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“He has forced his way into my team. When I first came, I didn’t know a lot about him. There were other players in a similar position who I knew a lot more about. Ayoze had limited opportunities in pre-season but he stuck at it, kept going and forced his way into things.”

 

That'll be why Obertan started the season instead then. :thup:

 

 

:anguish:

 

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“He has forced his way into my team. When I first came, I didn’t know a lot about him. There were other players in a similar position who I knew a lot more about. Ayoze had limited opportunities in pre-season but he stuck at it, kept going and forced his way into things.”

 

That'll be why Obertan started the season instead then. :thup:

 

 

:anguish:

 

Jesus wept man.  Basically mcclaren came in fixed ideas for the squad.

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So any NUFC fan with any sense who watched our games knew he was our best player and it took McClaren a few months to catch up.  Nice one.

You'd have thought he might at least have watched last seasons matches to guage what the players were up to. Given his level of cluelessness about Perez I can only assume he didn't bother his arse, which is a great start [emoji38]

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Has Schteve been on ket?!

 

“It’s taken Ayoze a while to get going this season but he’s certainly become an important player. I look at him, though, and he’s still got a long way to go. The potential is massive but there’s a lot to do. He’s got to do it consistently, every game, for 95 minutes. That’s what we’re asking.”

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As long as he's starting him yeah sure egg him on to push himself to be better, don't want him to feel he's done enough and nothing to get better at. Personally I don't think it's his effort over the full 90 mins, it's more just getting more ruthless, not wasting all the trickery when he's too far away from goal for it to count, making sure he punishes the defense every time they lose him.

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Can't see what McClaren has said wrong there. He has acknowledged Perez's importance but believes he can get even better so is challenging him to do so.

 

Aye. Bit rich coming from someone who picked Obertan over him to start with like. :lol:

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Could that not be to do with the fact Cisse was starting the season though and his game relying on service from wide areas? Not sure Perez's game benefits a striker like Cisse whereas it seems that since Mitrovic has been starting regularly, so has Perez.

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McClaren's done absolutely nowt wrong with Perez, man. He was still trying to work out the balance of the whole side earlier on, and went with the orthodox winger in Obertan. Atm I think he's got Perez, along with the rest of the front four, in a good shape. We will of course remain completely shackled by the limited options at centre-midfield.

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Obertan is never worth a chance.

 

Exactly. McClaren should have done his homework before leaving our best player on the bench in favour of one of our worst.

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Obertan is never worth a chance.

 

Exactly. McClaren should have done his homework before leaving our best player on the bench in favour of one of our worst.

 

Perez best position in the opening game was taken up by Wijnaldum, who also has the same best position, albeit different types of players.

 

The £15m new signing was always getting in ahead of Perez first game and Perez has shown both his worth and character in shifting Wijnaldum from that position.

 

Obertan is a red herring.

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Perez can play anywhere across the front line and has done since he forced his way into the side under Pardew, he's consistent wherever he plays. I got ewhat Yorkie's saying with blanace like, Obertan is fast and will stay wide etc, but he's just not good enough, Perez should have started.

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While I don't doubt his quality Perez has never looked effective on the wing.

 

Also it is pretty common for new managers coming in to utilise players in their so called best position either to:

 

1. Work out for themselves which positions need fixing

2. Demonstrate to those with the purse strings where the money requires urgent investment.

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"Long way to go for Perez," McClaren, before Leicester game.

 

http://www.90min.com/posts/2736894-mcclaren-long-way-to-go-for-ayoze-perez

 

“Ayoze is someone who is doing very well,” he said. “But he’s under contract for a long while, so I don’t think that’s an issue at the moment. He came here as a player with potential and played a little bit last season.

 

“It’s taken him a while to get going this season but he’s certainly become an important player. I look at him, though, and he’s still got a long way to go. The potential is massive but there’s a lot to do. He’s got to do it consistently, every game, for 95 minutes. That’s what we’re asking.”

 

Sack him.

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