Negredo

[TonyM]

The passing between nasri and Clichy pisses me off no end. When we're in advanced positions and neither look to put a ball in, it always ends up back in defence.

Agreed

 

[mcmanus]

A lot has been said about signing players approaching their late 20s but we're getting Negredo, Fernandinho and Navas at the peak of their powers, and Negredo is a very smart striker which you could see from his intelligent runs today. He will miss chances though, his conversion rate is similar (slightly better in the last two seasons) to Dzeko's. Aguero, Negredo, Silva and Navas in the same team could be really something.

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Ugly bunch.

 

[hgblue]

I'm struggling to think of anything he did today that was out of the ordinary.

 

[adrianr]

Looked good in the first half today,faded a bit in the second, maybe a fitness issue.

Was a personnel issue IMO
Silva came off for nasri who just doesn't move the ball quick enough.
First half we moved quickly down the pitch, with negredo running in behind and into the channels. There was no room for him second half as our build up play allowed Sunderland to get more men behind the ball meaning they defended deeper, ultimately reducing the space in behind.

The passing between nasri and Clichy pisses me off no end. When we're in advanced positions and neither look to put a ball in, it always ends up back in defence.

Absolutely. Those two have a bad habit of 'Arsenalising' the left hand side of our attack when together, it's bloody infuriating.

I think our attack in general will be getting a bit of an overhaul this season though. It won't be complete by the first league game, but I would expect to see it evolve and improve as we go on.

 

[Vienna_70]

A lot has been said about signing players approaching their late 20s but we're getting Negredo, Fernandinho and Navas at the peak of their powers, and Negredo is a very smart striker which you could see from his intelligent runs today. He will miss chances though, his conversion rate is similar (slightly better in the last two seasons) to Dzeko's. Aguero, Negredo, Silva and Navas in the same team could be really something.

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Ugly bunch.

But beautiful footballers!

 

[thesilvalining]

A lot has been said about signing players approaching their late 20s but we're getting Negredo, Fernandinho and Navas at the peak of their powers, and Negredo is a very smart striker which you could see from his intelligent runs today. He will miss chances though, his conversion rate is similar (slightly better in the last two seasons) to Dzeko's. Aguero, Negredo, Silva and Navas in the same team could be really something.

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Ugly bunch.

But beautiful footballers!

can you not see javi Garcia?

 

[Vienna_70]

Ugly bunch.

But beautiful footballers!

can you not see javi Garcia?

Do you mean the midfielder, who has been in the Spain squad recently?

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Looked good in the first half today,faded a bit in the second, maybe a fitness issue.

Was a personnel issue IMO
Silva came off for nasri who just doesn't move the ball quick enough.
First half we moved quickly down the pitch, with negredo running in behind and into the channels. There was no room for him second half as our build up play allowed Sunderland to get more men behind the ball meaning they defended deeper, ultimately reducing the space in behind.

The passing between nasri and Clichy pisses me off no end. When we're in advanced positions and neither look to put a ball in, it always ends up back in defence.

On the money. As soon as silva went off our fluency vanished. As is always the case.

 

[andyhinch]

Looked good in the first half today,faded a bit in the second, maybe a fitness issue.

Was a personnel issue IMO
Silva came off for nasri who just doesn't move the ball quick enough.
First half we moved quickly down the pitch, with negredo running in behind and into the channels. There was no room for him second half as our build up play allowed Sunderland to get more men behind the ball meaning they defended deeper, ultimately reducing the space in behind.

The passing between nasri and Clichy pisses me off no end. When we're in advanced positions and neither look to put a ball in, it always ends up back in defence.

On the money. As soon as silva went off our fluency vanished. As is always the case.

The thing is Nasri has the skill, just not the mentality, for want of a better phrase.

 

[Didsbury Dave]

Was a personnel issue IMO
Silva came off for nasri who just doesn't move the ball quick enough.
First half we moved quickly down the pitch, with negredo running in behind and into the channels. There was no room for him second half as our build up play allowed Sunderland to get more men behind the ball meaning they defended deeper, ultimately reducing the space in behind.

The passing between nasri and Clichy pisses me off no end. When we're in advanced positions and neither look to put a ball in, it always ends up back in defence.

On the money. As soon as silva went off our fluency vanished. As is always the case.

The thing is Nasri has the skill, just not the mentality, for want of a better phrase.

He's not fit to lace silva's boots and never will be I'm afraid.