Sean Longstaff

[Miggys First Goal]

Remember when Manure were going to give us £50m for him?

[Pixelphish]

14 hours ago, joeyt said:

Hayden ffs

Everyone is losing their minds.

[Deuce]

On 26/12/2023 at 10:58, mouldy_uk said:

Sadly I think we’ve got a lot of players like that, whom have become cult like heroes over the last year

Or rather, players appreciated by many for being essential to getting us to our highest league finish in what, 20 years?

[jackyboy]

He's never reached the standard he achieved under Rafa when Man U supposedly wanted him.

To me he now offers very little. He can run but not very fast, can't tackle, can't shoot, can't head the ball and not the greatest passer either.

[The Butcher]

He's a handy squad player and I hope he stays for years.

[Deuce]

9 minutes ago, jackyboy said:

He's never reached the standard he achieved under Rafa when Man U supposedly wanted him.

To me he now offers very little. He can run but not very fast, can't tackle, can't shoot, can't head the ball and not the greatest passer either.

 

Eh? Did you watch him at all last season?

[MrRaspberryJam]

9 minutes ago, jackyboy said:

He's never reached the standard he achieved under Rafa when Man U supposedly wanted him.

To me he now offers very little. He can run but not very fast, can't tackle, can't shoot, can't head the ball and not the greatest passer either.

 

Eh? He's a lot better player now than he was under Benitez imo. Granted he was terrible yesterday.

[Jaqen]

We have a problem where our CMs look absolutely terrible if they have to play on the opposite side than they're used to. Both the Joe's were awful when they've played on the right, Longstaff and Tonali both similarly looked poor playing on the left. 

[Holloway]

Get's done for pace in the first metre whilst it takes Bruno about two and a half 

[TRon]

1 hour ago, RobsonsWonderland said:

There was a moment he froze on the ball yesterday.. you could see him thinking what to do and by then two players had closed him down.

 

That happens in a lot of games, he's a player who likes time on the ball, when he's pressed aggressively he ends up getting rushed into a bad touch or a wayward pass.

[TheBrownBottle]

39 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

That happens in a lot of games, he's a player who likes time on the ball, when he's pressed aggressively he ends up getting rushed into a bad touch or a wayward pass.

Yep, it’s the biggest weakness in his game for me.  He dawdles on the ball quite a bit.  I do think he’s improved this under Howe, but it’s difficult to imagine it being ironed out completely

[Shearergol]

18 hours ago, andycap said:

Bring Hayden back quickly and gets some steal in that midfield until we get better Longstaff is just invisible in our matches of late leaves bruno with far to much to do as I think he gets caught in two minds whether to push forward or sit. Which leaves our midfield Wideopen when we lose it. 

Lock the entire forum. Hayden 

[PauloGeordio]

3 hours ago, Shearergol said:

Lock the entire forum. Hayden 

Yeah fuck it, let’s put Ritchie at RB to give Tripps a well earned rest whilst we’re at it!   ??

[huss9]

5 hours ago, Miggys First Goal said:

Remember when Manure were going to give us £50m for him?

remember a few games ago when we were desperate to get him back.

 

all the injured players are coming straight back in without being able to build up any kind of fitness.

and they;re coming into a team low in confidence and knackered.

[janpawel]

6 hours ago, Jaqen said:

We have a problem where our CMs look absolutely terrible if they have to play on the opposite side than they're used to. Both the Joe's were awful when they've played on the right, Longstaff and Tonali both similarly looked poor playing on the left. 

Good point, I feel a lot of our success comes from our 'system' the majority of the time

 

Probably the reason we perform/have performed better than the sum of our parts, but when it's not going well such as now, individual players levels and abilities stand out

[The College Dropout]

6 hours ago, TRon said:

 

That happens in a lot of games, he's a player who likes time on the ball, when he's pressed aggressively he ends up getting rushed into a bad touch or a wayward pass.

Or the fall over and fail to win a free kick. 

[Rich]

[nemtizz]

Looked good on the ball first half but Jesus Christ fuck off with that embarrassing shite. 

[TRon]

56 minutes ago, nemtizz said:

Looked good on the ball first half but Jesus Christ fuck off with that embarrassing shite. 

 

Don't remember him looking good on the ball for a long while. He tends to jog around where the ball is without actually doing anything with it.

[huss9]

should have had a pel

 

 

Edited January 1, 2024 by huss9

[jackyboy]

Another exhibition on how not to shoot.

[Newcastle Fan]

He seems to be regressing, looks not as fit and not very good with the ball.

[MrRaspberryJam]

1 minute ago, Newcastle Fan said:

He seems to be regressing, looks not as fit and not very good with the ball.

he played well. Was only his shooting that was off. 

[captainhaircut]

Just watched the highlights. Dubravka save from the deflection comes from his usual trick- panic when pressed and produce a dreadful dive. 
 

[Lush Vlad]

Like every player post. Caveat that sunderland were shite. But I thought he was much better back with his usual mates down the right. Seemed more involved and was getting about the pitch more. 
 

Have loved his off the ball work for a while. Both in attack and defence. But my word (Ray Wilkins RIP). His finishing and composure are so bad when under the slightest bit of pressure. 
 

Such a shame. As he offers something none of our other midfielders do. He crashes the box late and gets chances because of it. 

 

 

Edited January 6, 2024 by Lush Vlad