KaKa Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Both he and Perez are similar. People don't tend to want them out wide, but it's where they do their best work from. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 For quite a talented footballer, he is ridiculously conservative in his passing like. Just passes it to the guy nearest to him basically every time There's not usually anyone making a run to be fair. He does try and hold it for as long as possible before being forced to pass to the nearest team mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Still not sure if this guy is class with many poor performances or very poor with occasional class performances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Thought he was poor for a majority of the game. Little influence. Little threat. Showed he has some real class with the assist however. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
durhamunigeordie Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Offered nothing centrally. Better when out on the right. We badly missed a proper DM today (Tiote or even Saviet). Shelvey sits in deep enough to be a DM but doesn't break the play up in the same way that Kirchhoff did for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 He's clearly our best player technically, he just needs to use it. He didnt even have to scrape in that cross, he destroyed whoever went towards him. Had ages to put it across. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 I want him higher up the pitch. Need him to be near or in the box a lot more than today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Bloke's a class act, he just doesn't belong in our half. Should always be on the team sheet in an advanced role. Nah, he needs space to run into. He doesn't get it behind the striker, if you want him to play on the wing with licence to make runs fair enough but he should never play behind the striker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Not a consistent threat in any position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Motm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 His role has to be purely breaking into the box late and trying to score goals like a second striker. He isn't the creative type or someone who can drive us forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 His role has to be purely breaking into the box late and trying to score goals like a second striker. He isn't the creative type or someone who can drive us forward. Not true. He looked very good on the few occasions dribbling through the midfield. It's something he has the ability to do more often. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Thought he did a decent job in CM tbh, doesn't look a role he's suited to at all but carried it forward well a few times and had a few nice touches. Long term he shouldn't be playing CM though, and I'm not sure playing just off the striker suits him either. I'd start him wide right the next game. Think he showed on the goal that one on one with the FB he can beat his man and then put in a delivery, which we desperately need. Would also allow him to do what he did so well on the left earlier in the year, namely drifting inside and getting on the end of chances in the box and scoring goals. Problem was on the left he couldn't contribute a lot in build up play, as he always had to cut inside when in possession. On the right he could take on the defender and get a cross in though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 His role has to be purely breaking into the box late and trying to score goals like a second striker. He isn't the creative type or someone who can drive us forward. Not true. He looked very good on the few occasions dribbling through the midfield. It's something he has the ability to do more often. They weren't driving penetrating runs which he did, he will beat a man and lay it off. I want him beating a man and getting a shot off, or arriving into the box looking to get on the end of something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 He beats people with insane levels of ease man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 He beats people with insane levels of ease man. Has exceptional close control and balance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 He beats people with insane levels of ease man. Aye, but it's usually followed by a soft pass back to them. He needs to improve, he's not playing in a shit and slow Dutch league now and needs to start putting in the performances that he is capable of. We constantly lambast the players in our squad like Colback, Anita, Dummett. But they are hampered by the fact that they are not very good, this guy has all the quality he needs but has only shown it in about 5 games of our 30 so far this season and seems to consistently get away with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 He beats people with insane levels of ease man. Aye, but it's usually followed by a soft pass back to them. He needs to improve, he's not playing in a s*** and slow Dutch league now and needs to start putting in the performances that he is capable of. We constantly lambast the players in our squad like Colback, Anita, Dummett. But they are hampered by the fact that they are not very good, this guy has all the quality he needs but has only shown it in about 5 games of our 30 so far this season and seems to consistently get away with it. Aye, he and Moussa are meant to be 2 of our best players. No surprise we are 19th Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 He beats people with insane levels of ease man. Aye, but it's usually followed by a soft pass back to them. Which runs did he fail to spot then? Maybe I missed them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Maybe time to put him out wide again. Not ideal but he's invisible centrally. I bet an Anita/Wijnaldum right hand side produces more than Janmaat/Sissoko. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 He beats people with insane levels of ease man. Aye, but it's usually followed by a soft pass back to them. Which runs did he fail to spot then? Maybe I missed them. Get away man, he has been absolutely pathetic for about three months now. There has been numerous times where he's lost the ball in ridiculous circumstances when he could play a pass to a team mate. He barely attempts to take people on anymore, or pass, or do anything. Seems to stand in the middle of the pitch and watch the game go by him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 He beats people with insane levels of ease man. Aye, but it's usually followed by a soft pass back to them. Which runs did he fail to spot then? Maybe I missed them. Get away man, he has been absolutely pathetic for about three months now. There has been numerous times where he's lost the ball in ridiculous circumstances when he could play a pass to a team mate. He barely attempts to take people on anymore, or pass, or do anything. Seems to stand in the middle of the pitch and watch the game go by him. You didn't answer the question. If you don't want him making soft passes then you should be able to pinpoint alternative forward passes he could have made instead. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 There was a few times today he dribbled past 2 or 3 with remarkable ease, something I hadn't really noticed him do before. So many midfielders and none of them fit the system we play Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 He beats people with insane levels of ease man. Aye, but it's usually followed by a soft pass back to them. Which runs did he fail to spot then? Maybe I missed them. Get away man, he has been absolutely pathetic for about three months now. There has been numerous times where he's lost the ball in ridiculous circumstances when he could play a pass to a team mate. He barely attempts to take people on anymore, or pass, or do anything. Seems to stand in the middle of the pitch and watch the game go by him. You didn't answer the question. If you don't want him making soft passes then you should be able to pinpoint alternative forward passes he could have made instead. I think you misread what I wrote, I said soft passes back to them meaning the opposition player he had just beaten with ease (see the post I quoted). I have no issues with Wijnaldum playing soft passes to his team mates, in the past three months all I have seen is a player wander around aimlessly losing/giving the ball away. First few months of the season he was insanely good at times, since December I think we could have played without him and had better results. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted March 20, 2016 Share Posted March 20, 2016 Thought he was decent today Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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