Guest Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 One thing about Anita's performance is that he's taken the attention from another anonymous excuse of a performance from Colback with his usual blend of stupid fucking yellow-cards and shit set-pieces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Him, Colback and Tiote are all a fucking joke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikenewcastle Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 He's never shown anything at Newcastle to suggest he's a good player. Some people literally only rate him because he played for Ajax... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest DebuchyAndTheBeast Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Seriously I don't get it how some people can still defend Anita. Doesn't offer anything apart from some sideway passes and even gives away easy penalties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 He's never shown anything at Newcastle to suggest he's a good player. Some people literally only rate him because he played for Ajax... I thought it was more because he actually has looked good if not outstanding in the past for us, and they wanted to see more of him. We've seen more of him over the past couple of seasons and he's obviously not a great player, the conversation now is whether he's better than Jack Colback. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 He's never shown anything at Newcastle to suggest he's a good player. Some people literally only rate him because he played for Ajax... I thought it was more because he actually has looked good if not outstanding in the past for us, and they wanted to see more of him. We've seen more of him over the past couple of seasons and he's obviously not a great player, the conversation now is whether he's better than Jack Colback. He's not. He's about on par with Billy Askew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Well that's settled then, lock the thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samag Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 We won't see him again after he's taken off at half time Hope we do not see him again , good enough, simple as that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Think he needs a new club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 If he finds a new club we're just another midfielder lighter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 He's fucking shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 He looked good in the limited number of games he got when he first arrived. But then Pardew and his 'coaches' got to work their magic on him. It's no surprise he's ended up the broken player he is now. How are you supposed to progress as a player if you don't play? How are you supposed to progress when also-rans such as Steve Stone and Carver are coaching you along with Pardew. Can you imagine the kind of things they will have been saying to him? He looks shocking at the moment no doubt but I find it hard to blame him. I don't think he's innately a bad player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 He's a tidy footballer technically. He's just not got the physicality to grab a hold of games or the ability to change them. Not suited to a proper league, basically. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 He looked good in the limited number of games he got when he first arrived. But then Pardew and his 'coaches' got to work their magic on him. It's no surprise he's ended up the broken player he is now. How are you supposed to progress as a player if you don't play? How are you supposed to progress when also-rans such as Steve Stone and Carver are coaching you along with Pardew. Can you imagine the kind of things they will have been saying to him? He looks shocking at the moment no doubt but I find it hard to blame him. I don't think he's innately a bad player. He is clearly not a bad player, as Ronaldo says he isn't physical enough to cope. He did however look fantastic for us late last year when given a run in the team and was even an attacking threat. A midfield enforcer he certainly isnt though. He is best at work tidying up and connecting play but unfortunatley he doesnt have the vision of cabaye nor the physicality of tiote to be relied upon as a sole DM. It all depends who he plays alongside imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 i think he clearly isn't up to this level. Rookie mistake today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 i'd rather see him leave ASAP than see this thread bumped so often with the same discussion of whether he's shit or not Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I like him as a player and i'd have him in the side ahead of Colback for sure but if Cabella is fit I don't see where we can fit him in. While i'd have him in the side ahead of Colback, i'd have Abeid ahead of both of them. Play Sissoko a bit deeper with Abeid in a two with Abeid sitting. ReCabs in the no. 10 role with Cisse up top flanked by Perez and Armstrong like this: Cisse Perez Armstrong Cabella Sissoko Abeid Anita would make the bench as cover I suppose but then we also have De Jong to come back () pushing him further down the pecking order. Quite simply i don't think Colback, Tiote or Anita are going to make a difference to us at this point, albeit for different reasons, and we should be looking for a quality CM along with a winger and two CBs in the summer as a minimum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiGeordie Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I was not against on him but last night I gave up on him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 He looked tidy and capable of doing a job when he was more of a "link" between the enforcer (Tiote) and the creative hub (Cabaye). When he's expected to step up and become either of those himself, he's simply not up to it. Doesn't help when he's alongside clobbers such as Perch & Colback in that time, but he's only useful in a three when we have two quality players in those other two roles. Not really enough to justify him being here really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 He looked tidy and capable of doing a job when he was more of a "link" between the enforcer (Tiote) and the creative hub (Cabaye). When he's expected to step up and become either of those himself, he's simply not up to it. Doesn't help when he's alongside clobbers such as Perch & Colback in that time, but he's only useful in a three when we have two quality players in those other two roles. Not really enough to justify him being here really. My opinion of him is fairly similar. Anita isn't necessarily a poor player and he can look fairly good in the right circumstances, but also isn't a top talent, doesn't have the attributes to exert major influence on the match, and has never been suited to NUFC's "way of playing. He should be sold for the betterment of both parties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Ajax academy though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 i don;t think we are even close to using a system that works for him and i'm not wholly sure he's suited to the league. I liked him cos he was technical, good passing range and low centre of gravity but he hasn't pushed on. Even despite testing circumstances of coaches not having faith in him tbh he's not good enough. Not reliable and you need a DM to be reliable more than anything Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Don't rate him that much, but he's an easy scapgoat for last night. It didn't help that Williamson pointed up the line (like he always does) to signal he was going to hoof it away, then he played a 2cm pass to sell Anita down the swanny He's also not a 'midfield enforcer' yet was clearly put into that Tiote-like role yesterday to deal with players like Toure - it's like putting Pinocchio up against Andre the Giant ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I don't blame him for last night (well he shares some as do most our so called 'defenders'). Mostly it's the coach who seems to inspire absolutely zilch from them. And the club for allowing us to get to this position with the players at the back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I like his way of playing and his technique and I wish I supported a team that played in a style that suits him. But it's kind of irrelevant as it's never going to happen. Putting him, Gouffran and Colback up against Man City's midfield is actual suicide, and then to think it'll be alright as long as the strikers play as extra fullbacks. FFS. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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