Ronaldo Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 Problem with Perez playing as a striker is any CB worth their salt in this league or higher will mark him out of the game with ease. Rafa knows he isn't a no.9, anyway, so we won't be seeing him there anytime soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 That's the problem with him really. He isn't a no. 9, isn't really creative enough to be a no. 10 and isn't a wide man so what do you do with him? He's kind of become one of those players that, while talented, doesn't really fit in any role you'd want to play him in. Jack of all trades if you will. It's a shame because when he first arrived you thought he was gonna be a star. Full of tricks and turns, beating his man and squeezing out of trouble. He's got a good finish too but it's looked for a while now like he's just going through the motions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted December 25, 2016 Share Posted December 25, 2016 He scored 16 goals that year like not 20 (according to wiki), and won an award for the Segunda's 'best Attacking Midfielder', not sure he even played right up top for Tenerife but I'm just going off the limmited info we have. In any case I think his finishing is one of the best in the squad, hence him being able to do a job up there, but he's never looked like a striker for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 He shows a brief piece of talent every so often, but for the remaining time he is pretty useless. Really thought he was great for the first half of the first season we had him, but over the course of his NUFC career he has been pretty dire other than those very infrequent pieces of magic. Wouldn't be shocked to see him sold because he doesn't really offer us anything now and we could easily replace him with someone better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Wonder if we'll see a spate of babies named Rafa if we win the league, like the Kevins and Keegans in their early twenties who are dotted around Tyneside? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Awful at home yet again. He can stick his 4-2-3-1 at home up his arse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Awful at home yet again. He can stick his 4-2-3-1 at home up his arse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Why isn't Yedlin starting every home game? Anita is absolutely shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Because Anita isn't absolutely shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 As if Anita was the problem today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 As if Anita was the problem today. I'm not saying he was the main problem but there's no way he should be starting. I think it's obvious Colback is a waste of space and Mitrovic should have started. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Three essentially defensive midfielders and one striker at home to nobodies in Championship is inexcusable, like. We're so easy to park the bus against it's embarrassing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Spoiler tactics beats us at home. Sort it the fuck out with this 4-2-3-1 nonsense. Buy a fucking striker if you don't want to play Mitro because this is going to end up threatening the promotion charge. Three essentially defensive midfielders and one striker at home to nobodies in Championship is inexcusable, like. We're so easy to park the bus against it's embarrassing. :thup: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Got it wrong again. He's an inspirational figure but he can be infuriating, even in the Championship. Way too defensive at home, where we've lost a shocking number of games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 His setup has worked just fine for the majority of the season, he'll see no need to change it on the back of one poor showing. What he will see as his task is to better organize and shape the team in Shelvey's absence. Whether lack of preparation time leading up to this or just picking the wrong lineup - I don't, for the record, think he is infallible - he'll change things up for Forest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 His setup has worked just fine for the majority of the season, he'll see no need to change it on the back of one poor showing. One poor showing? I can think of 5 poor showings at home in the league. Out of 11 it's absolutely not good enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 His setup has worked just fine for the majority of the season, he'll see no need to change it on the back of one poor showing. What he will see as his task is to better organize and shape the team in Shelvey's absence. Whether lack of preparation time leading up to this or just picking the wrong lineup - I don't, for the record, think he is infallible - he'll change things up for Forest. It's more than one game. Teams know what to do against us. Even Rotherham nearly managed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Grow some balls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Ridiculous to say considering the squad at our disposal but I'm not sure what other options we have for central midfield. Shelvey is absolutely key, without him the choices are pretty dismal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Ridiculous to say considering the squad at our disposal but I'm not sure what other options we have for central midfield. Shelvey is absolutely key, without him the choices are pretty dismal. He could very easily move Diame back into CM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Ridiculous to say considering the squad at our disposal but I'm not sure what other options we have for central midfield. Shelvey is absolutely key, without him the choices are pretty dismal. True, but the players all over the pitch should still be able to play with some sort of urgency and tempo one would think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 Ridiculous to say considering the squad at our disposal but I'm not sure what other options we have for central midfield. Shelvey is absolutely key, without him the choices are pretty dismal. True, but the players all over the pitch should still be able to play with some sort of urgency and tempo one would think. Absolutely. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 His 4-2-3-1 isn't the problem, it's the players we have that are fairly better than most of this league, however aren't capable of dominating when the key piece in Shelvey is missing. Telling Rafa to shove his formation at home up his arse is some weirdo internet rage. He needs to sign better players quickly to sort out the over reliance on Shelvey because he's not ever going to change his basic system. I'd much rather he play 2 up front as well, mind you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 I feel like we're winning in spite of the system, as weird as that is. Our players and general quality are doing enough but I don't think the teams are set up to get the best out of the collective. The first goal tends to dictate the result too much for me. We're grinding our way there, don't get me wrong and I'm pleased about that, but I'd like to see a bit more variation because it's becoming too easy to play against us when we're at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biggs Posted December 26, 2016 Share Posted December 26, 2016 never seems to want 2 up top for some reason and relys on ritchie way too often ,Shelvey a big miss mind you but we have far too many off days Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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