ED209 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 First match i have been to in years today and to be fair he looked crap. Even more lumbering and useless than shola usually does and thats going some! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Doesn't lose the ball and have every second being a tackle like Shola though albeit he did nowt today but given the clip of the midfield that's no great surprise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I liked the look of him at first and he was outstanding at Hull, but his last two performances have been garbage. He's barely threatened the goal whatsoever in about 6 full games now and that's a worry. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 He was decent at Hull and linked up quite well with Remy, he certainly wasn't outstanding. On what I've seen so far, got to say I hope we don't sign him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 He's been playing as the second striker (obv not his pref. role), he's not a striker who is going to create his own goals, and he's playing in a team currently that hasn't really scored a goal when Loic Remy isn't on the pitch. I guess people expect him to put away those whipping crosses that come his way? Or those 1 v 1s? Those haven't been created for him. I'd have loved to see him get on the end of a few of Cisse's misses today...maybe he'd have scored? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 He's been playing as the second striker (obv not his pref. role), he's not a striker who is going to create his own goals, and he's playing in a team currently that hasn't really scored a goal when Loic Remy isn't on the pitch. I guess people expect him to put away those whipping crosses that come his way? Or those 1 v 1s? Those haven't been created for him. I'd have loved to see him get on the end of a few of Cisse's misses today...maybe he'd have scored? He didn't though. That's kind of the point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 He's been playing as the second striker (obv not his pref. role), he's not a striker who is going to create his own goals, and he's playing in a team currently that hasn't really scored a goal when Loic Remy isn't on the pitch. I guess people expect him to put away those whipping crosses that come his way? Or those 1 v 1s? Those haven't been created for him. I'd have loved to see him get on the end of a few of Cisse's misses today...maybe he'd have scored? Every shot he has had has been like a pass back to the 'keeper though. Worrying if a striker can't shoot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Scored less than Cisse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 He's been playing as the second striker (obv not his pref. role), he's not a striker who is going to create his own goals, and he's playing in a team currently that hasn't really scored a goal when Loic Remy isn't on the pitch. I guess people expect him to put away those whipping crosses that come his way? Or those 1 v 1s? Those haven't been created for him. I'd have loved to see him get on the end of a few of Cisse's misses today...maybe he'd have scored? He didn't though. That's kind of the point. He wasn't on the pitch for those big ones in the 2nd half. That was my point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 He's been playing as the second striker (obv not his pref. role), he's not a striker who is going to create his own goals, and he's playing in a team currently that hasn't really scored a goal when Loic Remy isn't on the pitch. I guess people expect him to put away those whipping crosses that come his way? Or those 1 v 1s? Those haven't been created for him. I'd have loved to see him get on the end of a few of Cisse's misses today...maybe he'd have scored? He didn't though. That's kind of the point. He wasn't on the pitch for those big ones in the 2nd half. That was my point. He's started five games and hasn't had a clear cut chance yet. It's not looking too clever, especially when Cisse who's supposedly in the worst form of his career has had about seven in two games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 If he doesn't score, he'll be cheaper to buy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 He's not played number 9, mackem game aside. And if he has, he certainly doesn't play like the one he was quoted as being. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Cisse is in the worst form of his career - 1 penalty goal versus Stoke and 1 goal today to make 2 in the league. Failed to put away the other 500 chances put in front of him. I love Cisse too, but we've given him 2 seasons of benefit of the doubt hoping things will just click for the good lad and he'll be off scoring regularly again. All I've said is I would have loved to see De Jong get on the chances in the box that came to Cisse late in the match when we actually had someone to create something (HBA) on the pitch versus 2 DM's and 2 Grafting Wide players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Cisse is in the worst form of his career - 1 penalty goal versus Stoke and 1 goal today to make 2 in the league. Failed to put away the other 500 chances put in front of him. I love Cisse too, but we've given him 2 seasons of benefit of the doubt hoping things will just click for the good lad and he'll be off scoring regularly again. All I've said is I would have loved to see De Jong get on the chances in the box that came to Cisse late in the match when we actually had someone to create something (HBA) on the pitch versus 2 DM's and 2 Grafting Wide players. I agree, I'm just not sure he has the positional sense to enable him to get on the end of chances the way Cisse does. Parroting Big Al from MOTD here but a striker missing chances is far less of a worry than a striker not getting near them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Cisse is in the worst form of his career 1 penalty goal and 1 goal today. Failed to put away the other 500 chances put in front of him. I love Cisse too, but we've given him 3 seasons of benefit of the doubt hoping things will just click for the good lad and he'll be off scoring regularly again. All I've said is I would have loved to see De Jong get on the chances in the box that came to Cisse late in the match when we actually had someone to create something (HBA) on the pitch versus 2 DM's and 2 Grafting Wide players. Cisse got on the end of a few chances while De Jong was on the pitch as well mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Cisse is in the worst form of his career - 1 penalty goal versus Stoke and 1 goal today to make 2 in the league. Failed to put away the other 500 chances put in front of him. I love Cisse too, but we've given him 2 seasons of benefit of the doubt hoping things will just click for the good lad and he'll be off scoring regularly again. All I've said is I would have loved to see De Jong get on the chances in the box that came to Cisse late in the match when we actually had someone to create something (HBA) on the pitch versus 2 DM's and 2 Grafting Wide players. I agree, I'm just not sure he has the positional sense to enable him to get on the end of chances the way Cisse does. Parroting Big Al from MOTD here but a striker missing chances is far less of a worry than a striker not getting near them. Valid points. Cisse got on the end of a few chances while De Jong was on the pitch as well mind. LDJ was playing behind him, almost as a support striker all match. When LDJ was in the box...it was Cisse crossing him the ball man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Cisse is in the worst form of his career - 1 penalty goal versus Stoke and 1 goal today to make 2 in the league. Failed to put away the other 500 chances put in front of him. I love Cisse too, but we've given him 2 seasons of benefit of the doubt hoping things will just click for the good lad and he'll be off scoring regularly again. All I've said is I would have loved to see De Jong get on the chances in the box that came to Cisse late in the match when we actually had someone to create something (HBA) on the pitch versus 2 DM's and 2 Grafting Wide players. I agree, I'm just not sure he has the positional sense to enable him to get on the end of chances the way Cisse does. Parroting Big Al from MOTD here but a striker missing chances is far less of a worry than a striker not getting near them. Valid points. Cisse got on the end of a few chances while De Jong was on the pitch as well mind. LDJ was playing behind him, almost as a support striker all match. When LDJ was in the box...it was Cisse crossing him the ball man. Even as a support striker he should be getting chances. 5 games now and pretty much none. He's shite. Do not buy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Cisse is in the worst form of his career - 1 penalty goal versus Stoke and 1 goal today to make 2 in the league. Failed to put away the other 500 chances put in front of him. I love Cisse too, but we've given him 2 seasons of benefit of the doubt hoping things will just click for the good lad and he'll be off scoring regularly again. All I've said is I would have loved to see De Jong get on the chances in the box that came to Cisse late in the match when we actually had someone to create something (HBA) on the pitch versus 2 DM's and 2 Grafting Wide players. But the thing is that Cisse isn't getting onto the end of all these chances by some crazy luck, he is very good at getting into positions to get chances which is a skill in itself, a skill which de Jong doesn't have by the looks of it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Glad we didn't spunk £13m on him or whatever it was a couple of seasons ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Seems to have forgotten what it is he's supposed to do on the pitch since he left Holland. We can't afford to to into next season waiting for him to remember either. For that reason I'd not buy him... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 If Remy goes and we don't deem de Jong good enough. What two strikers do we sign? Who would be your top targets? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I would go for Bony and take a shot at Finnbogasson or Jordan Rhodes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveItIfWeBeatU Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Gomis. He regularly scores goals and should be relatively cheap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Gomis. He regularly scores goals and should be relatively cheap. I think we might need 3. Would take Gomis as one of those. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 If Remy goes and we don't deem de Jong good enough. What two strikers do we sign? Who would be your top targets? We'll probably need 3 if we don't sign either of those. Looking at the best part of £25m there...nee chance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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