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Post by Hammy on Oct 31, 2014 10:49:46 GMT
Can see an improvement this season. Still has a lot of work to do before he can claim his position
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Post by Jerry Koh on Nov 3, 2014 2:17:09 GMT
The guy who let us down against the noisy neighbours. Does anyone actually see a long-term future for him?
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Post by spens1 on Nov 3, 2014 5:13:43 GMT
sold to arsenal in january
think now we need to be ruthless, sell him and evans off, create money for us to spend (so FFP doesn't bite us) and buy 2 world class level (just about) CB's (Hummels/Subotic level) it has to be done otherwise we can forget about the top 4
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2014 10:35:52 GMT
Does anyone actually see a long-term future for him? Yes. He's still our best natural defender in my opinion. He's not the best on the ball and there's still a mistake in him, but give him an injury free 6 months and I think he'll show his worth. As for letting us down against City, yes he did, but he isn't the first one to do it, and he won't be the last. And he certainly isn't the most high profile one to do it and come back from it, Ronaldo got sent off against them twice. |
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Post by StrikerMo on Nov 3, 2014 11:39:27 GMT
Does anyone actually see a long-term future for him? Ronaldo got sent off against them twice. what was the first time? |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2014 11:41:27 GMT
A studs up tackle in his first or second season, can't really remember it but remember thinking it was harsh.
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Post by StrikerMo on Nov 3, 2014 11:45:04 GMT
for some reason I don't remember that...
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2014 11:48:16 GMT
Second clip on there. My 13 year old self was obviously a bit biased, reckless to say the least.
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Post by StrikerMo on Nov 3, 2014 11:50:24 GMT
yeah, that was pretty nasty
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Post by Jerry Koh on Nov 3, 2014 14:12:28 GMT
Does anyone actually see a long-term future for him? He's still our best natural defender in my opinion. He's still our best natural defender in my opinion. Wow, that's quite a strong statement to me. |
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Post by Deleted on Nov 3, 2014 14:17:10 GMT
Name me one better? Smalling's physically the best we've got, he's the biggest, the strongest, the quickest. Yesterday excepted, he isn't usually as rash as our others. His pace means he recovers from mistakes (both his own and others) far better than the rest. I think he covers crossing angles better than the others we've got.
As a pure defender, all the natural ability is there, his problems are his work actually on the ball and probably a few mentally - meaning he could do with a bit more confidence and composure and needs to be more vocal.
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Post by Rach1986 on Nov 4, 2014 5:59:45 GMT
Only gets 1 match suspension - yes he was an idiot - but nobody will regret it more than him
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Post by Jie on Nov 4, 2014 6:50:17 GMT
People are being harsh on him because of this one instance where he was extra stupid. And because it was against City. Jones does stupid and rash things all the time and nobody bats an eye.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 5, 2014 8:54:09 GMT
Name me one better? Smalling's physically the best we've got, he's the biggest, the strongest, the quickest. Yesterday excepted, he isn't usually as rash as our others. His pace means he recovers from mistakes (both his own and others) far better than the rest. I think he covers crossing angles better than the others we've got. As a pure defender, all the natural ability is there, his problems are his work actually on the ball and probably a few mentally - meaning he could do with a bit more confidence and composure and needs to be more vocal. People ready to agree with me yet? There's still a mistake in him but he's shown since he's come back everything I always said he could do, he even looks like an actual footballer with the ball at his feet. |
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Post by StrikerMo on Dec 5, 2014 9:04:59 GMT
I never disagreed with you... Smalling has always been our best pure young CB.
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