Wilson in the recent era was the only Bournemouth player who could genuinely create something out of nothing, and he was rightly credited as an England squad player.
Solanke is our talisman, but he certainly isn't England quality in most people's opinion.
If he whacks away 15-20 goals a season, next season in our team, or a 'better' one he will have earned his place.
Solanke is amazing for us, but can't see him hitting 20 a season for any other team.
Better to be a big fish in a small pond, than a small fish in a big pond.
It seems to be the standard chatter in the media about him playing for England.
He's joint 2nd top scorer in the league, joint 1st with penalties removed. A lot of that is due to the style of play actually giving him some service but there's a lot he is doing on his own. He's outscoring Nunez, Isak, Salah, Son, etc. That's not an easy feat.
I've waxed lyrical about Wilson for years but I'm genuinely not sure if I'd have a 26 year old Wilson or a 26 year old Solanke in the team. Maybe that's a good poll.
Maybe he wouldn't hit 20 for another team but only about 2 or 3 players a season ever do.
As a counter argument, Dom always drops deep for us.
That's why he's valuable to us, but not the England squad.
International level football and domestic football are poles apart.
If Solanke dropped deep in an International, who's taking up his place up front.
Ollie Watkins, Harry Kane etc.
You have your best player who drops deep and different strikers to compliment that.
We all love Solanke, but unless he starts wracking in goals from the edge of the area Ala Wilson or Kane, or even Bamford for God's sake, he is well down the order.
Kane plays deep for England.
Harry Kane believes it is “natural” for him to drop deeper playing for England because of the midfield runners in the team and the pace around him on the wings.
www.standard.co.uk
Solanke is now playing further up field:
"He has long had a tendency to drop deep, something which was encouraged under his first manager at Bournemouth, Eddie Howe, who used to talk up his selflessness in putting the team first.
But Iraola has sought to use him differently, maximising his goal threat by asking him to stay higher up the pitch. His actions by zone map shows he is much less active in the middle third. His percentage of touches in the opposition box has risen from 15 to 20."
The Radar column looks at how Dominic Solanke is belatedly blossoming under Andoni Iraola at Bournemouth and why top clubs are watching; watch Bournemouth vs Liverpool live on Sky Sports Premier League from 3.30pm on Sunday; kick-off 4.30pm
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Could you honestly see Solanke moving to Bayern and hitting 25 goals in a season?
Had a quick look at top scorers since the 17/18 season it's only been achieved 5 times by three players Lewandowski, Haaland and Kane. I'm not sure that's a fair benchmark for determining whether Solanke is a good fit as Kane's understudy.
