Vurnon Anita (now playing for RKC Waalwijk)

[Guest firetotheworks]

Yeah, it really effects Lahm as well. Left Back is Santon's preferred position.

[Dave]

Colo in midfield etc.

[Mole_Toonfan]

Yeah, it really effects Lahm as well. Left Back is Santon's preferred position.

 

Zambrotta, Maldini etc etc, personally i'm really getting annoyed with this we need to buy a LB and move Santon to the right talk.

 

1. There's better RB's around than LB's.

 

2. Santon prefers it there and he's great there.

 

3. There's no actual proof he would be better on the right.

[colinmk]

If we play that formation then on the left side I think it would be beneficial to have Marveaux instead of Ba since Santon like to cut in when attacking and Ba inevitably does that too.

[Guest icemanblue]

Colo in midfield etc.

 

[Belfast Mags]

So many different options now  :fwap:

[alexf]

Don't know if he was just having a bad game in general but Santon had abit of a shocker when he played at right back in one of the pre-season games couple of weeks ago.

[Mole_Toonfan]

Don't know if he was just having a bad game in general but Santon had abit of a shocker when he played at right back in one of the pre-season games couple of weeks ago.

 

He was better on the left when i saw him for Inter too, it's a weird one but i honestly believe he's better on the left.

 

Perhaps because a lot of attackers come inside these days and naturally they are coming inside on his stronger foot.

[ElDiablo]

[wormy]

So many different options now  :fwap:

[Kanj]

Do some of these "Santon shouldn't play on left" comments come from people who've actually played football? He's fine there man give off on that point.  Sure he cuts in, sure he doesn't really like to cross with his left foot, but his cutting in is 100x more effective than the floated crosses Simmo puts up from the right side with his right foot.

[Mole_Toonfan]

Do some of these "Santon shouldn't play on left" comments come from people who've actually played football? He's fine there man give off on that point.  Sure he cuts in, sure he doesn't really like to cross with his left foot, but his cutting in is 100x more effective than the floated crosses Simmo puts up from the right side with his right foot.

 

[B-more Mag]

Total football 

[Yorkie]

I've accepted that Santon will be playing on the left. Although he's horrendously one-footed, there are still bonuses to having an attacking player on his weaker side. He did look a threat when he cut inside with pace. The team only became unbalanced when it was him and Jonas down one wing in a 4-4-2, which was never going to work and didn't, on the occasional times it was played. In the 4-3-3 it's absolutely fine, particularly if we're going to be playing with two defensive-mids in Anita and Tiote.

 

The team's shaping up to look very, very good on paper at least. Having completed this signing, the next challenges (where the first XI is concerned) are: A, upgrading the right-back position... and B, finding a way to accommodate Ba and Cisse whilst keeping the two players happy and effective.

 

Obviously, where other signings are concerned, we still need to pad out the squad with a forward and another centre-back, though i can't see the latter happening.

 

 

 

 

Entering 'on-paper land', just for the hell of it, if the squad looks like this come September i'll be more than happy:

 

 

Keepers: Krul, Elliot, Harper

 

Defenders: Coloccini, STaylor, Debuchy, Santon, Williamson, Perch, Simpson, RTaylor, Tavernier, Ferguson, Good

 

Midfielders: Cabaye, Tiote, Anita, Jonas, Marveaux, Obertan, Abeid, Vuckic, Bigirimana, Amalfitano, Gosling

 

Forwards: Cisse, Ba, Ben Arfa, Carroll*, Shola, Sammy, Campbell

 

*would rather someone else, but i can't see us going after anyone other striker.

 

 

That's one of, if not the best, squad i've seen from us in the time i've been supporting us. But i've said that a few times before.

[Shays Given Tim Flowers]

I've accepted that Santon will be playing on the left. Although he's horrendously one-footed, there are still bonuses to having an attacking player on his weaker side. He did look a threat when he cut inside with pace. The team only became unbalanced when it was him and Jonas down one wing in a 4-4-2, which was never going to work and didn't, on the occasional times it was played. In the 4-3-3 it's absolutely fine, particularly if we're going to be playing with two defensive-mids in Anita and Tiote.

 

The team's shaping up to look very, very good on paper at least. Having completed this signing, the next challenges (where the first XI is concerned) are: A, upgrading the right-back position... and B, finding a way to accommodate Ba and Cisse whilst keeping the two players happy and effective.

 

Obviously, where other signings are concerned, we still need to pad out the squad with a forward and another centre-back, though i can't see the latter happening.

 

Only when he is supplying crosses. He passes the ball and controls the ball comfortably with both feet.

[Segun Oluwaniyi]

Is Simpson still going? If not, I think the management will be happy with the versatility of Anita, Taylor, and Ferguson as fullbacks. It seems to me the priority would be another forward instead of the right back we've wanted.

[joeyt]

Love the way Dutch speaking people say 'Newcastle'

[Yorkie]

Is Simpson still going? If not, I think the management will be happy with the versatility of Anita, Taylor, and Ferguson as fullbacks. It seems to me the priority would be another forward instead of the right back we've wanted.

 

Would put my house on him sitting out his contract.

[joeyt]

I keep thinking he looks like P Diddy

 

Which is good, as we've just sold Drake

[Belfast Mags]

I keep thinking he looks like P Diddy

 

Which is good, as we've just sold Drake

 

He's a cross between P Diddy and Wesley Snipes 

[Fenham Mag]

http://i.imgur.com/9MHyP.png

 

Brothers of destruction.

 

 

This pairing will fucking kill some Premier League midfields 

[Belfast Mags]

http://i.imgur.com/9MHyP.png

 

Brothers of destruction.

 

 

This pairing will fucking kill some Premier League midfields 

 

Yes, yes they will.

[timeEd32]

That picture is awesome. Hope he plays on Saturday.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Is Anita actually physical and/or a hard man?

[BottledDog]

Is Anita actually physical and/or a hard man?

 

Wouldn't call him a hard man from what I've seen. More a ball playing DM who reads the game well enough to intercept or recover, rather than physically throwing himself around.