The College Dropout Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Santon was poor pretty much all season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Santon was poor pretty much all season. He was one of the best performers in the first half of last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Santon was poor pretty much all season. He really wasn't. For the first three or four months, it was between him and Hatem for our best player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Santon was poor pretty much all season. He was one of the best performers in the first half of last season. Player of the season up until December imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Santon was poor pretty much all season. He was one of the best performers in the first half of last season. Exactly. Mad how quickly people can forget. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Santon started the season well but Chelsea (h) was his last good game. That said, hopefully some time out of the team will have done him some good, and I'm also looking forward to seeing him back - even as one of his biggest critics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 No he wasn't. At least not in my view. Like the whole team he started off decent. And like the majority of the team, was poor defensively from November onwards. His season was worse than Simpson's. Who was defensively decent to great for the vast majority of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Worse than Simpson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 No he wasn't. At least not in my view. Like the whole team he started off decent. And like the majority of the team, was poor defensively from November onwards. His season was worse than Simpson's. Who was defensively decent to great for the vast majority of the season. You're a waste of time, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 No he wasn't. At least not in my view. Like the whole team he started off decent. And like the majority of the team, was poor defensively from November onwards. His season was worse than Simpson's. Who was defensively decent to great for the vast majority of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Especially after Debuchy signed. Simpson was impressive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Especially after Debuchy signed. Simpson was impressive. Guess we can give you that. For the two or three games he had where he absolutely had to play well for the sake of his career, he did okay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Aren't you a bit thin on depth for both FBs? Or are the kids good enough? Haidara/Anita/Mbiwa best cover we've got. It's enough imo. Don't rate Tav. That's two players out of position and only one natural backup though. Anyway, you know these players better than me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Aren't you a bit thin on depth for both FBs? Or are the kids good enough? Haidara/Anita/Mbiwa best cover we've got. It's enough imo. Don't rate Tav. That's two players out of position and only one natural backup though. Anyway, you know these players better than me. No you are dead on right with that. Our two 'purples' for every position has been completely blown out of the window. So that cover is basically the best we are getting, but it will suffice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Not sure anyone ever said we'd have two 'purples' for each position, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 I mean, there's no benefit to assessing any player just based on last season. Everyone was shite. IMO Santon is quality, there aren't many more exciting fullbacks outside the top teams. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Not sure anyone ever said we'd have two 'purples' for each position, like. Probably me exaggerating former quotes tbh They wanted cover for every position but wanted quality at a cheap price. We have that really. I don't mind Anita/Miwa filling in. Santon/Debuchy are the purpleys, Haidara is the cheap quality back up. Sorted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Santon is a good footballer, piss poor defender. He merely stood out early doors in the season because of how shite everyone else was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 What, so they all upped their game as the season went on? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 He went backwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 What, so they all upped their game as the season went on? He went backwards. but IMO he wasn't starting at the great height many people are giving him credit for. I don't think him playing every game helped his cause like as he looked totally done in around Christmas time. In theory it shouldn't happen this year as we have some cover currently at FB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Never looked like a decent defender to me. Never. He's a tidy footballer, pretty quick, good height but what are his strengths? Looked best when deployed a wing-back/winger at Wigan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 What, so they all upped their game as the season went on? He went backwards. but IMO he wasn't starting at the great height many people are giving him credit for. I don't think him playing every game helped his cause like as he looked totally done in around Christmas time. In theory it shouldn't happen this year as we have some cover currently at FB. Fully agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 He looked absolutely pegged by Arsenal (a) and the Brighton cup game. I think he was starting to get frustrated at the shit performances around him too. The time out will have helped him IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 8, 2013 Share Posted July 8, 2013 Never looked like a decent defender to me. Never. He's a tidy footballer, pretty quick, good height but what are his strengths? Looked best when deployed a wing-back/winger at Wigan. What are his strengths? Pace, athleticism, comfortable on the ball, beats a man, loves to get forward. Aye, he's defensive side could improve but he's a young lad and I can't believe anyone isn't ecstatic to have him on our books. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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