mrmojorisin75 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 he's not a line leader, i think that's one thing we can all agree, therefore the fault should be on bruce who continually plays him as one as if it's the only way to play football Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 he's not a line leader, i think that's one thing we can all agree, therefore the fault should be on bruce who continually plays him as one as if it's the only way to play football In which case he’s an expensive £40m sub because he’d not be ahead of Almiron or ASM on the flanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Only way he might fit in is if we scrapped the wing-backs with three centre-back system, which would be suicide. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 i won't disagree with what you've said, my only gripe is with criticism thrown at the lad himself, bruce "signed off" on him right? hasn't a clue how to play him fwiw if almiron & ASM are fit i'd play him deeper and those two more forward almiron left, get him to link between the CM's who are often too deep and the two pacy wide forwards with him coming up onto stuff a la firmino, which is another thing we completely lack - but again that would require bruce to know what he's doing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 As bad as the 'uproar' is now I reckon it would have been worse had we not signed Joelinton and went with Gayle, Muto and Carroll instead. We really need to sign a James Maddison type in the centre, an intelligent short to mid range passer in the final third of the pitch. Joelinton is suffering massively from Bruce's hoofball tactics, something Mitrovic would thrive on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmoset Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 he's not a line leader, i think that's one thing we can all agree, therefore the fault should be on bruce who continually plays him as one as if it's the only way to play football This is not really directed/a dig at you, but I've seen this sort of thing creep in a lot. It's basically what Ashley wants, isn't it? The manager being the lightning rod for most of the anger towards the club, taking the majority of the heat for the problems ultimately caused by the ownership. Get half the fan base attacking the manager, half the fan base defending him, keep the attention over there until it becomes unsustainable then refresh and start again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmoset Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 For Joelinton, he still has pleeeenty of time but I'm not seeing enough there or any specific qualities which scream 'Oh if only he was in x position or x system he'd be great'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate End Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 he's not a line leader, i think that's one thing we can all agree, therefore the fault should be on bruce who continually plays him as one as if it's the only way to play football This is not really directed/a dig at you, but I've seen this sort of thing creep in a lot. It's basically what Ashley wants, isn't it? The manager being the lightning rod for most of the anger towards the club, taking the majority of the heat for the problems ultimately caused by the ownership. Get half the fan base attacking the manager, half the fan base defending him, keep the attention over there until it becomes unsustainable then refresh and start again. It’s not Mike Ashley’s fault that Bruce is getting so little out of Joelinton. Is he a £40million striker? No Would we be seeing a better Joelinton if he wasn’t managed by Bruce though? Yes. We shouldn’t have spent so much money on him but Bruce should be getting way more out of him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 he's not a line leader, i think that's one thing we can all agree, therefore the fault should be on bruce who continually plays him as one as if it's the only way to play football This is not really directed/a dig at you, but I've seen this sort of thing creep in a lot. It's basically what Ashley wants, isn't it? The manager being the lightning rod for most of the anger towards the club, taking the majority of the heat for the problems ultimately caused by the ownership. Get half the fan base attacking the manager, half the fan base defending him, keep the attention over there until it becomes unsustainable then refresh and start again. It’s not Mike Ashley’s fault that Bruce is getting so little out of Joelinton. Is he a £40million striker? No Would we be seeing a better Joelinton if he wasn’t managed by Bruce though? Yes. We shouldn’t have spent so much money on him but Bruce should be getting way more out of him. aye, this is what i meant - if bruce knew how to play people properly there likely wouldn't be an issue to discuss it's the same with playing almiron right all season, he'd probably have fucked a less positive player completely by now and anyone with eyes could see it wasn't working, that's not ashley's fault for signing almiron it's bruce's for being a shit manager Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 It's all Ashley's fault. It's his fault for employing Bruce. It's his fault for fucking Rafa around. It's his fault we aim for 17th as success each year. It's also his fault we bought Joelinton. It's also his fault Joelinton is being called a "£40 million" player. It's also his fault that we will never, ever be able to increase the capacity of the stadium. Bruce is utterly irrelevant, unless you feel that, with a slightly better manager, it's worth getting back on board and supporting this shitshow (some don't even need to get back on board, as they can't see the bigger picture to save their lives). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 As bad as the 'uproar' is now I reckon it would have been worse had we not signed Joelinton and went with Gayle, Muto and Carroll instead. We really need to sign a James Maddison type in the centre, an intelligent short to mid range passer in the final third of the pitch. Joelinton is suffering massively from Bruce's hoofball tactics, something Mitrovic would thrive on. Eberechi Eze would be dreamy. I doubt they'd sell him for 2m though... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 24, 2019 Share Posted December 24, 2019 It's all Ashley's fault. It's his fault for employing Bruce. It's his fault for fucking Rafa around. It's his fault we aim for 17th as success each year. It's also his fault we bought Joelinton. It's also his fault Joelinton is being called a "£40 million" player. It's also his fault that we will never, ever be able to increase the capacity of the stadium. Bruce is utterly irrelevant, unless you feel that, with a slightly better manager, it's worth getting back on board and supporting this shitshow (some don't even need to get back on board, as they can't see the bigger picture to save their lives). Do you think Pardew was irrelevant? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Dr Jinx Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Lockdown has not been kind to the chap Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Carrick18 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 He never looks ripped anyway, was always likely to pack a bit on. That barnet is outrageous though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Got a bit of a look of ManDoon[/member] about him with the hair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordie john Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Good to know his training while in lockdown has been first class. Burgers? Kebabs? WTF has he been doing? Not good management Scotty!!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OoOGazOoO Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 He look so different!! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Anyone seen the Pine Barrens episode of The Sopranos with that fucking huge Russian ex-militia guy? Mitro ^ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Not even bothered to style it in the slightest. He's not the celebrity type of footballer is he Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh74 Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 ;D Fuckin hell man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RodneyCisse Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Good to know his training while in lockdown has been first class. Burgers? Kebabs? WTF has he been doing? Not good management Scotty!!! Didn’t he order salt and chilli chicken every night when played for us? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Thought it was Emre! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
danny Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 Holyshit that cant be real, how are fulham not going off it ;D Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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