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Jonjo Shelvey (now playing for Burnley)


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Was good till about 60 minutes whereupon he must have drunk some magic potion because he suddenly became the shelvey of the everton game nad started giving the ball away trying ludicrous balls and nearly passing straight to their strikers through on goal

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MOTM for me yesterday. More or less everything we did went through him. Always wants to be in the ball and when he is his head is up and he's looking to get the ball forward. Something we haven't been able to do all season. We looked so solid and aggressive in midfield yesterday with him, Tiote and Sissoko in there and the 3 of them totally dominated the West Brom midfield.

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MOTM for me yesterday. More or less everything we did went through him. Always wants to be in the ball and when he is his head is up and he's looking to get the ball forward. Something we haven't been able to do all season. We looked so solid and aggressive in midfield yesterday with him, Tiote and Sissoko in there and the 3 of them totally dominated the West Brom midfield.

Yeah he was good, always moving to create space to receive the ball and always shouting to get it as well. Home fans will love Shelvey like, if they don't already.

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So good to see someone willing to take the responsibility in the middle of the park to move the team forward, been massively missed for a long time.

 

One thing I'm not overly keen on is his tackling technique, naughtier than Cabaye. Loves the studs first.

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

It's what we've missed since Cabaye left a midfielder who can pass the ball and is direct.  If he can only just find consistency - he's got ability.

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Another good performance from Jonjo, some of his passing is absolutely outstanding.

 

He will also hit a pass too long or make some sort of gash ball every now and again because it would be impossible for every single one of them balls he tries to play to come off - but a majority of his play was excellent yesterday.

 

We've been needing a player like him for a long time, someone to move us forwards rather than backwards.

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Think he'll perform well at home for the rest of the season but may struggle in away games where we don't control the possession, although we should be aiming to control possession in every game given how good he is at passing

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Think he'll perform well at home for the rest of the season but may struggle in away games where we don't control the possession, although we should be aiming to control possession in every game given how good he is at passing

Given how poor he's been I'd be tempted to drop Wijnaldum away from home for a couple of games and push Shelvey a little further forward with Tiote and Saivet behind him. Try to press the opposition a bit better rather than letting them come onto us and get Shelvey using Janmaat, Sissoko and Townsend to get in behind.

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Interesting from Monk on Goals on Sunday about him. Basically saying he needs lots of motivation, needs to feel important and he needs to get more consistency in his game as he's got all the ability. Thinks Newcastle will suit him with the bigger stadium and fan support, he'll improve as a player for it but consistency is the biggest thing he needs to work on.

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His passing range is absolutely wanktastic.  With Janmaat, Sissoko and Townsend.  The ball in behind and the diagonal, is going to be on a lot of the while.  Teams are going to have to sit quite deep to counter it.  Which in theory should mean, that we'll get more possession and territory.  We haven't have a midfielder that can spot a forward pass like him since Cabaye.  He's kind of similar to Cabaye, in that he's also not much of an athlete, he's a bit niggly and dirty and he doesn't offer a great deal when he has to cover a lot of ground and defend.  He's obviously not as much of a looker, though  :lol:

 

Really enjoyed watching him.  The one pass in the second half, where he put enough curl on it, so that the ball stayed in and Janmaat got to it  :drool:

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