TrentFox Posted 16 October 2017 Share Posted 16 October 2017 Dress it down with whatever coarse words you want, he was okay and had some influence. Gets the nod ahead of King from me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monsell1976 Posted 16 October 2017 Share Posted 16 October 2017 Thought he did ok in a team that played awful, I think the expectations need to be managed, he's not the only solution to our problems, the problem is bigger than Iborra. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesta2014 Posted 16 October 2017 Share Posted 16 October 2017 Makes me feel like a 100m sprinter watching him run! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScouseFox Posted 16 October 2017 Share Posted 16 October 2017 5 minutes ago, Monsell1976 said: Thought he did ok in a team that played awful, I think the expectations need to be managed, he's not the only solution to our problems, the problem is bigger than Iborra. judging by tonight he’s probably the biggest problem. he’s huge and shite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Claridge Posted 16 October 2017 Share Posted 16 October 2017 Cart horse, but better than king Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DelBoy73 Posted 16 October 2017 Share Posted 16 October 2017 Will never fit in a two men midfield, he lacks the pace and work-rate needed to. He used to play at his strengths at Sevilla, in front of the back-line in a 3 men midfield, you just can't ask him to switch from a position to another on such short notice and expect first class output I hope the people responsible for his signing were planning to replicate that same set-up with Silva/Drinkwater in the mix; otherwise our recruitment team will have some serious explanations to provide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monsell1976 Posted 16 October 2017 Share Posted 16 October 2017 8 hours ago, ScouseFox said: judging by tonight he’s probably the biggest problem. he’s huge and shite. Shite is harsh, you can't achieve what he has and be shite, he's just a bloke who is a footballer, in a team that doesn't know how to play football. He's used to being in a team that plays with a 3, and have the technical ability to pass a ball, and retain possession without panicking and hoofing it when they get it. Just another player that has been recruited, but doesn't suit our current managers style. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Claw II Posted 16 October 2017 Share Posted 16 October 2017 Doesn't have the work rate to play in a two man midfielder. His tracking back was awful. Plays a simple ball well I suppose. if king had put in that performance he would have been slated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sdb Posted 16 October 2017 Share Posted 16 October 2017 Would be good in a 3 man midfield. Not in a 2. A blind man could tell you that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steflcfc Posted 16 October 2017 Share Posted 16 October 2017 We won't see the best of Iborra until we get an Attacking cm who can carry the ball. Ndidi, King, Iborra, James etc all want to play the same role - sit back and play a simple pass and retain possession. Hence why our 2 man cm won't work with 2 defensive cm's with 0 creativity between them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m4DD0gg Posted 16 October 2017 Share Posted 16 October 2017 Looks crap in a 2 man midfield but still better than king. Like nacho and drago another square peg in a round hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
volpeazzurro Posted 17 October 2017 Share Posted 17 October 2017 6 hours ago, DelBoy73 said: Will never fit in a two men midfield, he lacks the pace and work-rate needed to. He used to play at his strengths at Sevilla, in front of the back-line in a 3 men midfield, you just can't ask him to switch from a position to another on such short notice and expect first class output I hope the people responsible for his signing were planning to replicate that same set-up with Silva/Drinkwater in the mix; otherwise our recruitment team will have some serious explanations to provide. Only an inept carthorse of a manager like Dough Ball would play him in a two with the available players we have at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Livid Posted 17 October 2017 Share Posted 17 October 2017 6 hours ago, steflcfc said: We won't see the best of Iborra until we get an Attacking cm who can carry the ball. Ndidi, King, Iborra, James etc all want to play the same role - sit back and play a simple pass and retain possession. Hence why our 2 man cm won't work with 2 defensive cm's with 0 creativity between them Pretty much this, we have 4 central midfielders who aren't that attack minded. Put any two from four in there and it just doesn't look good. We either need to start thinking outside the box and get a little radical with the selection/formation or accept we're going to be screwed until January at the earliest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col city fan Posted 17 October 2017 Share Posted 17 October 2017 What, the fook, are we doing with our signings? Selling Drinkwater and signing this geezer? Its like the club want to get relegated! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leeds Fox Posted 17 October 2017 Share Posted 17 October 2017 7 hours ago, ScouseFox said: judging by tonight he’s probably the biggest problem. he’s huge and shite. Coudbt agree more! Looked like a League 2 player shoved into pretty poor Premier League team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lgfualol Posted 17 October 2017 Share Posted 17 October 2017 WHY DO WE KEEP BUYING PLAYERS THAT SPEND THEIR CAREERS PLAYING IN MIDFIELD 3s AND EXPECTING THEM TO DO A JOB IN A TWO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfboy Posted 17 October 2017 Share Posted 17 October 2017 49 minutes ago, Col city fan said: What, the fook, are we doing with our signings? Selling Drinkwater and signing this geezer? Its like the club want to get relegated! We bought Iborra before we sold drinkwater, he was not our replacement. The club brought him in to add depth and a bit more quality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
desertfox2 Posted 17 October 2017 Share Posted 17 October 2017 Did ok. But bit worried he's not quick enough on the ball or direct enough to suit our style of play. Hopefully it comes with game time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smiggy6773 Posted 17 October 2017 Share Posted 17 October 2017 Looks unfit, a yard off the pace. It reminds me of Cambiasso, took him 3 months to get use to the pace of EPL. Hopefully same situation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RumbleFox Posted 17 October 2017 Share Posted 17 October 2017 He was ALWAYS in space, always giving an option for a pass. He also moved the ball around better than most other players. Yes he looked a little slow, yes he misplaced a couple of passes and I am in no way saying he was Pirlo but this forum is just a fvcking joke these days. He showed promise. The team were not very good but I don;t think he can take that much of the blame. X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Finn Claw II Posted 17 October 2017 Share Posted 17 October 2017 He was in space but not really in and around the West Brom box and I can't remember him playing anything other than quick balls sideways. That's fine if you have creativity around him but we don't. I just don't think King would have been any better or worse than that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest TheBear Posted 17 October 2017 Share Posted 17 October 2017 19 minutes ago, RumbleFox said: He was ALWAYS in space, always giving an option for a pass. He also moved the ball around better than most other players. Yes he looked a little slow, yes he misplaced a couple of passes and I am in no way saying he was Pirlo but this forum is just a fvcking joke these days. He showed promise. The team were not very good but I don;t think he can take that much of the blame. X Spot on pal, if we are expecting a bloke whose played in a 3 his whole career in Spain where the tempo is slower to run around like a dog on heat when that is not his game we are all going to be disappointed, the only way he will get up to speed is by playing games. Anyone would have though he was worse than Junior Lewis on last nights performance, at the end of the day he was outnumbered against the most experienced midfielder in the league, an England International and a top European central midfielder, for a 1st start I think it was a promising performance, I think people seem to compare all of our new midfield signings to Kante these days! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sol thewall Bamba Posted 17 October 2017 Share Posted 17 October 2017 10 hours ago, ScouseFox said: just imagine if andy king had ever played that badly. he’d have been JFK’d before half time. iborra was absolutely atrocious from start to finish. Yup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davieG Posted 17 October 2017 Share Posted 17 October 2017 He wasn't much of a step from King, yes he's probably not 100% match or team fit and needs a 3 man midfield to show his true worth but you could say plenty of that about King who I think plenty would accept would be better in a 3 man midfielld. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Col city fan Posted 17 October 2017 Share Posted 17 October 2017 1 hour ago, Wolfboy said: We bought Iborra before we sold drinkwater, he was not our replacement. The club brought him in to add depth and a bit more quality. We signed Iborra and sold Drinkwater..... Answers on a fookin postcard please....? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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