Dave Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 4/10 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Thought he did alright, expect better on Saturday. Was a shite Perez pass away from a goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Don't really know what to think of him. He has had flashes in his cameos but was very underwhelming today. Plus he's not young if we're thinking long term. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikky Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Thought he did alright, expect better on Saturday. Was a shite Perez pass away from a goal. This Best 3 crosses (2 from Kenedy) of the match and he was on the bench Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Expect he'll be back on the bench at the weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 He fits the profile of what we need, but he had a poor game. Not really much to say beyond that really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Thought he did alright, expect better on Saturday. Was a shite Perez pass away from a goal. This Best 3 crosses (2 from Kenedy) of the match and he was on the bench Yep, I was disappointed when he went off, even playing badly he looked dangerous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 He's a lot quicker than I thought he'd be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 One nice touch in the first half, absolute rubbish for the rest. Hope he's better against West Brom but also meh. We didn't need him in the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 He needed that 60 minutes today as he hardly played in the last few month, he will get sharper and fitter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 He was what Gayle has been but with added hold ball up. Such a shame the evil powderpuff Spaniard didn’t set him free for gols, gols, gols. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted April 23, 2018 Share Posted April 23, 2018 Looked confident and capable. A bit more time to get on the same wavelength and a better quality final ball to him (and from him, more consistently) and I think he’ll improve us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Thought he was really poor in the second half Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Thought he was really poor in the second half Yeah I don't think he had a great game, that said lack of football, first start etc Cant be critical, he needs a run of games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Didn't get anything that could be remotely described as service last night, though his slackness that led to the goal was s****. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Was infuriating that he didn’t get any service all game and the second we take him off we start putting 3 or 4 delicious balls into the box. The last 10 minutes in particular were frustrating, we had nobody in the box anywhere near the ball when it was going in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimburst Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Aye, I thought he was isolated most of the match. Looked a willing runner and seems to have good technique. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 he's surprisingly good at running with the ball at defenders actually, didn't expect it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 I like him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Whilst it is harsh to judge such few and short run outs. The try before you buy may have helped us especially as i dont think he is out 20millions plus player answer to our problems based on age and fee and likely wages. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Given the age + recent injury problems + cost (wages/transfer fee), I'd argue it's too risky to spend good money on him imo. At this point in time he looks like the type of well rounded target man who looks superior to our alternative options, but one that you should only really consider if very cheap or on a free transfer. Mark Viduka would be a good example of this, good striker who many clubs didn't want to go near because of injuries, age, cost. Also not sure about his general effort levels. Can't quite tell if he's knackered due to poor fitness or at times lazy. Seems to be very selective about when he's going to bother trying to close defenders down, sometimes he'll go full throttle but the majority of the time he's just standing there staring. Hadn't seen him much at Leicester, but do vaguely remember seeing him standing around instead of chasing defenders down. Not saying that I want a workhorse type who chases after the ball like a dog and then has no energy for things like counter attacks etc, but at this level it's common for strikers to do at least something to help out, even if it's moving casually towards the defender. It's definitely more noticeable with the likes of Slimani when they're completely stationery and giving defenders all the time in the world to pick out a pass. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 His first start for us coincided with a pretty sloppy display overall. Start him again this weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Given the age + recent injury problems + cost (wages/transfer fee), I'd argue it's too risky to spend good money on him imo. At this point in time he looks like the type of well rounded target man who looks superior to our alternative options, but one that you should only really consider if very cheap or on a free transfer. Mark Viduka would be a good example of this, good striker who many clubs didn't want to go near because of injuries, age, cost. you're insane dude slimani is probably still in the peak of his career, is there anything to suggest the injury he got is anything but a freak? as i was saying to stan the other day people need to get themselves into the real world - given our current status if we could sell mitro and use the money to bring slimani in it would be a good thing...who cares if we only get 2 seasons if he's banging in goals for those two seasons and we progress as a team/club? fwiw didn't everton just pay £27m for that cenk tosun lad? looks no better than slimani to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Given the age + recent injury problems + cost (wages/transfer fee), I'd argue it's too risky to spend good money on him imo. At this point in time he looks like the type of well rounded target man who looks superior to our alternative options, but one that you should only really consider if very cheap or on a free transfer. Mark Viduka would be a good example of this, good striker who many clubs didn't want to go near because of injuries, age, cost. you're insane dude slimani is probably still in the peak of his career, is there anything to suggest the injury he got is anything but a freak? as i was saying to stan the other day people need to get themselves into the real world - given our current status if we could sell mitro and use the money to bring slimani in it would be a good thing...who cares if we only get 2 seasons if he's banging in goals for those two seasons and we progress as a team/club? fwiw didn't everton just pay £27m for that cenk tosun lad? looks no better than slimani to me Yeah. £27million for a 26 year old. 2 good seasons and he'll be a £50-60 million player. 2 good seasons from Slimani and we'll be looking to get him off the wage bill. Why do you think Chelsea only gave Giroud an 18 month contract? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 24, 2018 Share Posted April 24, 2018 Whilst it is harsh to judge such few and short run outs. The try before you buy may have helped us especially as i dont think he is out 20millions plus player answer to our problems based on age and fee and likely wages. Who would be our £20million plus player answer to our problems? I was thinking last night, if we don't buy this guy it will be hard to get someone with similar attributes for that sort of money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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