Wdym the old shidou? The reason why he’s so useless is because he has not changed. The only reason why he was acting like such a jerkoff early on was because he thought he was the absolute best at soccer. Besides rin and nobody gets along with rin except for isagi and thats because soccer matters more than insults- plus nobody touches isagi with his trash talk. Shidou needs people like rin and isagi in order to bounce his talents off of. He cant do much outside of powerhouses like them. In terms of getting the opportunity to showoff without getting in the way. Like he just did. im sure he’ll get a makeover soon but isagi is the main one that needs this glow up. He used to be the absolute weakest link outside of his spacial awareness.
not in this match ig if Shidou get subbed out but at the same time i think Isagi will finally get the answer in this match on how to predict the unpredictability of Geniuses like Rin, Shidou and Barou after getting stopped by Rin last match and now Shidou too... once that evolution happen, Isagi can either take advantage of them or perfectly synchronize or assist to them if he needs to be

I know this one is Isagi's arc so Shidou won't get to shine much but I really want to see him get his moment. His ability to score goals from anywhere within the goalbox area is so good and it's fun to see him on the field. Maybe he just needs another Sae or Charles to truly showhis potential