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Post by lostinafrenchbar on Dec 27, 2015 11:49:40 GMT
Arnies style of playing involves the inevitability that he'll fuck up a large percentage of what he does. The problem for the opposition is that, sooner or later, he'll get it right. So they can't ignore him...anyway it'd be hard, the guy's like a fucking mosquito buzzing in everyone's ear. He must be a really annoying bastard to play against which is one of the reasons I love the nutter.
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Post by Pretty Little Boother on Dec 27, 2015 11:55:22 GMT
I think it was Bojan who played a really fast chipped through ball into the box, Arnie was chasing it down like a freight train and had a really weird maniacal look on his face. He seemed to be doing it on purpose as well. I'd imagine everyone in the Boothen will have seen it, and is hopefully now replicating it as their sexface.
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Post by kerouac on Dec 27, 2015 12:13:56 GMT
I hope you're not putting Fuller in the same league as Arnie? Arnie is a different class mate. Yeah I am as a matter of fact, fuller was never a wide player but both are (or like I say WERE) as strong as an ox on the ball and BOTH have an abundance of skill, and a younger Fuller would still walk in this side!!! Each to his own but Fuller i found more infuriating, plus Arnie has lasted three solid seasons in the Prem and is getting better and better.Arnie is more of a team player,tracks back more,brings more players into the game and theres no way Fuller would be linking up as well as Arnie is with Bojan and Shaq!
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Post by Davef on Dec 27, 2015 12:24:21 GMT
Yeah I am as a matter of fact, fuller was never a wide player but both are (or like I say WERE) as strong as an ox on the ball and BOTH have an abundance of skill, and a younger Fuller would still walk in this side!!! Each to his own but Fuller i found more infuriating, plus Arnie has lasted three solid seasons in the Prem and is getting better and better.Arnie is more of a team player,tracks back more,brings more players into the game and theres no way Fuller would be linking up as well as Arnie is with Bojan and Shaq! You're probably in a very small minority if you think that.
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Post by werrington on Dec 27, 2015 12:28:14 GMT
Yeah I am as a matter of fact, fuller was never a wide player but both are (or like I say WERE) as strong as an ox on the ball and BOTH have an abundance of skill, and a younger Fuller would still walk in this side!!! Each to his own but Fuller i found more infuriating, plus Arnie has lasted three solid seasons in the Prem and is getting better and better.Arnie is more of a team player,tracks back more,brings more players into the game and theres no way Fuller would be linking up as well as Arnie is with Bojan and Shaq! I love Arnie and he's a pleasure to watch but he's not on Fullers planet mate
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Post by clarkeda on Dec 27, 2015 12:54:50 GMT
I think it was Bojan who played a really fast chipped through ball into the box, Arnie was chasing it down like a freight train and had a really weird maniacal look on his face. He seemed to be doing it on purpose as well. I'd imagine everyone in the Boothen will have seen it, and is hopefully now replicating it as their sexface. I know exactly the ball you mean, where Degea only just got there. The grin he had on his face was menacing. He was 100% committed to winning that ball, it just slipped away from him. On a different note, after yesterday, are we ok to put this myth to bed that arnie is lazy now? He made some absolutely lung busting runs yesterday he ran half the pitch at full pelt on 3 occasions I can think of yesterday.
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Post by kerouac on Dec 27, 2015 13:06:35 GMT
Each to his own but Fuller i found more infuriating, plus Arnie has lasted three solid seasons in the Prem and is getting better and better.Arnie is more of a team player,tracks back more,brings more players into the game and theres no way Fuller would be linking up as well as Arnie is with Bojan and Shaq! You're probably in a very small minority if you think that. [/quot I have no problem with that.
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Post by Pugsley on Dec 27, 2015 13:08:53 GMT
Each to his own but Fuller i found more infuriating, plus Arnie has lasted three solid seasons in the Prem and is getting better and better.Arnie is more of a team player,tracks back more,brings more players into the game and theres no way Fuller would be linking up as well as Arnie is with Bojan and Shaq! I love Arnie and he's a pleasure to watch but he's not on Fullers planet mate Marko is a better all round footballer than Fuller, although Ric was capable of moments of utter brilliance.
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Post by thestokielad on Dec 27, 2015 15:08:09 GMT
I love it when someone plays a ball into arnie and theres a defender stood right behind him then he dummies it then chases it down the line and totally fucks the defender off!
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Post by chiswickpotter on Dec 27, 2015 15:29:00 GMT
I love Arnie and he's a pleasure to watch but he's not on Fullers planet mate Marko is a better all round footballer than Fuller, although Ric was capable of moments of utter brilliance. Yes Fuller great for Stoke but Arnie is a class above
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Post by foxysgloves on Dec 27, 2015 16:01:17 GMT
Shearer focused on his tracking back and defensive play on MOTD.
Top 6 clubs will be knocking soon methinks......
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2015 18:28:17 GMT
Love this picture of Arnie <3 I love Whelan's glance across....you can almost read his mind....."Oh FFS Arnie you.....!!!" Just thinking the same myself foxy after taking a good look at the pic. He's definitely a one off is our Arnie.
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Post by foxysgloves on Dec 27, 2015 18:43:05 GMT
I love Whelan's glance across....you can almost read his mind....."Oh FFS Arnie you.....!!!" Just thinking the same myself foxy after taking a good look at the pic. He's definitely a one off is our Arnie. There's something very endearing about him!
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Post by GeneralFaye on Dec 27, 2015 18:53:54 GMT
What's the point in having any slight dig at him? honestly? Because we want this club to be the best in the world...you dont achieve by standing still...qa little bit more Arnie is a little bit more magic...get real Shut up you tit
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Post by WoodbineWright2@ on Dec 27, 2015 19:06:54 GMT
Never thought I could laugh at Stoke fucking up a counter attack I believe that Arnie is a brilliant footballer, we're so fortunate to have him. He is both a genius and frustrating, but I doubt he frustrates anyone more than himself. You can see it when he fucks up, despair in what happened, whereas if someone else messes up it's like "oh well".. That's just Arnie. I love him to little bitsies, he's such a one off !!
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Post by superheroantonius on Dec 27, 2015 20:45:34 GMT
When he wasn't getting rid of Arnie from inter he was getting rid of Lukaku and de bruyne from Chelsea. Whatever else he might be the special one is a poor judge of young players
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Post by sharonbeech21 on Dec 27, 2015 21:12:19 GMT
WE need to sign him up long term ASAP . Arnie is a class player and a very important part of the current squad .we need to keep the current squad together as long as possible
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Post by Bojan Mackey on Dec 27, 2015 22:03:57 GMT
Knowing Arnautovic, he'll be more annoyed at the fact that he missed the chance for us to go 3-0 up rather than be happy that he scored an absolutely dirty goal.
His biggest critic is himself.
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Post by swampySCFC on Dec 27, 2015 22:31:08 GMT
I think Fuller had the greater ability. More consistent
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Post by Deleted on Dec 27, 2015 23:40:06 GMT
I think Fuller had the greater ability. More consistent I love Ricardo but Arnie is on a completely different level. Fuller was great on his day when he decided to take someone on (sometimes a handful of defenders at once) but he never did it consistently, Arnie is capable of the sublime and whilst he may be inconsistent when it comes to attacking he is never inconsistent when it comes to teamwork and tracking back, it's a massive part of his game and he has saved us on many occasions by his insatiable desire to get to the ball. I wouldn't swap him and Pieters for any other left sided combo in the league at present.
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Post by roylandstoke on Dec 28, 2015 1:41:07 GMT
Fuller was great. A true SCFC great.
Arnie will be a true SCFC great if we can keep him here long enough.
Offer him a 5 year contract now.
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Post by djduncanjames on Dec 28, 2015 3:58:05 GMT
Shearer focused on his tracking back and defensive play on MOTD. Top 6 clubs will be knocking soon methinks...... It's a fact we are going to have to face eventually with our flair players. AND I HATE IT! Shit it's hard enough seeing Huth at Leicester let alone thinking we could lose Bojan Shaq and Arnie. Just happy we are beating these teams, these players know their own abilities and really seem to have a genuine team spirit within the group.
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Post by wizzardofdribble on Dec 28, 2015 6:10:18 GMT
If Arnie was consistent he probably would have gone by now. He seems to raise his game for the big teams & live TV performances but not be so impressive against 'lesser' opposition (eg; compare the Palace & Man U games).
Will be interesting to see how Arnie plays in the home games against Norwich (mid-week) and Arsenal (televised) in a fortnight.
As for the Fuller comparison.. Arnie is every bit as exciting to watch as Ric ..When Fuller first started at Stoke he was far from impressive.
Fuller was also very inconsistent.
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Post by Northy on Dec 28, 2015 7:13:13 GMT
Never thought I could laugh at Stoke fucking up a counter attack Wondered how he did it, couldn't see it properly on Saturday
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Post by kerouac on Dec 28, 2015 12:44:34 GMT
I think Fuller had the greater ability. More consistent I love Ricardo but Arnie is on a completely different level. Fuller was great on his day when he decided to take someone on (sometimes a handful of defenders at once) but he never did it consistently, Arnie is capable of the sublime and whilst he may be inconsistent when it comes to attacking he is never inconsistent when it comes to teamwork and tracking back, it's a massive part of his game and he has saved us on many occasions by his insatiable desire to get to the ball. I wouldn't swap him and Pieters for any other left sided combo in the league at present. Spot on,seems I'm not in a very small minority after all.
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Post by symons55 on Dec 28, 2015 13:30:32 GMT
I love Ricardo but Arnie is on a completely different level. Fuller was great on his day when he decided to take someone on (sometimes a handful of defenders at once) but he never did it consistently, Arnie is capable of the sublime and whilst he may be inconsistent when it comes to attacking he is never inconsistent when it comes to teamwork and tracking back, it's a massive part of his game and he has saved us on many occasions by his insatiable desire to get to the ball. I wouldn't swap him and Pieters for any other left sided combo in the league at present. Spot on,seems I'm not in a very small minority after all. Minority is getting larger by the minute :-)
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Post by soundofmusic on Dec 28, 2015 14:50:19 GMT
can´t compare him to Fuller(why would you anyway, apart from the crazy-maniac-a-joy-to-watch-thing), but what I´ve seen on youtube of Fuller is just outstanding...
Been watching the Austronaut since his time in Twente and there is lots of light and lots of shadow: his physical abilities are fantastic: in the Bundesliga he did the fastest sprint measured during a whole season(on the pitch during a game); he did the second strongest shot of all players (some sort of project, not during a game, just hit the ball as hard as possible, no target); and on top of being big and strong, he has the technical abilities of a twiggy Spaniard with probably the nicest first tough since Ronaldinho... He usually played very strong against the big clubs; I remember a game against Bayern, where he stroke a freekick from 34 meters against the cross beam with so much force, Neuer couldn´t have held it and showed such an arrogance against their superstars, playing balls between their legs etc... but his standard game was far from good; glimpses here and there, a good game every now and then, lots of sulking and self pity.
What he does now(this season) at Stoke is incredible, although I ´m not too sure he can do it a whole season: tracking back with such a discipline you hardly see from a flair player and doing ridiculous sprints in the 80th minute on the counter attack twice a week - I don´t think so... I also don´t think he could make it at the Top4 in England let alone the Big3 in Europe, he neither has a mindset strong enough, nor the consistency... That´s why I love him at Stoke, he is good enough to be the "special one" here, even with two or three lesser games in between(this season I didn´t count more than two bad games). He can get away with his usual bollocking and making up for it with a nice goal, assist or just by slaying defenders with pace, technique or shear arrogance. I love it when he stops the ball and just waits and waits and waits til the defender comes at him - like when school boys play - and then gets back behind the defense like nothing to put the cross in... This is sometimes far from intelligent fast play, but it works out more often then you would think. I´m sure he is hated for that by opposite defenders.
I follow all Austrian Internationals, but the usual game I stream every week is the Stoke game: and what a spectacle you get here from him and the whole team!!! So much more fun than watching a Bayern game (with Alaba), where everything else than a +3 goals win is unaccaptable for the fans/media... What´s the conclusion of all this? I don´t know, I just hope he stays at Stoke...
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