Guest Dontooner Posted January 24, 2013 Share Posted January 24, 2013 Anita will definitely be in my starting 11 , If all fit that is, he could even play on the right if we needed to close the game. I highly doubt we will have all 4 midfielders fit all the time , so the balance and competition is great. Anita is one of the few players we have that actually pass and move well with the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudil Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 It really annoys me to see Anita, after all those years of careful technical and tactical development at the Ajax academy and in the first team, sent out by Alan Pardew with the sole purpose to run around like f*** Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 It really annoys me to see Anita, after all those years of careful technical and tactical development at the Ajax academy and in the first team, sent out by Alan Pardew with the sole purpose to run around like f*** I actually think his ability to "run around like f***" will be his greatest asset to the team. He isn't a transcendent passer and isn't physically strong enough to dominate like other DMs, yet when you combine decent all around skills with his effort and pace it comes to a good footballer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted February 2, 2013 Share Posted February 2, 2013 Don't understand his relegation to the bench behind Perch at all. (well apart from Pardew liking tackling i suppose). Hope he's not too upset Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Gives him a break to reassess himself and adapt more to the Premier League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Aye man he's got to be back in there ahead of Perch; can't understand it. If Pardew wants a more regimented defensive-midfielder alongside Cabaye, he can play that role. He doesn't have to be as box-to-box now Sissoko is in there. DM isn't his best role, but I bet he can do it better than Perch; much better footballer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Will control games better than Perch ever will, even if he isn't as hard a tackler. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TherealnorthernTOON Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Hasn't Anita played almost every game we've played since Cabayes injury? Looked knackered even when he came on against reading. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Hasn't Anita played almost every game we've played since Cabayes injury? Looked knackered even when he came on against reading. fair play if that's the reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 If Pardew intends on playing Gouffran, Cisse, Ben Arfa, Sissoko and Cabaye I can understand why Perch is the other midfielder. If not then Is a shame for Anita though, he looks class and should have played more recently. Still think he could actually play a wide role, he is quick and intelligent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 If it's genuine rotation I'm okay with it I suppose, we have depth that we can shift team around more now, but if Perch has supplanted him in pecking order would be annoying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Probably a fair point I guess, he's every right to be exhausted after carrying the midfield in Cabaye's absence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Can see Anita playing against Southampton at home Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Anita has made more tackles per game than Perch this season btw, which I found surprising. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Anita has made more tackles per game than Perch this season btw, which I found surprising. I don't find it surprising, Anita is a better player and gets stuck in when he needs to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 If Pardew intends on playing Gouffran, Cisse, Ben Arfa, Sissoko and Cabaye I can understand why Perch is the other midfielder. If not then Is a shame for Anita though, he looks class and should have played more recently. Still think he could actually play a wide role, he is quick and intelligent. I can't there seems to be this thing going around that Anita is an attacking player, he's not he just played like that because thats how we used them due to lack of Cabaye etc etc and he's able to do so due to his pace and technical ability. He's a DM and fantastic at it, i have seen him as a DM at Ajax he hardly goes beyond the half way line in fact he was very Busquets like. Its time Pardew starts using him as one. If we had a in form Tiote available then i'd sort of understand it but i fail to see what Perch offers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 Anita has made more tackles per game than Perch this season btw, which I found surprising. I don't find it surprising, Anita is a better player and gets stuck in when he needs to. Perch is considered as a 'tackler' though, isn't he? Perch has made more interceptions per game than Anita, so it's swings and roundabouts as far as stats go. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATB Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 I got nothing against Perch. But I have started to pay a little bit more attention at him to try and solve why he starts and I must say that I still can´t answer that question. He´s nothing specially with the ball, in fact he loses it in dangerous situations, and even in the defensive work (the reason he is playing I think) he tend to go missing, take dangerous free kicks etc. I just can´t understand why he has become the most important player for Pardew. Anita should definitely play that role. And against Soto there are just no excuses to play Perch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 my word this had slipped to page 3 of the forum!! feel for this lad personally, imo any other manager than pardew and he'd be on the teamsheet at the moment as tiote is an accident waiting to happen poor fucker slogs through the horror story that was the first half of our season, we start playing football suited to him and he's binned Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tollemache Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 I reckon Anita will play more and more as time goes on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Feel sorry for him as well, hopefully in some games we can go without Tiote/Perch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 Hope the little fella gets some game time soon. In the words of Louis Walsh 'I loik him'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 is he physical enough to be a pardew midfielder though is the question i ask myself, might end up out of favour by default Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnonel Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 size/physicality is a myth that has constantly been debunked on here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted February 14, 2013 Share Posted February 14, 2013 It would be ridiculous to just cast him aside after spending £7mil or whatever on him. Especially after looking like our brightest player after a tough start Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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