Player Topic: Jesus Navas (2015/16)

[kenzie115]

Yeah Sterling only has more goals, worries opposing players more, pretty much got us through our Champions League group. Your right Navas offers so much more.. Give your head a wobble.

Worries opposing players more? Other than being worried about him diving I'd much rather face Sterling than Navas.

 

[BlueAnorak]

poor lad has goalaphobia!!!
it was like a force field hit him when he was bearing down on goal

The first season with us he was so good at scoring from these situations when he first came. 2 goals in 3 when one-on-one with a Keeper is not to be sniffed at. Now he's gone. Get him to a hypnotist!

 

[Phil1]

Statistics can be used to prove pretty much any argument you like. If you think Sterling's playing better than Navas and offering more to the team at the moment then I'd suggest you've been on the pop all night.

Both have a tendency to run into blind ally's with the ball. Both have been wasteful.
One has got into the CL team of the group stages and scored some important goals as well as assists. One looks at the net and and needs counselling due to a fear of the fucking thing.
So yes, overall I'd say Sterling has offered us more. Unless more is literally passing it back to Sagna after doing his 12th Cruyff turn on the trot?

 

[Phil1]

More often than not I tend to hear "Fuckin' Jeezus . . . . . . . . . . . !" We tend to use first names in CBL3, normally with a North Manc accent rather than hearing "Fuckin' Hayzoos!"

Haha! My Langley up bringing can't cope with Spanish pronunciations so it's just a Jeezus from me!

 

[kenzie115]

Both have a tendency to run into blind ally's with the ball. Both have been wasteful.
One has got into the CL team of the group stages and scored some important goals as well as assists. One looks at the net and and needs counselling due to a fear of the fucking thing.
So yes, overall I'd say Sterling has offered us more. Unless more is literally passing it back to Sagna after doing his 12th Cruyff turn on the trot?

Perhaps I'm more critical of Sterling because of how good he can and should be. Navas is a limited player but I never feel like he's not done his best. Sterling frustrates the hell out of me. Why does he seldom run in behind the opposition defence? Every time he does it seems to lead to a goal or a chance? But he seems insistent on coming towards the ball, even dropping deeper than the left back half the time.

 

[.A.]

Hard work is useless if there is no end product. He has 3 assists this season and he's played in 21 of our games and he's not scored in 2 fucking years. I'd expect more from a fucking League 1 winger never mind a Premier League player earning silly money each week. He's not good enough and never has been. We need an upgrade in the summer and sell him back to Spain.

Give Brandon Barker the game time Navas has had in the past few seasons and he'd easily eclipse his productivity, same can be said for Roberts; they couldn't do worse.

The only way he's still here next season is if Pep converts him into a fullback.

 

[Phil1]

Perhaps I'm more critical of Sterling because of how good he can and should be. Navas is a limited player but I never feel like he's not done his best. Sterling frustrates the hell out of me. Why does he seldom run in behind the opposition defence? Every time he does it seems to lead to a goal or a chance? But he seems insistent on coming towards the ball, even dropping deeper than the left back half the time.

I agree 100% that he's been frustrating at times mate. I understand why fans are quick to have a pop at him, I just don't get the over negativity from some when overall he's been a good signing who's got the potential to be a great one.
Navas has always been a steady Eddie, which isn't a bad thing. His lack of composure is a worry though.

 

[MeatHunterrr]

navas is just not good enough, not scored in 2 years? fucking hell, that is achievement in itself already.

 

[kenzie115]

I agree 100% that he's been frustrating at times mate. I understand why fans are quick to have a pop at him, I just don't get the over negativity from some when overall he's been a good signing who's got the potential to be a great one.
Navas has always been a steady Eddie, which isn't a bad thing. His lack of composure is a worry though.

I guess it's easy to compare him to De Bruyne who was signed at the same time for similar money and has been brilliant. Would help if Nasri was fit and Silva hadn't had such a spell out and we didn't have to play Sterling nearly every week.

 

[Blumers Bloomers]

Navas is limited, however must be frustrating that everytime he's on the byline and looks up to put a cross into the box, there is normally one City shirt to try and seek out amidst a sea of about 6 or 7 oppposition players.