Newcastle Fan Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 He has to start every game for us, his form is off but you can see exactly what a threat we have in the side. i was surprised they've kept him on for so long considering he looked absolutely shattered after 70 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 He suffers the most from our non existent movement. Wood being statue-esque is not helping him at the moment. He’ll improve once Wilson is back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Something needs to change with him. The most talented player we have, but doing almost everything wrong at the minute. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Just now, nufc123 said: Something needs to change with him. The most talented player we have, but doing almost everything wrong at the minute. the post above yours nails the change that will bring him back to form Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Edgar Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Bench him. The team doesn't need his individual moments to succeed and he has become more of a liability than anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc123 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 1 minute ago, Colos Short and Curlies said: the post above yours nails the change that will bring him back to form Maybe. Hes all over the place and by that i dont mean his running. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 17 minutes ago, Jordan said: He suffers the most from our non existent movement. Wood being statue-esque is not helping him at the moment. He’ll improve once Wilson is back. Yep. It’s very easy to defend against Wood and Almiron/Fraser so teams can just focus on ASM. When Wilson is in the team he is a threat at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oregon_Geordie Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Needs some pace up front alongside him. But also needs to pull his head out his arse. Embrace a little of the Bruno energy to play in front of a packed St James. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 he gestured mid run at the lack of support around him, i`d reserve judgement on him until there is an upgrade of quality around him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 It's very encouraging that he's clearly trying to change the way he plays, you can see that he's been asked to release the ball more and is trying to do it. Bodes well for the long term prospects of him being part of the team. Thought it was actually to his detriment on the great run where he beat three players, tried to play it to Almiron when the pass just wasn't on. Really wanted him to just go at the last defenders there. It's definitely frustrating watching him at the moment. It definitely doesn't help that the other players in the front three are basically useless, you'd hope with better players around him things will go better. I hope we get to see it next year, I'm not convinced by any means he'll be able to play as part of a cohesive team rather than as a wildcard individual but I'd certainly like to give it a full season under Howe to find out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joey Linton Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Like I said a week or two back he's playing his part still, we just aren't totally reliant on him any more like we were under Bruce. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 1 hour ago, David Edgar said: Bench him. The team doesn't need his individual moments to succeed and he has become more of a liability than anything. And replace him with who? I get that he is very frustrating, there's no way he would ever play for City or Liverpool, but you aren't going to improve our side by playing Murphy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 The guy is a mega talent, but its clear as day teams are fully prepared for him now knowing he's our main ball carrier and threat. Stick two on him and a third to mop up. The tragic thing for us is he is so quick that often he is alone. He does make mistakes in decisions at times, but if we had a more mobile striker and an ASM style quality and pace player to match on the right side that could keep up with him, then the double and triple marking of him will suddenly be less plausible. He would look a lot better then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest HTT II Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Sell, reinvest! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) Agree, sell Bruno too. Imo let's get rid of all of our best players. Edited April 17, 2022 by ponsaelius Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCK Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 I'm still confused as to how his first touch is so poor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Was treated to the emphatic musings of the anti-Maxi club in the East Stand today like. Was all you could hear for sequences of the second half. He wasn't good again but fucking hell, if I was violent... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 As ever the bloke who spends most of the game with the ball trying stuff (and yes ultimately failing) gets more stick than the players literally doing fuck all. It's tedious as fuck to be honest. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happinesstan Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 5 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Was treated to the emphatic musings of the anti-Maxi club in the East Stand today like. Was all you could hear for sequences of the second half. He wasn't good again but fucking hell, if I was violent... Not going to help the lad. That much is obvious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) 8 minutes ago, Yorkie said: Was treated to the emphatic musings of the anti-Maxi club in the East Stand today like. Was all you could hear for sequences of the second half. He wasn't good again but fucking hell, if I was violent... Bet they were choking on their Werther's Originals. Edited April 17, 2022 by Kid Icarus Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aiston Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 (edited) Playing too poorly lately. Struggling to take people on and 95% of the decisions he is making are the wrong ones. Sell him though...what Edited April 17, 2022 by Aiston Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 He's still easily our best outlet by a distance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GWN Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Watched him closely today and again he’s trying too hard. Everything went wrong for him in that first half like . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcher Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 He's not hiding even if very little comes off atm. Stick with him and he'll turn it around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted April 17, 2022 Share Posted April 17, 2022 Just now, The Butcher said: He's not hiding even if very little comes off atm. Stick with him and he'll turn it around. 100% this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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