Gopinathan can become an excellent striker for Harimau Malaysia

We don't know the header is a question or an answer to Dato' Ong Kim Swee. But we will review how good R.Gopinathan performances so far in the Malaysia Super League. Than you can decided it is an answer or question.

After 7 Game Week, below are his stats:

No.	L	Pos.	Name	Team	M	YC	RC	AS	GL	ATP
1	S	M	R. GOPINATHAN	Selangor	6	0	0	1	4	23

GW1

AS

GL

GW2

AS

GL

GW3

AS

GL

GW4

AS

GL

GW5

AS

GL

GW6

AS

GL

GW7

AS

GL

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

1

He plays in 6 games and netting 4 goals and 1 assist, he start to scores from GW 3 until GW 6 and that's showing he is consistent.

POTENTIAL ANALYSIS

Performances map

The events

1.	Running	>	1st touch	>	Goal	PAH vs SEL min 66' 27 Feb	Watch the video
2.	Positioning	>	1st touch	>	Goal	SEL vs SAR min 25' 1 Mac	Watch the video
3.	Dribbling	>	Lob	>	Goal	TER vs SEL min 47' 11 Mac	Watch the video
4.	Dribbling	>	Shoot	>	Goal	SEL vs KDH min 30' 5 Apr	Watch the video
5.	Running	>	Passing	>	Assist	SEL vs KDH min 31' 5 Apr	Watch the video

Analysis
If we refer to his performances map, 3 out of 4 goals are inside the penalty area. That means he know how to get in good position to score a goal. We also can see that he is not only stay at one side, the goals are coming for middle, left side, and also right side. That showing us that he like to find space for him self to get a good ball. His ability to make a running from middle of the pitch and put him self in good position also another prove that he has a good vision.

In the events list, we list down 2 steps before he score a goal or assist. From here we will prioritize his abilities, what he do to get the ball and when he already got the ball. Lets count how many times he used each abilities in these 5 events;

Running - 2
1st Touch - 2
Dribbling - 2
Positioning - 1
Shoot - 1
Lob - 1
Passing - 1

From here we can see, he done all the important abilities for an excellent striker. Especially his first touch ability, running, and dribbling. If he can scores using 1st touch ability, that's means he had a good finishing skills. Based on our review he had the potential to become a good striker but we never know that until he got a chance to play as a striker in the National squad. We hope he will get a chance and helping Harimau Malaysia to improve the ranking.

Note:

1. Legend = L:League, S: Super League, P: Premier League, M: Match, YC: Yellow Card, RC: Red Card, AS: Assist, GL: Goal, GC: Goal Conceded, CS: Cleansheet.

2. M: Match = Number of time that player be in the first starting 11.
3. ATP = Attacking Points ( Assist points + Goal scoring points), DFP = Defensive Points( Cleansheet points + Goal conceded points), TTP = Total Points (ATP+DFP)
1 Assist : 3 points for MF & ST, 5 points for defender.
1 Goal : 6 points for defender, 5 points for midfielder & 4 points for striker.

See also:

Abdul Malik Mat Ariff and Syafiq Ahmad are The Best Malaysian Striker
Hadin Hazard is The Best Malaysian Midfielder right now
Shukor Adan still The Best Malaysian Defender
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Credited to: TV Selangor and YouTube for the Video