very frustrating, and worse that he never learns from his mitakes, keeps doing it, makes me wonder what hes worth now i think he was only 22 when we scared solskjaer off with a £50m price tag.Remember Colo wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 1:49 pmI'll forgive his wayward finishing as he at least comes onto the ball in dangerous positions often enough a few still go in. But it's abysmal passing that really holds him back in my books. I'll admit he breaks up play in our half okay, and doesn't make stupid passes near our box, but it's how cheaply he gives the ball away in the opposition's half that play seems to break down a lot more when he's on the field.FOGGONTHETYNE wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 1:25 pm
never been my cup of tea like, misplaced passes, losing possession, wayward shots into row z.....apart from that he's ok.
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FOGGONTHETYNE wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 2:27 pmvery frustrating, and worse that he never learns from his mitakes, keeps doing it, makes me wonder what hes worth now i think he was only 22 when we scared solskjaer off with a £50m price tag. haha spelt mistakes wrongRemember Colo wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 1:49 pm
I'll forgive his wayward finishing as he at least comes onto the ball in dangerous positions often enough a few still go in. But it's abysmal passing that really holds him back in my books. I'll admit he breaks up play in our half okay, and doesn't make stupid passes near our box, but it's how cheaply he gives the ball away in the opposition's half that play seems to break down a lot more when he's on the field.
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I think he does well but shouldn't be allowed into the final third of the pitchFOGGONTHETYNE wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 1:07 pmquite surprised at all this love towards longstaff, obviously i''m just an armchair fan these days but do know aa lot of st holders who tell me no-one gets more stick from the fans during the match than staffy
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Does that mean we can win the league if we keep Longstaff out of their final third and Bruno out of ours?bodacious benny wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 2:52 pmI think he does well but shouldn't be allowed into the final third of the pitchFOGGONTHETYNE wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 1:07 pmquite surprised at all this love towards longstaff, obviously i''m just an armchair fan these days but do know aa lot of st holders who tell me no-one gets more stick from the fans during the match than staffy
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Love everything about this. The pinch to win it, the bit of skill, the pass. What a guy.
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Love that , bit of a Toon swagger on Krafth with that surging run.
He’s a good one imo despite his misfortune with injury and limited game time what with Tripps previously and Tono ahead of him.
Good to have him 100% again, essential squad player at a minimum.
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I think you’ve cracked it!Colly wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 4:02 pmDoes that mean we can win the league if we keep Longstaff out of their final third and Bruno out of ours?bodacious benny wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 2:52 pm
I think he does well but shouldn't be allowed into the final third of the pitch
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The last match we were at was the spurs 2-3 just after the takeover fat Bruce's last game in charge, after 20 minutes longstaff was bent forward with hands on his knees breathless, I said to Mrs foggy that feckers not fit! , he was only i think 23 then, seriously despite Bruce being clueless it was his responsibility as a pro footballer to keep his fitness levels to premier league standards.... A few weeks later when Eddie on his first day had them all at the training ground at 7.30am there was some photos in the Ronnie Gill of them turning up that early, and two players stood out as being more disgruntled than the rest.... Longstaff and shelvey, both with faces like thunder, two words, bone idle!bodacious benny wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 2:52 pmI think he does well but shouldn't be allowed into the final third of the pitchFOGGONTHETYNE wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 1:07 pmquite surprised at all this love towards longstaff, obviously i''m just an armchair fan these days but do know aa lot of st holders who tell me no-one gets more stick from the fans during the match than staffy
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I think numerous players have come out and said they weren’t fit under Bruce due to lack of training tbf.FOGGONTHETYNE wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 9:45 pmThe last match we were at was the spurs 2-3 just after the takeover fat Bruce's last game in charge, after 20 minutes longstaff was bent forward with hands on his knees breathless, I said to Mrs foggy that feckers not fit! , he was only i think 23 then, seriously despite Bruce being clueless it was his responsibility as a pro footballer to keep his fitness levels to premier league standards.... A few weeks later when Eddie on his first day had them all at the training ground at 7.30am there was some photos in the Ronnie Gill of them turning up that early, and two players stood out as being more disgruntled than the rest.... Longstaff and shelvey, both with faces like thunder, two words, bone idle!bodacious benny wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 2:52 pm
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He's the one that stood out that day plus as I said despite Bruce clearly not training them properly because he'd been instructed by the FCB to leave us rock bottom, players can do extra training if they feel they're not fit enough, with the right application to want to improve. So anyway the point is I think he can be a bit lazy if left to his own devices.bodacious benny wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 9:46 pmI think numerous players have come out and said they weren’t fit under Bruce due to lack of training tbf.FOGGONTHETYNE wrote: ↑Thu Oct 31, 2024 9:45 pm
The last match we were at was the spurs 2-3 just after the takeover fat Bruce's last game in charge, after 20 minutes longstaff was bent forward with hands on his knees breathless, I said to Mrs foggy that feckers not fit! , he was only i think 23 then, seriously despite Bruce being clueless it was his responsibility as a pro footballer to keep his fitness levels to premier league standards.... A few weeks later when Eddie on his first day had them all at the training ground at 7.30am there was some photos in the Ronnie Gill of them turning up that early, and two players stood out as being more disgruntled than the rest.... Longstaff and shelvey, both with faces like thunder, two words, bone idle!
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Have to say of all the things you can accuse Longstaff of, lack of effort and stamina isn't one. Even late on Wednesday he was still making runs into the box (again something we've been lacking recently), almost getting picked our by a Hall cross and he's the one overlapping Osula on that Krafth clip.
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Because he's really fit now, he was struggling though a few years back, here saying how Ritchie helped him see a psychologist...Colly wrote: ↑Fri Nov 01, 2024 7:52 amHave to say of all the things you can accuse Longstaff of, lack of effort and stamina isn't one. Even late on Wednesday he was still making runs into the box (again something we've been lacking recently), almost getting picked our by a Hall cross and he's the one overlapping Osula on that Krafth clip.
Longstaff said: “I was miserable, to be fair. In training… Can I swear? I was a bit of a t** and I wasn’t nice to be around and he eventually saw that.
“Some people just let you drift away, but he was one who pulled me back and he said, ‘Longy, you need to sort it out’. He texted me and said, ‘You need to speak to this guy and speak to him now’."
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