Wil Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Best midfielder to play for us in 20 years? perhaps ever? Been party to this madness for 50. Rob Lee perhaps in his later years when he was used more defensively, though still not quite the same type of player. Before that Stan Anderson (one for the oldies), though Cheik probably has it. (Trying not to be an old bore here, you'll appreciate!) Can't really recall such a dominating midfield presence, defensively, as Tiote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 94-95 Lee and 01-02 Speed take some beating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Loved the cries of 'SHOOOOOT' everytime he touched the ball. The guy is an incredible CM and him and HBA are key to our future success. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anderson Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 He really does look like Mr T from the A team. That should be his nickname, Mr T. I'm glad you specified it was the Mr T from the A Team, as opposed to the many other Mr T's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Mr T from the A-Team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LooneyToonArmy Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._T Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 http://random-gif.net/gif/Mr%20T.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Joey_Barton Josephine Lucifer Adolf Barton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Pissing myself at that site like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
polpolpol Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 His taking of the ball on the half-turn and his distribution remind me a lot of Scholes (evidence of latter below in unsightly, large picture. Tiote on top, Scholes the left and centre of the bottom row). It wouldn't surprise me if Ferguson interested in him as a replacement for Carrick ((the old new-Scholes) as seen below, bottom right, giving the ball away too often). http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/7654/tiotevsscholes.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Sam_Allardyce Jesus christ the opening line lol Sam 'Bung-Bandit' Allardyce is famous for being the first child to be conceived from two male parents. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VegasToon Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 http://www.emanueleferonato.com/images/space1.jpg http://www.treehugger.com/earth-day-action.png "On the 7th day, Tiote played football for Newcastle." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 How did he only warm the bench in Holland? I don't buy the explanation that he's more suited to the English game, he'd have bossed a league of that quality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 He reminds me of Tina Turner in Mad Max 2. I don't even know what this means. *...also Tina Turner was in Mad Max 3 IIRC. Beyond The Thunder Dome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk77 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 It's not fair to compare Tiote and Scholes. First of all, the former is God whilst the latter is a f***** cretin who would have been banned from any kind of reproduction activities if it wasn't for the fact that he's a footballer. Second Tiote plays for a weaker team, and he has Nolan as his partner. That requires much more from Tiote, because Nolan (unlike most other offensive midfielders) is not a participating to a large degree in the build up play. Manure's wingers is also more in motion and most team sit deep against them, making it easier for Scholes to find alternatives. Conclusion, if you've put Scholes in our team, he would collapse like a card house. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Wait, now I haven't looked at page 141 as of yet... But, did somebody really compare Tiote to one of the best midfielders of the contemporary footballing age? * *repeat ∞ (possibly a shaking head / facepalm / embarrassed smiley might pop-up somewhere) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Oh, right. OK, not in the context I had in mind. Carry on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M4 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Maybe not the best midfielder we've ever had, but to think back to last Summer and how we would be going into the season with Alan Smith unless we signed someone... He's as close to a perfect signing as you can get. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk77 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Maybe not the best midfielder we've ever had, but to think back to last Summer and how we would be going into the season with Alan Smith unless we signed someone... He's as close to a perfect signing as you can get. He is immense. His passing skills is unbelievable, especially when you consider that he's a defensive midfielder. Because he's able to execute pinpoint passing even under severe pressure, that enables us to keep the ball to a greater degree. Because Tiote win the war in the central midfield, the opponents players are constantly running between us. Before we had to substitute Loven and Best, I think we had the ball 67% of the time in 2nd half. The match against Blackburn was even a better example of this..They weren't allowed into the game because of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chris Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Going to be a battle to keep him!!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk77 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 He got 4 years left of his contract. So we're not forced to sell him. IMO he's the best dm in the league. So he won't be sold unless money is hurled at us. Because the regulations will be enforced after the closing if the coming transfer window, we will see some panic buys from the likes of chelsea and city. So he will cost at least £30 mill. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheSummerOf69 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Because the regulations will be enforced after the closing if the coming transfer window, we will see some panic buys from the likes of chelsea and city. So he will cost at least £30 mill. The Financial Fair Play regulations are kind of already here, in terms of players bought. The transfer fee gets divided up over the length of the contract - so a £30m player signed on a 5 year contract will have £6m a year cost (+ his wages, of course) shown on the club's balance for each of those 5 years. Clubs can't just go and splash the cash this summer and think it leaves them ahead of the game for the regulations starting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Some of his passing was exceptional last night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 The shot he hit was going in the top corner.. i hate keepers Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Whoever discovered this bloke is a genius like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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