LFEE Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Not sure he's so much improved as just been given the chance to play his game. Bit of both. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Aye. An actual run in the first team playing to his strengths and he looks like a different player. Drop wijnaldum back next to him and put dejong up top and the Dutch triangle will serve us well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Not sure he's so much improved as just been given the chance to play his game. Yep. Playing in the role he's meant to and, just as crucially, been given a run of games to show what he can do. Was always clear he wasn't one of Pardew's favourites and would be out of the team as soon as Pardew could get Tiote/Colback/Jonas back in there. Think he's gonna be one of the mainstays of the team moving forward, at least I hope so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Didn't think he was all that great today? He intercepted one pass brilliantly in the second half leading to a counter attack but can't remember much else he did Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Unfortunately I feel that McClaren hooking him before Colback has shown that he will be the one to miss out should Wijnaldum move deeper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Unfortunately I feel that McClaren hooking him before Colback has shown that he will be the one to miss out should Wijnaldum move deeper. Might be a case of Anita being on a yellow card with Marriner dishing out yellow cards for breathing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 He was harassing and keeping play moving. Interceptions and hell even headers! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 You'd have thought he was 6ft4" built like a brick shithouse with some of the tackles he was putting in. I've never seen that from him, he's loving it ATM, please continue. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 He was harassing and keeping play moving. Interceptions and hell even headers! Those were his niggling tackles, which ultimately led to his yellow which although for me was eventually justified was totally necessary in the job he was doing today. Totally cliché but for me he's a totally different player under SMC to anything i've seen from him since he joined us. We've got to be excited to see what he can do alongside De Jong and Gigi when the dust settles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 He's our anchor and I love it. He's justified his position and his attitude is fucking brilliant. Carried that final match last season into this. Keep it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 I can't wait for him to be dropped again and the usual suspects suffering from amnesia coming in to say he isn't suited to the Premier League and has never played a good game for us, ever. Hopefully those days are behind us now Pardew has gone, but I can't say it would surprise me in the slightest. A very good performance once again Vurnon, keep it up Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 He is just such a nothing player. Not s***, not great, not good, not even average, or p*ss poor, he is just meh. I think in general he offers nowt special to justify his inclusion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 An excellent performance today imo. The image of a 6ft Arsenal player falling to the ground after being 'held' by Anita was quite possibly the most hilarious thing I have seen in a long time and summed their game up entirely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 HTT think you are getting mixed up with Action Jack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 He is just such a nothing player. Not s***, not great, not good, not even average, or p*ss poor, he is just meh. I think in general he offers nowt special to justify his inclusion. Load of crap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 He's so good at reading the game in the middle, popping out of no where to intercept passes when their CMs are going for that killer pass. Really an unsung hero. He does a lot of dirty work that doesn't get all the plaudits it should. I also love the way the ball just kind of pops off his foot. His passing range is great too which a lot of good off the ball movement, he's never hiding and always looking to be an outlet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 He played well on Saturday after the first 15 where we were all over the place. He was certainly better than Colback but let's not pretend he's turned any kind of corner yet. Man U didn't put us under any kind of real pressure to get at our weaknesses. For that same reason Colo and Taylor had fairly comfortable games. what kind of corner does he have to turn like? he's a footballer who can play football, now that we're playing football he's starting to look a decent midfielder and will continue to do so as long as we play to his strengths and not his weaknesses as we'd done for the entirety of his time with us We didn't play much football on Saturday tbf. We set up perfectly for Anita to max his strengths and Man Utd. played to his strengths too. But Anita did his thing. It's where there's strong midfield runners looking to get ahead of the strikers and really boss the midfield is where he usually struggles. But today we saw a glimpse of what we could do. i honestly don't think we should be comparing what he's done or not done in the past to what we're seeing now when he plays in the right system if he's playing behind wijnaldum/sissoko (or colback) and his job is as it was on saturday he'll be able to do the ball recycling thing we all know he can do, but he'll also be better protected and able to track runs, intercept and so on, just as he did on saturday and he's actually very good at i know it perhaps seems like a massive excuses are always being made for anita but he's a diminutive defensive midfielder playing in the premier league, in the same way that armstrong is a diminutive striker and didn't suit having the ball launched up to him by williamson armstrong hasn't "turned a corner" at coventry, he's just being played properly (and of course has dropped down levels) if you expose anita he's going to look shite because he doesn't have the physical attributes, but played correctly he's twice the CM colback is and offers twice as much Cracking post. Anita's been criticised by quite a few, most of them without any vision. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Unfortunately I feel that McClaren hooking him before Colback has shown that he will be the one to miss out should Wijnaldum move deeper. Given how the team is playing and McClaren's general attitude so far that just wouldn't make any sense imo. The only possible reason I can think of is that he would expect Colback to be able to use his body a bit more, even then I'm far from convinced it would be a priority. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Maybe he just took Anita off first as he had been booked? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted August 29, 2015 Share Posted August 29, 2015 Maybe he just took Anita off first as he had been booked? This Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 HTTs post are incredibly odd sometimes. Love when the bloke gets passionate about Newcastle but sometimes...odd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted August 30, 2015 Share Posted August 30, 2015 Didn't think he was all that great today? He intercepted one pass brilliantly in the second half leading to a counter attack but can't remember much else he did Same here. I'm a big Vurn fan but thought he was quiet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 Sits in front of the defence... man playing between the lines scores twice. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 I like this guy, but not for this team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted September 14, 2015 Share Posted September 14, 2015 He is just such a nothing player. Not s***, not great, not good, not even average, or p*ss poor, he is just meh. I think in general he offers nowt special to justify his inclusion. Perfect summing up of him really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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