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I thought he had a good game too.  The thing you notice when he plays is the ball goes down the right a lot more than it does when he doesn't play.  It's good to see us attacking down both wings instead of just down the left.

 

I feel sorry for the bloke, he is always going to be on a hiding to nothing by the Ben Arfa fans who demand that he starts instead.

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I thought he had a good game too.  The thing you notice when he plays is the ball goes down the right a lot more than it does when he doesn't play.  It's good to see us attacking down both wings instead of just down the left.

 

I feel sorry for the bloke, he is always going to be on a hiding to nothing by the Ben Arfa fans who demand that he starts instead.

 

If Obertan starts showing some good form then people will be clamouring for him instead.

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Thought he played well. One thing that bugged me was when he went to the left wing, then just fannied around off the ball instead of making his way back over to the right. Makes us so narrow with only Simpson over the right side of the pitch. Other than that nothing to complain about.

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Lush Vlad

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He was alright.  Got 2 or 3 balls into the box that beat the first man and the fact he actually attempted the cross is a positive in itself!  Tracked back really well, smashed zog up in the air at one point and looked a bit more direct going forward.  Still so fucking frustrating when he gets up to full speed, could burn 2 or 3 players on the outside, but checks back inside looking for a pass or a chance to do flicks and stepovers.

 

It was a much improved performance I thought, if he keeps improving then great, if that's going to be the best we see out of him then it should be bench duty at best.  Going to struggle against Spurs, but then everyone is!

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I wish he would just put in an early cross, instead he takes about 5 touches and allows the defenders to position themselves

 

He definitely did that on a few occasions yesterday which was good to see but unfortunately his poor decision making is still there. Not as frustrating as he was a month ago though. Progress methinks.

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Dr Venkman

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I wish he would just put in an early cross, instead he takes about 5 touches and allows the defenders to position themselves

 

He definitely did that on a few occasions yesterday which was good to see but unfortunately his poor decision making is still there. Not as frustrating as he was a month ago though. Progress methinks.

 

if he'd played for 90 mins he'd have been just as frustrating imo

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I wish he would just put in an early cross, instead he takes about 5 touches and allows the defenders to position themselves

 

He definitely did that on a few occasions yesterday which was good to see but unfortunately his poor decision making is still there. Not as frustrating as he was a month ago though. Progress methinks.

 

He did put in a few crosses BUT I am referring more to as soon as he gets the ball, forget taking 5 or so touches, either a first time cross or one touch to control the ball and cross it in

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I wish he would just put in an early cross, instead he takes about 5 touches and allows the defenders to position themselves

 

He definitely did that on a few occasions yesterday which was good to see but unfortunately his poor decision making is still there. Not as frustrating as he was a month ago though. Progress methinks.

 

He did put in a few crosses BUT I am referring more to as soon as he gets the ball, forget taking 5 or so touches, either a first time cross or one touch to control the ball and cross it in

 

What I was referring to was the early crossing. He did it a lot more yesterday than he ever has done (though yeah, he needs to do it a lot more).

 

Of course, there were times when he took a touch too many (hence why I said his poor decision making is still there).

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the thing that buggs me most is that Jonas and Obertan is very similar as players. Still Jonas is a beast and Obertan is s**** :dontknow:

 

one has a brain

 

rather a bigger fighting spirit.

 

dose ´t think Jonas is a specially smart player at all.

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Dr Venkman

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the thing that buggs me most is that Jonas and Obertan is very similar as players. Still Jonas is a beast and Obertan is s**** :dontknow:

 

one has a brain

 

rather a bigger fighting spirit.

 

dose ´t think Jonas is a specially smart player at all.

 

as well as a fighting spirit.

 

Jonas is incredibly good at using his body to shield the ball and winning free kicks by inviting contact and being a little bit quicker than a defender, you need a brain to do that.

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My Dad sat and watched the game with me for the first time in ages yesterday and was getting so frustrated with Obertan. Kept moaning when he didn't knock it out his feet and run (when he was 1on1 with Dunne) and taking too many touches before putting a cross in.

I was like "dad this has actually been one of his better games but at least now you understand how frustrating he can be"

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He seemed to be more willing to run at his man today than he has been in the past, however there were still a few moments where he made the wrong decision. For example there was a moment early in the second half where Cisse was bursting through the middle in acres of space, he was more or less one on one with Given, and Obertan just had to play a relatively simple pass to him. Instead he tried to go it alone.

 

In fairness to him (if that's the chance I'm remembering where he ended up slicing it wide from the right of the area?) Cisse was offside the whole time when they showed the replay on the telly.

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Thought he was really useful today. Got back well, ran with it well, had a good control, worked for the team. Generally just looked more up for it and better on the ball. Still pretty feeble in the final third, but i can forgive him for that if he shows a bit of graft - something he hadn't been doing up until now. Happy to have him as an option from the bench on current form.

 

Agree with Yorkie.

 

Seen more from him on Sunday than in most of his performances added together.  The major difference - CONFIDENCE.

 

Its really worrying that he is still getting so much stick when he is showing real signs of improvement but also pleased that so many have noticed and commented that his game seems to be on the up.

 

I absolutely love HBA and only watched the French league because of him. He is far more talented than Gabby. He aint in the team right now, but that aint Gabby's fault. It is merely the manager using his squad of players to produce a result. It should not go un-noticed that during the past couple of weeks it has been the squad players who have stepped up and brought us the points (Raylor, Perch, Gabby, Willo, Best). They may be sh*t sometimes and we give them stick for it, but atm they are producing just when we needed it most.

 

 

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