Heron Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Despite being very average, he puts the effort in and therefore I cannot complain about him. People have made him a scapegoat early on and with some of the mistakes he makes people get on his back far more than they should - that's if they even should at all. Some proper clueless wankers at the ground who've never played football seem to fail to understand how hard certain things are. On the other hand, he is frustratingly slow to get going, which for me is his major downfall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thorin Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Basically he needs to learn some dribbles and not just kick the ball and then run, then maybe it would be a useful player on the pitch. Oh, and add some passing skills to that. I've yet to see one successful pass from him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Basically he needs to learn some dribbles and not just kick the ball and then run, then maybe it would be a useful player on the pitch. Oh, and add some passing skills to that. I've yet to see one successful pass from him. He gives it away time after time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 Despite being very average, he puts the effort in and therefore I cannot complain about him. People have made him a scapegoat early on and with some of the mistakes he makes people get on his back far more than they should - that's if they even should at all. Some proper clueless wankers at the ground who've never played football seem to fail to understand how hard certain things are. On the other hand, he is frustratingly slow to get going, which for me is his major downfall. puts effort in? ? ? ? ? ? 95% of his challenges are halfhearted. Never really tries to win posession back. Dont give this shitehead more excuses, shall be put on the bench till he tries harder and plays better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Wally_McFool Posted December 25, 2011 Share Posted December 25, 2011 The lad is a modern day Wayne Fereday in my opinion. Hope he proves me wrong and starts doing the biz though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 It took him 1257 minutes but at least the cunt has got a shot away now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Much better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Heneage Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I didn't see the first half, but based purely on the second half I'd have had him running at Robinson every chance we got, he looked petrified of Obertan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Pleased he's finally done something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimburst Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Played fine today, was better than Jonas in attack, made himself available and hassled their defence quite well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I don't buy this whole "he has no ability" thing. It's there when he wants it to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Didn't really do much in the first half (not that anyone else was better) but improved gradually in the second half. His assist for Ba's goal is exactly what we're looking for from him. He has to be encouraged to do more of that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachikoma Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 I don't buy this whole "he has no ability" thing. It's there when he wants it to be. Its his footballing brain that's lacking, he practically has everything else a footballer would need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest H09 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Thought he was naff in the first half, much better in the 2nd. Also hilarious celebrations to the goals, looks so unnatural trying to pump the crowd up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 It's taken a tiring Paul Robinson to get him to do something (you won't find a worse left-back in the league). I'm pleased he got the assist and he did well today in the last twenty minutes, but i'm not gonna start leaping to his defense all of a sudden. Still looks a bloody piss poor footballer to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
summerof69 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 he done well today, i thought but I'm not looking forward to seeing him against Enrique on Friday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 He did okay. But tbf the assist wasn't exactly amazing. The amount of space he had to run into from Tiote's pass was the factor in him actually making a cross today. Better than he usually plays, and he was more of a threat from Jonas. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Much better 2nd half. He's like a cat on acid when he needs to make a decision mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 not that i think he's the answer, infact with everyone fit i wouldn't have him in my starting XI but he'll look a much better player if we had a central midfielder capable of trying to hit the edge of the box or making attacking runs off the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Apart from the assist, he was shit. But let's hope it's given him confidence going into the Liverpool game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 better away from home when there's space in behind. two good things he's done this season came in that circumstance - wilson got caught in two minds trying to stick close to the breaking midfielder giving obertan acres of space at stoke, and today the defender goes to tackle tiote who had the presence of mind to dink it into space for him. when the space is tight and he needs to think about options his game crumbles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 He did okay. But tbf the assist wasn't exactly amazing. The amount of space he had to run into from Tiote's pass was the factor in him actually making a cross today. Better than he usually plays, and he was more of a threat from Jonas. Maybe not amazing, but this is exactly what he should be doing with his pace. Get into the space behind the full back and put a (preferably) low cross into the danger area. I think it's pointless trying to put high crosses in targeting our strikers, seeing as our wingers aren't very good at crossing and our strikers are better on the deck than they are in the air. Our wingers are fast and our striker(s) are clinical in front of goal, so whilst not amazing the assist was exactly what I'd like to see Obertan (and Jonas for that matter) do much more often in a match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 He did okay. But tbf the assist wasn't exactly amazing. The amount of space he had to run into from Tiote's pass was the factor in him actually making a cross today. Better than he usually plays, and he was more of a threat from Jonas. Maybe not amazing, but this is exactly what he should be doing with his pace. Get into the space behind the full back and put a (preferably) low cross into the danger area. I think it's pointless trying to put high crosses in targeting our strikers, seeing as our wingers aren't very good at crossing and our strikers are better on the deck than they are in the air. Our wingers are fast and our striker(s) are clinical in front of goal, so whilst not amazing the assist was exactly what I'd like to see Obertan (and Jonas for that matter) do much more often in a match. Yep Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Fair play to him, after watching the goals again it was actually a nice set-up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 One assist and we winning for a change are clouding judgment. He was total garbage for 90% and okay 10%. If we wouldn't have won he would get slaughtered. He's just missing any kind of footballing brain. He stands still, does his funky moves and stands still again. Robinson was scared but he didn't even try to get past him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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