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Miguel Almirón (now playing for Atlanta United)


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I have said before that I have a friend who lives in Atlanta who absolutely raved about Almiron before he joined us, He has since watched every Newcastle match on TV and commented that we have not yet seen the best of him.  That, to me, is a mouth watering prospect because I really like what I have seen so far!

 

He also said that it is starting to become noticeable in their crowd at home games that there are several Atlanta fans wearing Newcastle shirts (Jerseys in his words)  with #24 on the back! 

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He looks like a player holding back to me. Like he could be committing a man more, could be going for the throat more but instead he works a bit of space and passes it on. I think he needs to be greedier at times.

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Guest godzilla

Worst game for us tonight but I'm convinced he'll be a star

 

Did some good things, though second half especially was sloppy in possession. A goal will settle him massively

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Still looks like he's trying too hard to impress, hopefully a goal will settle him down and he'll grow in confidence next season. There's obviously a special player in there.

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Guest firetotheworks

His base level was excellent, if that makes sense? The simple stuff, plus effort sort of thing. It'll click, it seems like he has the personality to ensure it, you can see he's got so much desire to go with the pace and skill, and that it should get him there.

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He was fine but feel like he's quite poor when we're under the cosh a bit, always wants to create something rather than holding onto it or trying to win a foul which would be preferable sometimes to alleviate the pressure. Overall he was impressive though

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He was fine but feel like he's quite poor when we're under the cosh a bit, always wants to create something rather than holding onto it or trying to win a foul which would be preferable sometimes to alleviate the pressure. Overall he was impressive though

 

If Rafa stays he’ll coach the naivety out of him next season.

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He was fine but feel like he's quite poor when we're under the cosh a bit, always wants to create something rather than holding onto it or trying to win a foul which would be preferable sometimes to alleviate the pressure. Overall he was impressive though

 

I think that will come in time. He’s used to being the best player on the pitch against worse opponents.

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Whether he scores or not he's completely changed the dynamic of the team and given us a sharper edge up front, worth the money just for that

 

Agreed. Makes such a difference having someone who can run in behind. As I’ve said before, games like tonight force slow cumbersome defenders like Maguire and Morgan back a yard or two which means more space for Rondon, who held it up class tonight, to drop into as well giving Perez more space to operate in.

 

No surprise our form has got a lot better since he arrived even if is critics will cry about no goals and whatnot.

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I really like him. Given time he'll be exceptional.

 

He needs to learn when to just skelp a throw in off a defenders legs and let everyone catch up though. Few times he was furthest up by about 40 yards and he played some mental pass to nobody and lost the ball.

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Can’t see how he can be called out for a poor performance. I think he did alright, just tried too hard sometimes and some things didn’t fall for him. He always wanted the ball though and was always trying to get into space for it, where others would just have given up and hid. The only thing he could possibly call him out for today was a few of his shots.

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