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Player thread: Aleksandar Kolarov (2014/15)
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raymondkl92
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Re: Aleks Kolarov - take a bow
Didn't watch the game, it surely wasn't this bad????Rammy Blue said:Has to be one of the worst performances I've ever seen by a fullback, absolute disgrace.
Re: Aleks Kolarov - take a bow
We have just had an amazing run of results so it is hard to be too down on anything to do with our great club. However, Kolarov today gave one of the worst fullback performances I have ever witnessed. To be fair I am one who hates this fullback rotation thing we have going. Clichy along with MD has been without doubt the best defender for the last nine or ten games - having had a good regular run of games whilst AK was injured. Perhaps that is the key and we are being harsh on our Serbian hard man? Still today was a watershed for me I have always given him the benefit of the doubt with his left foot crosses and free kicks but surely a defenders first role is to put some actual effort into the craft of defending…He was so poor it seemed to have an effect on the others. Out of position all the time allowing Burnley's front men to drag our centre halves all over the shop, lost every single 50/50 - Anyway we looked collectively tired today, all of the team - but for me that should not excuse straight forward commitment to helping the team. I think AK plays for AK and that will never change. Hope we can look at the merits of keeping someone so they can make funny clips on the website. Back to 3 pts v Sunderland please..
We have just had an amazing run of results so it is hard to be too down on anything to do with our great club. However, Kolarov today gave one of the worst fullback performances I have ever witnessed. To be fair I am one who hates this fullback rotation thing we have going. Clichy along with MD has been without doubt the best defender for the last nine or ten games - having had a good regular run of games whilst AK was injured. Perhaps that is the key and we are being harsh on our Serbian hard man? Still today was a watershed for me I have always given him the benefit of the doubt with his left foot crosses and free kicks but surely a defenders first role is to put some actual effort into the craft of defending…He was so poor it seemed to have an effect on the others. Out of position all the time allowing Burnley's front men to drag our centre halves all over the shop, lost every single 50/50 - Anyway we looked collectively tired today, all of the team - but for me that should not excuse straight forward commitment to helping the team. I think AK plays for AK and that will never change. Hope we can look at the merits of keeping someone so they can make funny clips on the website. Back to 3 pts v Sunderland please..
Tommy_Catons_Perm
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Re: Aleks Kolarov - take a bow
Agreed. Lacks speed and sharpness in the 50/50s. No endurance either and thought he went AWOL in the second half.
rowarta said:Doesn't look fit to me
Agreed. Lacks speed and sharpness in the 50/50s. No endurance either and thought he went AWOL in the second half.
remember arthur mann
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Re: Aleks Kolarov - take a bow
True, we were bombarded down the flanks but the system didn't adapt.Ric said:Awful today. Really awful.
Gabriel
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Re: Aleks Kolarov - take a bow
Agree. Clichy's form came when he enjoyed a run of games and knowing he would play. I appreciate that their position is physically demanding, but I sometimes wonder if each playing 5-10 consecutive games would be more productive than interchanging.
Ray78 said:Looks like he is struggling from fully recovering from his injury and being him being rotated and Clichy's recent form hasn't helped either.
Agree. Clichy's form came when he enjoyed a run of games and knowing he would play. I appreciate that their position is physically demanding, but I sometimes wonder if each playing 5-10 consecutive games would be more productive than interchanging.
Re: Aleks Kolarov - take a bow
It was. Kolarlov had no interest in this game.
He's a liability and should have been jettisoned after we won the league in 2012 when it was clear he doesn't have the bottle for the fight and quite simply cannot defend
I can assume he only got a new contract in the summer due to FFP and us not being able to replace him within the budget.
I think its brilliant that he can kick it really hard but surely there are players who can do that, defend, and generally run about a bit?
An embarrassment today
raymondkl92 said:Didn't watch the game, it surely wasn't this bad????Rammy Blue said:Has to be one of the worst performances I've ever seen by a fullback, absolute disgrace.
It was. Kolarlov had no interest in this game.
He's a liability and should have been jettisoned after we won the league in 2012 when it was clear he doesn't have the bottle for the fight and quite simply cannot defend
I can assume he only got a new contract in the summer due to FFP and us not being able to replace him within the budget.
I think its brilliant that he can kick it really hard but surely there are players who can do that, defend, and generally run about a bit?
An embarrassment today