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Cheick Tioté (1986-2017)


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He's largely been a liability when available for the last two years but we have looked a far better team when he has played this season, still offers more than Colback or Anita and we looked far more solid today with him in the team. As others have said would like to keep him until the summer.

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Don't think this will do Saivet any harm at all actually. Gives him a chance to adapt, play the odd game here and there and come next season, should be in a far better position to be first choice.

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Don't think this will do Saivet any harm at all actually. Gives him a chance to adapt, play the odd game here and there and come next season, should be in a far better position to be first choice.

 

:thup:

 

Whoever plays alongside Shelvey is going to have a big responsibility. It's fairer to let Saivet adapt first, by slowly integrating him into it. He looks a handy footballer, to me, good CM competition.

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It's great that I don't have to look on in total despair at Anita and Colback being utter shit in the middle. Makes such a difference having half competent players in there for a change.

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If only we'd got Shelvey in the summer. Fair enough Swansea probably had no interest in selling back then but just someone like him, we'd have won 1-2 of those first 8 even and we'd not be in this mess.

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If only we'd got Shelvey in the summer. Fair enough Swansea probably had no interest in selling back then but just someone like him, we'd have won 1-2 of those first 8 even and we'd not be in this mess.

 

Totally agree, even having Tiote  fit and in this kind of form would have made a difference, as our midfield was pathetic and the root cause of a large amount of early defeats.

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Wish this daft t*** was more consistent. If he'd been in this form more consistently or at least not so far from it we'd not be in so much trouble. Totally bossed the game and dovetailed very nicely with Shelvey.

Think he's had a quite few injuries which haven't helped.  Plus we've been changing system quite a bit and we've found one that suits him - having Shelvey along side helps as well - it complements his play.  This partnership is the best since Tiote/Cabaye

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Wish this daft t*** was more consistent. If he'd been in this form more consistently or at least not so far from it we'd not be in so much trouble. Totally bossed the game and dovetailed very nicely with Shelvey.

Think he's had a quite few injuries which haven't helped.  Plus we've been changing system quite a bit and we've found one that suits him - having Shelvey along side helps as well - it complements his play.  This partnership is the best since Tiote/Cabaye

Yep - Tiote and Shelvey look very decent indeed.
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Having seen his goal again, I think it was probably right to disallow it. Mitrovic was massively in the way of the shot and had to move to let it fly past him, 100% interfering with the goalkeeper.

 

However having said that, the linesman should have flagged immediately after the incident and not wait until the West Brom players went over and moaned about it.

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He did well alongside Cabaye too, so hopefully with Shelvey doing the distribution, he'll be able to stick to what he's good at and gain some consistency.

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Must be the one of, if not, the only player in PL history to have more disallowed goals than actual ones.

 

Fucking so true

 

Must be made even more unique in that none of the disallowed ones should have been disallowed either.

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If only we'd got Shelvey in the summer. Fair enough Swansea probably had no interest in selling back then but just someone like him, we'd have won 1-2 of those first 8 even and we'd not be in this mess.

 

Totally agree, even having Tiote  fit and in this kind of form would have made a difference, as our midfield was pathetic and the root cause of a large amount of early defeats.

 

Common denominator - jack colback

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If only we'd got Shelvey in the summer. Fair enough Swansea probably had no interest in selling back then but just someone like him, we'd have won 1-2 of those first 8 even and we'd not be in this mess.

 

Totally agree, even having Tiote  fit and in this kind of form would have made a difference, as our midfield was pathetic and the root cause of a large amount of early defeats.

 

Common denominator - jack colback

 

And Anita

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