penguin Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I'd definitely take a Naismith or two, we really are short of battlers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Demitri_C Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Honestly this guys worse than heskey. He is slower than a tortoise. Absolute waste of time. The thing is we will keep him because he will be good in championship. He just not good enough at this level. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 It's been mentioned that all he offers is getting in the end of crosses. Well he had a perfect one yesterday and totally **** his header up. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davkaus Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I'm bemused by pundits talking about how he's one of the best in the league in the air, every time we play. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 14, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2015 Yeah I don't think he's shown that at all yet. The goals against Liverpool were good in the air. That's it though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Yes, totally irrelevant if you have the touch of a rapist, move like you are running through sand and are lazy as ****. Watching him makes my eyes bleed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyAnty Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 16 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: Yeah I don't think he's shown that at all yet. The goals against Liverpool were good in the air. That's it though. Bournmouth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
New_Jersey_Villa Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 I'll probably get panned for this, but I'm still of the belief that Rudy is being asked to do a job he doesn't have the tools for. The one player who seemed to be able to consistently provide him with a decent cross got injured (Amavi) and either by tactical design or lack of ability he's not getting enough service. He's no Benteke that's for sure, but if we were able to provide 2-3 quality crosses every 90 minutes on his head near the penalty spot, I'm certain he'd be a 10-15 goal a year man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Our Benteke replacement. Lol. F****** disgrace. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 2 minutes ago, New_Jersey_Villa said: I'll probably get panned for this, but I'm still of the belief that Rudy is being asked to do a job he doesn't have the tools for. The one player who seemed to be able to consistently provide him with a decent cross got injured (Amavi) and either by tactical design or lack of ability he's not getting enough service. He's no Benteke that's for sure, but if we were able to provide 2-3 quality crosses every 90 minutes on his head near the penalty spot, I'm certain he'd be a 10-15 goal a year man. 100% agree, Sherwood played to Benteke's strengths and Garde is not the type of manager to change his philosophy on football to change to Rudy's strengths. The only service he gets are floaty crosses from Hutton. Amavi is a massive loss. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Delphinho123 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 (edited) Really don't understand the whole 'we don't play to his strengths' argument. Great, so we need to plan our whole season and all our tactics around accommodating a lazy, bumbling championship standard footballer. It's nonsense. He isn't good enough at this level. He just isn't. Get rid, don't even want him in our championship side next year. He doesn't even win that many headers. Bring in someone who can actually control a football. Edited December 14, 2015 by Delphinho123 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 If you are a footballer in the PL and one of your strengths is not a) being able to move or b ) being able to control a football within 20 ft of your body.... you should probably not be here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 14, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2015 1 hour ago, HeyAnty said: Bournmouth? That was a headed goal but I don't think it was anything special. Not his fault, I'm not knocking that goal. I just thought the ones against Liverpool were the only ones where I've thought "Yep, another striker wouldn't have scored that goal" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 14, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2015 15 minutes ago, New_Jersey_Villa said: I'll probably get panned for this, but I'm still of the belief that Rudy is being asked to do a job he doesn't have the tools for. The one player who seemed to be able to consistently provide him with a decent cross got injured (Amavi) and either by tactical design or lack of ability he's not getting enough service. He's no Benteke that's for sure, but if we were able to provide 2-3 quality crosses every 90 minutes on his head near the penalty spot, I'm certain he'd be a 10-15 goal a year man. The thing is, he was presented with a headed chance yesterday, on a silver platter, and his effort was pathetic. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sexbelowsound Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 UNLEASH THE KOZAK. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PaulC Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 Every player misses chances. If you get one floaty cross in a game you are more likely to fluff it, when you know thats all you are going to get. He needs a lot more crosses he can attack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 14, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2015 But in games against teams like Arsenal you're only ever going to have a few chances. If we can't rely on him to put away an easy headed chance, then why is he in the team? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penguin Posted December 14, 2015 Share Posted December 14, 2015 That miss aside, no matter how good he is in the air he is far too limited on the ground to be playing in a more possession orientated team with wide-men that are always cutting in. Annoyingly and as I've seen others mention once he came off we started putting more crosses into the box. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PieFacE Posted December 14, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2015 7 minutes ago, Stevo985 said: But in games against teams like Arsenal you're only ever going to have a few chances. If we can't rely on him to put away an easy headed chance, then why is he in the team? I guess the problem is that truly clinical strikers are hard to come by. But not signing another striker was disgraceful. Sherwood really **** this one up. I think some of the signings were done by the " transfer team" such as Ayew, Veretout, Adama, Gana etc, and some were Sherwood signings like Lescott and Rudy. But like other have said, he will be good for us next season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevo985 Posted December 14, 2015 VT Supporter Share Posted December 14, 2015 The "transfer team" included Sherwood. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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