Player thread: Samir Nasri (2014/15)

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I cba going through all of these pages but has anybody translated this?

<a class="postlink" href="https://youtu.be/gPr4kvTdUKI" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">https://youtu.be/gPr4kvTdUKI</a>

If not, I would much appreciate it! Top one, nice one, get sorted.

He's a fantastic player but seems to be distracted too easily. There's evidence of this in his contrasting performances in big games, he has scored some very important goals for us (Spurs 11/12, Chelsea 11/12 & FA cup semi, Sunderland league cup final, West Ham 13/14, Roma amongst others), but then goes missing for large parts of the season. Also, the thing with his international career is an odd one and in my opinion he seems to be affected by the crowd almost every time we play Arsenal away...

He Is immensely talented, with swagger, but there's a mental weakness there too - I wonder if this interview might shed some light on why that might be?
 
Nasri is sheer class, retains the ball like no other player in this country.

The people who don't rate him don't understand the game tactically, it's that simple. You just have to read Iniesta's comments about making us suffer to realise the benefits of possession players like Nasri. He would be even better in a 3 man central midfield in a team with pace and energy but that's not Nasri's fault, it's our managers trying to accommodate other players rightly or wrongly.
 
fatbloke said:
Nasri is sheer class, retains the ball like no other player in this country.

The people who don't rate him don't understand the game tactically, it's that simple. You just have to read Iniesta's comments about making us suffer to realise the benefits of possession players like Nasri. He would be even better in a 3 man central midfield in a team with pace and energy but that's not Nasri's fault, it's our managers trying to accommodate other players rightly or wrongly.
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Well put FB one of the best players I have ever seen in our shirt (52 yrs)
 
fatbloke said:
Nasri is sheer class, retains the ball like no other player in this country.

The people who don't rate him don't understand the game tactically, it's that simple. You just have to read Iniesta's comments about making us suffer to realise the benefits of possession players like Nasri. He would be even better in a 3 man central midfield in a team with pace and energy but that's not Nasri's fault, it's our managers trying to accommodate other players rightly or wrongly.
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I'd love to see him play tonight in that second striker role that he played so well in Rome. Silva on one side, Milner on the other, Aguero up front. I suspect we're going to see two strikers again though.
 
fatbloke said:
Nasri is sheer class, retains the ball like no other player in this country.

The people who don't rate him don't understand the game tactically, it's that simple. You just have to read Iniesta's comments about making us suffer to realise the benefits of possession players like Nasri. He would be even better in a 3 man central midfield in a team with pace and energy but that's not Nasri's fault, it's our managers trying to accommodate other players rightly or wrongly.
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I rate his ability to retain the ball, but if that's the talent he brings to the side he needs to be played deeper and be far more active. I definitely value this attribute and what Nasri brings to the side, but in our formation and tactics, it's really required that his role do much more than ball retention.
 
Good at ball retention, but rarely delivers in big games. Only THREE times in 4 seasons [Chelsea home (2011/2012) + League Cup Final + Roma (A)] is just not good enough.
We need better.
 
BlueAnorak said:
Good at ball retention, but rarely delivers in big games. Only THREE times in 4 seasons [Chelsea home (2011/2012) + League Cup Final + Roma (A)] is just not good enough.
We need better.
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Pushed us on to a title in potentially our trickiest fixture when we were losing

Won a trophy (1 of 4 in those 4 years)

saved our champions league campaign.

You could argue only Yaya, Silva and Aguero have put in more game changing performances in that time.
 
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