Makoun was very good at passing to the nearest man first time, his short passing was good. Not sure everyone else was upto speed with the speed of his passing.For a 'defensive' midfielder, his takling was poor, most of the time he'd just run straight into players
Quote from: PaulTheVillan on November 10, 2011, 12:49:39 PMMakoun was very good at passing to the nearest man first time, his short passing was good. Not sure everyone else was upto speed with the speed of his passing.For a 'defensive' midfielder, his takling was poor, most of the time he'd just run straight into playersOn the two occasions I saw him he was slow and had no awareness of where the opposition players were, so continually dispossesed and fouling.If he is this maestro that some think he is why is he not getting a sniff in greece?
You just need to give foreign players time to settle. Nani took an age before he clicked at Man Utd.
Maybe he needed more time to settle but he is barely getting a game in Greece (which isn't exactly the highest level in the world) so I don't get how people think he is going to be some kind of saviour for us. We signed him as a defensive midfielder and that was a role he was completely unsuited to. He was a poor tackler and not only that he lacked the intelligence of a Petrov or a Gareth Barry who managed to get past not being top class tacklers by knowing how to disrupt the other teams rhythm through intercepting the ball and winning fouls. We looked much a better team for dropping him and bringing in Petrov and NRC towards last season for this reason in spite of both of them being poorer passers. He has done nothing to prove himself to be some kind of magic bullet.
But he did really well at OT
Quote from: UsualSuspect on November 14, 2011, 10:13:11 AMBut he did really well at OTYou can't base your evaluation of a player based on one game.
Quote from: John M'Zog on November 14, 2011, 10:24:36 AMQuote from: UsualSuspect on November 14, 2011, 10:13:11 AMBut he did really well at OTYou can't base your evaluation of a player based on one game. But you can on six or seven?
When I said I wasn't impressed with N'zogbia's attitude and overall play the general feeling was give him time yet Makoun get's a few games for everyone to decide he's hopeless