Beth Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 11 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Well that's bollocks... It's not like. He's a mid table PL standard player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 These stories in the press about players being unhappy with him, really seems like that’s coming from Bruce, there’s no way any squad member could think anything other than Miggy doing more than anyone to help the team. Just fucking Cabbage head trying to make a story to deflect attention from the shit job he’s doing. The club is so poisonous, there’s virtually nothing to be proud of anymore and only 2 or 3 players you can look forward to seeing play. Sooner we go down and the whole lot is set on fire the better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 13 minutes ago, Beth said: It's not like. He's a mid table PL standard player. It's bollocks to say that his level of performance has nothing to do with Bruce. Bruce is a moron and everyone in the squad has suffered. Who knows how far Miggy would have come on under a good manager and in a team that played to his strengths? Not sure I agree with your conclusion either, separately to the Bruce thing. But I also don't think you can define players by a region within the Premier League table, unless it's at the very top or very bottom. Would Almiron look out of place at Leicester alongside the likes of Perez and Barnes? Or at West Ham with Soucek and Bowen types? One by one going up the table, in which team does Almiron stand out like a sore thumb? He'd be an asset to the vast majority of teams imo. Which takes us back to the Bruce thing. It's only because of the idiot that a squad with really talented players like Dubravka, Schär, Fernandez, Hayden, Almiron, ASM, Fraser, Wilson is where it is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 11 minutes ago, Dr Jinx said: These stories in the press about players being unhappy with him, really seems like that’s coming from Bruce, there’s no way any squad member could think anything other than Miggy doing more than anyone to help the team. Missed that. Really? Fuck me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ATF Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 57 minutes ago, triggs said: He is a Simeone type player but he's not good enough for that level IMO Depends what "that level" is, because levels are, to a limited but clear extent, contextual. We all know players can look completely different in one manager's system than they do in another's, or from one league to another. For example, there were players who came up from the Championship under Rafa who one could easily have been expected to flop when they 'moved up' a level, yet then put in similar or better quality performances than they had before. Look at a player like Patrick Bamford, who has scored and assisted at a much higher rate in the Premier League than he did months earlier in a lower tier. With a player like Almiron, who has a few obvious qualities, it's more indicative to look at whether he'd suit the type of games he'd play in La Liga and whether he'd fit into Simeone's system. Almiron is quick, can carry the ball forward from deep, can press and recover his position, can pinch in defensively and still close down wide, can combine and make runs to open up space and relieve pressure in a deep block. Those are the sort of qualities that would appeal to a coach like Simeone. He's not a goalscorer but that's not necessarily a priority for Simeone - the first priority is the clean sheet and if that is achieved then all that's needed is a set piece goal or for one of the forwards to convert a chance. If he can pitch in with goals and assists, especially when there's added space on the counter (and he's playing in a team who train very intensely so that they're on each other's wavelength defensively and offensively), then he's doing his job. It's obviously hypothetical and very unlikely to happen - and I also don't necessarily even disagree with you - but I wouldn't bet against Almiron's ability to perform in Simeone's system. I could see him being a very handy first or second sub. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 (edited) 1 hour ago, Beth said: It's not like. He's a mid table PL standard player. I don't think we've seen the best of him, and even if we have, we've never had the players around him to maximise the return. He could be very useful for somebody. Edit: What ATF said. Edited March 28, 2021 by Happinesstan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paully Posted March 28, 2021 Share Posted March 28, 2021 If we stay up and this clown remains in charge next season then he needs to get away as does the likes of Wilson, ASM, Dubravka etc - wasting their careers under this imbecile! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 Anyone staying with Bruce, whether we are up or down, is wasting a year of their career. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted March 29, 2021 Share Posted March 29, 2021 1 hour ago, Consortium of one said: Anyone staying with this club, whether we are up or down, is wasting their career. FYP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ex-england-star-blasts-newcastle-20285089 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 I did want to know what Paul Robinson thinks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NEEJ Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 1 hour ago, Yorkie said: https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/sport/football/football-news/ex-england-star-blasts-newcastle-20285089 “If it was a player who had consistently fought hard every week and gives 110 per cent with tackles and runs you could have more sympathy for those comments. If it had come from a captain, or a leader at the club, you could take it more easily." You have to wonder how many times he's actually watched the lad play (if at all). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Sounds like an obvious April Fools. Except it probably isn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Would love it if Miguel retorted to Paul fucking Robinson about those disparaging comments. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 11 minutes ago, NEEJ said: “If it was a player who had consistently fought hard every week and gives 110 per cent with tackles and runs you could have more sympathy for those comments. If it had come from a captain, or a leader at the club, you could take it more easily." You have to wonder how many times he's actually watched the lad play (if at all). That's mental. Just shows how much faith you can put in pundits to have actually watched us play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nattfare Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 (edited) Clearly he is just another lazy South American, not a proper British hardman (like Shelvey) who puts in 150%, like all true British players are. Edited April 1, 2021 by Nattfare Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 26 minutes ago, Nattfare said: Clearly he is just another lazy South American, not a proper British hardman (like Shelvey) who puts in 150%, like all true British players are. It's so obvious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 No institutional racism here ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Fuck me, man. I think I've gone beyond just being ambivalent towards NUFC and football in general to completely hating it and everyone connected to it. Paul fucking Robinson, man. Useless cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 Regardless of the idiocy of his comments, love one of the chunkiest keepers of the modern era giving it large about "running". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazarus Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 He was a very good keeper from what i remember. Still a walking talking cliche mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted April 2, 2021 Share Posted April 2, 2021 what a moran Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted April 5, 2021 Share Posted April 5, 2021 On 28/03/2021 at 00:57, Disco said: Missed that. Really? Fuck me. It's like HBA all over again! (but on a smaller scale) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 Love his attitude, he does the running of two players, but my god, he makes hard work of scoring goals. Wasted some great positions today, and that is probably why he's here and not at a much better club. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
et tu brute Posted April 17, 2021 Share Posted April 17, 2021 2 minutes ago, TRon said: Love his attitude, he does the running of two players, but my god, he makes hard work of scoring goals. Wasted some great positions today, and that is probably why he's here and not at a much better club. It’s exactly the reason Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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