The Other Mat Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 3 minutes ago, Laughable Chimp said: I do wonder what exactly has been the change if any that has allowed him to perform this good. Confidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 (edited) It has come to the point that I will be nervous whenever he is unavailable for selection. One of the first names on the team sheet. Edited December 5, 2021 by villalad21 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Moustache of Teale Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 The level of his transformation has been miraculous. Immense player. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zatman Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Nakante 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HanoiVillan Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 10 minutes ago, Laughable Chimp said: I do wonder what exactly has been the change if any that has allowed him to perform this good. 9 minutes ago, av1 said: Different system gives him more options Definitely this, and also I think having a run of games is doing him the world of good. Smith just never quite trusted him enough to play him over and over again. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Strog Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Stupendous Fabulous Tremendous Marvelous Nakamba Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 MoTM for me, again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 7 minutes ago, The Moustache of Teale said: The level of his transformation has been miraculous. Immense player. To be fair on him he was never really given a good run of games under Smith. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
abdulaziz1 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Just now, villalad21 said: To be fair on him he was never really given a good run of games under Smith. First season he didn’t do a great job, but last season whenever he played he competed for Man of the match. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a m ole Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 His passing options being left and right not infront of him and not having to be the last resort in midfield has transformed his game. Brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skruff Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 1 minute ago, villalad21 said: To be fair on him he was never really given a good run of games under Smith. To be fair he's been improving year on year under Smiths Reign as well. I've been pointing it out on several occasions and made the argument for a midfield three of Nakamba, McGinnis and Luiz for quite some time. So happy to see him succeed! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 His ability to dribble himself out of pressure is something I didn't know he had in his locker. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
It's Your Round Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 His range of passing has exceeded all known previous experience. He’s pinging it about all over now. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TomC Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 29 minutes ago, Laughable Chimp said: I do wonder what exactly has been the change if any that has allowed him to perform this good. In the few matches that he played under Deano this year, I think that his passing had already improved. Maybe he worked on it during the summer. As for his defending...maybe it's the 3 man midfield and the way we use him in it? I'd have to go back and look how often he played in a 4-3-3 under Deano, but it seems to suit him. Or maybe SG has just given him some good advice in training. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onmeedson Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Stevie Gs engine Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rodders0223 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Sign da ting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villalad21 Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 Been calling him Nakamba for over a year now. If he can show consistency I may consider calling him Marvelous again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villaslash Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 No way that was a yellow today. I’m amazed as full blooded he is on tackles that was only his 3rd. I think it tells you a bit about his tackling skill. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smg Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 This guy has been slaughtered since day one because he wasn’t flash, and just got on with it, interesting to see the Kante references tonight, who would have also suffered the same at Villa for the same reasons, sometimes you can have effective players that just get on with it, unfortunately every error is highlighted and the rest is ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uncle Albert Posted December 5, 2021 Share Posted December 5, 2021 49 minutes ago, Zatman said: Nakante Beautiful Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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