The Fish 8989 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I'm not sure about that. I think Colback and Anita both have decent passing, especially if they have someone actual movement ahead of them, although I still have doubts about Anita's physicallity. Tiote clearly isn't the most brilliant passer of the ball but again with more quality with him he seems to settle himself down and play the easy ball (which is potentially enough if he has movement in front and either side and Gini who looks like he can pick a pass). Abeid I'm afraid I don't really rate at all. I'm pretty sure that if we can we'll sell him too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Why wouldn't I be serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3453 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Thought Abeid was pretty decent when he played last season, definitely deserving of a longer first team run. I dont think its just about having an out and out winger. Its about someone who can regularly put in decent crosses for the likes of Mitrovic. Can we rely on Janmaat to do that game after game? Not sure. Sissoko/Cabella from the wings? Big maybe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex 30374 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Not worth paying 8+ million for a player with one year on his contract left and from a team who are in need of the money in a lower league than us. His worth to qpr will dwindle as I think they'll be desperate to sell so we should just wait it out . I think the bigger picture is that, if we rate him and want him, £8m is a snip for a (relatively, at least) proven PL goal scorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1117 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Thought Abeid was pretty decent when he played last season, definitely deserving of a longer first team run. I dont think its just about having an out and out winger. Its about someone who can regularly put in decent crosses for the likes of Mitrovic. Can we rely on Janmaat to do that game after game? Not sure. Sissoko/Cabella from the wings? Big maybe. Thought he had a couple of decent games before he got injured but then came back and looked poor. Admittedly he came back into a team massively lacking in cofidence and missing several key players. I'm not saying he's definitely not good enough but I've certainly not seen anything in him so far that suggests he's worth a game ahead of Colback, Anita, Sissoko, Tiote, or Gini. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13836 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 It always puzzles me how much stick Colback gets like - on the internet anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 3453 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Colback deserves his place based on last season. Not sure where Tiote's head is. Anita is a completely different type of player. Abeid didnt do anything spectacular but for a first proper run in this league I thought he showed promise. Physically strong, great engine, neat on the pass and did his job as a DM pretty efficiently. Also supposed to have a decent shot on him though we didnt see any evidence of that. I wouldnt put him ahead of Colback but I think if we're going to play a proper DM next season he should have a shot at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 4847 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I have no problem with Colback being in the team. He keeps things ticking over quite nicely in my opinion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19811 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 He was our best midfielder last season so definitely starts for me. Deano alert but as things start, should we line up like this up top? -----------Tiote ---Colback Sissoko---Winjaldum---Cabella -------------Mitrovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Putting Colback in on merit after last season then including Cabella ahead of Perez and Cisse is a tad harsh! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19811 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 They're both strikers though, last time I checked Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19811 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Perhaps we will go with two up top, I don't know, in which case either could be in the mix for a starting role. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Colback is dreadful man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acrossthepond 703 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Dreadful is definitely a bit too far. As other posters have said though, we've seen his limits now. He's not ever going to be any better than he was last season. In last season's utterly dire team he was good enough (more than good enough to be fair to him), but if we have any intention of moving up the table he should definitely be a squad player rather than a guaranteed starter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGingerQuiff 2412 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Can any of our signings hit a free kick? This Colback talk has me reminiscing at how bad his are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12452 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Colback is a decent lower end of the table PL player imo, if we want higher then he should be a squad player rather than a starter every week. He's tidy in possession, good professional and works off the ball, so I've no qualms about him covering for injured players or getting runs in the side if others are out of form. With the players we have he was the best CM over the season so unless Anita/Abeid starts producing or Tiote gets back to his form from a few years ago it's hard to argue against his inclusion. If we signed wingers and played Sissoko in central midfield alongside Wijnaldum with De Jong ahead of him then he'd probably lose his place. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5902 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Colback is dreadful man. You have some bizarre views when it comes to players He's far from dreadful, I'd go so far as to say without him in the team last year we'd have been relegated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Can any of our signings hit a free kick? This Colback talk has me reminiscing at how bad his are. De Jong likes a free-kick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19811 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 If colback is dreadful what does that make the rest of them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19811 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 De Jong likes a free-kick. Oh, aye, I completely forgot about him when I did my line up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
strawb 3659 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Colback is a below average, lower premiership midfielder. Doesn't do anything particularly well, but isn't offensively bad. If everyone was fully fit and playing well, I would go for Tiote Wijnaldum Sissoko De Jong Cabella Mitrovic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 19811 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Isn't the new Dutch kid more of an attacking player? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper 940 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 I'd like to see us play the old fashioned way with a couple of wingers a centre forward and an inside right and inside left 3 in midfield and a left back and a right back it's not rocket science. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 (edited) Colback is a below average, lower premiership midfielder. Doesn't do anything particularly well, but isn't offensively bad. If everyone was fully fit and playing well, I would go for Tiote Wijnaldum Sissoko De Jong Cabella Mitrovic This looks about right, so far. Edited July 27, 2015 by ChezGiven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted July 27, 2015 Share Posted July 27, 2015 Some analysis of McClaren's formations at Twente includes a 4-4-1-1 in which case we could see De Jong behind Mitrovich with the rest in a 4. http://www.zonalmarking.net/2010/05/05/steve-mcclaren-twente-tactics/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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