Guest teepee Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 he was bought to play the gary speed role, but ended up on the left wing - neither position was right for him! had some wonderful passes at times, but the physical side was too much for him. i liked him though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 My memory of him is that he always thought he had more time on the ball than he did I.e. He'd get the ball then look up to pick out a pass and in the meantime an opposition player would come up and take the ball off him. "Man on" was Viana's 'song/chant'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Probably been watching my compilation on youtube lol. He was a good player, but a victim of circumstances in the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 My memory of him is that he always thought he had more time on the ball than he did I.e. He'd get the ball then look up to pick out a pass and in the meantime an opposition player would come up and take the ball off him. "Man on" was Viana's 'song/chant'. Hence his "Dwells on Ball" on FM Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Never really played in his proper position, defensive midfielder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 My memory of him is that he always thought he had more time on the ball than he did I.e. He'd get the ball then look up to pick out a pass and in the meantime an opposition player would come up and take the ball off him. "Man on" was Viana's 'song/chant'. that`s what I thought he`d be more suited to Serie A than the EPL due to the slower pace and physicality (more so than La Liga too). I reckon if he had a proper defensive midfielder alongside him in the Batty mould, doing all the donkey work he might`ve been more of a success but not many teams can afford to have one of those luxury number 10 players (that float between the midfield/attack) as you might call it. Can`t think of any EPL teams that play 3-5-1-2 formation. He was certainly not suited to the 4-4-2 that we mostly played Maybe if Juve won the signature to sign him at the time ahead of us things would have turned out better for Hugo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 My memory of him is that he always thought he had more time on the ball than he did I.e. He'd get the ball then look up to pick out a pass and in the meantime an opposition player would come up and take the ball off him. "Man on" was Viana's 'song/chant'. that`s what I thought he`d be more suited to Serie A than the EPL due to the slower pace and physicality (more so than La Liga too). I reckon if he had a proper defensive midfielder alongside him in the Batty mould, doing all the donkey work he might`ve been more of a success but not many teams can afford to have one of those luxury number 10 players (that float between the midfield/attack) as you might call it. Can`t think of any EPL teams that play 3-5-1-2 formation. He was certainly not suited to the 4-4-2 that we mostly played Maybe if Juve won the signature to sign him at the time ahead of us things would have turned out better for Hugo. Probably because not playing a goalkeeper is too risky Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Poor Viana if only the 4-3-3 was more widespread when we signed him,and we played him in this formation it could have been all so different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Was rated higher than Cristano Ronaldo before we signed him.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 His best moment for us was that goal when we beat Feyenoord 2-3. Mike, why not buy the season review DVD's from 2001 onwards? they are cheap as chips on amazon and such places and will get you up to speed on the happenings in the 4 years or so before you started following us. Just a thought plus they are a good watch, particularly 2001/02 and 2002/03. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 His best moment for us was that goal when we beat Feyenoord 2-3. Mike, why not buy the season review DVD's from 2001 onwards? they are cheap as chips on amazon and such places and will get you up to speed on the happenings in the 4 years or so before you started following us. Just a thought plus they are a good watch, particularly 2001/02 and 2002/03. Man, I don't think I should. You look at where the club was then, and where it's been since. You're asking me to experience all that for the first time over the course of a few days. That thumbs up smiley should have a knife in it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 SBR fuked him over like he did Jenas trying to make them into different types of players. Well at least SBR knew the importance of Gary Speed, just neither of them two were ever going to replace him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Too light weight, too young & couldn't adapt to that pace of the PL. We nearly killed him as a player; totally drained all the confidence out him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Had high hopes for Viana... he started off quite well, even when played out of position. He seemed to get worse over time though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted May 26, 2008 Share Posted May 26, 2008 Gutted that viana didn't work out, i had his name on my shirt and defended him irrationally at times because i knew of his potential and i could see he had it in him to be a class player. Sadly it didn't happen ...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Quality player who rarely got to play in position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I'm a relatively new fan of the club How new? Late 2005 was the first match I ever watched. Souness was the first manager I knew of. You poor bastard. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 His best moment for us was that goal when we beat Feyenoord 2-3. Mike, why not buy the season review DVD's from 2001 onwards? they are cheap as chips on amazon and such places and will get you up to speed on the happenings in the 4 years or so before you started following us. Just a thought plus they are a good watch, particularly 2001/02 and 2002/03. Man, I don't think I should. You look at where the club was then, and where it's been since. You're asking me to experience all that for the first time over the course of a few days. That thumbs up smiley should have a knife in it. I think you should get them, also the Newcastle history dvd to see the TRUE glory days of NUFC........Ah the 1950's......... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Reminds me a bit of carrick now, but he always needed that half a second more which led to him being dispossessed too often... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 I've always felt that Viana was SBR's worst decision. Paying big money for young players is always a bit of a gamble, but in this case it wasn't a gamble he needed to take. We already Jenas as a young player to blood into the central midfield role. At NUFC, Viana also suffered from the problem that a lot of left-footed players have - that is, they often get played wide left because of the shortage of left-footed players, regardless of whether they're actually better suited down the centre. And as others have said, he wasn't strong enough to cope with the Premiership in his normal, central position. He was a brilliant passer of the ball, but that wasn't enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Selling Speed was SBR's worst decision imo... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 Selling Speed was SBR's worst decision imo... It wasn't his decision, FS accepted the bid over his head, SBR said so himself before he got sacked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 His best moment for us was that goal when we beat Feyenoord 2-3. Mike, why not buy the season review DVD's from 2001 onwards? they are cheap as chips on amazon and such places and will get you up to speed on the happenings in the 4 years or so before you started following us. Just a thought plus they are a good watch, particularly 2001/02 and 2002/03. Man, I don't think I should. You look at where the club was then, and where it's been since. You're asking me to experience all that for the first time over the course of a few days. That thumbs up smiley should have a knife in it. I think you should get them, also the Newcastle history dvd to see the TRUE glory days of NUFC........Ah the 1950's......... I've only read Fifty Years of Hurt. It pretty much caught me up to speed with present day, but in my mind, there is this huge gap between Keegan's first stint as manager (I've seen highlights of a few matches on TV) and when I actually started supporting the team. I've never seen any of the Robson era, and nothing of the managers that followed him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coco Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 The summer we signed him, I actually got VIANA 45 on the home shirt, such was my excitement and optimism at the time. I've refused to get a numer on my toon shirts since... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted May 27, 2008 Share Posted May 27, 2008 His best moment for us was that goal when we beat Feyenoord 2-3. Mike, why not buy the season review DVD's from 2001 onwards? they are cheap as chips on amazon and such places and will get you up to speed on the happenings in the 4 years or so before you started following us. Just a thought plus they are a good watch, particularly 2001/02 and 2002/03. Man, I don't think I should. You look at where the club was then, and where it's been since. You're asking me to experience all that for the first time over the course of a few days. That thumbs up smiley should have a knife in it. I think you should get them, also the Newcastle history dvd to see the TRUE glory days of NUFC........Ah the 1950's......... I've only read Fifty Years of Hurt. It pretty much caught me up to speed with present day, but in my mind, there is this huge gap between Keegan's first stint as manager (I've seen highlights of a few matches on TV) and when I actually started supporting the team. I've never seen any of the Robson era, and nothing of the managers that followed him. There's a few good videos on youtube, Robson era compilations (Tooj's in particular) but you've probably seen them anyway. The 4th and 3rd seasons were class. You planning on attending a game next season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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