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wormy

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I can't shake the feeling that he's just a better Dwight Gayle. It just seems if you're going to have him as a starting focal point of your attack in the PL it's emblematic of a team that's going to face relegation.

 

More than happy if Fulham bounce back up and he proves me wrong next season, as I love the bloke and would love to see him stick around to truly prove himself in the PL.

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10 hours ago, Rich said:

 

Getting sent off in critical (and non critical games) will probably do that, unfortunately.

 

I would also have him back, mind.

 

Just needed some attention from Rafa, rather than ditching. I think the main problem wasn't his hot headedness but his lack of ability to follow instructions. Any player who did their own thing under Rafa was ditched. Some players want to do their own thing, others can only do it limited by their footballing intelligence and Mitro falls under the latter. Whether that can be coached out of him or whether you make some exceptions is down to the quality of the manager, which I did assume could handle a Mitro. 

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I think 23 goals this season in roughly as many games (if not fewer?) suggests the lad has probably come on a bit even since last season, plus the previously mentioned disciplinary improvements. I'll be surprised if he's not heavily linked with PL teams across the board coming into January and the summer. 

 

I'd have him back, like, and I say that after not particularly rating him whilst he was here the first time. Wilson's deputy needs to be a 'focal point' type given the numerous attacking-midfielder/wingers/Joelintons we've got. 

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I've said this previously. Let's see how he does in the PL with another team. I love the mad bastard. If he does well wiyh another PL team or even with Fulham maybe next season, then I'd regret not having him here. Right now, he's an absolute beast. 

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37 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

I think 23 goals this season in roughly as many games (if not fewer?) suggests the lad has probably come on a bit even since last season, plus the previously mentioned disciplinary improvements. I'll be surprised if he's not heavily linked with PL teams across the board coming into January and the summer. 

 

I'd have him back, like, and I say that after not particularly rating him whilst he was here the first time. Wilson's deputy needs to be a 'focal point' type given the numerous attacking-midfielder/wingers/Joelintons we've got. 

 

I love Mitro but surely he wouldn't be ideal for an Eddie Howe team where the team needs to be a well drilled unit working hard and pressing.

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Fantail Breeze

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2 hours ago, triggs said:

How about last season when he scored 3 Premier League goals?

 

One poor season (in a very poor Fulham team) vs four good seasons (including this exceptional season), seems to suggest that was the exception, rather than the norm.

 

A bit like calling Howe crap based on one season where he was manager of Bournemouth when they were relegated.

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13 hours ago, HTT II said:

He would be just as out of place in a Howe set up as he was in Rafa’s… I’m delighted for him though that he’s performing (again) for Fulham and that we may get to see him in the WC!

 

 

 

How so?

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Clark

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38 minutes ago, Fantail Breeze said:

 

One poor season (in a very poor Fulham team) vs four good seasons (including this exceptional season), seems to suggest that was the exception, rather than the norm.

 

A bit like calling Howe crap based on one season where he was manager of Bournemouth when they were relegated.

3 goals and 3 assists in 1389, a goal contribution every 231.5 minutes for a relegated team isn't a poor season, he just wasn't played.

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22 minutes ago, joeyt said:

Rafa wanted him to follow the fitness instructors used at the club and was frustrated that Mitrovic continued to use his own private physical trainers

 

That, and probably Mitrovic's elbow/pointless suspension at home to West Ham when we were winning 3-0 in 2017 was probably the final straw for him.

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I'd kind of like to see him have a second go here. 

Despite his reputation he was actually fairly productive for us in a dire team (compared to Gayle/Carroll/Joelinton)

 

But when you can choose from the whole sweet shop why would you go for an aniseed ball.

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Clark

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54 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

Just had a quick look, 24 goals in 104 Premier League appearances. Its actually not as bad as I thought, but there are still far better options out there.

You're not doing him justice, he has 24 goals and 10 assists in 6937 minutes (~77 games) of Premier League football, that's a goal contribution every 204 minutes for relegated (teams fighting relegation) teams.

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Happinesstan

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13 hours ago, Clark said:
  • 9 goals and 4 assists in 2115 minutes for Newcastle in the 15/16 season, a goal contribution every 163 minutes for a team that was relegated

Dwight Gayle, in his first PL season, scored 7 in 23 apps [881 mins] a goal every 126 mins.

 

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Clark

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Just now, Happinesstan said:

That your point is bollocks.

How does posting a statistic about Gayle make my argument about Mitrovic being Premier League quality 'bollocks'? I don't think you quite understand how arguments/debates work buddy...

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St. Maximin

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He’s definitely not merely a ‘Championship striker’. In fact that’s a pretty flawed description as I’m not sure how many Prem goals you have to score to qualify as PL irrespective of team. There aren’t many top 10 strikers that hit double figures. 
 

What I do feel is apparent is he needs to be the main man. He showed in previous Prem seasons he doesn’t have a bad record as the main striker and obviously he’s prolific for country. His bad form for us was when he was second fiddle to Gayle. I’d kind of still want him back but he definitely shouldn’t be ahead of Wilson. 

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Just now, St. Maximin said:

He’s definitely not merely a ‘Championship striker’. In fact that’s a pretty flawed description as I’m not sure how many Prem goals you have to score to qualify as PL irrespective of team. There aren’t many top 10 strikers that hit double figures. 
 

What I do feel is apparent is he needs to be the main man. He showed in previous Prem seasons he doesn’t have a bad record as the main striker and obviously he’s prolific for country. His bad form for us was when he was second fiddle to Gayle. I’d kind of still want him back but he definitely shouldn’t be ahead of Wilson. 

Which is precisely why he should never have been given that role in his first season. If he'd been second fiddle to begin with, he would have been hungrier when Rafa arrived and more likely to respond to his instructions. Nobody can really argue that he didn't earned the right to keep his place, with his performances in that first season, and he was probably justified in getting a bit miffed, at that point.

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