OB1 said:urban genie said:the clean sheet is the result of joe's saves didn't see how this partnership was any better than vin and lescott. Natastic also seems to have the passing ragne of david batty, as in sideways only, though he is getting used to the team so he may become more offensive thinking with a settled run in the team for me were passing in triangles around the back and midfield at times when wewould break and press last year straight from defence and this is inviting pressure on ourselves at times
Really, so how do you explain the fact that 54 of the 78 passes that he attempted were classed as forward passes?
adrianr said:urban genie said:the clean sheet is the result of joe's saves didn't see how this partnership was any better than vin and lescott. Natastic also seems to have the passing ragne of david batty, as in sideways only, though he is getting used to the team so he may become more offensive thinking with a settled run in the team for me were passing in triangles around the back and midfield at times when wewould break and press last year straight from defence and this is inviting pressure on ourselves at times
Could not be more wrong. Honestly he looks the most composed with the ball and most forward thinking of all our central defenders, and he's 19.
he's easily the best passer in our back 4. That's why he's preferred to Lescott and it's why the rest of the defenders give him the responsibility to pass it out of defenceurban genie said:adrianr said:urban genie said:the clean sheet is the result of joe's saves didn't see how this partnership was any better than vin and lescott. Natastic also seems to have the passing ragne of david batty, as in sideways only, though he is getting used to the team so he may become more offensive thinking with a settled run in the team for me were passing in triangles around the back and midfield at times when wewould break and press last year straight from defence and this is inviting pressure on ourselves at times
Could not be more wrong. Honestly he looks the most composed with the ball and most forward thinking of all our central defenders, and he's 19.
read again never said he doesn't look a good player but that his passing range needed expanding on, and it's not just him as said this little triangle of the centre backs and barry passing around when last year we played straight out to the fullbacks. this new tactic has allowed teams to press us. sorry if my opinion is not to your liking back in the celler for me
cookster said:OB1 said:urban genie said:the clean sheet is the result of joe's saves didn't see how this partnership was any better than vin and lescott. Natastic also seems to have the passing ragne of david batty, as in sideways only, though he is getting used to the team so he may become more offensive thinking with a settled run in the team for me were passing in triangles around the back and midfield at times when wewould break and press last year straight from defence and this is inviting pressure on ourselves at times
Really, so how do you explain the fact that 54 of the 78 passes that he attempted were classed as forward passes?
I prefer to believe my own eyes and not the stats from the Guardian or whoever. The 5 yard passes to Toure, Barry or Tevez when he dropped deep are classed as forward....
He looked solid apart from 2 or 3 passes into touch and a weak back pass that nearly cost us.
OB1 said:cookster said:OB1 said:Really, so how do you explain the fact that 54 of the 78 passes that he attempted were classed as forward passes?
I prefer to believe my own eyes and not the stats from the Guardian or whoever. The 5 yard passes to Toure, Barry or Tevez when he dropped deep are classed as forward....
He looked solid apart from 2 or 3 passes into touch and a weak back pass that nearly cost us.
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cookster said:OB1 said:cookster said:I prefer to believe my own eyes and not the stats from the Guardian or whoever. The 5 yard passes to Toure, Barry or Tevez when he dropped deep are classed as forward....
He looked solid apart from 2 or 3 passes into touch and a weak back pass that nearly cost us.
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LOL so a slightly angled pass is classed as forward. Like I also pointed out, alot of the forward passes were short balls to deep lying midfield players, Toure, Barry et al
Kun Aguero said:Majia Nastasic = the new Rio Ferdinand(without the choc ice coments and having a twatter addiction!) he's already better than Lescott and I'm a Lescott fan.
cookster said:OB1 said:cookster said:I prefer to believe my own eyes and not the stats from the Guardian or whoever. The 5 yard passes to Toure, Barry or Tevez when he dropped deep are classed as forward....
He looked solid apart from 2 or 3 passes into touch and a weak back pass that nearly cost us.
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LOL so a slightly angled pass is classed as forward. Like I also pointed out, alot of the forward passes were short balls to deep lying midfield players, Toure, Barry et al