Cajun Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Get well soon fella. VERY soon! Was nice to see him turn up today, shame Smith couldn't have come aswell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 We need him so Badly, when is his return date? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Swedish commentator said three weeks... Mind, he knows fuck all. Hope he's back for City Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 He's not the creative player we're looking for. but still better than Smith. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spark Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 At least he will make some driving runs through the middle of the park. Something which we lack atm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 He's a mile better than Butt, who was terrible tonight. And what happened to Geremi?! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 He's not the creative player we're looking for. but still better than Smith. He will give us a hell of a lot more in attack than a Butt Geremi partnership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunedin Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Greemi has not played well for the last four or five games. Unfortunately he is captain so won't be dropped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicky Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Enrique fit would be a good one too, push Charlie further forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest gggg Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 He's not the creative player we're looking for. but still better than Smith. He's Zidane compared to our current lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Someone with a bit of drive who will make forarwd runs from the centre is exactly what we need. Partener him with Geremi and we have a winning combo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Someone with a bit of drive who will make forarwd runs from the centre is exactly what we need. Partener him with Geremi and we have a winning combo. Fuck that. Ditch Geremi. He's shocking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 Someone with a bit of drive who will make forarwd runs from the centre is exactly what we need. Partener him with Geremi and we have a winning combo. Fuck that. Ditch Geremi. He's shocking. I see it as a poor mans Makalele - Lampard combo. With Geremi in the Makelele role. Of course he's going to look shit when he's playing along side Butt andall he's got to aim at is Ameobi. he's a decent player with good ditribution. What did he do wrong? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 He's not the creative player we're looking for. but still better than Smith. At the moment I class creativity being able to pass a ball to teammate, never mind fancy bollocks like creating a goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted September 17, 2007 Share Posted September 17, 2007 We're desperate for him back and if Emre's not going to play anymore, we need another creative player in there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon_Crazy Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 Smith is going to come under huge criticism, from me included when really he shouldn't because he's a striker, not a mid-fielder.. And especially not a mid-fielder in a shocking mid-field around him.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest NUFC4 Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 been saying this for weeks how badly we need barton in our midfield. even went out and bought me a barton uni off ebay for god's sake. loved watching him play at city and can't wait untill he returns for us to bring something...anything..to our midfield. as for his return date i'm predicting mid october Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted September 18, 2007 Share Posted September 18, 2007 He's not the creative player we're looking for. but still better than Smith. At the moment I class creativity being able to pass a ball to teammate, never mind fancy bollocks like creating a goal. Have to agree, though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 summed our creativity up when our only player making a bursting run from deep was Rozenhal! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 summed our creativity up when our only player making a bursting run from deep was Rozenhal! Aye, what I said in the post-match thread. Our most creative player on Monday was Rozenhal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
junkhead Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 summed our creativity up when our only player making a bursting run from deep was Rozenhal! Aye, what I said in the post-match thread. Our most creative player on Monday was Rozenhal. he didn't have the best of games, but he impressed me going forward.. we should use him as DM or RB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamesmartinsmith Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Basically, we need to find out if Emre wants to be at our club or not. If he does, he should be given a playmaker role. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest seths_breath Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Even with Barton back, you know we're just a moment of madness away from a red card and being back to where we are now. I recon we need to see Emre play in a more advanced role than we've seen him before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jamesmartinsmith Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 Someone with a bit of drive who will make forarwd runs from the centre is exactly what we need. Partener him with Geremi and we have a winning combo. f*** that. Ditch Geremi. He's shocking. I see it as a poor mans Makalele - Lampard combo. With Geremi in the Makelele role. I'd agree with that comparison Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted September 19, 2007 Share Posted September 19, 2007 The midfield is going to pick itself once Barton and Emre are fit and assuming Allardyce reverts back to the formation/system he prefers. It'll be: Anchorman Barton Emre I think Butt will be phased out slowly because his distribution is just too poor, with Faye and Geremi competing for the anchor slots, and Smith and Geremi filling in or rotating with Emre/Barton at times. Essentially, playing any of Geremi, Butt, Smith or Faye ahead of Barton or Emre in a 3 man midfield will just be a waste of a non anchor midfield spot. Those 4 players may be good players in their own right, but they simply have none of the abilities required to play in central midfield as anything but a defensive midfielder. If its a 4-4-2 then a Barton-Geremi midfield combination looks very promising on paper. We badly need to sign one more central midfielder who if not truly creative, then can distribute the ball with ease, maybe somoene like Motta, since as soon as Barton and Emre go missing, we're left with a squad of midfielders who can tackle but are uncomfortable passing forwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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