Miguel Almirón (now playing for Atlanta United)

[TheGuv]

Probably could have sold him for £25-£30m last season. ?

[duo]

I feel people are singling him out a bit here - he scored only just last week. The whole team is misfiring at the minute which means we are creating less chances.

[nufcnick]

4 minutes ago, duo said:

I feel people are singling him out a bit here - he scored only just last week. The whole team is misfiring at the minute which means we are creating less chances.

People are singling him out because he’s absolute pony, he’s so 1 footed I’m surprised he doesn’t fall over every time he lifts his left foot off the ground, he offers nothing but running and teams have now worked out show him onto his right side which makes him absolutely useless 

[duo]

33 minutes ago, nufcnick said:

People are singling him out because he’s absolute pony, he’s so 1 footed I’m surprised he doesn’t fall over every time he lifts his left foot off the ground, he offers nothing but running and teams have now worked out show him onto his right side which makes him absolutely useless 

He does a lot of the dirty work which people seem to be forgetting, Yes he is one footed, yes he isn't the best in the final 3rd, but his press is second to none and his tracking back is phenomenal. His game is so much more than assisting and scoring goals, the work he does helps others assist, and score goals.  He also helps prevent the opposition scoring goals with his tracking back. 

 

 

Edited December 24, 2023 by duo

[nufcnick]

15 minutes ago, duo said:

He does a lot of the dirty work which people seem to be forgetting, Yes he is one footed, yes he isn't the best in the final 3rd, but his press is second to none and his tracking back is phenomenal. His game is so much more than assisting and scoring goals, the work he does helps others assist, and score goals.  He also helps prevent the opposition scoring goals with his tracking back. 

 

 

 

Does he now though?, have a look at the match’s back against both Chelsea and Luton and previous away games, most of the time he’s just jogging back and Longstaff and Miley were coming across to cover leaving holes in midfield, at home yes he’s a lot more energetic, but looks very halfarsed away from home

[80]

1 hour ago, TheGuv said:

Probably could have sold him for £25-£30m last season. ?

Probably not quite that much, but we definitely missed our chance last summer on that one.

[80]

8 minutes ago, nufcnick said:

Does he now though?, have a look at the match’s back against both Chelsea and Luton and previous away games, most of the time he’s just jogging back and Longstaff and Miley were coming across to cover leaving holes in midfield, at home yes he’s a lot more energetic, but looks very halfarsed away from home

He's anything but half arsed. He's just de-energised like everyone else, but more than almost all the rest he requires energy to look like an effective footballer. He's made several important tackles in and around our own penalty area lately.

[Guest]

4 minutes ago, 80 said:

He's anything but half arsed. He's just de-energised like everyone else, but more than almost all the rest he requires energy to look like an effective footballer. He's made several important tackles in and around our own penalty area lately.

 

Aye he needs a break just to return to the headless chicken grafter, let alone one that reassembles a footballer. 

[The Prophet]

He was running on fumes yesterday. Him and Gordon shouldn't have been out there, but needs must.

[Guest]

Just now, The Prophet said:

He was running on fumes yesterday. Him and Gordon shouldn't have been out there, but needs must.

 

One of Murphy, Barnes or Anderson would be huge. Not having any of them is crippling. Literally.

[Bimpy474]

It's the 5 to 10 yard passes, he gives the ball away on those simple little balls too often. 

 

It didn't show so much under Rafa or Bruce as everyone kind of did that. We were low possession teams under them, however now it shows up a lot, and hurts us,

 

We play from the back, progress the ball through Bruno, and once it gets to Miggy it breaks down a fair bit. He's not the only one but imo he's by far the worst.

 

 

Edited December 24, 2023 by Bimpy474

[The Prophet]

Just now, Optimistic Nut said:

 

One of Murphy, Barnes or Anderson would be huge. Not having any of them is crippling. Literally.

 

Joelinton too.

[The Prophet]

I do agree with the general he is frustrating though. I need to let go of THAT pass in the League Cup final.

 

For the system we play, off the ball he's an absolute dream, but on it it he's far too one footed and can be predictable. We already know that though and I'm sure the club do too. I have no doubt he'll be upgraded when the right target becomes available.

 

 

[Guest]

5 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

I do agree with the general he is frustrating though. I need to let go of THAT pass in the League Cup final.

 

For the system we play, off the ball he's an absolute dream, but on it it he's far too one footed and can be predictable. We already know that though and I'm sure the club do too. I have no doubt he'll be upgraded when the right target becomes available.

 

 

 

When there's 4-5 fully fit players around him in attacking positions then you can get by, and he can be a threat himself. The way we are now he's offering nothing.

[gbandit]

I love Almiron and always will but his game is built on relentless dogged running and chasing in both directions. He isn’t able to do that at the moment because he’s knackered and probably having to rein it in to stave off injury. If you lose that element of his game then he becomes a major weakness. The issue is not having another option, Murphy isn’t the answer but he’d have stopped Miggy getting exhausted. The answer will come within these next two windows but I’ll look forward to Miggy continuing to turn out for us as he’ll be a great squad player for some time to come 

[Doctor Zaius]

He's woeful against teams that sit back. When you need a bit of craft, guile and quality to unlock a defence and he's not the one. 

 

If we're playing on the counter or pressing high up, he can be useful, otherwise he's no good. 

 

The lack of right foot is astonishing for a player at that level too. He's been exposed massively over the last few weeks for his refusal to use his right. He just can't do it and it limits him massively. 

 

Just one example from the past week - any other footballer drills that across the box, but Almiron cuts back onto his left. It's not good enough for a top level player and he needs replaced in the starting XI asap. 

 

 

 

[ExiledGeordie]

1 hour ago, Optimistic Nut said:

 

One of Murphy, Barnes or Anderson would be huge. Not having any of them is crippling. Literally.

Yeah losing ALL of them has completely knackered us. My West ham mate actually mentioned this yesterday when we were talking about it funnily enough  

[Newcastle Fan]

24 minutes ago, Doctor Zaius said:

He's woeful against teams that sit back. When you need a bit of craft, guile and quality to unlock a defence and he's not the one. 

 

If we're playing on the counter or pressing high up, he can be useful, otherwise he's no good. 

 

The lack of right foot is astonishing for a player at that level too. He's been exposed massively over the last few weeks for his refusal to use his right. He just can't do it and it limits him massively. 

 

Just one example from the past week - any other footballer drills that across the box, but Almiron cuts back onto his left. It's not good enough for a top level player and he needs replaced in the starting XI asap. 

 

 

 

 

 

Wish you didn't share that picture, like i've said previously in this thread not replacing him with someone better has costed us big time this season.

[Geogaddi]

He needs to be a squad player and not playing every week , same with Longstaff, they are good squad players for a top 6/7 team but shouldn't be playing every week if we want to progress further.

 

 

Edited December 24, 2023 by Geogaddi

[Mikky]

Problem with Miggy is that he’s not a natural inverted winger - so the decisions that someone who is a natural in that position makes, Miggy doesn’t and that’s the frustrating element - his shooting is poor - rarely clips a ball into the striker - he has no relationship with the 9, whether that’s Isak or Wilson - that’s massive weakness 

[nufcnick]

9 minutes ago, Newcastle Fan said:

 

 

Wish you didn't share that picture, like i've said previously in this thread not replacing him with someone better has costed us big time this season.

Thing is it’s actually not too late this season, especially with us dropping out of Europe, 3 quality additions and we would be cooking on gas again, a DM no6, RW/R attacker and GK would give me hope we could go on a run. 

[PauloGeordio]

21 minutes ago, nufcnick said:

Thing is it’s actually not too late this season, especially with us dropping out of Europe, 3 quality additions and we would be cooking on gas again, a DM no6, RW/R attacker and GK would give me hope we could go on a run. 

Yeah, with players coming back from injury too, that would give  us rotation options and we could up the intensity again with higher energy levels.

[Holmesy]

Time to get rid! 

[Joey47]

Honestly so sick of him

[Guest reefatoon]

Nowt but a hindrance.