The value of Petrov

[forevermancity]

I hate the twat.

Yeah absolutely wonderful attacking, but any player who can't show enough spirit, courage and bollocks to defend and put in a tackle isn't worth the attacking flair in my book. He doesn't even track back for Fooks sake. How many times do you see Robinho tracking back to deep midfield and niftily nicking the ball away - a darn sight more often.

The longer he's injured the better for me. Once we've got a strong back 4 then you can think about playing the pussy.

yeah bring back tiatto

some of our 'fans' dont deserve to see talented players like petrov

 

[buckotheblue]

yes we miss petrov and now we're gonna miss swp, 2 players we need right now

 

[stonie]

petrov wont be back this season if at all so we had better start getting used to the fact

 

[DontLookBackInAnger]

His value last year was huge, of course having missed basicly the whole season this its hard to judge, but I doubt it would have been any less.

 

[DAGW]

I'm sorry for everyone who adores him but I just cant stand to see him play. It makes me cringe when he runs at a defender realises he's going to have to endure a tackle and jumps out of the way out of fear. He's getting paid more than you or I could dream of and he has half of a footballers game missing. I feel sorry for Bridge now, he'll be bombarded.

Its not asif its even hard to defend. If you go in half heartedly yeah you'll get hurt. If you go in 100% chances are you'll come away with it and the other guy will get hurt. Obviously if youre up against a John Terry you'll lose out, at his size, but at least pass it off and then jump out of the way. He'd be a world beater if he could just make the effort to get back and put a foot in.

I feel embarrassed for him.

 

[interpol]

We can't keep putting our form down to missing players, it's rare a whole squad is 100%. We've got to get the best out of the players available and at the moment we aren't doing that by a long way

I would normally agree, but I just think the absence of Petrov has had the biggest effect on the team out of all the injuries we've suffered. We've looked horribly imbalanced while he's been out with no natural replacement (though I see no reason why Garrido has not even been tried out there), and tried to fill his position with a number of players (Sturridge, Robby, Ireland). By doing so, these players are then not playing in their favoured positions, so it's almost a double whammy.

 

[bluemoon32]

I'm sorry for everyone who adores him but I just cant stand to see him play. It makes me cringe when he runs at a defender realises he's going to have to endure a tackle and jumps out of the way out of fear. He's getting paid more than you or I could dream of and he has half of a footballers game missing. I feel sorry for Bridge now, he'll be bombarded.

Its not asif its even hard to defend. If you go in half heartedly yeah you'll get hurt. If you go in 100% chances are you'll come away with it and the other guy will get hurt. Obviously if youre up against a John Terry you'll lose out, at his size, but at least pass it off and then jump out of the way. He'd be a world beater if he could just make the effort to get back and put a foot in.

I feel embarrassed for him.

He's probably still a better defender than Richards is at the moment ;-)

 

[Dave Ewing's Back 'eader]

He undoubtedly has a heart the size of a pea but remove his attacking qualities and the team is diminished by more than just his part.

 

[simon23]

I hate the twat.

Yeah absolutely wonderful attacking, but any player who can't show enough spirit, courage and bollocks to defend and put in a tackle isn't worth the attacking flair in my book. He doesn't even track back for Fooks sake. How many times do you see Robinho tracking back to deep midfield and niftily nicking the ball away - a darn sight more often.

The longer he's injured the better for me. Once we've got a strong back 4 then you can think about playing the pussy.

are you actually a city fan????

do you know anythign about football in the slightest?

when did you every see thierry henry tracking back...or drogba, or torres,????

 

[mcfcjosh]

I hate the twat.

Yeah absolutely wonderful attacking, but any player who can't show enough spirit, courage and bollocks to defend and put in a tackle isn't worth the attacking flair in my book. He doesn't even track back for Fooks sake. How many times do you see Robinho tracking back to deep midfield and niftily nicking the ball away - a darn sight more often.

The longer he's injured the better for me. Once we've got a strong back 4 then you can think about playing the pussy.

what a dick!!!!! for a start you dont see robinho tracking back and for another thing that just isnt his type of game, as much as it hurts me to say it but ronaldo is the best player in the world and do you see him tracking back?