Quote from: supertom on July 08, 2015, 01:50:21 PMI thought Gil got a rough deal against Stoke. Perhaps not the ideal game to show off to the boss. He'd not looked that powder puff before hand, but he had in fairness just come back from an injury, which may have played on his mind a bit. I'm sure he'll toughen up a bit. Players like that are good at evading though. Like Silva. A gnats fart could blow him over but players can't get near him and if they do they give away a free kick. I'm glad he's gonna get a chance. I think there's plenty of promise there. I agree completely, I can just understand why you'd watch that and think that he probably wasn't the right guy to have in for the run in
I thought Gil got a rough deal against Stoke. Perhaps not the ideal game to show off to the boss. He'd not looked that powder puff before hand, but he had in fairness just come back from an injury, which may have played on his mind a bit. I'm sure he'll toughen up a bit. Players like that are good at evading though. Like Silva. A gnats fart could blow him over but players can't get near him and if they do they give away a free kick. I'm glad he's gonna get a chance. I think there's plenty of promise there.
Its not a lot but its more than Ireland ever managed.
Quote from: paul_e on July 08, 2015, 02:22:21 PMQuote from: supertom on July 08, 2015, 01:50:21 PMI thought Gil got a rough deal against Stoke. Perhaps not the ideal game to show off to the boss. He'd not looked that powder puff before hand, but he had in fairness just come back from an injury, which may have played on his mind a bit. I'm sure he'll toughen up a bit. Players like that are good at evading though. Like Silva. A gnats fart could blow him over but players can't get near him and if they do they give away a free kick. I'm glad he's gonna get a chance. I think there's plenty of promise there. I agree completely, I can just understand why you'd watch that and think that he probably wasn't the right guy to have in for the run inI can see that in isolation, but for me it just doesn't tally with why N'Zogbia chugging around the pitch and occasionally falling over WAS the right guy to have in for the run in.
When transfer fee x wages x length of contract x potential resale value are all factored in, there can't be too many who have cost us more compared with what they have delivered.
Quote from: Dave on July 08, 2015, 03:22:56 PMWhen transfer fee x wages x length of contract x potential resale value are all factored in, there can't be too many who have cost us more compared with what they have delivered.It's forgivable of course, but surely you haven't forgotten Balaban?