Kladze wrote:A lot of players seem to have their own thread, so why not one for De Jong?
I wonder sometimes if everyone understands the role he's meant to play because last night he was absolutely imperious in it - and the progressive aspect of his game came on leaps and bounds too.
My MoTM by a long way and that was in a game including several notable personal performances within a notable team performance.
Rag_hater wrote:Weakest link in the midfield for me yesterday.
Thought Gareth and Yaya did far more.
IanBishopsHaircut wrote:Rag_hater wrote:Weakest link in the midfield for me yesterday.
Thought Gareth and Yaya did far more.
You obviously weren't paying enough attention then
He may not attract the eye but he does the job he has been put on the field to do...and that is break up the opposition play
johnpb78 wrote:Kladze wrote:A lot of players seem to have their own thread, so why not one for De Jong?
I wonder sometimes if everyone understands the role he's meant to play because last night he was absolutely imperious in it - and the progressive aspect of his game came on leaps and bounds too.
My MoTM by a long way and that was in a game including several notable personal performances within a notable team performance.
He stepped things up a level last night. He looked more than his normal one dimensional self, but I think I saw the reason for that in the way we played, hunting in packs.
Whenever one of the midfield went in for a tackle, another one was right behind/beside them to pick the ball up. It takes a lot of pressure off the tackling player, as they can concentrate fully on the tackle, and not have to worry about laying the ball off once the tackle is made and they are under pressure - thats where Nige usually fucks up.
Having said that, Nige didn't appear to misplace as many simple passes as he usually would, and in particular I was impressed with the way he stretched the midfield with his passing to the flanks, the sort of pass he usually leaves for someone else.
Murph wrote:we won the 50/50 tackles time and again.
Kladze wrote:IanBishopsHaircut wrote:Rag_hater wrote:Weakest link in the midfield for me yesterday.
Thought Gareth and Yaya did far more.
You obviously weren't paying enough attention then
He may not attract the eye but he does the job he has been put on the field to do...and that is break up the opposition play
He would probably have preferred that we play Robinho in that position .........
Rag_hater wrote:Weakest link in the midfield for me yesterday.
Thought Gareth and Yaya did far more.
Rag_hater wrote:Weakest link in the midfield for me yesterday.
Thought Gareth and Yaya did far more.
Rag_hater wrote:According to the Guardian
Gareth tried 8 tackles and made 6.
Yaya tried 6 and made 3
NDJ tried 2 and made 2.
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