Player thread: Samir Nasri (2014/15)

[middleton___blue]

Always rated Nasri, think he's a good player on his day. But for me, his attitude has let him down slightly this season.

Be a shame too see him go though, even if he may not be a regular starter next season, it'd still be good too have him in the team IMO

 

[nellyonthewing]

What is it with some posters re-appearing every few days on a player thread to post a few sentences about they deem a player shite and slag them off. And then re-post how they think that they should get sold this summer.

Especially when the player hasn't even played for a while.

Yeah point taken so what's changed over the last few days? Or are you just having a bad day and decide to take it out on one of the players.

You can tell whether someone has a clue by whether they rate Nasri or not. Trust me, never fails.

You need to start planning a new name 'Na5r1'.

 

[JustAnotherCityFan]

Wouldn't mind him staying as long as he has a strong desire to. Has scored some big goals for us, notably the winning goal against Sunderland in the Capital One cup final and the opening goal away in Rome to see us through to the round of 16 of champions league. It's been frustrating, whenever he starts to build some momentum and play to his potential he ends up getting injured and then takes months to start it up again. Hopefully this detox and rehabilitation he's having can help him.

 

[dobobobo]

Wouldn't mind him staying as long as he has a strong desire to. Has scored some big goals for us, notably the winning goal against Sunderland in the Capital One cup final and the opening goal away in Rome to see us through to the round of 16 of champions league. It's been frustrating, whenever he starts to build some momentum and play to his potential he ends up getting injured and then takes months to start it up again. Hopefully this detox and rehabilitation he's having can help him.

That's a very expensive way to run a football club.

 

[NQCitizen]

Wouldn't mind him staying as long as he has a strong desire to. Has scored some big goals for us, notably the winning goal against Sunderland in the Capital One cup final and the opening goal away in Rome to see us through to the round of 16 of champions league. It's been frustrating, whenever he starts to build some momentum and play to his potential he ends up getting injured and then takes months to start it up again. Hopefully this detox and rehabilitation he's having can help him.

That's a very expensive way to run a football club.

Less expensive than replacing your 20 million pound buys a couple of years later because the grass might be greener.

 

[TrueBlue1705]

+2

+3

But the question comes up, who will take this talentless wannabe off our hands as he already on a big juicy contract?

I don't think he talentless ... far from it, he has huge ability just like his mate Yaya .... But not the right attitude and approach that we need at the club again just like his mate Yaya ...... He's great when we're winning 4-0 and he's weaving his little runs and playing intricate tidy football but what happens when we're NOT dominating and we need to dig in and players need to show a real desire .... Prime example was the Barca effort and his impetuous behaviour ... Honestly we need to have the solidity that Chelsea have while not losing our attacking flair, I'm not saying its easy but it starts with 11 players on the pitch ALL running their bollocks off, ALL putting their bodies on the line and ALL keeping their discipline ... This guy doesn't tick the boxes for me and then there's these rumours you here every now and again about suspect behavior, for example storming off and acting like a kid when he's not selected!!

 

[Dribble]

I refer the Nasri knockers to my previous post and I would also like to add that the likes of Milner & Fernando love to 'dig in' when the going gets tough. So much so, if given the choice, who do you think the likes of Barca or Real would choose to play for them: Milner, Fernando or Nasri? I know who my money would be on.

Square pegs and all that......

It''s not Nasri's fault that the wrong tools are being used for the wrong jobs. If you're trying to tighten a nut, you use a spanner not a wallpaper stripper and that's how I see football so there's no point in blaming the wallpaper stripper when it fails the task its being asked to do. Certain players are better suited to certain tasks than others, so asking Silva & Nasri to run up and down the channels in the Premier League is like swapping Usain Bolt & Mo Farrer's athletic disciplines around and still expecting the medals to come flooding in.

It's been said to death that trying to put square pegs into round holes won't work, but yet we still persist. The formation I've outlined above would make the most of the players in the positions they've been placed in and if anything it highlights the fact we lack any top notch wide forwards like Ribery, Robben, Ronaldo, Messi, Neymar or Bale. It says something when the best two wide players I can come up with for City are Navas and James Milner!

If an engineer turned up at your house to fix your washing machine armed with a couple of spuds and a Sharpie pen you'd have every right to be seriously worried. I suppose the first question you'd be asking is, 'Mate, dya wanna borrow my tool box'? The right tools for the right job is the first step, then a viable formation plan based on the players available and the opposition we're playing would sort the Nasri problem lickety split.......


---------------------------Fernando---------------------------
---------------Jovetic--------------------Nasri----------------
Navas----------------------Bony---------------------Milner

 

[The slaughtered lamb]

Really hope it isn't the last time we've seen Samir play for us. Play him more centrally if/when Yaya leaves. add a couple of assist machines (de bruyne, sterling) and he'll be like a new signing.

 

[CityFan94]

I like Nasri, but he's never really fitted into a 4-4-2.

Square peg in a round hole unfortunately describes Nasri's time here perfectly.

Because he's such a talented player, Nasri's quality has still shone through a lot whilst he's been here. Nasri needs to play central, not out wide, but he never had a chance of playing central when we play 4-4-2.

I'll always remember Nasri starting at Anfield on the right of a midfield 4. He didn't stand a chance that day, I actually felt a little sorry for him. Completely out of position.

One of Nasri's best performances for us was Roma away, where he played in the hole in a 4-2-3-1.

I think Nasri will leave in the summer and actually do really well at another club.

 

[mosssideblue]

+2

+3

But the question comes up, who will take this talentless wannabe off our hands as he already on a big juicy contract?

Do you practice writing shite or does it come natural to you? I don't want Nasri here next year, but he certainly isn't talentless or a wannabe.