Miguel Almirón (now playing for Atlanta United)

[Shearergol]

I usually defend him. I can’t today.

[Ronaldo]

I love him for his efforts but also have to acknowledge there are far more PL sides he wouldn’t get into than ones he would.

[Gallowgate Toon]

Just now, Shearergol said:

I usually defend him. I can’t today.

Aye, it was absolutely terrible. I couldn't tell if he was in a huff or saving legs due to knowing Barnes only had an hour in him but the work he's usually class at was also not there for long stretches. That usually offsets a lot of his braindeaded-ness.

[TRon]

Said before the game that he needed to turn up today, mostly because I knew he wouldn't. Not for lack of trying, he's just not a finisher.

[NWMag]

27 minutes ago, Joe1984 said:

Bit harsh. Can't blame him for not wanting to go there.

I don’t blame him at all for not wanting to go, I just wish he did want to go. Getting £30 million for him would have been great business 

[Joe1984]

Just now, NWMag said:

I don’t blame him at all for not wanting to go, I just wish he did want to go. Getting £30 million for him would have been great business 

Wouldn't have got 30. Fair Market Value. We didn't for ASM.

[Displayname]

16 hours ago, Shearergol said:

I usually defend him. I can’t today.

Same here. Not looked good for a while now. Cant blame fatigue anymore either.

[TheBrownBottle]

15 hours ago, Joe1984 said:

Wouldn't have got 30. Fair Market Value. We didn't for ASM.

He’s a more effective PL player than ASM.  I don’t think he’s a particularly good PL player, but he’d be in my side ahead of ASM every week

[Aiston]

Think he looks worse in whatever role he's been in the last two games, seemed to come central so much more often.

 

Rarely any use of Trippier/ Almiron getting us up the pitch as well the past two games.

 

Had a couple of good crosses and a great through-ball to Gordon and that's it.

[Gallowgate Toon]

Those 2 shots are sitting nicely in my brain this morning 

 

The Gordon one, man.

[Ronaldo]

36 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

He’s a more effective PL player than ASM.  I don’t think he’s a particularly good PL player, but he’d be in my side ahead of ASM every week

Not on this season’s form. He’s always been a high effort / mediocre quality player but that would be an extremely generous way of describing this season for him. He’s been awful for a while and needs dropping.

[TRon]

44 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

He’s a more effective PL player than ASM.  I don’t think he’s a particularly good PL player, but he’d be in my side ahead of ASM every week

 

Neither of them are effective at this level. There's a reason no half decent clubs have been in for them.

[Lush Vlad]

Not having a striker was a hinderance yesterday. But it was compounded by Almiron’s decision making when we had some great opportunities.
 

As is so often the case with him. He makes the wrong decision or takes so long to make his mind up. That the angle/opening for the pass, shot or cross is gone. 
 

He is in the same boat as Burn and Longstaff, for me. No lack of effort and have played important roles plenty of times over the last couple of seasons. So it is hard to be too critical. But they are constantly below the level required now and it’s magnified with so many of our regulars missing. 

 

 

Edited February 18, 2024 by Lush Vlad

[TRon]

3 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:

Not having a striker was a hinderance yesterday. But it was compounded by Almiron’s decision making when we had some great opportunities.
 

As is so often the case with him. He makes the wrong decision or takes so long to make his mind up. That the angle/opening for the pass, shot or cross is gone. 
 

He is in the same boat as Burn and Longstaff, for me. No lack of effort and have been played important roles plenty of times over the last couple of seasons. So it is hard to be too critical. But they are constantly below the level required now and it’s magnified with so many of our regulars missing. 

 

Burn is actually a top competitor, he's part of the leadership group for a reason. He's just not physically or technically capable of really high level football these days. Miggy and Longstaff are support players, alright as back ups, but they don't really have the temparement to be in the limelight when our main stars are missing.

[TheBrownBottle]

6 hours ago, Ronaldo said:

Not on this season’s form. He’s always been a high effort / mediocre quality player but that would be an extremely generous way of describing this season for him. He’s been awful for a while and needs dropping.

ASM and Almiron have as many goals and assists as each other this season - but I know who is playing in the harder league

[TRon]

Seen it mentioned on one of the podcasts today that Trippier has more assists in this one season than Miggy has managed his whole career here, which is six seasons. If that's true, it's an absolutely disgraceful statistic. Don't really want to see him starting games from here on in, although with the injuries we've got he's probably going to be starting most of them.

[duo]

1 hour ago, TRon said:

Seen it mentioned on one of the podcasts today that Trippier has more assists in this one season than Miggy has managed his whole career here, which is six seasons. If that's true, it's an absolutely disgraceful statistic. Don't really want to see him starting games from here on in, although with the injuries we've got he's probably going to be starting most of them.

tbf though - Tripps take all the corners, all the free kicks and is playing in a much better team that Miggy was previously. That being said Miggy needs to look up once in a while and pass - that statistic would then shoot up.

[Guest]

Gordon is proof you can find a player who can press, but can also do it in terms of numbers. I think he can be replaced fairly easily.

[Conjo]

Genuinely wondering if he went for scoring on his own, particularly on those two situations that left Gordon & Trippier jumping up and hitting the air in frustration when he missed (  ), to prove his worth since we tried to offload him in January.

[Nucasol]

7 hours ago, Conjo said:

Genuinely wondering if he went for scoring on his own, particularly on those two situations that left Gordon & Trippier jumping up and hitting the air in frustration when he missed (  ), to prove his worth since we tried to offload him in January.

He’d be better off just sticking to given Tripps the ball.

[Sufi]

I love his pressing and his enthusiasm. He has the footballing brain of a newt and he’s probably the most one-footed player I’ve seen since Arjen Robben. 
 

If he were a laptop he would have three buttons.

 

1. play a little one two and make a run in behind 

 

2. Cut inside and shoot for the top left. 
 

3. Run your ass off and re-endear yourself to the supporters purely based on effort. 

[ExiledGeordie]

8 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Gordon is proof you can find a player who can press, but can also do it in terms of numbers. I think he can be replaced fairly easily.

If he’s starting next season as our first RW option then questions have to be asked 

[Shearergol]

9 hours ago, Optimistic Nut said:

Gordon is proof you can find a player who can press, but can also do it in terms of numbers. I think he can be replaced fairly easily.

 

I don't particularly rate him, but Jack Harrison would have replaced him quite easily.

[Guest]

Probably worked out well in the end that we didn't get him the previous summer. The Almiron golden period was one of the main reasons we went on the run from drawing almost every week, to being top 3 contenders by the World Cup.

 

I've no doubt he'd have given us more this season though.

[The College Dropout]

Limited player. Don't think the transfer speculation will have done him any good mentally. it is what it is with the lad, I just laugh at those that think he's a good player at this level. Watching football with your brain disengaged.

 

Signing a RW should've been a top 3 priority last summer and we are paying the price now.