Fame Monster
Well-Known Member
Here's the post that got me banned, harsh on Manga (but qualified with some praise) but sadly elements of it are true. The language is strong because everyone was saying he was world class/the next Vincent Kompany and I felt like the only sane one in the asylum. I've seen posts on here where people have said worse about players and ex-players and not been banned. Anyway, I'm not arsed anyway and won't mention it again, we're 12 points clear no point rerunning old arguments.
'Sorry, but he was atrocious today.
He probably stood out more than anyone, along with Fernando, because they both had more of the ball than any other player. That's it.
Almost every time he ran out of defence with the ball, he conceded possession and if we were playing a better team, at least one of those times, we would have been punished. He comes out of defence, plays a shit, bobbly pass which inevitably goes to an opposition player, and he's like a bull in a china shop trying to get back into position. We saw it against West Ham and Hull and again today - his balance and co-ordination is absolutely dreadful.If there was a spot-the-ball competition showing him in the air, having just won a header, we'd have to exhume Alan Turing to solve it because it comes off in that many different directions, nobody knows where to run or what to do. I've seen 50p heads, I've seen 20p heads, but I've never seen anyone head the ball like they have craniofacial microsomia.
His athleticism will always get him out of trouble and enable him to do well in the air and go shoulder to shoulder with anyone, and for that reason, a lot of strikers won't like playing against him, and I suppose he has it in him to have great games now and then, but his biggest problem is that he does not yet know how to kick the ball. And in 'football', that is a problem'.