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    Sam Allardyce

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    This appointment will make sure England remains irrelevant for the next foreseeable years. Well at least we got an Englishman!

     

     

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    Papiss Cissé

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    Cisse has been nothing short of terrible these days. His control, passing, shooting all p*ss poor. The only attribute he has over Mitrovic is that he can still somewhat run in between defenders to collect through passes whereas Mitrovic can't even do that.

     

    It's really sad how Cisse was so prolific and has now turned into a useless player. I still remember that goal he scored against Chelsea, one of the best goals for Newcastle.

     

    Regardless of how lousy both Cisse and Mitrovic are and that we need a new strike force next season, at least Cisse gave us some good memories and fantastic goals. Mitrovic gave us passion, a bit of running around and nothing else.

     

     

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    Aleksandar Mitrović

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    I don't get that this he doesn't get enough chance argument. It's an outright lie. Sure he doesn't get crosses raining in from all direction or through passes for that matter (which he wouldn't have been able to run to anyway). We're not a f***ing top 4 team or Barcelona that will create tons of chances for a strikes. Every game he's played, he's had at least 2-3 clear chances and a few more half chances and he usually fluffs them all. He gets chances fitting for a mid table team, he just can't finish them to save his life.

     

    Besides as a striker, you don't just wait for chances to fall your way. You have to create your own space and shoot. How many times did we see him beat a defender and shoot? How many times did we see him sprint pass a defender? None, that tells it all about his bullshit potential.

     

    Again, he has scored more than the top goalscorers of a few mid-table teams. In any other scenario this would've been a great first season for a 21 year old PL import.

     

    You are judging his potential and skills based on the expectations you have of a 1st choice striker. Not of a 21 year old PL import. Which is wrong. This is the issue. He's not a 1st choice striker, and we f***ed up by making him ours due to neglecting to buy a proven PL striker. That does not equate to this season having not been on par with what would've been expected of him if we had done so, though.

     

    A perfect example of this season being on par with the expectations we should have had is the poll in this thread, where the majority placed him in the 6-10 goal range - which is where he ended up.

     

    In sorry, I'm not buying this he is a second striker line. That's just subjective. Using that logic, we can say that Wijnaldun, Perez, Cisse are not meant to be 1st choices for various reasons, so they are all blameless then.

     

    I only judge Mitrovic on whether he can put away some of the chances that comes his way, whether he can outpace a defender and whether he can create his own shooting position, those are objective assessment criteria. And for all 3 criteria, the answers are the same, a big NO. His conversion rate of chances must be below 50% if not below 30%

    Aleksandar Mitrović

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    I don't get that this he doesn't get enough chance argument. It's an outright lie. Sure he doesn't get crosses raining in from all direction or through passes for that matter (which he wouldn't have been able to run to anyway). We're not a f***ing top 4 team or Barcelona that will create tons of chances for a strikers. Every game he's played, he's had at least 2-3 clear chances and a few more half chances and he usually fluffs them all. He gets chances fitting for a mid table team, he just can't finish them to save his life.

     

    Besides as a striker, you don't just wait for chances to fall your way. You have to create your own space and shoot. How many times did we see him beat a defender and shoot? How many times did we see him sprint past a defender? None, that tells it all about his bullshit potential.

     

     

     

     

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    Aleksandar Mitrović

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    Look, the 2 most important attributes for a striker is finishing and pace. Mitrovic has neither and you don't develop these attributes suddenly. I can sort of understand that he was under pressure and that somehow rationalized his poor finishing, but you either have pace or you don't. Most young strikers who turn to be world class have pace in abundance. If he can't sprint to beat Villa's central defenders at age 21, just accept it that he's slow as snail. That ain't changing anytime soon or ever.

     

    Though not this season, but at least Cisse and Perez gave us a few good seasons and those I will cherish and remember. I will just remember Mitrovic as a slow donkey. Might as well cut our losses and sell him off.

     

     

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    Aleksandar Mitrović

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    I wouldn't wanna see this lad made a scapegoat, but him being a cult hero is probably one of the most annoying things about our fans. Some genuinely think he's a very good player.

     

    Well it's the same bullshit oh at least he puts in the effort which is the very reason some fans prefer the likes of Goufran over players like HBA

    Aleksandar Mitrović

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    21 year old 'target man' striker brought in from abroad with the expectation of instantly hitting 20 goals to keep a team up.

     

    Not one player brought in who specialises in crossing and no other player at the club who works well from flick on's / knock downs.

     

    Blame 21 year old striker for being s***.

     

    That's BS. 20 goals? 10 would have been nice. Or at least hits the target whenever he gets a chance. We were hoping for a useful striker. Instead we got a donkey!

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