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ivoralljack

Grizzled Veteran
Staff member

LittlePuma

Key Player
Welcome Jonesy! Yes he is an interesting signing. He will always have the words Real Madrid in front of his name which will create expectations. Given our lack of depth at left back any signing on that flank is welcome!
 

Ladygargar

Fox in the Box
Staff member
That’s good news - first of many I hope; we’ve certainly got the vacancies to fill......
 

CroJack

Data Analyst
Staff member
Montero skinning a FB and crossing to McB has got goal written all over it.
I am afraid that's exactly the reason why we haven't been successful in the past three years. Crossing to a big lump up front won't win us promotion.
 

CroJack

Data Analyst
Staff member
Bony added a few to his tally from Montero crosses.
And Gomis, but that was the start of the one dimensional style of play under Monk. Luckily for us, when Montero was found out we had another great provider of perfect crosses in Siggy. Last season when we had neither of them in the squad our strikers Bony, Abraham and McBurnie scored less than ten goals.
 

Jackflash

Midfield General
Staff member
I am afraid that's exactly the reason why we haven't been successful in the past three years. Crossing to a big lump up front won't win us promotion.
I have to agree with Yankee,I think Montero would get us goals,or penalties, Champ.defenders would find him a handful.
 

Yankee_Jack

Key Player
Montero's challenge (other than his hamstring) was that once he was recognized as a threat (the killing of Chelsea and Arsenal did that) he was often double and even tripled teamed. This coupled with our slowness in getting him the ball when he was open and could actually attack just one defender and then the failure to recognize the situation, get the ball from him and switch it across field to take advantage of the opposition's overload, meant that his effectiveness was negated ... negated by our own lack intelligence.
 

Yankee_Jack

Key Player
I would also had that Taylor's insistence on overlapping Montero into the space Montero needed to take on and go past a defender really tended to fuck things up.
 
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