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You hardly ever see him in those positions though as Gayle was today.  That's my biggest issue with him, he's always either not switched on or just too slow in general to get onto balls.  He really needs to be focal point within a team to get the best out of him, Fulham's style will suit him.

 

For example, he'll do a nice layoff after controlling the ball, but then won't make the run to get into the box. 

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He's 23, that will come. The goal he got in midweek was the sort of goal we accuse Mitrovic of never scoring and was similar to Gayle's two yesterday. Probably helps that he's arguably got a better supply line in Sessegnon and Cairney than he'd have here. He could prove the difference between Fulham pushing the Play-Offs and going on to finish second.

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You hardly ever see him in those positions though as Gayle was today.  That's my biggest issue with him, he's always either not switched on or just too slow in general to get onto balls.  He really needs to be focal point within a team to get the best out of him, Fulham's style will suit him.

 

For example, he'll do a nice layoff after controlling the ball, but then won't make the run to get into the box. 

 

That was my main criticism of him during his first season here, just didn't seem to have the striker's instinct to be in the right place at the right time that you get with someone like say, Charlie Austin. But maybe he's improving, his record for Serbia is decent tbf, and he seems to have had a decent start at Fulham, hopefully it will continue.

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Charlie Austin was playing for Poole Town at the age we were expecting Mitrovic to be our main striker. It'll come with age and it seems to be coming.

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I think the suspicion for many has always been that he was left out for non-footballing reasons.

 

He scored 9 goals in his debut Prem season at the age of 21, in a team that was relegated. Gayle and Joselu put together have 9 this season. He also has far more potential to improve than either of them because of his age.

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Charlie Austin was playing for Poole Town at the age we were expecting Mitrovic to be our main striker. It'll come with age and it seems to be coming.

 

When Vardy was the age Mitrovic is now, he'd just signed for Halifax. :lol: Didn't turn into a useful Premier League striker for another 5 years.

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It's why I thought it ridiculous people writing him off. He's got flaws (fairly big flaws) but the way some went on it was as though he was the finished article.

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Charlie Austin was playing for Poole Town at the age we were expecting Mitrovic to be our main striker. It'll come with age and it seems to be coming.

 

When Vardy was the age Mitrovic is now, he'd just signed for Halifax. :lol: Didn't turn into a useful Premier League striker for another 5 years.

 

Vardy was very average in the Championship for Leicester too, only became useful when they stumbled across a formation that worked for him. Really bizarre career :lol:

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Guest firetotheworks

KI is unusually quiet.

Do you want me to diarise everything he does even when I've got nowt to say beyond 'good goal' like I did last week like? Or pretend that there's a new debate to rehash yet over two performances and bore everyone in here senseless by being negative about him in a situation that's only been positive so far?

 

It's been two good performances, great, I hope he keeps it up, but the insinuation that there's any kind of  'I told you so!' situation at play yet because I haven't posted, is so weak it's unreal, particularly as that's what I also want, ye nah, because I'm not 12 years old. You can repeat this whole weird crusading 'Where's KI?' 'Bet KI hates this' patter all you want, but it'll never make the insinuation that me being right is more important to me than the success or failure of a Newcastle player right, like.

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:lol:

 

There’s the bite.

 

He’s a far better option that Joselu, which you deny - Mitro’s 2 good performances (actually, he’s played well in 3 of his 3 starts, according to Fulham fans themselves) is far better than Joselu has mustered all season.

 

Mitro continues to prove you wrong, his disgraceful discipline appears non-existant, he’s scoring goals and playing well. You’re the first to run around naked when he’s had a shit game in the past, yet appeared unwilling to come in here and discuss his good performances and goals. Hence why you were called out on it, calm down.

 

He’ll go on to have a very good career, it’s a shame we’ve restricted ourselves and sent out best striker out on loan (minus Silmani, obviously).

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You've made almost all of that up to give yourself an argument to 'call out' but you're right that I'm truly devastated by his two goals in two games in the Championship, in fact I'm not sure how I'll ever survive at being proven so wrong. Now I'm off to the Dwight Gayle thread to call everyone out after his two goals and one assist in two games in the Premier League, because as a pathetic wanker, that's my priority.

 

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I'm a Mitrovic fan and I'd love him to be banging them in for us but Rafa needs to defend from the front and therefore Mitrovic's lack of mobility puts him behind even Joselu who obviously isn't anywhere near as good as Mitrovic as a striker, but has more worth to how we play.  Especially with our limited squad.

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It's why I thought it ridiculous people writing him off. He's got flaws (fairly big flaws) but the way some went on it was as though he was the finished article.

 

The problem was, and still is, we need the finished article. None of that is Mitro's fault, but it's the nature of playing in the top leagues.

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:lol:

 

There’s the bite.

 

He’s a far better option that Joselu, which you deny - Mitro’s 2 good performances (actually, he’s played well in 3 of his 3 starts, according to Fulham fans themselves) is far better than Joselu has mustered all season.

 

Mitro continues to prove you wrong, his disgraceful discipline appears non-existant, he’s scoring goals and playing well. You’re the first to run around naked when he’s had a s*** game in the past, yet appeared unwilling to come in here and discuss his good performances and goals. Hence why you were called out on it, calm down.

 

He’ll go on to have a very good career, it’s a shame we’ve restricted ourselves and sent out best striker out on loan (minus Silmani, obviously).

 

1. He's playing in the Championship.

 

2. Darryl Murphy was more effective than him in said league last season.

 

3. Dwight Gayle's goals per game stats piss all over Mitro's. How is he our best striker?

 

 

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