The College Dropout Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 There's some aspects of his game that I truly dislike. The early, first time shot is up there. So much harder, when he could just take a touch and leave himself with an easier finish. The offside shit is unbelievable. The movement when not offside is immense though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Cisse form is the least of our worries... Just not getting the breaks this season by and large... He's up there in our worries. If he doesn't start scoring soon, we are dependent on HBA or a new signing to keep us up. He's genuinely out of form and has been all season. Big, bad Demba has gone and Cisse needs to pick up the mantle of being THAT guy. Yup. Baffling statement to say he's the least of our worries. If he keeps doing as he has for the last six months we could very well be down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Cisse form is the least of our worries... Just not getting the breaks this season by and large... He's up there in our worries. If he doesn't start scoring soon, we are dependent on HBA or a new signing to keep us up. He's genuinely out of form and has been all season. Big, bad Demba has gone and Cisse needs to pick up the mantle of being THAT guy. Yup. Baffling statement to say he's the least of our worries. If he keeps doing as he has for the last six months we could very well be down. I think he's coming into form since Ba left... I was down at Norwich and he got nothing other than a few high balls to contest... Just needs regular service but at the moment the team are feeding him scraps... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Cisse form is the least of our worries... Just not getting the breaks this season by and large... He's up there in our worries. If he doesn't start scoring soon, we are dependent on HBA or a new signing to keep us up. He's genuinely out of form and has been all season. Big, bad Demba has gone and Cisse needs to pick up the mantle of being THAT guy. Yup. Baffling statement to say he's the least of our worries. If he keeps doing as he has for the last six months we could very well be down. I think he's coming into form since Ba left... I was down at Norwich and he got nothing other than a few high balls to contest... Just needs regular service but at the moment the team are feeding him scraps... As College Dropout has argued far better than I ever could he got plenty of service yesterday and missed a few you would really hope your striker tucks away in a relegation battle. We are hugely dependent on him refinding his goalscoring form and quickly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 He's getting himself into good positions all the time. He could've had a hat-trick yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bowlingcrofty Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Cisse form is the least of our worries... Just not getting the breaks this season by and large... Really? Because I think our main striker only have 4(??) league goals this season, with one of those going in off his arse, is slightly concerning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 He's getting himself into good positions all the time. He should've had a hat-trick yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Starting to turn into a bit of a cliché fest in here. Hope for all our healths he starts putting a few away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 20, 2013 Share Posted January 20, 2013 Cisse form is the least of our worries... Just not getting the breaks this season by and large... Really? Because I think our main striker only have 4(??) league goals this season, with one of those going in off his arse, is slightly concerning. I'm not disagreeing its concerning... I clearly said "least of our worries..." Says it all about the mess we are in... Sorting the midfield out is priority... It's been overrun every game this season in the league... Neither protecting the defence or creating any chances... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SMTW Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Starting to turn into a bit of a cliché fest in here. Hope for all our healths he starts putting a few away. Just needs one to go in off his arse. Form is temporary... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 There's some aspects of his game that I truly dislike. The early, first time shot is up there. So much harder, when he could just take a touch and leave himself with an easier finish. The offside shit is unbelievable. That's it. Thing is last season those early first time shots were busting the net. All players are confidence players really, but you sense that he's especially mojo-driven. If he's feeling lucky, he'll waft his foot at anything and expect it to go in Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 There's some aspects of his game that I truly dislike. The early, first time shot is up there. So much harder, when he could just take a touch and leave himself with an easier finish. The offside s*** is unbelievable. That's it. Thing is last season those early first time shots were busting the net. All players are confidence players really, but you sense that he's especially mojo-driven. If he's feeling lucky, he'll waft his foot at anything and expect it to go in Yep. That was always my biggest concern with Cisse. A lot of his goals where difficult blockbuster goals. Difficult to keep that level up. More tap-ins and bungled in goals please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Phil K Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 Hope to God he begins to score against those Brummoi gits I couldn't put up with another inexplicably hysterical celebration like they'd just beaten their greatest rivals from those peabrains. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 There's some aspects of his game that I truly dislike. The early, first time shot is up there. So much harder, when he could just take a touch and leave himself with an easier finish. The offside s*** is unbelievable. That's it. Thing is last season those early first time shots were busting the net. All players are confidence players really, but you sense that he's especially mojo-driven. If he's feeling lucky, he'll waft his foot at anything and expect it to go in Yep. That was always my biggest concern with Cisse. A lot of his goals where difficult blockbuster goals. Difficult to keep that level up. More tap-ins and bungled in goals please. Totally disagree about the early shots, they're essential to his game. A lot of the goals he has scored in his career are because of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 He at least needs to learn when he does and doesn't have time to take a touch and be composed. He shoots early even when there's no need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 He at least needs to learn when he does and doesn't have time to take a touch and be composed. He shoots early even when there's no need. quite often the early shot catches the keeper out. he's practically a one in two striker throughout his career. he nneds to just keep on getting into the positions and getting decent contact on the ball and the goals will come. strikers have days like he did on saturday and the main thing was that he still gets the chances after being played out of position for so long. if he misses chances like saturday over a few weeks then it may be time to worry about him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 If he waits to assess the situation then the chance to shoot early is already gone. I've got no problem with the way he plays TBH, if he keeps playing like he is he will get a couple soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I'm not saying wait and assess the situation, because that will inevitably lose him any advantage he has in shooting early, but he could do with having more awareness of his surroundings. That even applies to the unnecessary number of times he's offside. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I'm not saying wait and assess the situation, because that will inevitably lose him any advantage he has in shooting early, but he could do with having more awareness of his surroundings. That even applies to the unnecessary number of times he's offside. can't really see the problem, his awareness when on the ball seems very good, especially when laying it off. as for offsides he's about par for the course for a forward playing off the shoulder. on a side note i think the time is coming when some players will deliberatly stray off side to push the defence up in the expectation of a team mate using that to run in behind them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I'm not saying wait and assess the situation, because that will inevitably lose him any advantage he has in shooting early, but he could do with having more awareness of his surroundings. That even applies to the unnecessary number of times he's offside. can't really see the problem, his awareness when on the ball seems very good, especially when laying it off. as for offsides he's about par for the course for a forward playing off the shoulder. on a side note i think the time is coming when some players will deliberatly stray off side to push the defence up in the expectation of a team mate using that to run in behind them. Don't get me wrong, I really rate Cisse, but playing off the shoulder doesn't excuse some of his offsides. For example, the one Shola tried to play in to him against early on Reading - at no point was he ever onside, so it's not like he's made a run off the last man expecting the ball, he just wasn't paying attention. He does get offside more than most. In my eyes there is either a lack of concentration or lack of awareness, at times, with both his shooting early and his offsides. It's clearly sporadic because as you say, his awareness is pretty decent at other times when laying the ball off etc, but I think you would have to be turning a blind eye to not see that he can make improvements in this area. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 As a sidenote, I found myself imitating an East African accent in the pub the other day while talking about Cisse and was accused of racism. Big argument ensued about it being no different from putting on an Irish accent on the one hand, and it implicitly mocking black / poor people on the other. I reckon objecting on those grounds is racism in itself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 As a sidenote, I found myself imitating an East African accent in the pub the other day while talking about Cisse and was accused of racism. Big argument ensued about it being no different from putting on an Irish accent on the one hand, and it implicitly mocking black / poor people on the other. I reckon objecting on those grounds is racism in itself. It is not racist, especially if you actually know what a Senegalese accent sounds like! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I think I've a vague idea. I'll happily admit that it might have been a slightly generic African accent. Touch of Ladysmith Black Mambazo about it perhaps Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 He's not East African like. Whenever you talk in an accent from a different "race" or the predominant ethnicity in a society you run the risk of being called racist. If a black person put on an Indian accent you might think he was being racist. Back to the point. Cisse needs to learn the offside rule. I'm glad we didn't land Remy. I want a striker who wants the ball at his feet not ahead of him. That's why Best/BA worked well. Best liked it into feet then Ba would look to get in behind the defence. Same with Shearer/Bellamy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted January 21, 2013 Share Posted January 21, 2013 I know this seems far-fetched but by East I meant West Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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