Aleksandar Mitrović

[Hanshithispantz]

Mitrovic never looked like 1 in 2 striker under Benitez though.

 

I've always liked Mitrovic and thought the hatred of him was absurd - there's always been obvious talent there - but selling him seemed the right choice imo. For whatever reason he was never going to fit with Benitez.

 

[Ikon]

Funny how many on here wrote him off entirely, yet he was only 21/22 :lol:

[Guest]

Mitrovic never looked like 1 in 2 striker under Benitez though.

 

 

He got 14 goals and 10 assists in the league for us in 33 starts and 32 sub appearances. A goal every 230 minutes so every 2 and a half games almost? That was as a kid in his first season predominantly under McClaren or coming in and out of the team in the Championship. He was directly involved with a goal for us every 135 minutes. The potential was obvious despite the missed chances.

 

 

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man City, etc will be kicking themselves that Fulham beat them to signing Mitrovic.

[Hanshithispantz]

So 1 in 5 then

[The College Dropout]

Mitrovic never looked like 1 in 2 striker under Benitez though.

 

I've always liked Mitrovic and thought the hatred of him was absurd - there's always been obvious talent there - but selling him seemed the right choice imo. For whatever reason he was never going to fit with Benitez.

 

 

I agree it seems he and Rafa wouldn't work out. But that reflects badly on Rafa. That's a part of management. Making the best from what you have.

[Hanshithispantz]

Aye. I'm not saying it's not Rafa's issue like, I don't know the full reasons why they never clicked, if Benitez thought he never fit into the side or if it was his attitude in training etc (there's things to suggest it was both IIRC).

 

I doubt Benitez is amazed he's went on to do well or anything though. I don't think he'd consider it a mistake selling him unless Rondon completely flops.

[Shearergol]

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man City, etc will be kicking themselves that Fulham beat them to signing Mitrovic.

 

Clearly that’s exactly what people are saying. Good one.

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man City, etc will be kicking themselves that Fulham beat them to signing Mitrovic.

 

Clearly that’s exactly what people are saying. Good one.

 

Claudio Ranieri said he's one of the best strikers in Europe (therefore the world).

[Pata]

Real Madrid, Barcelona, Man City, etc will be kicking themselves that Fulham beat them to signing Mitrovic.

 

[LoveItIfWeBeatU]

It was very quiet in this thread when he stopped scoring.

[The College Dropout]

Aye. I'm not saying it's not Rafa's issue like, I don't know the full reasons why they never clicked, if Benitez thought he never fit into the side or if it was his attitude in training etc (there's things to suggest it was both IIRC).

 

I doubt Benitez is amazed he's went on to do well or anything though. I don't think he'd consider it a mistake selling him unless Rondon completely flops.

 

I think we are in the same sphere of understanding.

 

It's just that i'm looking at it as a fan and you're looking at it from Rafa's perspective (a man that fundamentally didn't rate Mitro for what is likely a mix of personality and ability).

 

We as fans should be disappointed that Rafa has sold a player what at 20, scored as many PL goals as his replacement has in his best PL season in 3 seasons. And is 5 years older.

 

getting the best out of Mitro would've solved a lot of problems. Likewise Mbabu.

[The College Dropout]

And overall, even with decent owners we'll never get anywhere as a club if we can't develop young players.

[joeyt]

It was very quiet in this thread when he stopped scoring.

 

It wasn't, this thread has had loads of posts throughout this season

[Hanshithispantz]

Aye. I'm not saying it's not Rafa's issue like, I don't know the full reasons why they never clicked, if Benitez thought he never fit into the side or if it was his attitude in training etc (there's things to suggest it was both IIRC).

 

I doubt Benitez is amazed he's went on to do well or anything though. I don't think he'd consider it a mistake selling him unless Rondon completely flops.

 

I think we are in the same sphere of understanding.

 

It's just that i'm looking at it as a fan and you're looking at it from Rafa's perspective (a man that fundamentally didn't rate Mitro for what is likely a mix of personality and ability).

 

We as fans should be disappointed that Rafa has sold a player what at 20, scored as many PL goals as his replacement has in his best PL season in 3 seasons. And is 5 years older.

 

getting the best out of Mitro would've solved a lot of problems. Likewise Mbabu.

 

errr nar

 

As a fan Rafa is managing my club so his perspective is sort of intrinsically linked. I'm not disappointed as it was pretty obvious from early on that Rafa never saw a place for Mitrovic for whatever reason, so I'd prefer he had a striker he actually wanted. He wanted Rondon instead so whatever.

 

If it was Pardew selling him it would be different as I  would have no confidence at all that whatever he was doing was of any benefit to the club.

[Hanshithispantz]

But aye other than the pointless pretentiousness we probably agree like.

[marki]

it has to go down as a mistake selling him..its not as if we were top heavy with real centre forwards and make no mistake this guy is a class no.9..but  its the tinpot regime to blame as usual and some fault on rafas behalf,we dont know the entire facts,not like us to be selling our better players is it

[samptime29]

Best thread on the internet ever.

[Guest neesy111]

Can't wait to vote this worst thread of the year in the forum awards.

[tinoasprilla]

Playing Gayle *who can't get into West Brom team and Joselu is still a mystery to me and always will be.  Thread should be closed as it will get worse the better he becomes

[Raconteur]

I, too, don’t understand why this is still a debate. Both Rafa and Mitrovic have said he didn’t do what Rafa wanted.

 

The debate is rather should Rafa have modified his system (the one he has used his whole career) to accommodate Mitrovic. And I don’t think that’s much of a debate either.

[Leek]

Thuvain smashed a hat trick in tonight, why isnt his thread like this

[Kaizero]

Thuvain smashed a hat trick in tonight, why isnt his thread like this

 

Because Thauvin never looked good for us, whereas we all saw Mitro's potential. The most important part making this debate go on as much is down to there being no replacement, so we sold a potential star for what's (relatively speaking PL fees wise) a small sum and brought an older player with a worse goal record than Mitro in - on loan.

 

If things went as rumoured and Plea had been bought for instance, this debate would not be the same at all.

 

I don't think the core of anyone's debate is that they don't think Rafa should put up the team he wants, just that we "threw away" massive potential and didn't replace it with something equal or better, meaning with the benefit of hindisght most of us would've wanted to see Mitro be forced into the system even if he doesn't necessarily fit, as he's still a better piece than the ones available.

[Pata]

Thauvin also never wanted to be here while Mitro was a fan.

[Odear]

Thauvin also never wanted to be here while Mitro was a fan.

 

If he wasn’t it wouldn’t be an issue. Players come and go all the time, it’s only because he supported the club and it being his dream move that we all wanted it to work out so badly.

 

He’s also a certified lunatic of the Asprilla variety. Something that’s always gone down well with the supporters.

 

It’s a shame Rafa couldn’t get the best out of him but that ship has now firmly sailed. He’ll get a much bigger move off the back of this season if he keeps banging in the goals.

 

Good luck to the lad.