Dman

Aribo for Rangers looks a proper player, or at least he has tonight.

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He’s got Chelsea written all over him. Probably the only big 6 club who don’t care about ‘style’ and will do whatever it takes to win. It would be fantastic viewing.

The execution is part of the technique though. Anyone could lump the ball with the outside of their foot, 8 or 9 times out of 10, they’ll chunk it straight to the keeper or for a goal kick. To land it perfectly in the attackers stride, whilst bending it away from the keeper from about 35/40 yards, it was fantastic. To reference your earlier post, if you need to go to special training for a few months to master it, it’s clearly not a piece of piss.

Whelk played a bit (tyro league), Henry clearly didn’t.

“Booting the ball with the outside of your foot” 😂 a shame I never got to grace the same turf as you. The Modric of Southampton Junior league.

Which makes his comment about the technique being a piece of piss even more ridiculous. Incredible pass.

Go down your local park with 100 balls, see how many you could put right in perfect stride of the attacker from 30 yards, then come back and say how much of a ‘piece of piss’. I’d be surprised if 5% even made it into the box.

Ings went from Burnley to Liverpool and had it not been for injuries, may have been a success there. To say we improved him is a bit of a reach. He was a top player before he came, we gave him game time to demonstrate that. JWP stayed because his choice was Villa. Had a top 6 side come in for him, the result wouldn’t have been the same.

fairly simple, Recruitment. We were fantastic at identifying talent and we have them the platform to perform in the top league to gain a reputation. It’s why it’s dropped off in recent years and our rate of ‘improvement’ has drastically slowed. Historically (recent history anyway), West Ham and Everton have spent big, but that doesn’t guarantee success if it’s not spend wisely. Thier approach has been scatter gun to say the very least, but you could probably name 5 West Ham players (off the top of my head), who’ve ‘improved’ there. 4 who are still in their squad.

Naturally, you’re going to get more exposure and become more highly regarded, putting in performances in the PL each week than you would be in Scottish league or Austrian league, in Mane case. It’s less of a risk for clubs to sign a proven PL player than one who’s never played on this country before. Personally, I don’t buy the we improve players propaganda that comes out of the club. We give them a platform to express their talent in a high profile league, yes, but you’ve either got the ability or you haven’t. You could argue that given game time is improving them, which I would agree with, but I think in terms of Wanyama, VVD, Mane etc. They would have improved if they played for us or someone like West Ham. They were naturally really gifted players, hence why we brought them. For every player that comes in and succeeds, we probably have 2 who don’t.

Which is exactly why he should be playing or selected for England. He’s very good at what he does, he’s not very good at what would be needed in an England shirt. Hence the whole debate last week.

Did we improve him or was that just his natural development from game time in a top league. Equally as important as his development at Celtic (and the same can be said for Elyounossi and Wanyama). Without knowing the ins and outs of their individual training schedule, it’s pretty impossible to say. From memory, both he and Wanyama came to us as pretty rounded players though. Naturally, playing at the next level up does give you exposure to the bigger clubs that you might not get in the Scottish league.

Agreed. If players like Djenepo and Redmond aren’t good enough for us, who is going to want (and pay decent money) for them?

You know what, I cba. This has been done so many times it’s boring. your obsession with him is soo strange, he lives rent free in your strange little mind.

Adams hasn’t scored since our win against Norwich on 25th February. As a team; we’ve created very little since then.

Yes, because they have 2 very very good CB’s who cover for him. As a defender, TAA is rubbish. He can cross and pass the ball, but cannot defend, his positioning is appalling. For England, any time he’s played, he’s been crap. Which was the debate that was had with Twrong last week and subsequently proven by him being exposed this week against city. Miles behind James & Walker. I’d even put tripper and maybe KWP ahead of him for England. Bang average player.

We’ve not won a league game since 25th February. The way we’re playing doesn’t suit any strikers style. Probably Why Adams hasn’t scored either.

Howe has completely changed the style in which Newcastle play. Changes like that don’t happen overnight, they take time to embed and build confidence in the squad up again. That is likely why it took 2 / 3 month for results to improve.

This is because Burnley largely play to his strengths of getting the ball in the box, where as Broja largely plays off the shoulder, which suits our style significantly. If he was at Burnley, he’d struggle. Comparing apples with oranges.

Fair enough, pointless argument going way off topic. But regardless of if you think he’s better or not, he’s clearly not, but so so, he wouldn’t get into our side as he’s not a Ralph type of player.

You play far too much football manager bro.

Which has worked really well for them since, hasn’t it.

The debate should actually be, would wood play ahead of Adams, not Broja. Given in a 2 he’d be used as a ‘support striker’.