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I've seen a hell of a lot of defenders have an easy time with Mitro. Most of them are bigger, stronger, quicker and smarter, for a start. Let's not pretend he's some colossus that can't be stopped.

But at least he moves which was my point. I'm not saying he's  Gary Lineker like.

 

Moves where exactly? Certainly not into the box when crosses come in.

 

At least Murphy has the excuse of being in his 30's, whereas the fitness and application for a bloke of Mitrovic's age are nothing short of a disgrace.

He clearly doesn't have an eye for a chance but in general play he's tons more mobile than Murphy. Contributes way more also.

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I've seen a hell of a lot of defenders have an easy time with Mitro. Most of them are bigger, stronger, quicker and smarter, for a start. Let's not pretend he's some colossus that can't be stopped.

But at least he moves which was my point. I'm not saying he's  Gary Lineker like.

 

Moves where exactly? Certainly not into the box when crosses come in.

 

At least Murphy has the excuse of being in his 30's, whereas the fitness and application for a bloke of Mitrovic's age are nothing short of a disgrace.

He clearly doesn't have an eye for a chance but in general play he's tons more mobile than Murphy. Contributes way more also.

You're basing your assessment of Murphy on one game. Mitrović has had loads of bad games. We're sick of Mitrović getting chance after chance and not performing.

 

Gouffran and Murphy should both be ahead of Mitrović for the striker role when Gayle is out.

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We shouldn't be discounting Murphy based on that one very bad QPR game he had.  I thought he did well the previous games to that one especially vs Rotherham.

 

I thought we were rubbish all over the pitch against QPR. When you can't get the ball into the final third of the pitch it can't all be laid at the striker's door. I've seen games where Gayle has barely got a touch because our football has been so poor. I'd go with Murphy up front against Brighton and just concentrate on keeping a clean sheet. If we get a chance dropping to a striker I'd rather it was Murphy than Mitrovic.

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Have to agree with that Tron :thup: And I've been defending Mitro for a while but I just can't do it anymore. It's just not working for him for whatever reasons combined together. I do however think he can be much better than he's shown recently, but we just can't rely on him to deliver. Maybe it could change in the future, whether that's here or not is a different thing (unlikely here)

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As much as I like Mitro, it's starting to get frustrating to see him missing chance after chance, stuff that even last season I think he could have put away.

 

He's short on confidence and he isn't the standard we need right now, if we get up for next season. Rafa clearly doesn't trust him either so the signs just don't look good for him being able to progress his career over here.

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Happy to hold my hands up and say I was wrong. Can't win a ball in the air, and Jesus, there were some lovely balls in today he was nowhere near. He's just not good enough.

 

 

This. For such a beast he just backs in to defenders and doesnt jump.

 

Had many chances but fails most of the time, the way he drops into the number 10 slot leaving our midfield with nothing to find is criminal. Perez....fuck me , but Mitro is a busted flush..

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I like the idea of Mitrovic. A big massive centre forward who loves the club and is a complete nutter.

 

He should have scored his free header on Saturday. Nobody hear him, put it straight over the bar.

 

I don't think he has a strikers instict. Too many balls flashed across goal and he's nowhere near them.

 

Still, he was great v Preston over two games, last season he scored some good goals against Norwich in both games and he finished well against Man City. Plus he scored against Sunderland.

 

We need more goals from a striker though, and I'd expect if we get promoted he would be 3rd choice at best if he was still here.

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I like the idea of Mitrovic. A big massive centre forward who loves the club and is a complete nutter.

 

He should have scored his free header on Saturday. Nobody hear him, put it straight over the bar.

 

I don't think he has a strikers instict. Too many balls flashed across goal and he's nowhere near them.

 

Still, he was great v Preston over two games, last season he scored some good goals against Norwich in both games and he finished well against Man City. Plus he scored against Sunderland.

 

We need more goals from a striker though, and I'd expect if we get promoted he would be 3rd choice at best if he was still here.

Me too. Suspect key misses last season and this (which=lost points=negative consequences) mean he has pissed on his own chips/ruined his prospects here.

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