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Everything posted by Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man
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Driving forward with the ball and releasing passes to the forward players, arriving in or on the edge of the box without it to be in the right position should the ball arrive, and finally his long range shooting. As a result, it's better for him to start deeper. It's more difficult to do these things when he's expected to be playing off Sargent.
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This is a conundrum which isn't easily to solve, and I've been thinking about it for a few weeks. Both the Nuñez-McLean combo and the Nuñez-Sara one before Christmas when Kenny was in defence seem more fluid than the Sara-McLean duo. Barnes is more effective than Sara as a ten. I certainly wouldn't drop McLean; he's an excellent player at this level and has showed this season how important he is. I definitely wouldn't drop Sara either as he's arguably our best player. We have four players for three positions, and I guess it's just nice to have options so we play the three that suit the occasion and also allow us to rotate.
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I have to say that I've felt the same recently and today proved it, so I agree completely with the sentiment of the opening post if not the tone. Sara does look better breaking into forward areas from deep where he has less chance of being picked up, and I think the view that he should play as a ten is mainly because he has high numbers of goals and assist, but playing someone further up the pitch for that reason is far too simplistic. Barnes was also excellent today when he came on, so at least for home games coming up, I think Barnes as a ten and Sara box-to-box is the way forward.
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Tonights games
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man replied to RobJames's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
Talked this up, didn't I? -
Tonights games
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man replied to RobJames's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
I lived there for five years and had a season ticket for three, so I still try to watch all their games. I think I've seen 18 of the 22 league games so far this season, and after a bright start, they've only won one of the last 17, which was one of the games I missed, so it has been a pretty tough watch recently. -
Not gonna lie, it does have that sort of vibe. I've brought up form, confidence and a run of games a few times over the last few days when discussing Idah and van Hooijdonk, and Placheta falls into a similar category. I still think he's very limited technically and not good enough to be here, but if you put some confidence and self-belief into a winger with his pace, then you might have yourself a half-decent impact player.
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Tonights games
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man replied to RobJames's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
I think I've watched more live Premier League football this round of matches than I have all season, probably due to them not clashing with Norwich or Lecce for a change, and I certainly picked a few good games! Justice was done in the Wolves-Utd game, both in terms of balance of play and that iffy penalty decision, but what a finish to the match that was. -
I also agree with the sentiments that Moore is a very good signing for Ipswich. Would I have liked him here? I guess it depends on our plans. If we're thinking short-term and going all out for a promotion push this season, as Ipswich are, then yes. However, I think we're more looking towards building for next season now, which is why a loan-to-buy for van Hooijdonk probably makes more sense. That's not to say that we've given up on promotion of course, but it looks like we've accepted it's unlikely and if we reach the playoffs, great, but planing ahead is the priority.
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Gibson
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man replied to Robert N. LiM's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
His injury was announced in early November and the baby was born three months early on December 17, so I think the injury was genuine. Incredibly, his first game back for us after the injury was on December 23, less than a week after the birth, which must've been incredibly tough given what he was going through. I doubt the fans who booed him that day had any idea just how committed he must have been to be available that day, as he didn't announce his daughter's birth until Christmas Eve. -
I voted no, but by the time I reached the end of writing this post I may have convinced myself that it's not a bad deal after all. Based on what I've seen from Idah at Norwich and van Hooijdonk at Bologna, Idah strikes me as a better player. However, it's worth noting that both of them are in incredibly similar situations whereby they're 23 years of age and have struggled for game time at their current clubs over the last few years. I'm sure that both of them have the potential to develop, especially given their physical qualities and the fact these types of strikers tend to peak later. Fingers crossed that van Hooijdonk turns out to be decent with a bit of match fitness and confidence under his belt. However, I'd personally rather give a chance to, and develop, a homegrown talent rather than shipping him out and signing someone who doesn't appear to be any better right now. The only upside is that Idah doesn't have an option to buy in the deal apparently whereas van Hooijdonk does, so we get Idah back in the summer no matter what but can send van Hooijdonk back if he doesn't perform. That does make it a bit of a 'win-win' situation, and also is what we've crying out for since 2019: send Idah on loan for regular minutes, even if it means us signing a different backup in his place.
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Van Hooijdonk
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man replied to S_81's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
The Eredivisie always has a high number of goals which often inflates goalscoring records. van Hooijdonk scored plenty so it's still a good record, however. -
Van Hooijdonk
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man replied to S_81's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
He obviously does look better in that video than he has done when I've seen him for Bologna. I guess that shows the difference between a player low on confidence and short on game-time, and one who is playing regularly, in form, and full of belief. Which, ironically, has been the problem with Idah for several years now. -
Van Hooijdonk
Wacky Waving Inflatable Arm Flailing Tube Man replied to S_81's topic in Main Discussion - Norwich City
Most of the strikers in the Championship are a downgrade on Idah, or at least no better than a step sideways.