triggs Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Cisse's all round game was actually much improved when he played those few games instead of Mitrovic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 4231 happened and McClaren is as much a believer in this system as Pardew ever was I really hate this 4-2-3-1, two DM's for defensive safety. It's boring as feck, and when we do it we concede goals like we have only 4 players on the the pitch. We're really shit at this football lark Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 4-2-3-1 = 4-4-1-1 with CM's having limited attacking responsibility. Classic Arsenal or Man Utd teams basically played that formation but they had CM's that had to create. Petit was probably the closest to a pure DM of the bunch and he had a fantastic left-foot. Keane, Vieira, Scholes B2B essentially. Sure the game has evolved but it's evolved to the point CM roles seem limited. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 4-2-3-1 = 4-4-1-1 with CM's having limited attacking responsibility. Classic Arsenal or Man Utd teams basically played that formation but they had CM's that had to create. Petit was probably the closest to a pure DM of the bunch and he had a fantastic left-foot. Keane, Vieira, Scholes B2B essentially. Sure the game has evolved but it's evolved to the point CM roles seem limited. I'd say Dele Alli is about the only box to box player (goes beyond the strikers i mean) i see now in the top clubs bar Leicester. Leicester's Drinkwater and Kante do both but don't really break past their strikers, but both do the defending and attacking side of CM play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Dele Alli gives the ball away a fair bit. Seems more a hard working, bad tackling 10 than a proper B2B CM. But in time I can see him developing into that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted February 16, 2016 Share Posted February 16, 2016 Lol off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 So, did they just lie to us when they said in January that he was close to returning from injury? Wouldn't be like them to lie to the fans mind you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 Who cares! He's a Muslim yet he goes to the Casino!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted March 8, 2016 Share Posted March 8, 2016 So there's absolutely no sign or word of either him or Tiote at all? In my opinion we desperately need both of them back and in the team at the minute, Tiote to add some steel to the midfield (like he was doing in the few games he had a while back where he actually performed quite well) and Cisse to nick a couple of scrappy goals from nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 ETA? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 So...we need him back to save us again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samag Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 So...we need him back to save us again. Maybe the only one at the club who can score goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppe Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Hoo hoo, Cisse, where are you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 So...we need him back to save us again. Maybe the only one at the club who can score goals. Yup, I suppose many Newcastle fans got what they wished for though...they wanted someone that gets involved more in the game then Cisse does. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Spent a long time thinking he was shit. But that instinct he has in the box is better than nearly anyone in our team. Doesn't strike me as a Benitez player but Benitez managed Baros for a season or so to big success Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Mentioned by Rafa on .com as on his way back. We need him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Once again we need his goals to save us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Drop Mitro and get him in ASAP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Love Papiss I do, not the greatest all round player but he knows how to score a goal. Would be interested to see him and Mitro up top together, it'd either be the most comical attacking threat we've ever had or it could work well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Would be tempted to get him in, I'm not a big fan of his but he always seems to pop up with goals more often than not. We might miss the hold up play element of dropping Mitro but goals are more important at this stage, though with our level of service to the strikers goals from Papiss are not guaranteed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Been critical of him in the past like everyone else has but he would have scored at least one of the times we fluffed a shot in the box against Leicester. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Cisse with motivation is a wonderful thing. I'd be tempted to go with. Sav Shel Sissoko Townsend Winny Cisse With Townsend supporting him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ElCid Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Would be tempted to get him in, I'm not a big fan of his but he always seems to pop up with goals more often than not. We might miss the hold up play element of dropping Mitro but goals are more important at this stage, though with our level of service to the strikers goals from Papiss are not guaranteed. Give him service he will score goals and we could do with one of his goal scoring runs big time at the moment - he saved us with his goals a couple of year back and I still think short term he would be our best bet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I actually miss this smiling kernt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimburst Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I think he's terrible, personally. Scores goals, admittedly, and that's exactly what we need. I don't even know how he scores them. Kinda makes me think it's all fluke, hence why I don't like him. We could do with some luck though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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