Dr Venkman Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 If we signed Philip Lahm some people on this forum would complain about him being right-footed and playing at LB. it's ok pet, i'm just discussing the pro's and cons. i'm nowhere near a boycoutt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliassenfredrik Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Christ, of course he will play LB. Unless we sign Cissokho out of the blue. Our worry should be that Simpson still will play. Raylor should definitely take the RB spot on his current form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Their fans are absolutely sickened by this potential deal Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk77 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 People are so hung up on what foot he uses, but it's not a video game! The guy played numerous games at left back at friggin Inter, and was hugely rated off of these performances. Chill out! He is fine either side. it's just about balance mate, that's all, and especially if you've got jonas ahead of him the other team pretty much know what they need to do to stop us down the left. he looks really comfortable on the ball though, him and ben arfa down the left is potentially incredible. It's not that straight forward at all. You can't just say because they're both left footed the other team knows exactly how to stop them. Disagree completely. the other team knows which way they're gonna go 9 times out of 10, and that they'll be running into traffic rather than space. i'm not saying it wont work, i'm not saying we wont have a good left flank, i'm saying we'll have a more predictable one and that's a bad thing imo. Everything depends on his pace and technique..If you are useless with the ball, like Simpson, it will be a disaster putting him on left back..But from what I've seen from Santon he's fast and is capable of going both ways..It's his skills that makes him unpredictable, not his preferred fot.. have you played much football? as a defender? I have, but at an inferiour level so it's hardly relevant for this discussion..My point is simple, Santon got skills, so he's probably capable of passing and crossing with both feet, although he prefers his right foot..Simpson on the other hand find it difficult to hit a simple pass..Consequently Simpson would be the shittiest defender on earth if placed on left back, because he doesn't posess the skills necessary to master that position,. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliassenfredrik Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 That doesn't make much sense. Is Raylor the worst defender on earth on LB? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 People are so hung up on what foot he uses, but it's not a video game! The guy played numerous games at left back at friggin Inter, and was hugely rated off of these performances. Chill out! He is fine either side. it's just about balance mate, that's all, and especially if you've got jonas ahead of him the other team pretty much know what they need to do to stop us down the left. he looks really comfortable on the ball though, him and ben arfa down the left is potentially incredible. It's not that straight forward at all. You can't just say because they're both left footed the other team knows exactly how to stop them. Disagree completely. the other team knows which way they're gonna go 9 times out of 10, and that they'll be running into traffic rather than space. i'm not saying it wont work, i'm not saying we wont have a good left flank, i'm saying we'll have a more predictable one and that's a bad thing imo. Everything depends on his pace and technique..If you are useless with the ball, like Simpson, it will be a disaster putting him on left back..But from what I've seen from Santon he's fast and is capable of going both ways..It's his skills that makes him unpredictable, not his preferred fot.. have you played much football? as a defender? I have, but at an inferiour level so it's hardly relevant for this discussion..My point is simple, Santon got skills, so he's probably capable of passing and crossing with both feet, although he prefers his right foot..Simpson on the other hand find it difficult to hit a simple pass..Consequently Simpson would be the shittest defender on earth if placed on left back, but not Santon. contrary to what sam allardyce might tell you, the basics of the game are the same at any level. and one of them is if you know which way someone's likely to go, you've got a better chance of stopping them. i'm not even sure why you're talking about simpson to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 People are so hung up on what foot he uses, but it's not a video game! The guy played numerous games at left back at friggin Inter, and was hugely rated off of these performances. Chill out! He is fine either side. it's just about balance mate, that's all, and especially if you've got jonas ahead of him the other team pretty much know what they need to do to stop us down the left. he looks really comfortable on the ball though, him and ben arfa down the left is potentially incredible. It's not that straight forward at all. You can't just say because they're both left footed the other team knows exactly how to stop them. Disagree completely. the other team knows which way they're gonna go 9 times out of 10, and that they'll be running into traffic rather than space. i'm not saying it wont work, i'm not saying we wont have a good left flank, i'm saying we'll have a more predictable one and that's a bad thing imo. Everything depends on his pace and technique..If you are useless with the ball, like Simpson, it will be a disaster putting him on left back..But from what I've seen from Santon he's fast and is capable of going both ways..It's his skills that makes him unpredictable, not his preferred fot.. have you played much football? as a defender? I have, but at an inferiour level so it's hardly relevant for this discussion..My point is simple, Santon got skills, so he's probably capable of passing and crossing with both feet, although he prefers his right foot..Simpson on the other hand find it difficult to hit a simple pass..Consequently Simpson would be the shittest defender on earth if placed on left back, but not Santon. contrary to what sam allardyce might tell you, the basics of the game are the same at any level. and one of them is if you know which way someone's likely to go, you've got a better chance of stopping them. i'm not even sure why you're talking about simpson to be honest. Because he's a mong who justifies his existence on the board by pretending to get into the 'theory' of football and offer some 'great insight' - it's car-crashingly excruciating to read. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Christ, of course he will play LB. Unless we sign Cissokho out of the blue. Our worry should be that Simpson still will play. Raylor should definitely take the RB spot on his current form. Really?, his goals aside he's been terrible. Simpson has looked shaky the last couple of games but generally he's pretty solid, he and everyone else for that matter just needs to stop backing off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 lee_ryder Lee Ryder Santon donning #nufc training gear at Benton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Five o Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 lee_ryder Lee Ryder Santon donning #nufc training gear at Benton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Jizz. Everywhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Punk77 Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 I'm comparing Santon with Simpson to illustrate that technical skills and pace are highly relevant when playing in a positon that is unnatural for you, ie right footed player playing on the left side, or the other way around.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest axel Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Awesome Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 ok I accept this may actually happen Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 lee_ryder Lee Ryder Santon donning #nufc training gear at Benton Someone get down there with a camera/cameraphone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maze Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 lee_ryder Lee Ryder Santon donning #nufc training gear at Benton beat me to it. bastard! nufcfans NUFCfans Jose Mourinho on Davide Santon > “He's the type of player who could become the new Maldini or Zanetti over the next few years." #NUFC #fb 5 minutes ago Favorite Retweet Reply Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 If he's half as good as some of you on here are making out then this is the steal of the century. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 A lot of heads in sand in this thread... Going off all the YT clips of him available and analysing them he is quite clearly right footed and not comfortable using his left... Thought it was telling that the clips he looked best in were as RB... And even more telling that he was playing RB in the majority of the clips... More than happy if RB is the plan for him as clearly an upgrade on Simpson... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest axel Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 ok I accept this may actually happen the clowns still have some minutes to fuck this up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 People are so hung up on what foot he uses, but it's not a video game! The guy played numerous games at left back at friggin Inter, and was hugely rated off of these performances. Chill out! He is fine either side. it's just about balance mate, that's all, and especially if you've got jonas ahead of him the other team pretty much know what they need to do to stop us down the left. he looks really comfortable on the ball though, him and ben arfa down the left is potentially incredible. It's not that straight forward at all. You can't just say because they're both left footed the other team knows exactly how to stop them. Disagree completely. the other team knows which way they're gonna go 9 times out of 10, and that they'll be running into traffic rather than space. i'm not saying it wont work, i'm not saying we wont have a good left flank, i'm saying we'll have a more predictable one and that's a bad thing imo. Everything depends on his pace and technique..If you are useless with the ball, like Simpson, it will be a disaster putting him on left back..But from what I've seen from Santon he's fast and is capable of going both ways..It's his skills that makes him unpredictable, not his preferred fot.. have you played much football? as a defender? I have, but at an inferiour level so it's hardly relevant for this discussion..My point is simple, Santon got skills, so he's probably capable of passing and crossing with both feet, although he prefers his right foot..Simpson on the other hand find it difficult to hit a simple pass..Consequently Simpson would be the shittest defender on earth if placed on left back, but not Santon. contrary to what sam allardyce might tell you, the basics of the game are the same at any level. and one of them is if you know which way someone's likely to go, you've got a better chance of stopping them. i'm not even sure why you're talking about simpson to be honest. Surely it's exactly the same problem if you had two left footed players on the left side? They are both more like to try and go on the outside? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 A lot of heads in sand in this thread... Going off all the YT clips of him available and analysing them he is quite clearly right footed and not comfortable using his left... Thought it was telling that the clips he looked best in were as RB... And even more telling that he was playing RB in the majority of the clips... More than happy if RB is the plan for him as clearly an upgrade on Simpson... I've watched most of his career and he has played more at LB than RB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinotheprehistoricgeordie Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Title changed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 title change?!!! :omg: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 If he's half as good as some of you on here are making out then this is the steal of the century. Nah, that was Jose to Liverpool Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliassenfredrik Posted August 30, 2011 Share Posted August 30, 2011 Christ, of course he will play LB. Unless we sign Cissokho out of the blue. Our worry should be that Simpson still will play. Raylor should definitely take the RB spot on his current form. Really?, his goals aside he's been terrible. Simpson has looked shaky the last couple of games but generally he's pretty solid, he and everyone else for that matter just needs to stop backing off. Only thing Simpson is better at is running down the flank. The problem though, is he tends to loose it quite often, or just run out of the pitch with it, Smith-style. Raylor is better at defending, even at LB he has quite obviously shown he's the superior defender. And his crosses are sexy. Simpson is too often out of ideas. Don't get me wrong, I don't want Raylor permanently on RB, but if we don't get anyone in within tomorrow (assuming Santon plays LB), he should take the spot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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