Gallowgate Toon Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Sissoko's bloody awful defensively, like. Just not his game at all. Like Wijnaldum, he shows the odd bit of desire to get back but he's generally awful at it. Spurs away last season was the only game where I thought he looked like a proper box-to-box midfielder at breaking up play and driving us forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Spark Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 People still advocating Coloccini in midfield Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Some people aren't too bright. We just have to accept it and move on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 clearly a wind-up imo Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I'm confused why so many are picking Thauvin, he's been awful. Unless we're picking teams on how good we think someone should be as opposed to how we've seen them actually perform. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I wouldn't say he's been awful. More like good, then poor, then dropped, then promising when he returned. Also he's our only proper attacking midfielder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Remember colo in midfield last time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I picked Thauvin because our true wideman options read: Thauvin, Aarons, Obertan. Thauvin wins that shitlist for me, and I wanted a wideman in my side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I wouldn't say he's been awful. More like good, then poor, then dropped, then promising when he returned. Also he's our only proper attacking midfielder. When was he good? He's been praised for his appearance against Bournemouth, I've no idea why, he ran around a bit, lost possession deep in our half at least twice by trying to be clever (which left us out of shape) and instead of going to the corner in the last minute he put in a cross where we had no-one to get on the end of it. He's got an awful lot to improve on, if we had everyone fit, from what little we've seen of them, I'd have Aarons in. I hope Thauvin comes good but he's not quick and he seems to have a heart the size of pea. As for what formation we should play, I think we have to go with what we've got for now and if we can buy a proper, mobile, defensive midfielder in January we can think about trying a diamond shape. If we tried that now we'd look like we weren't playing with a midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Elliot Janmaat Mbemba Dummett Kev Sissoko Wijnaldum Tiote Thauvin Perez Mitrovic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 Aarons was even worse than Thauvin before he got injured Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I remember Ayoze being as bad as Thauvin when he came on against Sheff Wed but he's kicked on again since starting regularly again. I guess if we'd been getting results we could have given him a bit time to get games under him. I'd put him in with Wijnaldum or Sissoko going central with one of the other 3 centre midfielders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 11, 2015 Share Posted November 11, 2015 I didn't see the Bournemouth game but I do like the intentions of having Wijnaldum, Sissoko and Perez all playing off Mitrovic - even if that means having two of those starting in an unnatural position on the wing. It has the potential to really hurt on the counter-attack whilst being pretty fluid if we have the lionshare of possession at home. We're aching for a centre-midfielder. Talking about our 'best line-up' is a little bit futile because that part of the pitch is so gash, it inhibits everything else. As a priority it comes way ahead of anything else because Anita/Colback/Tiote have no discernible positive attributes and, between them, a long list of weaknesses. We're not going to see a settled unit; the team isn't going to 'click' until that part of the pitch has serious investment. I just hope we're not adrift by the time January comes around (I doubt we will be), and we can still attract someone half-decent. We need a Cabaye signing. As in, signing someone whose presence effectively transforms the performances of the whole set-up - like Cabaye did in 2011. Bournemouth are cannon-fodder atm but will spend in January. Villa will improve under Garde. Sunderland might improve as well. So we're definitely gonna have to get the chequebook out in January if we want to pull away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 We're aching for a centre-midfielder. Talking about our 'best line-up' is a little bit futile because that part of the pitch is so gash, it inhibits everything else. As a priority it comes way ahead of anything else absolute truth Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Elliot Janmaat Mbemba Dummett Kev Sissoko Wijnaldum Tiote Thauvin Perez Mitrovic Like this line up. thauvin on and wiji in the middle is a huge step up from Anita/colback. If we bought a decent defensive midfielder in Jan this could be an excellent side... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Thauvin has shown zero quality from what i've seen. He's been worse than the average Obertan performance in his only 2 league starts. He's not highly rated in his own country. Of all the newbs I have the least faith in his ability. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Elliot Janmaat Mbemba Dummett Kev Sissoko Wijnaldum Tiote Thauvin Perez Mitrovic Like this line up. thauvin on and wiji in the middle is a huge step up from Anita/colback. If we bought a decent defensive midfielder in Jan this could be an excellent side... This opinion is largely based on a number of unproven players/players in certain positions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Personally I'd go with Janmaat MBemba Dummett De La Rocha Anita Tiote <-------------------------UGH! Sissoko Perez Wijnaldum Mitrovic But honestly, who cares, what a pile of shit team that is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 I didn't think Thauvin was anywhere near as bad as being made out. He had a decent couple of games, went missing against West Ham (along with the rest of the team), was the only player trying to do anything in the first half against Watford (then faded in the second half), then was dropped, then came back in and looks promising. Totally agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 I didn't think Thauvin was anywhere near as bad as being made out. He had a decent couple of games, went missing against West Ham (along with the rest of the team), was the only player trying to do anything in the first half against Watford (then faded in the second half), then was dropped, then came back in and looks promising. He didn't look promising against Sunderland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 I've spent loads of time defending players like him and Cabella over the years, but I just simply think that neither of them are all that good at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Thauvin has shown zero quality from what i've seen. He's been worse than the average Obertan performance in his only 2 league starts. He's not highly rated in his own country. Of all the newbs I have the least faith in his ability. To describe him as worse than the average Obertan is pretty short sighted tbh. Obertan can't cross, shoot or even keep his legs steady when he's in a one on one position. Thauvin looks like he might be able to do all those things if he can adjust to the pace of the game here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted November 12, 2015 Share Posted November 12, 2015 Thauvin has shown zero quality from what i've seen. He's been worse than the average Obertan performance in his only 2 league starts. He's not highly rated in his own country. Of all the newbs I have the least faith in his ability. To describe him as worse than the average Obertan is pretty short sighted tbh. Obertan can't cross, shoot or even keep his legs steady when he's in a one on one position. Thauvin looks like he might be able to do all those things if he can adjust to the pace of the game here. He really doesn't. Against West Ham and Watford he attempted (which is good and shows heart unlike Obertan)a total of at least 8 take on and 8 crosses or corners. Didn't beat his man once. Didn't put in a single good delivery. Hasn't shown ANY ability. You can already tell he's not got the ability of a Robert, HBA. Not even a N'Zogbia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bowie Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Krul Janmaat Coloccini Mbemba Tiote Sissoko Wijnaldum Aarons Thauvin Ayoze Mitrovic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Krul Janmaat Coloccini Mbemba Tiote Sissoko Wijnaldum Aarons Thauvin Ayoze Mitrovic Skirge alert. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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