Skirge Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Not great defensibly but its not why we have him PLEAEE FUCKING PLEASE play him Central Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordstrom Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Play rather bad today. Don't see much of the ball in the second half. I would like to think that this was more or less down to the abject movement of the rest of the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 There was a moment today in the first half when he had the ball and Jonas, Tiote and Bigi (i think) were the closest three next to him and they literally did not move. Stood on the spot and watched him. It was utterly pathetic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnes23 Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Will be hard watching him in another teams colours next season. Must be sick of our style of play and reliance on him as a creative force. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 There was a moment today in the first half when he had the ball and Jonas, Tiote and Bigi (i think) were the closest three next to him and they literally did not move. Stood on the spot and watched him. It was utterly pathetic. That happens so often tbh. Everyone seems glued to the floor and just happy to watch him do something, that simply has to change. Ironically, when Obertan came on the other week against Norwich, he offered some good movement with Hatem, a couple of nice one twos etc. We need people to start getting on his wavelength tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 There was a moment today in the first half when he had the ball and Jonas, Tiote and Bigi (i think) were the closest three next to him and they literally did not move. Stood on the spot and watched him. It was utterly pathetic. I've been spouting about this for a while now. We're so static. When you watch a team like Man U play, they pass and move, pass and move, there is always someone making themselves available. We do none of that bar a few players. We don't make runs and gamble on passes. It's depressing as fuck to watch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Thought he was poor today tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Poor today. Lack of movement from others didn't help. But he didn't attack with any pace or drive today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Thought he was poor today tbh. He had nothing to work with, even when he was given the ball he usually had 3 or 4 players around him and he was getting the ball when he had players right up to him rather than in space. He's one player and we're far too reliant on him because of our deficiencies elsewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durhamunigeordie Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Was pretty quiet by his standards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 He wasn't great, but I hardly expect him to be able to provide all our creativity every match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainhaircut Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 He's too deep almost all of the time. He needs to be freed up. We should be playing him high up the pitch for three reasons. 1. He can control the ball, so we can ping it into him and he's a good out ball. 2. He'll be committing defenders rather than midfielders when he skins them. 3. If we win the ball high up the pitch, he'll tear teams apart. As it is, he's far too deep so when he beats a player, he looks up and there's another one there. We should be giving him a free role to do whatever he wants. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Thought he was poor today tbh. He had nothing to work with, even when he was given the ball he usually had 3 or 4 players around him and he was getting the ball when he had players right up to him rather than in space. He's one player and we're far too reliant on him because of our deficiencies elsewhere. Dont disagree with any of that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Teams know they can double/treble/quadruple up on him in midfield because the other three pose no threat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Teams know they can double/treble/quadruple up on him in midfield because the other three pose no threat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Teams know they can double/treble/quadruple up on him in midfield because the other three pose no threat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 This lad got completely fucked by his teammates and our lack of movement today. It's fucking criminal how slowly we move the ball around in the opponent's half and it's always ridiculously systematic and almost never goes through the middle. This is a problem when we don't play our only player who can really cross a ball (ferguson). Hatem has saved our asses all season but he can't do it everytime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Another who benefits from the 4-3-3, he's picking the ball up too deep and usually has to beat three or four players when he gets the ball. Naturally he manages this occasionally as he's absolutely immense, but he's wasted as a wide man in a 4-4-2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binnsy Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Was abysmal today, everyone can have an off day so not going to be too hard on him but he gets far too much arse licking on here, everyone making excuses for him blaming other players and the team etc. When he plays bad say he played bad. The thing that makes it more annoying is the resting of him in the league cup, he would probably have tore that man u back four to bits and we'd have had a great chance of going through but then after being rested follows it up with his worst display of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Should have squared it to Demba. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudil Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 He still looked our most dangerous player. So really to single him out as bad after that team performance? stupid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Was abysmal today, everyone can have an off day so not going to be too hard on him but he gets far too much arse licking on here, everyone making excuses for him blaming other players and the team etc. When he plays bad say he played bad. The thing that makes it more annoying is the resting of him in the league cup, he would probably have tore that man u back four to bits and we'd have had a great chance of going through but then after being rested follows it up with his worst display of the season. I thought he had his worst game for a while, which was mostly due to the rest of the team but they had too much success down his side of the pitch. Still he gets too much arse licking on here? Really? He's won us half the points we've made this season! (if not more actually) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Was abysmal today, everyone can have an off day so not going to be too hard on him but he gets far too much arse licking on here, everyone making excuses for him blaming other players and the team etc. When he plays bad say he played bad. The thing that makes it more annoying is the resting of him in the league cup, he would probably have tore that man u back four to bits and we'd have had a great chance of going through but then after being rested follows it up with his worst display of the season. I don't think anyone is denying he was poor, it's just not much of a worry considering his recent form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 "abysmal" Fucking hell man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted September 29, 2012 Share Posted September 29, 2012 Was abysmal today, everyone can have an off day so not going to be too hard on him but he gets far too much arse licking on here, everyone making excuses for him blaming other players and the team etc. When he plays bad say he played bad. The thing that makes it more annoying is the resting of him in the league cup, he would probably have tore that man u back four to bits and we'd have had a great chance of going through but then after being rested follows it up with his worst display of the season. How was he abysmal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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