It is funny how the gameplan was attempting to let him do that today, and he mishit all the headers LOL, I support Dumfries, but the timing is funny.I'd appreciate if he goes back to being a threat in opponent's box from aerial duels. He is a good header, so I think he was quite a threat in earlier period from these far post jumps. Dunno if it's a tactical approach these days but he doesn't get himself involved like he used to.
Thuram being there probably interfered a perfect execution of the header.I'll need to see the replay, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt on that header that Thuram might have put him off. I believe he scored that exact goal against Fiorentina two seasons ago and he usually gets those on target (scored a nice header against Roma too).
He's a lot better at these cut-backs than when actually crossing the ball. He had a similar one for Lautaro last season against Lecce, and I believe two assists in the World Cup match against U.S.A that were similar.
The one I would blame him on was his cross in the beginning of the game. He had Barella and I believe Lautaro/Mkhi making a run but he totally overhit the cross.
I feel that the more options there are, the worst he executes. If you look at the chance in the first 5 minutes, where Barella/Lautaro/Mkhi were all making a run and we outnumbered them, it seems that he did not know which option to pick out, and just did an overhit cross. I feel if he focuses on one player's run, he can do better although mostly low crosses or cutbacks. He's generally very poor on high crosses.Thuram being there probably interfered a perfect execution of the header.
In general, Dumfries needs to learn to pick the correct cross, low cut-back or aerial one close to the goal and then middle or far-post. If he gets those correct with better consistency, he's gonna be money. He's pretty good already but wastes so much of these opportunities with wrong endball decisions.
People do not rate him cuz he is the successor of Hakimi. If he replaced Cuntdreva directly, few would complain.for me he is almost perfect wingback. Runs like crazy from one penalty area to another. Always present in the offensive part of the game and always supports the defenders. He is very strong and bullies his opponents. He covers in his pocket Theo in every derby game, recently he perfectly bodied Bradaric from Salernitana which led to our second goal.
Finally he improved his crossing and he has great stats at the beginning of the season.
He is underrated player and people do not rate him because of his clumsiness with the ball, but forget about some very important factors like stamina, strength, injury-prone, game involvement, commitment.
Credits also to Inzaghi, because he developed Dumfries a lot in recent seasons. He was totally lost at the beginning of his adventure in Inter.
I like Dumfries when he is motivated and plays with passion. Which he has been doing this season. Even in our only loss so far, Dumfries has been the rare speck of light in the darkness of mediocrity.People do not rate him cuz he is the successor of Hakimi. If he replaced Cuntdreva directly, few would complain.
On the other hand Dumfries is the definition of: Hard work beats talent, when talent refuse to work hard. The guy was on amateur level when he was 18 years old. Was told he wasn’t good enough for Sparta, not good enough for Heerenveen, not good enough for PSV and shouldn’t be an option for the Dutch NT. He’s currently for the third year in a row a regular starter for Inter, played a CL-final and named the most important player of the Dutch NT the last couple of months.I don't know what do you mean by talentless? He can pass the ball, that is already more talent than Schelotto. He knows how to tackle, that is talent enough. Granted he doesn't have the ball control of a Zanetti or the technique of a Perišić, but I'm sure he deserves a bit more respect than being called talentless.
Football is not for people with no talent and no understanding for the game. Dumfries has that in spades.