Aleksandar Mitrović

[Guest Howaythetoon]

He's good.  The way he led the line on his own at Man Utd, City, his goal v Norwich.  Very unlucky with the header v Stoke, his link up for Perez v Bournemouth.  He's a 21 year old kid being asked to lead the line at Newcastle United in the Premier League.  Is it really surprising his performances have dipped in line with the total malaise of this team?

 

Our midfield is utterly useless, abject, a total abomination. That's the issue, top and bottom and it effects us offensively and defensively.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hard to argue with to be fair!

[Altamullan]

The Serbian Billy Whitehurst.

 

:lol:

[ilikenewcastle]

I feel sorry for him, a young lad from the Belgian league should not be the man we rely on to score all our goals this soon into his time here.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

He's being hung out to dry at the moment, no target man would be getting any joy in our team.

[Holloway]

Flakey insipid comments, he' ll come good to average

[AyeDubbleYoo]

Looked like he couldn't be arsed yesterday. He needs to cut out the playacting.

 

He was grabbed round the throat TBF.

[M4]

That doesn't give him licence to do what he did without criticism.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

OK, sorry.

[Ronaldo]

It seems to me he spends far too much time trying to get other players sent off, like. He's fucking shit at it, too.

[jimmymag]

It seems to me he spends far too much time trying to get other players sent off, like. He's fucking shit at it, too.

 

Sack the coaches!

[sempuki]

http://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/aleksandar-mitrovic-could-taken-out-10482642

 

Cisse then. We so need another option in January.

[Ronaldo]

Perez and Mitrovic in theory make an OK combination but they'll struggle to get 15 goals between them all season and that'll see us down. Disgusting we wouldn't pay £12m for Austin.

[sempuki]

Perez and Mitrovic in theory make an OK combination but they'll struggle to get 15 goals between them all season and that'll see us down. Disgusting we wouldn't pay £12m for Austin.

If the rags are to be believed we are still not keen, despite him probably having a reduced fee. Makes no sense at all.

[The College Dropout]

Perez and Mitrovic in theory make an OK combination but they'll struggle to get 15 goals between them all season and that'll see us down. Disgusting we wouldn't pay £12m for Austin.

Basically. That was always the risk with Mitro. Anything less than a dozen goals, we'll be struggling badly.

 

We needed solid PL players. Needed an Austin/Remy.

 

[The College Dropout]

And I like Mitro. Just can't sign a young lad from the Belgium league and ask him to score the goals to keep us up.

[madras]

And I like Mitro. Just can't sign a young lad from the Belgium league and ask him to score the goals to keep us up.

you can, but can't if you're going to give him no supply or support. His age and experience counts for fuck all if he doesn't get supply.

[Ronaldo]

Why's Perez scored more despite playing far deeper then? How did Cisse manage to get 1 in 2 last season?

 

You're playing with fire expecting players - especially young ones - from other leagues to score goals for you. Even the likes of Shevchenko and Crespo failed in the PL. Totally unique place to get goals and when you've got the opportunity to sign someone proven to get goals for you for a relatively low amount you fucking break your back to sign him. As per usual we prioritised sell-on value, though.

[madras]

Why's Perez scored more despite playing far deeper then? How did Cisse manage to get 1 in 2 last season?

 

You're playing with fire expecting players - especially young ones - from other leagues to score goals for you. Even the likes of Shevchenko and Crespo failed in the PL. Totally unique place to get goals and when you've got the opportunity to sign someone proven to get goals for you for a relatively low amount you f***ing break your back to sign him. As per usual we prioritised sell-on value, though.

Think of his header off the bar at Old trafford, his  close header that raised the crowd V Chelsea, think how much we've gave him a chance. Instead we drop Anita to right back when we have the ball so Janmaat can play right wing seemingly in order to allow sissoko to come inside and keep him happy and leave us actually a man short in the middle. Seems like no matter who the manager is he's trying to keep certain players happy.

[mrmojorisin75]

Why's Perez scored more despite playing far deeper then? How did Cisse manage to get 1 in 2 last season?

 

You're playing with fire expecting players - especially young ones - from other leagues to score goals for you. Even the likes of Shevchenko and Crespo failed in the PL. Totally unique place to get goals and when you've got the opportunity to sign someone proven to get goals for you for a relatively low amount you f***ing break your back to sign him. As per usual we prioritised sell-on value, though.

Think of his header off the bar at Old trafford, his  close header that raised the crowd V Chelsea, think how much we've gave him a chance. Instead we drop Anita to right back when we have the ball so Janmaat can play right wing seemingly in order to allow sissoko to come inside and keep him happy and leave us actually a man short in the middle. Seems like no matter who the manager is he's trying to keep certain players happy.

 

said after the norwich game when they ripped us up (before wijnaldum went apeshit) with quality crosses that if mitrovic gets that service he'll score a bagful, fact is he's not getting that service

 

don't think i can remember him ever getting a clear header at goal created for him in a good position that he's missed, always seems to be scrapping for half-chances

[triggs]

Why's Perez scored more despite playing far deeper then? How did Cisse manage to get 1 in 2 last season?

 

You're playing with fire expecting players - especially young ones - from other leagues to score goals for you. Even the likes of Shevchenko and Crespo failed in the PL. Totally unique place to get goals and when you've got the opportunity to sign someone proven to get goals for you for a relatively low amount you f***ing break your back to sign him. As per usual we prioritised sell-on value, though.

Think of his header off the bar at Old trafford, his  close header that raised the crowd V Chelsea, think how much we've gave him a chance. Instead we drop Anita to right back when we have the ball so Janmaat can play right wing seemingly in order to allow sissoko to come inside and keep him happy and leave us actually a man short in the middle. Seems like no matter who the manager is he's trying to keep certain players happy.

 

said after the norwich game when they ripped us up (before wijnaldum went apeshit) with quality crosses that if mitrovic gets that service he'll score a bagful, fact is he's not getting that service

 

don't think i can remember him ever getting a clear header at goal created for him in a good position that he's missed, always seems to be scrapping for half-chances

Goalscorers always kind of find a way to get themselves into situations where they can score and it doesn't look like Mitrovic is much of a goalscorer so far. Cisse for example even though he is rightly not starting usually somehow gets in a position where he has a good chance of scoring although he often misses. Mitrovic is a good footballer like and is still very young so he can improve. The service is also a big problem though obviously

[themanupstairs]

Why's Perez scored more despite playing far deeper then? How did Cisse manage to get 1 in 2 last season?

 

You're playing with fire expecting players - especially young ones - from other leagues to score goals for you. Even the likes of Shevchenko and Crespo failed in the PL. Totally unique place to get goals and when you've got the opportunity to sign someone proven to get goals for you for a relatively low amount you f***ing break your back to sign him. As per usual we prioritised sell-on value, though.

 

Thing is, it's not a static given. There are literally hundreds of mitigating factors that can help or stop someone scoring enough goals to have an impact. You can't say that just because Perez can score more, or Cisse scored 1 in 2 last season, it outright means Mitrovic can't. It really isn't that simple.

 

Mitrovic clearly isn't getting involved enough in our build-up play, and he certainly isn't getting anywhere near the number of chances your main striker should be getting. If he was missing chance after chance, or wasn't getting himself in good positions, I'd tend to agree that he might not be good enough yet/ever. As it is, not many strikers of his type would be getting joy the way we set our attacking play up, especially the way we've played in the last two games.

[Wallsendmag]

Can't argue with people saying he's just a 21 year old kid from the Belgian League so what do people expect but for me all that does is highlight the serious flaw in our transfer policy when Austin, a player who scored 1 in 2 in the PL and in an even worse team than ours, was overlooked.

 

We seriously have to stop buying young players in the hope we can improve them and sell them on for a song (especially with our record of improving players) and start buying players who can make an impact here and now. As things stand our main striker is on course to finish the season with more yellow cards than goals.

[Shush]

Why's Perez scored more despite playing far deeper then? How did Cisse manage to get 1 in 2 last season?

 

You're playing with fire expecting players - especially young ones - from other leagues to score goals for you. Even the likes of Shevchenko and Crespo failed in the PL. Totally unique place to get goals and when you've got the opportunity to sign someone proven to get goals for you for a relatively low amount you f***ing break your back to sign him. As per usual we prioritised sell-on value, though.

Think of his header off the bar at Old trafford, his  close header that raised the crowd V Chelsea, think how much we've gave him a chance. Instead we drop Anita to right back when we have the ball so Janmaat can play right wing seemingly in order to allow sissoko to come inside and keep him happy and leave us actually a man short in the middle. Seems like no matter who the manager is he's trying to keep certain players happy.

 

said after the norwich game when they ripped us up (before wijnaldum went apeshit) with quality crosses that if mitrovic gets that service he'll score a bagful, fact is he's not getting that service

 

don't think i can remember him ever getting a clear header at goal created for him in a good position that he's missed, always seems to be scrapping for half-chances

Goalscorers always kind of find a way to get themselves into situations where they can score and it doesn't look like Mitrovic is much of a goalscorer so far. Cisse for example even though he is rightly not starting usually somehow gets in a position where he has a good chance of scoring although he often misses. Mitrovic is a good footballer like and is still very young so he can improve. The service is also a big problem though obviously

 

I'd like to judge him once he's getting regular service. It's really hard to be too harsh on him when he's getting one chance a game at best.

 

Alan Shearer in his prime would be wondering where the next goal is coming from in this side as it's that bad at getting the ball to it's strikers in front of goal.

[mrmojorisin75]

Why's Perez scored more despite playing far deeper then? How did Cisse manage to get 1 in 2 last season?

 

You're playing with fire expecting players - especially young ones - from other leagues to score goals for you. Even the likes of Shevchenko and Crespo failed in the PL. Totally unique place to get goals and when you've got the opportunity to sign someone proven to get goals for you for a relatively low amount you f***ing break your back to sign him. As per usual we prioritised sell-on value, though.

Think of his header off the bar at Old trafford, his  close header that raised the crowd V Chelsea, think how much we've gave him a chance. Instead we drop Anita to right back when we have the ball so Janmaat can play right wing seemingly in order to allow sissoko to come inside and keep him happy and leave us actually a man short in the middle. Seems like no matter who the manager is he's trying to keep certain players happy.

 

said after the norwich game when they ripped us up (before wijnaldum went apeshit) with quality crosses that if mitrovic gets that service he'll score a bagful, fact is he's not getting that service

 

don't think i can remember him ever getting a clear header at goal created for him in a good position that he's missed, always seems to be scrapping for half-chances

Goalscorers always kind of find a way to get themselves into situations where they can score and it doesn't look like Mitrovic is much of a goalscorer so far. Cisse for example even though he is rightly not starting usually somehow gets in a position where he has a good chance of scoring although he often misses. Mitrovic is a good footballer like and is still very young so he can improve. The service is also a big problem though obviously

 

I'd like to judge him once he's getting regular service. It's really hard to be too harsh on him when he's getting one chance a game at best.

 

Alan Shearer in his prime would be wondering where the next goal is coming from in this side as it's that bad at getting the ball to it's strikers in front of goal.

Exactly. If he was missing chances then fair enough but he's not being given any to miss.

[Jesse Pinkman]

Can't argue with people saying he's just a 21 year old kid from the Belgian League so what do people expect but for me all that does is highlight the serious flaw in our transfer policy when Austin, a player who scored 1 in 2 in the PL and in an even worse team than ours, was overlooked.

 

We seriously have to stop buying young players in the hope we can improve them and sell them on for a song (especially with our record of improving players) and start buying players who can make an impact here and now. As things stand our main striker is on course to finish the season with more yellow cards than goals.

 

Don't think anyone will disagree there. Like anything in life you need balance in football. A mixture of attacking, defensive, old and young players. At the moment we seemed to have half the squad being 21 and wanting to play the number 10 role, it truly is shambolic.