Has Fer tweeted about his amazing stepovers against Spurs? I laughed when he did it thinking it was a brilliant, light hearted, tongue in-cheek piss take. But have seen a few sites today saying that they were pointless, ridiculous and there is a massive over use of them blah blah blah. Am I the only one that interperated them as being a bit of a wind up????? I know as professionals they shouldn't be messing about on the pitch, but it wa Just wondered if the man himself has explained about it.
I laughed too Swindon - thought he was taking the Michael too. Not on twitter so can't answer your query on what he may have tweeted
On another note, I don't actually think Fer had that good a game yesterday. He seemed a bit off compared to the rest of our players. Quite a few heavy touches and seemed a bit fatigued.
Yep - part of the reason it's great that Howson is back - Fer obviously needs a bit of a rest. I also think Fer's best position is not in that advanced role, though obviously he is the best midfielder there when our other two choices are Tettey and Johnson. I think either rest him next match (difficult though because it's probably best not to change a winning team) or bring Howson in for one of the other two (possibly Johnson, despite his stellar performance) and push Fer much deeper.
Haha i just thought it was because he knew he wasn't going to be able to tap and run past danny rose in that situation and was a bit confused as to what to do. I thought it was quite funny, could have easily provoked a rash challenge. On the fer debate, i agree he looks so much more influential from deeper with a bit more license, as his quality on the ball has greater affect bringing wingers in and setting momentum. From further up the pitch he just seems a cultured midfielder rather than having an approach in that situation, a la howson or hoolahan. I'd personally play wes in that role especially away from home when the wingers are doing more defensive work, problem is you can't drop tettey or johnson after their performances and I don't see Hughton dropping Fer, he is one of his defining signings.
I think it's mainly been taken as him taking the Mickey Bliss really, judging from some other sites. I enjoyed it anyway! I think it was meant to be light-hearted (in some ways I think the Cardiff "goal" was meant to be too), but the sense of humour hasn't quite translated.
Leroy is my favorite player so far and I pay to be entertained and that was bloody hilarious ,plus he didn`t lose the ball afterwards so it worked... Redders and Snodgrass are always at it............
It was definitely done for a laugh! As for his performance I thought he was good yesterday but maybe tiredness is stopping the driving runs that I was hoping to see more of. I would say that 3 or 4 times he had exquisite touches bringing the ball down in the middle of the pitch with Spurs players in close proximity which I am not sure Tettey or Johnson could do. I think the 3 of them are spot on in the middle and if given a break or used tactically in rotation with Howson I think we have a lot more to see from Fer. He looks a class act when he is on it.
Re. his performance on Sunday, his stats indicate that he did indeed have a "quiet" game, in the sense that he features relatively low down in all the "who did what" comparisons (whether for just City or for the two teams combined). So I'm interested in why those who say he had a good game rated his performance.
I thought Fer had a good game - not his best, but by no means was it under par. Tettey was good but Bradders in my opinion was a colossus - I can't see how we can drop him at the moment and I certianly wouldn't drop him for the Villains game. With Howson back and Hoolers available we have good options if one of the midfield trio tires or drops form but I don't see the sense in changing things for the sake of it right now.
Agree with OCF. Fer had moments of quality and he certainly worked hard defensively, but also looked to be making a concerted effort to get high up the pitch and support RvW when the opportunity arose. I think part of the reason he was quiet, apart from being a little tired looking, was that he was playing in and advance role and Tottenham had the lion's share of possession so there was naturally less for him to be seen doing. A colossus is the right term. He managed 82% pass completion rate as well, which I would have thought is some sort of personal record??!?
Just to explain a bit more, a player can be hugely important in a game without doing much in the way of the type of things stats currently record (e.g. making tackles, blocks, clearances, passes, crosses, chances, assists, and so on). An example would be a lone striker who tirelessly makes runs, drags defenders out of position, closes down etc. The tale of SAF's huge self-acknowledged mistake in selling Jaap Stamm when he did is another illustration. SAF believed Stamm was no longer contributing enough; he eventually realised that the significant stat as far as Stamm was concerned was the number of tackles and clearances he DIDN'T have to make due to his fantastic ability to read the game and snuff out danger before it could develop. So my question about Leroy is whether he contributed little to the game (as some have implied), or whether he made a big contribution without appearing to contribute very much at all.
He made a reasonably big contribution without it being an outstanding contribution and although if you weren't particularly watching him he might have appeared to not contribute very much at all in fact his contribution was relatively significant given the context of his position, the circumstances of the game and the realms of contribution he could have made so overall he contributed more than someone who has contributed little but he contributed less than his greatest contributions in other matches which overall puts this in the category of a game he contributed satisfactorily too despite the contribution he made falling somewhat under the radar but nevertheless his contribution still leaves room for improvement based on his previous performances which is actually encouraging from a contributory point of view. Hope that helps
I'd personally far rather watch the match than the endless streams of statistical tickertape that tell you how many times he farted during the game. But hey, each to their own, hey
What Rob said And re: Jaap Stam - I always thought Fergie sold him because he was a collossal bell-end?
I'm sure you'll agree cromer that stats are far more interesting than reading some of the posts on here.
