physical league that makes him look that way at times when he has aimless balls kicked up to him.

I changed game after the first half but there was one sequence where Ward Prowse put in an amazing cross and he didn't even try to jump for it, when he probably would have scored if he did. Instead just went to Raya's hands.

He also wasn't pressing much from what I saw and struggling to hold up the ball, nearly costing a goal when their CB dispossessed him in Southampton half.

It's hard to tell if this is a dip in form or opponents adjusting to his game, perhaps both. But at the moment he has a quite one dimensional game and needs to add more facets to it to become consistent.

[CanaYouDoIt]

At least he's touching the ball. Feels like he hasn't touched the ball in 4 months.

He's so bad in the air though. That prevents him from getting easier goals.

Thats a part of his game that will develop over the years, along with the hold up play. 20 years old remember. Also he isn't "bad" in the air, just playing in the most physical league that makes him look that way at times when he has aimless balls kicked up to him.

I changed game after the first half but there was one sequence where Ward Prowse put in an amazing cross and he didn't even try to jump for it, when he probably would have scored if he did. Instead just went to Raya's hands.

He also wasn't pressing much from what I saw and struggling to hold up the ball, nearly costing a goal when their CB dispossessed him in Southampton half.

It's hard to tell if this is a dip in form or opponents adjusting to his game, perhaps both. But at the moment he has a quite one dimensional game and needs to add more facets to it to become consistent.

Not pressing much ? How much more pressing do you want him to do man. Almost got a goal off Raja when he blocked his kick. Didnt stop pressing the whole 90.

Again, you're talking about him not competing for every single header no matter how small a chance he has. These are not even half chances. Its not opponents adjusting to him, he and the other Southampton STs have zero chances.

[Aurora Bulkualis]

He went from Armando Broja to Rey Broja. I do not care too much about the overall tally, but when you go this long without scoring it's a massive problem.

[CanaYouDoIt]

He went from Armando Broja to Rey Broja. I do not care too much about the overall tally, but when you go this long without scoring it's a massive problem.

Yawn

[Aurora Bulkualis]

This is a typical sophomore slump during the 2nd half of the season. Honestly we probably overrated him. He just had a good 3 months or something like that.

He still has his skills, but the talks of him competing with Haaland or Vlahovic in the future are dead. At least for now.

[CanaYouDoIt]

This is a typical sophomore slump during the 2nd half of the season. Honestly we probably overrated him. He just had a good 3 months or something like that.

He still has his skills, but the talks of him competing with Haaland or Vlahovic in the future are dead. At least for now.

Nah this is a typical overreaction by fans like you are doing who are not taking context into account.

Oh and Vlahovic is 2 years older , playing in an easier league with a better team. Lets give Broja a couple years before making any lazy statements like "rey broja".

We've seen a trend over the last few years of these STs really becoming complete later on in their career. Again you are talking about a 20 year ST in the PL. In the last decade they have only been a handful for a reason. Chill

[Klejdi1023]

Southampton suck though. I’m interested to see how Broja does in a better team like West Ham, Napoli, or even Chelsea, he shouldn’t stay at this team next season for sure. There is only so much he can do with inferior team mates who don’t even serve him the ball.

[RedFootballs]

Thats a part of his game that will develop over the years, along with the hold up play. 20 years old remember. Also he isn't "bad" in the air, just playing in the most physical league that makes him look that way at times when he has aimless balls kicked up to him.

I changed game after the first half but there was one sequence where Ward Prowse put in an amazing cross and he didn't even try to jump for it, when he probably would have scored if he did. Instead just went to Raya's hands.

He also wasn't pressing much from what I saw and struggling to hold up the ball, nearly costing a goal when their CB dispossessed him in Southampton half.

It's hard to tell if this is a dip in form or opponents adjusting to his game, perhaps both. But at the moment he has a quite one dimensional game and needs to add more facets to it to become consistent.

Not pressing much ? How much more pressing do you want him to do man. Almost got a goal off Raja when he blocked his kick. Didnt stop pressing the whole 90.

Again, you're talking about him not competing for every single header no matter how small a chance he has. These are not even half chances. Its not opponents adjusting to him, he and the other Southampton STs have zero chances.

I only watched a half, but he had a few opportunities to score only in that half.

And you can do other things as a ST, not just score. Holding up play, winning headers, passing/chance creation when you drop deep, but he's lacking a lot of it and that's the issue with him not scoring, because when he doesn't he doesn't seem to do much.

Could blame the team but playing for a worse team has pros as well as cons. Playing for a worse/defensive team who are usually in their own half means you have a ton of space in front of you to get in behind and run with the ball, and that suits him, the reason why he is so impressive with Albania. Teams disrespect us and play with a super high line and he can find space there.

When you play for a good team like Chelsea, teams usually park the bus and you won't have that space, you need to play within tight areas with small error margins to create space for a goal. Which is probably why Broja didn't impress against Georgia a month or two ago. So saying he will improve his goal tally instantly with a better team isn't necessarily true, his playstyle suits a counter attacking team more than a dominant one.