Dr Venkman Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 As others have said he hasn't actually had to do any defending yet but I think his pace will make him pretty hard to beat. Reminds me a bit of the Gareth Bale situation, when he signed for spurs and the jury was out on what his best position was. The lad us clearly happiest when he's bombing on. Looked our most creative player at times yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 And as if by magic! @lee_ryder Lee Ryder #nufc Ryan Taylor expected to be available for WBA game after picking up knock on Friday 23 seconds ago If he goes straight back in ahead of Santon and still no Ben Arfa and we don't get a result, things will start turning nasty. We'll still be 7th though, so you can't criticise. Difference between criticism and turning nasty. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 You really don't know how poor Taylor is defensively until you see this guy in the same position. It was great to see him winning things in the air and looking so comfortable on the ball. He's in the first team now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 You really don't know how poor Taylor is defensively until you see this guy in the same position. It was great to see him winning things in the air and looking so comfortable on the ball. He's in the first team now. I really hope so, as I said yesterday he is instantly one of those players the ball will go to and you are completely confident. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Very good performance yesterday, what a big asset he can become. Very good going forward, using BOTH feet in contrast to Taylor. Really hope Pardew does not do anything stupid now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steggy Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Santon looked fucking sexy yesterday Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 You really don't know how poor Taylor is defensively until you see this guy in the same position. It was great to see him winning things in the air and looking so comfortable on the ball. He's in the first team now. I really hope so, as I said yesterday he is instantly one of those players the ball will go to and you are completely confident. There were times when Jonas let him run the left wing going forward. Was always confident a chance would come of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steggy Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 also when they were warming up before the game he took a really tricky ball down perfectly, SUBLIME TOUCH Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Absolutely earth shatteringly enormous fucks sakes if he doesn't keep his place now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Seemed to get even better in the second half didnt he, which was a good sign. Played a lovely ball for Sholas chance & can beat a man. You can see he'd get assists, its defensively he'll be tested. Prob mentioned but the moment he hassled their player the entire way up the wing only to win the ball against two of em was real class Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 He looks as if he wants to run into the box when he gets forward past Jonas, something some were critical Enrique didn't do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Another fine example of how well our scouts are doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 We had this guy yet persisted with Ryan Taylor for three months Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 We had this guy yet persisted with Ryan Taylor for three months Makes me feel a little sick tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I just love seeing players with a good touch, makes such a difference. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Tbf I think it was a lot more to do with keeping a solid unit than keeping Ryan Taylor in the team. The defence weren't exactly doing a bad job.. If Santon had been fit from the off I reckon he would have been in the team sooner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 There was one time when he was down in the gallowgate - east stand corner and he took control of a long pass with the outside of his foot and all I could think of was... http://memegenerator.net/cache/instances/400x/11/12097/12387393.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Having two right footed players down the left really fucks up our attacking rhythm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Having two right footed players down the left really f***s up our attacking rhythm. It was a bit of a detriment yesterday tbh but I'm sure we'll be able to work it out eventually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Although he did make a very impressive full home debut , it was against Routledge. Saying that , he showed a lot more potential in that game, than Jose did in his first full season here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Could very easily shift Jonas over to the right now that he doesn't have to babysit his "fullback" anymore. Then again, we don't have an actual left-footed winger to come in anyway so fuck that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VaVaVoom Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 I'd love it if we actually did go out and get a LB (Cissokho) and moved Santon over to RB. Imagine our best line up with a fully fit squad... ---Krul--- ---Santon---S.Taylor---Coloccini---Cissokho--- ---Cabaye-------Tiote--- Jonas----------Ben Arfa----------Marveaux ---Ba--- Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Could very easily shift Jonas over to the right now that he doesn't have to babysit his "fullback" anymore. Then again, we don't have an actual left-footed winger to come in anyway so fuck that Probably been whooshed but I'm going to stick my neck out and say Arfster could play there, he has a little bit of history in that role. Love how comfortable Santon has shown himself to be on the ball and how looks to go forward as soon as he gets it. Very refreshing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Ben Arfa played there vs Everton last year didnt he? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted December 18, 2011 Share Posted December 18, 2011 Could very easily shift Jonas over to the right now that he doesn't have to babysit his "fullback" anymore. Then again, we don't have an actual left-footed winger to come in anyway so fuck that Probably been whooshed but I'm going to stick my neck out and say Arfster could play there, he has a little bit of history in that role. Love how comfortable Santon has shown himself to be on the ball and how looks to go forward as soon as he gets it. Very refreshing. I mean, obviously Ben Arfa would be fine but the point that was being made was that we were disadvantaged by having two opposite-footed wide players on the left side. He unfortunately doesn't solve that problem. (Unless I'm stupid and Ben Arfa is actually left-footed.) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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