He'll play on Tuesday. If we weren't so shit he'd have loads more minutes
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Pity we can't do that with some of the posters on here too.
Lamella was dross yesterday.
Markovic has just looked out of depth and uneasy both on and off the ball so far, that's the sort of shit a player with strong character and determination can drag themselves away from, it'll be interesting to see how he develops.
How's our multimillion pound youngling on loan in spain getting on , Luis Alberto ?
Markovic has just looked out of depth and uneasy both on and off the ball so far, that's the sort of shit a player with strong character and determination can drag themselves away from, it'll be interesting to see how he develops.
How's our multimillion pound youngling on loan in spain getting on , Luis Alberto ?
Back on Markovic - can anyone confirm if he actually played much in our pre-season? I know he played a half against Olympiacos, but I also know he was injured for a while before the season started. He wasn't named in the squad for the season opener against Southampton. Did he miss all the games between that Olympiacos friendly in the US and his first competitive game (away at City)?
He played the first half of one preseason friendly and got injured didn't he?
That's what I thought, but wasn't sure.
I missed the part in your post where you explicitly said exactly what I did, apologies about that! But yes, I think that's all the pre season he did, I don't think he even played anything back at Benfica.
Who was the last player to cost a fortune, stank from the start and come good eventually? Be it playing for liverpool or another team?
With Henderson and Sterling you could see potential in their plays. With Downing and Carroll you could see they are out of their depths. Markovic , to me falls into the 2nd category unfortunately.
With Henderson and Sterling you could see potential in their plays. With Downing and Carroll you could see they are out of their depths. Markovic , to me falls into the 2nd category unfortunately.
I think you're putting too much emphasis on Matic's comments. Most Benfica supporters thought those comments were quite rich coming from Matic as well.
Drogba was wank in his first season
That's maybe a bit strong, but he was certainly pretty average.
He wasn't wank, he showed some signs of being really useful and scored some goals. It was clear to me almost immediately that we had the wrong Frenchman in Cisse.
What he did do is want the ball.
Drogba isn't French!
Yea, wrong Ivorian,from French team. 🙁
I remember watching Drogba at Marseilles the year before he went to Chelsea and thinking, unfortunately he will probably work well here.
You can sing a song for Lamela to the tune of Mahna Mahna from the Muppets but you can't do that well with Markovic. I need to make better comparisons than this though.
Markovic is only a kid, give him a chance!
Yeah. When I look back, Drogba still played a key role despite not quite hitting the personal highs that were expected of him.
As for others, Evra and Vidic always come to mind. They both a poor start.
Yep, I think people looked at him and the work-hard side of his game and assumed he was a bit of a yard dog, he had a good start and got better and better.
If the end result was a league title...... I'd probably give you that wank*
* includes a truckload of booze**
** for me.
Some of the comparisons in here are spectacularly bad.
FWIW, there has been a few moments in his game that his impressed me. He has good awareness in tight areas, which bodes well to fitting in with out side in the long run, but he needs to be more expressive with the ball, more accurate with his all round play, and grow a set of balls and start to influence matches. For £20M I was expecting someone who can come in and contribute now, and with that in mind it's hard not to think we've been short-changed.
Henderson always looked likely to come good to me because his attitude and workrate were second to none. I've yet to see that in Markovic performances. Nobody should be writing him off, but it's clear that he's got a very, very long way to go.
FWIW, there has been a few moments in his game that his impressed me. He has good awareness in tight areas, which bodes well to fitting in with out side in the long run, but he needs to be more expressive with the ball, more accurate with his all round play, and grow a set of balls and start to influence matches. For £20M I was expecting someone who can come in and contribute now, and with that in mind it's hard not to think we've been short-changed.
Henderson always looked likely to come good to me because his attitude and workrate were second to none. I've yet to see that in Markovic performances. Nobody should be writing him off, but it's clear that he's got a very, very long way to go.
He's only 20, been here about 3 months and has really not had that much playing time. I'm going to give him a bit more time before writing him off.
One thing that I have noticed about him so far though, is that whilst he does seem to have the ability to get into good attacking positions he is often let down by a poor first touch.
One thing that I have noticed about him so far though, is that whilst he does seem to have the ability to get into good attacking positions he is often let down by a poor first touch.
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