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We must remember he wasnt playing his favorite position either yesterday. His best position is as a striker but when you have Gayle and Mitro on top form there's no chance of playing there. I dont think he's good enough as a CAM but we know on a good day he can be lethal up front.

 

Has he ever said he prefers to play up top?  I don't think that is his best position and I can't say I remember him playing there regularly or being 'lethal' up front?  Didn't he have a good spell there during one of Pardew's winning runs, where he scored a few?  I can't actually remember, TBH.  But I genuinely didn't think he had played as a striker too often for us.   

 

He has played on the left, behind the striker and as a front man and he has looked good at different times in all of those positions.  Hasn't really managed to make any of those positions his own, though and he seems inconsistent.   

 

He played there for Tenerife didnt he and got player of the year in Spain's second division.

 

He's come on as a sub a few times for us and played there and stared there.

 

Played there vs Spurs last season and won us the match.

 

Can also remember he coming off the bench and winning us a game vs Liverpool playing there in his debut season.

 

A match vs Man city comes to mind too played there on his league debut and I can remeber him coming so close to scoring.

 

In fact he played there a more often than not two seasons ago I can remember and he had an okay first season lookng at it getting 7 goals.

 

Steve McClown rarely played him in that position last season though but the few times he did he played decent like when he won us the Spurs game.

 

So I think it is he's best position but his luck is out because he wont be playing there this season with Rafa's system and Gayle and Mitro being on top form.

 

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We really need to buy a top-quality #10 if we're sticking with 4-2-3-1. Guess we can't do it until the summer because we need proven top division class.

 

no chance we get prem quality in Jan if we are 10 points clear and looking certs?

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We really need to buy a top-quality #10 if we're sticking with 4-2-3-1. Guess we can't do it until the summer because we need proven top division class.

 

no chance we get prem quality in Jan if we are 10 points clear and looking certs?

 

Maybe I guess, we'll see.

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We really need to buy a top-quality #10 if we're sticking with 4-2-3-1. Guess we can't do it until the summer because we need proven top division class.

 

no chance we get prem quality in Jan if we are 10 points clear and looking certs?

 

I think Rafa has indicated he won't be signing players in January. That might change if we get a good deal, but he seems more than happy enough to wait until the summer and it makes sense tbh. We could win this league with two totally different starting line ups.

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We really need to buy a top-quality #10 if we're sticking with 4-2-3-1. Guess we can't do it until the summer because we need proven top division class.

 

no chance we get prem quality in Jan if we are 10 points clear and looking certs?

 

I think Rafa has indicated he won't be signing players in January. That might change if we get a good deal, but he seems more than happy enough to wait until the summer and it makes sense tbh. We could win this league with two totally different starting line ups.

 

:thup:

 

 

looked at our bench yesterday and thought, all them 7 would get in any other clubs first 11 in this division. :lol:

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Very talented footballer but I'm not sure he actually has a position or role in a team that he's suited to.

 

Certainly isn't making any sort of case for himself as the #10 in Rafa's system, he's been mostly very poor there this year.

 

Will be interesting to see what Rafa does with him.

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Perez playing as a 10 isn't working, at times we play deep in a 4-5-1 and he can't play as that extra third man in midfield

 

He looks lost and unaware of his position, either play him as a 9 or not at all imo

 

You can't do that either given he's even worse in that position and we've got much better players for it.

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I didn't think he was that bad last week. At least not compared to his performance against Cardiff where time and time again he was unequivocally outpaced by Championship cloggers who looked about as athletic as Craig Moore's last stand.

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