Skirge Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/nufc/newcastle-united-news/2008/03/24/sturdy-performance-gets-enrique-talking-72703-20666056/ Sturdy performance gets Enrique talking Mar 24 2008 By Lee Ryder, Evening Chronicle JOSE ENRIQUE today revealed his delight after Newcastle United finally ended their torrid run of poor form with a victory over Fulham. The Spaniard and former La Liga star played out of his skin for the black-and-whites at St James’s Park and put in his best performance so far for the club since joining last summer from Villarreal. Like the majority of United’s players this season, Enrique has suffered during Newcastle’s bad run, but the defender also had to master the English language after arriving in the Premier League with communication difficulties. And with the player now on top of his early issues since his switch from El Madrigal, he emerged from the dressing room a happy man after the 2-0 win over the Cottagers. He told the Chronicle: “It was a good win. We played like a team of winners against Fulham. “It is good for our confidence now that we have won a game. “For me it is very good that we won and it is also good for the whole team. “We looked relaxed at 2-0 and we played like a team that was compact at the back. “When it is 1-0 it can be difficult, but we got the second goal. “Everybody was happy afterwards. It’s the same team of players who went 13 games with no win. “The finishing line is in sight for us and everybody in the dressing room was very happy. “As you would expect we are happy after not winning for so long.” Enrique played for a Villarreal side who won their last eight fixtures last term in La Liga. And while that task would be a steep one for Newcastle, the Valencia-born defender says settling into the team at least gives United a fighting chance of finishing on a high. He added: “I feel I am getting better. “For me it has been difficult at times. “Having one game in the team and one game out is hard. “To have a run of games is much better. “It brings me a lot of confidence and little by little things are getting much better. “For me the first thing you need to do is communicate and that’s hard for people to understand. “Now I am learning English things are much better.” Enrique was spraying the ball around with confidence on Saturday and showed why he was nicknamed ‘the Bull’ in La Liga. His fine form also benefited Toon striker Oba Martins, who almost scored from a fine curling pass by Enrique. He added: “Me and Oba have a perfect understanding. He is very quick. If I see him I can pick him up.” Newcastle’s next fixture sees the Spaniard go face to face with another big personality from La Liga, Juande Ramos, as Newcastle travel to Tottenham on Sunday. He said: “Spurs will be a difficult game for us because they have a very good manager. “It’s a team that are playing with confidence and are doing much better now.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Knightrider Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Average, not a KK type full-back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Average, not a KK type full-back. Hmmmm I think he can be a KK type player, first season over here and not played to many games, I have faith he can become a very decent player for us.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Average, not a KK type full-back. That must mean he's good then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest salva Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Average, not a KK type full-back. You think? For me is the best defender in our team, he is quickly, strong and his technical ir very good. The long pass and his distribution is the best in our team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Average, not a KK type full-back. You know? For me is the best defender in our team, he is quickly, strong and his technical ir very good. The long pass and his distribution is the best in our team. Beye for me like.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest salva Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Average, not a KK type full-back. You know? For me is the best defender in our team, he is quickly, strong and his technical ir very good. The long pass and his distribution is the best in our team. Beye for me like.. Beye is good for me too but his technical is no better than enrique and Beye is less strong than enrique. For me in mix Jose is better than Beye and Jose is only 22. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Remember when our first choice was Carr & Babayaro?.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Remember when our first choice was Carr & Babayaro?.... Oh the nightmares, the nightmares.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
papo Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Is Babayaro a KK type full-back? we should bring him back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggs Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Jose imho will become a cracking player for us given the chance and with Chris Houghton there for guidance i think he will come on leaps and bounds,has good offensive and defensive abilities and tactical awareness and above all strength. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenige Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 His technique when striking a football with his left can sometimes be staggering. The amount of times I've seen full backs who attempt to clear the ball as it runs out, slice it out means I almost consider it a given - it very rarely happens with Enrique. He really can hit a ball. He needs a lot of work mentally, but some aspects of his game do mean he's a player I would love to see get a proper run and some proper coaching to see what can be made of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Starting to put together a couple of solid performances, with Fulham being his best game yet imo. Perfect full-back for a 4-3-3. Solid defensively, knows how to put a decent ball in the box, and some of his passes over the top for Oba Martins were terrific. Would be a shame for him not to do well here. Great potential and I hope he does well and cements that left back position as his own. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Conjo Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 I think Enrique is better than average. Take all first choice left backs in the league, and put them in order of who you would like most to be here at Newcastle, then I bet Enrique would be on 4th-6th place on most peoples lists. Im happy with that, as we arn't in a situation where we can attract players of Evra, Clichy and Cole's calibre. Best of all, he is still young and can develope even further. Keep him, play him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Knightrider Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 I was probably being harsh with my average comment, he's technically very good but I don't think he's the type of player that KK will want to have in full-back positions as he's pretty slow and takes too many risks on the ball. He needs to speeden up his thought process, feet and the way he runs for my money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Needs to stop seeing the halfway line as a brick wall, other than that its good Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syrette Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 He has got a lot to work on, could be a great player in a few years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Great eh? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 I was probably being harsh with my average comment, he's technically very good but I don't think he's the type of player that KK will want to have in full-back positions as he's pretty slow and takes too many risks on the ball. He needs to speeden up his thought process, feet and the way he runs for my money. Doesn't look slow to me, he seems to have decent pace and good acceleration. If you mean he's not as decisive as he should be then yeah perhaps, but most players moving from Spain take time to adapt to the quicker English game. Considering he's played so few games I think he looks very good, if he does then adapt fully he could be an excellent player. BTW, Speeden? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest salva Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 I was probably being harsh with my average comment, he's technically very good but I don't think he's the type of player that KK will want to have in full-back positions as he's pretty slow and takes too many risks on the ball. He needs to speeden up his thought process, feet and the way he runs for my money. Doesn't look slow to me, he seems to have decent pace and good acceleration. If you mean he's not as decisive as he should be then yeah perhaps, but most players moving from Spain take time to adapt to the quicker English game. Considering he's played so few games I think he looks very good, if he does then adapt fully he could be an excellent player. BTW, Speeden? I tnihk so, but for me Jose Enrique is quickly than Beye, Faye and Taylor. When we played against Liverpool Fernando Torres no pass Enrique for speed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 I really like the guy. He's average to good most of the time but i think he's got some really decent attributes and, of all the 'potentials' in the squad, i think he's probably the most likely to be a really good player. Well, him and Oba. I don't see anything suggest he can't be a success in the Premier League. (N'Zogbia really could go one way or the other, in spite of how much i like him as a player). Hope we hold onto him. Once he's eradicated his distrubition mis-haps, he's defensively sound. If Keegan can develop his attacking game, we'll have a very good full-back imo. Fast, strong, clever. He'll be good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 He's solid and someone we need to keep hold of. Would like a young English LB signed in the summer though as backup to him, i don't think we need a direct competitor on him, just someone to settle and grow in the squad while he does the same in the 1st team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 Aye, TT. Or failing that, someone like Dunne or Distin would be spot on. IE, can be our new centre-back signing but can play at left-back aswell. (They're just names out the hat, btw) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 He's solid and someone we need to keep hold of. Would like a young English LB signed in the summer though as backup to him, i don't think we need a direct competitor on him, just someone to settle and grow in the squad while he does the same in the 1st team. Why do they have to be English? If it has to be English, Ryan Bertrand may be worth a punt. English youth international who by the end of the season will have about 50 first team games under his belt. I think Chelsea may be freeing up the decks below the first team as they have Harry Worley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 24, 2008 Share Posted March 24, 2008 I really like the guy. He's average to good most of the time but i think he's got some really decent attributes and, of all the 'potentials' in the squad, i think he's probably the most likely to be a really good player. Well, him and Oba. I don't see anything suggest he can't be a success in the Premier League. (N'Zogbia really could go one way or the other, in spite of how much i like him as a player). Hope we hold onto him. Once he's eradicated his distrubition mis-haps, he's defensively sound. If Keegan can develop his attacking game, we'll have a very good full-back imo. Fast, strong, clever. He'll be good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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