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did we ruin samaras or was he plain sh*te
- Thread starter scared-by-reeperbahn
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PistonBlue
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I don't think was every gonna be great but he was treated pretty poorly by Pearce.
I mean you sign a 20/21 year old 'rough diamond' for what, £6M? You bring to him to toughest league in the world and play him in every position other than where he actually wants to play. There was time when Samaras was our best player believe it or not. It didn't last long but it was there.
I blame Pearce, who just didn't know how to polish his 'rough diamond'.
I mean you sign a 20/21 year old 'rough diamond' for what, £6M? You bring to him to toughest league in the world and play him in every position other than where he actually wants to play. There was time when Samaras was our best player believe it or not. It didn't last long but it was there.
I blame Pearce, who just didn't know how to polish his 'rough diamond'.
Martin MCFC UK
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im not just saying this coz im a rangers but samaras is just plain shite hes not scored in like 28 games
i see skies of blue
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A bit of both.
It does take time to adapt to the pace and agression of the English game, he was often played out of position on the left, or upfront on his own where he never got a chance. Bianchi, Jo and Corradi were similar in that we never played to their strengths. Holding up play, with his back to goal 40yards out was NOT their game so no wonder he didn't score. Samaras did look skillful/classy on occasions but needed far too much time on the ball and was either wasteful or lost posession.
OK, Corradi wasn't that great scored for us twice in one game (can't remember when but he knighted Joey with the corner flag) and both those goals came from crosses from the touchline, something we simply never did!
It does take time to adapt to the pace and agression of the English game, he was often played out of position on the left, or upfront on his own where he never got a chance. Bianchi, Jo and Corradi were similar in that we never played to their strengths. Holding up play, with his back to goal 40yards out was NOT their game so no wonder he didn't score. Samaras did look skillful/classy on occasions but needed far too much time on the ball and was either wasteful or lost posession.
OK, Corradi wasn't that great scored for us twice in one game (can't remember when but he knighted Joey with the corner flag) and both those goals came from crosses from the touchline, something we simply never did!