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Aye that dummy was brilliant, was singing his praises for it to the old man next to me :lol:

 

Seems like they new lads read each other really well.  There was a bit with Sissoko and Debuchy (I think) v Villa on the right wing, couple of little neat passes round a few Villa players and Debuchy was away, can't remember exactly what happened but it looked fucking good :lol:

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Besides all the obvious stuff one thing that's really struck me in these two matches is his uncanny ability to play in the striker with a "bent" low pass that takes the ball exactly in the forward's run, i.e. the assist on Cisse vs Villa from the inside of his right foot, and another great ball vs Chelsea with the outside for that Cisse shot from the edge of the area. Also, the weight on these through balls is near enough perfect. So much to love about this bloke, hope he can keep this level up.. :smitten:

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Its called vision, only him cabaye and hba have that in our team. One of the reasons for our recent form.

 

Cisse thrives on those passes, without them he might as well not be on the pitch.

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Its called vision, only him cabaye and hba have that in our team. One of the reasons for our recent form.

 

Cisse thrives on those passes, without them he might as well not be on the pitch.

 

Vision is the ability to see the pass. The execution though is something else. I don't think I've even seen Cabaye or Ben Arfa put in swerved low balls like that very often.

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On the last goal he initially played in Santon with a perfectly weighted ball to allow Santon to get in, and ultimately then set up his second goal.

 

Going to be interesting to see how this affects the way France utilise him.

 

Don't think they've ever played him that high up the pitch.

 

Gourcuff and Nasri have been fluffing their lines for too long now, in those types of positions.

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Aye that dummy was brilliant, was singing his praises for it to the old man next to me :lol:

 

Seems like they new lads read each other really well.  There was a bit with Sissoko and Debuchy (I think) v Villa on the right wing, couple of little neat passes round a few Villa players and Debuchy was away, can't remember exactly what happened but it looked f***ing good :lol:

 

Players with vision and good football brain generally know how to play with players of the same ilk quite quickly and read other players movements well

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On the last goal he initially played in Santon with a perfectly weighted ball to allow Santon to get in, and ultimately then set up his second goal.

 

Going to be interesting to see how this affects the way France utilise him.

 

Don't think they've ever played him that high up the pitch.

 

Gourcuff and Nasri have been fluffing their lines for too long now, in those types of positions.

 

If they are smart they will take advantage of it and with Benzema as the main striker who looks to drop deep a lot it seems the perfect partnership.

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Looked very natural in that position further up the pitch on Saturday. Where had he been playing for Toulouse, DM?

 

B2B CM, DM or furthest forward CM of a 3 but never this close to the goal.

 

I hate doing this but a bit of credit goes to Pardew, he seems to have given this lad a freeish role. You can see why after the last two games.

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Aye I doubt many thought he would play him in the number 10 role, well not sure it was even that role.. Looks like it may be a new role just to suit him as not many in the traditional 10 role get that far back and help out.

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Aye I doubt many thought he would play him in the number 10 role, well not sure it was even that role.. Looks like it may be a new role just to suit him as not many in the traditional 10 role get that far back and help out.

 

It's definitely more of a roaming role, which i didn't see happening. The ball Gouffran hoyed forward that Sissoko run Cole down on, he was high up the pitch while we were under attack at the time.

 

Liking it me.

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