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Still fear a proper physical battle with him in the side anchoring. Berbatov nicked it off him with such ease. He had a lot of time on the ball today and he used the ball well.

 

That happened what, twice? Sounds more like confirmation bias than anything, people just waiting to see Anita lose possession so they can claim he's weak.

 

It's hardly as if Anita is coughing up possession as soon as any player larger than himself approaches. What he lacks in size, he more than makes up for in positioning and footwork. Far better defender than the bigger and "tougher" Tiote.

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We don't need Anita to be more creative at all. We started saying that about tiote and look how that worked out.

 

We just need Anita to keep doing what he's been doing and let the actual creative players we have do the creating .

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We don't need Anita to be more creative at all. We started saying that about tiote and look how that worked out.

 

We just need Anita to keep doing what he's been doing and let the actual creative players we have do the creating .

and as we get more players going forward, more gaps appear giving more options to play passes that dont have to be 'eye of the needle'.
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Tidy player. Makes crisp passes, recycles the ball, and keeps the game flowing.

 

Should have been starting long before now. If Pardew drops him for Tiote or Jonas, it'll be a crime.

He will though.

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Do what we know what his pass completion was today? I don't recall him giving it away

once i can remember, bundled off the ball, not a failed pass. MotM for me till he went off.

 

92%, only Colo bettered him with 93%. Doing his job very well.

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Do what we know what his pass completion was today? I don't recall him giving it away

once i can remember, bundled off the ball, not a failed pass. MotM for me till he went off.

 

92%, only Colo bettered him with 93%. Doing his job very well.

 

Cheers rich very impressive he saw plenty of the ball too.

 

Marv stopped coming so deep when he realised Anita could play out from the back

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Needless to say i feel more safe with him in front of our back 4 than i do when Tiote plays.

defensively i'm wary of both. hopefully it's just till anita gets up to speed.

 

Anita will never be a tackler to be honest.

 

He takes up very good positions and jockeys his opponents.

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I just feel more safe because he doesn't start opposition attacks by gifting them the ball every time he gets it.

 

And he recycles possession quickly, he doesn't hold it until he gets robbed of it.

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Playing though him instead of over him doesn't half make him and us look better.

 

Indeed

 

Such a lovely player who makes it look so simple. He doesn't hold on to the ball too long, gets it and gives it quickly

 

Aye, exactly  O0

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I just feel more safe because he doesn't start opposition attacks by gifting them the ball every time he gets it.

oh aye. theres no comparisson when on the ball. i'm sure anita will look even better given more options (ie us stretching other teams by having more going forward.............sorry for constantly banging that drum)
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