Jonjo Shelvey (now playing for Burnley)

[WarrenBartonCentrePartin]

Just seen Ryder gave this lad a 7 last night. Madness.

[joeyt]

Doesn't want to cause any ructions at the Bald Club

[Scoot]

I didn't watch all of last night but, if we're going to sign a player for whom passing is their greatest strength you do need the other half of that to be functioning. He does NEED people to pass to. The movement was so bad yesterday and Everton had been tactically set up well to reduce our options. We didn't look like we had had any discussions on how to deal with this. Very, very poor preparation from us.

 

We only had 10 days to prepare though. Give them a break.

[Flip]

Please play like this every time. Or at least every home game. Such a good player when he's on form like this. Tiote helping him out a lot as well.

[Skeletor]

Seems like a bit of a homer (like Wijnaldum) at the minute. If only we could get it all to click away from home.

[STM]

The team is a homer.

[Tooj]

Seems like a bit of a homer (like Wijnaldum) at the minute. If only we could get it all to click away from home.

 

Think it's more the mentality that McLaren gets the whole team to go with away from home. Like night and day.

[La Parka]

The more possession we have the better he will play, he is practically useless when we are defending

[Collage]

I really like him. Great passer, always wants to be involved.

[Foluwashola]

In love with this bloke.

[Dr Venkman]

Another stonking performance.

[Parsley]

Brilliant today. Ran the show.

[Hanshithispantz]

2-2

[Dave]

2-2

 

[U2]

So we all know he can pass the ball well in games where he is given the freedom of the pitch, but we need him to be able to compete with the best midfields in the league home and away.

[TRon]

I really like him. Great passer, always wants to be involved.

 

I think having an in form Tiote is a big help, because he can be a proper enforcer and isn't going to get overrun like Colback and Anita might. That allows Jonjo to concentrate on his own game and express himself.

[durhamunigeordie]

Great today. His passing is great but sometimes needs to play the easy ball rather than trying to thread the needle every time. He's pretty good at it and its great to watch, but a couple of times a simple ball that he either missed or ignored would have been a better option.

 

Although of course if he got it right every time then he wouldn't be playing for us.

[Carlito]

Totally bossed the first half. Some of those passes were brilliant to watch.

[Minhosa]

Excellent first half. He's got a bag of golf clubs in those boots.

[ponsaelius]

2 fantastic home performances, 2 putrid away ones. Hard to say if that sums up him as a player or us as a team.

[Minhosa]

2 fantastic home performances, 2 putrid away ones. Hard to say if that sums up him as a player or us as a team.

 

Yep - fair comment.

[Guest neesy111]

Can tell this guy is a homer.

[STM]

He's brave on the ball. Never afraid to take risks.

 

He pretty much spells the end of Anita like. Should be Colback too.

[Guest Howaythetoon]

With no defending to do and little pressure from the opposition he is a lovely footballer going forward... Other than that he will be anonymous a lot when the going gets tough so to speak. A home player perhaps!

[The College Dropout]

So we all know he can pass the ball well in games where he is given the freedom of the pitch, but we need him to be able to compete with the best midfields in the league home and away.

 

Is this really the case? If he can boss 12 games out of 19 at home.  6 or so away, that's a major improvement on what we had. For the next 16 months we just need to be a solid PL outfit. Consolidate ourselves then from there push on. How often do teams go from consecutive relegation scraps to competing with the best in the league home and away?