Kasper Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 He plays so smart now. He used to look a bit lost and just roaming around aimlessly. Now everything he does seems to be for a reason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Hopefully just a dead leg, he ran off which is encouraging Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I might have that 'current/recent' bias whereby you favour the thing that's happened most recently... but can anyone suggest a more exponential improvement in form and ability for us than this guy? I mean, I thought he was alright last season in the role that he played, but had absolutely no faith in him being any use for us this season. And, tbh, in the first half of this season he wasn't up to much and I thought he looked like he needed replacing quite urgently. But he's been fucking phenomenal since New Year, and certainly since that Burnley home game on deadline day. Tbf we'd mostly been using him behind the striker until the last few months. I know he did well at Hull and for us at times last season but when you see him playing centre mid you wonder how the hell anyone ever thought he was anything but a centre mid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I can't say I recall seeing a player for us make such a substantial improvement in such a short period of time. Perch improved a lot but this is on a different level. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Superb again today Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 For all the talk of Lascelles making a huge difference, and he does, Diame's the main reason for our upturn in form for me. Potentially our player of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I can't say I recall seeing a player for us make such a substantial improvement in such a short period of time. Perch improved a lot but this is on a different level. Perch's was about as impressive imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 When Perch played CB and pocketed Suarez Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I might have that 'current/recent' bias whereby you favour the thing that's happened most recently... but can anyone suggest a more exponential improvement in form and ability for us than this guy? I mean, I thought he was alright last season in the role that he played, but had absolutely no faith in him being any use for us this season. And, tbh, in the first half of this season he wasn't up to much and I thought he looked like he needed replacing quite urgently. But he's been fucking phenomenal since New Year, and certainly since that Burnley home game on deadline day. Tbf we'd mostly been using him behind the striker until the last few months. I know he did well at Hull and for us at times last season but when you see him playing centre mid you wonder how the hell anyone ever thought he was anything but a centre mid Sure, but look back ten or so pages and he's worse than shit - that's in CM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 It's as if playing behind the striker actually made him a better central midfielder. It's as though he finds the amount of space he now has to play in central midfield so much easier than he ever has, even when he played there earlier in his career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gazza ladra Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Raffaed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I might have that 'current/recent' bias whereby you favour the thing that's happened most recently... but can anyone suggest a more exponential improvement in form and ability for us than this guy? I mean, I thought he was alright last season in the role that he played, but had absolutely no faith in him being any use for us this season. And, tbh, in the first half of this season he wasn't up to much and I thought he looked like he needed replacing quite urgently. But he's been fucking phenomenal since New Year, and certainly since that Burnley home game on deadline day. West Ham away was the turning point for me. He's been in the reckoning, if not a shoe-in, for man of the match in virtually every game since then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 He has been excellent in the second half of the season, turn his career with us around really, wasn't that long ago he was getting much deserved stick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 I might have that 'current/recent' bias whereby you favour the thing that's happened most recently... but can anyone suggest a more exponential improvement in form and ability for us than this guy? I mean, I thought he was alright last season in the role that he played, but had absolutely no faith in him being any use for us this season. And, tbh, in the first half of this season he wasn't up to much and I thought he looked like he needed replacing quite urgently. But he's been fucking phenomenal since New Year, and certainly since that Burnley home game on deadline day. Tbf we'd mostly been using him behind the striker until the last few months. I know he did well at Hull and for us at times last season but when you see him playing centre mid you wonder how the hell anyone ever thought he was anything but a centre mid Sure, but look back ten or so pages and he's worse than shit - that's in CM. I was defending him then tbf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Is there a fine in the FA rulebook for fielding a lifelike android replicant? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Perch is slightly different. He was always a championship player and he was making a big jump up. With confidence and acclimatising to the league he improved into a decent squad player. Diamé on the other hand just looked like a spent force. I didn’t think he was that bad before but it seemed his legs would fall off after an hour and he looked to barely move. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymag Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Raffaed Booed off, by some, against Everton was a reality check, and he's responded magnificently since. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Punched in the gob by Lascelles and has not looked back since. Outstanding turnaround, I love Diame I do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 It may be more the change in position than the punch but whatever, he's up there as one of our best players since the turn of the year. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Raconteur Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 For all the talk of Lascelles making a huge difference, and he does, Diame's the main reason for our upturn in form for me. Potentially our player of the season. Definitely deserves to be in the conversation Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Wha? It’s nowt like Perch at all. Perch was s**** and had some strange cult following after looking like he could kick a ball. Diame has actually showed in the last 3 month that he is a footballer. f*** knows why it has took him so long, but he looks unbeatable at the moment. Perch was utter s*** who got some random credit. Nothing remotely like at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 For all the talk of Lascelles making a huge difference, and he does, Diame's the main reason for our upturn in form for me. Potentially our player of the season. Definitely deserves to be in the conversation It's clearly Lascelles by a country mile, tbh. That said I'm stunned at Diame's turnaround. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted March 31, 2018 Share Posted March 31, 2018 Remember getting laughed at for suggesting starting him in centre mid a few months ago. Needless to say, I've had the last laugh "And that's all that matters" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Player of the season? Contender. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoU Posted April 1, 2018 Share Posted April 1, 2018 Player of the season? Contender. I think he is for me. If Rafa can’t get it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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