Guest Haris Vuckic Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Neither had any pace man - they were all about positioning and awareness. I didn't say they did?... Just more than Cabaye (and Bigi) in my eyes... Maybe it's a desire thing also... I wouldn't put Cabaye in the same category as the two players mentioned but that's literally nothing to do with his stride pattern. He's been - like a lot of our players - very overrated by our fans and he's suffered for it I suppose. Oh well let's watch the match Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 None of our young players will amount to anything here while they're stuck behind shit/under performing players every week. Bigi should have had at least twice as many games last year considering how much shit was in front of him. With Perch gone, Bigi seems to be second-choice to Tiote now, as Pardew insists on playing Jonas on the wing and keeping Anita on the bench. So hopefully he'll see more time this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Scholes is/was ten times a better passer than Cabaye could ever be. Ten times better everything tbh. I wouldn't like to compare any midfielder we've ever seen in the PL to Scholes at his best. Beardsley was better... Scholes reputation is now built on being overrated by people who rate him and claimed he's been underrated when he never was... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Scholes is/was ten times a better passer than Cabaye could ever be. Ten times better everything tbh. I wouldn't like to compare any midfielder we've ever seen in the PL to Scholes at his best. Beardsley was better... Scholes reputation is now built on being overrated by people who rate him and claimed he's been underrated when he never was... Well i thought he was a brilliant little player whenever i watched him play with my own two eyes, footballs about opinions i guess. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Scholes is/was ten times a better passer than Cabaye could ever be. Ten times better everything tbh. I wouldn't like to compare any midfielder we've ever seen in the PL to Scholes at his best. Beardsley was better... Scholes reputation is now built on being overrated by people who rate him and claimed he's been underrated when he never was... Beardsley wasn't a midfielder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 It is pretty ridiculous it's taken us this long to get him a full season away somewhere, considering he was in and around the first team squad during the Championship season. He's probably the only other youngster from around Carroll's 'era' that has been heralded as having genuine first-team potential, yet it's taken this long to get him some proper game-time. Pretty poor. Still, better late than never and I'm actually really looking forward to seeing how he progresses down there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Scholes is/was ten times a better passer than Cabaye could ever be. Ten times better everything tbh. I wouldn't like to compare any midfielder we've ever seen in the PL to Scholes at his best. Beardsley was better... Scholes reputation is now built on being overrated by people who rate him and claimed he's been underrated when he never was... Beardsley wasn't a midfielder. He was as much as a midfielder as Scholes... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 No chance, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 No chance, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 No chance, man. I seem to recall him playing in a team alongside Rob Lee with Shearer & Ferdinand... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 He played in midfield but he also played in goal it doesn't make him either or. The true essence of Beardsley for me was a forward - sometimes playing from deep and creating. He was a genius basically - I'd probably argue he was better than Scholes (different players but still) but he was given less obvious opportunity, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 He played midfield most of his career... An attacking one yes... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 He spent most of his career CF tbh! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Wow our squad is thinner now than it was before Jan, when the club acknowledged it was too thin. I guess the club thinks that no Europa league means we can get bay on 11 or 12 players !! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 He spent most of his career CF tbh! He did like to get forward... But I'd always class him as an attacking midfielder... Certainly if we are classing Scholes as a midfielder which was the original point... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Wow our squad is thinner now than it was before Jan, when the club acknowledged it was too thin. I guess the club thinks that no Europa league means we can get bay on 11 or 12 players !! “We got Premier League games, a League Cup programme and a FA Cup programme and we can cope with that easily with the squad we have.” Pards agrees. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 He spent most of his career CF tbh! He did like to get forward... But I'd always class him as an attacking midfielder... Certainly if we are classing Scholes as a midfielder which was the original point... Beardlsey started out as a striker though & that's where Liverpool played him & I'm fairly sure he played up front for Everton too. You could go as far as second stirker or what was once an unpopular term..playmaker! But I wouldn't say he was a midfielder just because he played there in his twilight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 He got an assist earlier today... from a corner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 no wonder we were so keen to get him out the door. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 He got an assist earlier today... from a corner. Amazingly it wasn't floated. Probably why Pardew binned him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted July 27, 2013 Share Posted July 27, 2013 Best crosser of the ball at the club. What use is he when we've got Jonas to be a nice guy and look like he's just ran up Everest at the end of every game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Had an assist yesterday against Leicester. That's 3 in 5 appearances for Birmingham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil K Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 I would prefer a player like Fergie who gives his all for the team than a pack of petulant and self-obsessed, if talented Frenchies who couldn't give a sh** Wow our squad is thinner now than it was before Jan, when the club acknowledged it was too thin. I guess the club thinks that no Europa league means we can get bay on 11 or 12 players !! And yet that t**t Kinnear is insulting our intelligence in trying to get out of being judged on his lack of signings by ridiculously saying the squad is strong enough - "too weak" last season, lose several players, sign no f****r yet we're "strong enough" ? - you really couldn't make it up could you ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Mags Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 Forgot to post after the Russia game, played well on the wing for us and had a terrific little step over/360 degree turn to outwit his marker and get a descent cross in. Reckon he's going to come of age soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 26, 2013 Share Posted August 26, 2013 It's okay, we're overloaded with naturally left footed players who can wing in a decent cross. You can understand why hw was considered surplus to requirements. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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