Player Topic: Jesus Navas (2015/16)

[r.soleofsalford]

I cant call his effort, but what he does with the service he gets is not good.Imagine if you will, Peter Barnes, Denis Tueart or Peter Beagrie with the amount of time on the ball Navas gets,

 

[shemnel]

after his poor match against Watford, a goal at Palace would have really given him a boost but it's a shame he really fluffed his lines after rounding the keeper, De Bruyne and possibly Nasri really putting the pressure on his selection now.

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

Navas looked just the ticket in his first season with us. Point is, he was getting past his marker regularly, getting to the by-line, cutting some vicious crosses back from there, swerving away from the keeper (i.e. the most difficult sort). He also scored some quality goals, although none of them, as I remember, actually determined the outcome of the match.
For reasons I can't fathom — perhaps he's just that bit slower, age catching up with him — he rarely goes outside his full back and leaves him for dead now. It might be a confidence problem, as well as the physical one. He also hasn't scored in the PL for well over a year. I thought he took a ridiculous amount of slagging last year on this forum, and said so. But he's not the player he was in 2013-14, there's no denying it. With the arrival of Sterling and De Bruyne, the writing's on the wall. He moves down a grade, to become a good squad player. Will he hang around? Not certain. I'd like to keep him, myself.

 

[grim up north]

Navas looked just the ticket in his first season with us. Point is, he was getting past his marker regularly, getting to the by-line, cutting some vicious crosses back from there, swerving away from the keeper (i.e. the most difficult sort). He also scored some quality goals, although none of them, as I remember, actually determined the outcome of the match.
For reasons I can't fathom — perhaps he's just that bit slower, age catching up with him — he rarely goes outside his full back and leaves him for dead now. It might be a confidence problem, as well as the physical one. He also hasn't scored in the PL for well over a year. I thought he took a ridiculous amount of slagging last year on this forum, and said so. But he's not the player he was in 2013-14, there's no denying it. With the arrival of Sterling and De Bruyne, the writing's on the wall. He moves down a grade, to become a good squad player. Will he hang around? Not certain. I'd like to keep him, myself.

The dynamic of the team has changed absolutely pointless putting high crosses into the box with only Aguero there. His low cut back to the edge of six yard 18 yard line seem to be the way we are going down both flanks

 

[Lovebitesandeveryfing]

The dynamic of the team has changed absolutely pointless putting high crosses into the box with only Aguero there. His low cut back to the edge of six yard 18 yard line seem to be the way we are going down both flanks

True of course. We had Negredo. The logic of it seems to be — if Bony's in for Aguero (because injured), play Navas.

 

[grim up north]

Doesn't ring true as Navas has started every game

 

[Scotty76]

If he starts or comes on as sub, the lad needs our support. It would be nice if everyone got behind him and helped him through.

 

[Mike N]

Missed his pace last night, hope he's back in against West Ham.

 

[Man city fan 72]

Absolutely crying out for him to come on last night to inject some pace, but lo and behold he didn't see a minutes action. He would've been my first sub last night in place of Nasri. In Pellers we trust!.

 

[Deleted member 58678]

Played himself out of the team with two fairly average performances against Watford and Palace but we could have done with him last night. If the Navas who turned up in the first three games had played last night we would have done better but what can you do as a manager when you're worried the first half v Watford Navas might turn up?