Samir Nasri - a joy to watch

[dobingsdobber]

Lay off the lad for God's sake.Great player and I'd rather him be with us than against us.
Don't forget,Mancini doesn't like taking risks,and when we do,it's despite him,not because of him.How many times do we see a move or pass that involves risk and doesn't come off,cut to the dug-out and there's Bobby rolling his eyes skyward and muttering.I think Mancini would like every goal we score to be the culmination of 47 perfect passes,that's why we don't shoot from distance.Nasri is performing as well as anyone else but seems to attract more criticism,what about Sergio,bobbins at the moment.The reason Nasri looks slow on the ball is that nobody makes a run for him,Tevez is too deep,Sergio is all over the shop,Yaya only goes when he feels like it and Edin wouldn't recognise the off-side rule if it bit him on the arse.
Get Nasri more central and let him do some damage.

 

[Thenumber1blue]

Great post ,I completely agree with the OP and when he's played out wide,he is completely wasted!

 

[citymad]

Agree with OP, great player and lovely to watch.


Although he does go missing from time to time, all players do, even Mata and Carzola have their off days

 

[decmancity]

Really rate him and without him you can see the difference. Not like when Silva isn't playing but very close.

His ball retention, dribbling and finishing/shooting are very good. I was so pleased when he scored v Ajax as I felt he really needed a goal to start his season. He hasn't been at his creative best this season but still plenty of time to get involved.

 

[cyprustavern]

has potential to be great in a central attacking mid role...where i feel he is best.

 

[Le Havre Oswald]

He's one of the best at taking someone on.

Wasted out wide

 

[mancityscot]

brilliant touches, good simple passer, but lacks the killer instinct to put through a sublime through ball or killer ball, or unleash a shot. that sets him aside from the best imo

 

[MSP]

He has no weight so he will easily be shrugged off in challenges.

It's harder to shrugged him off in challenges than Yaya Toure. His ball protecting is on pair with Xavi's and Iniesta's.

 

[Joehannes]

He has no weight so he will easily be shrugged off in challenges.

It's harder to shrugged him off in challenges than Yaya Toure. His ball protecting is on pair with Xavi's and Iniesta's.

No, it's not. It's very good but it's not on par with Xavi's and definitely not Iniesta's.

 

[MSP]

He has no weight so he will easily be shrugged off in challenges.

It's harder to shrugged him off in challenges than Yaya Toure. His ball protecting is on pair with Xavi's and Iniesta's.

No, it's not. It's very good but it's not on par with Xavi's and definitely not Iniesta's.

He's definitely not good player as these two but his ball protecting is not worse. He barely ever lose the ball.