Eustace on Sidibe....

[spitthedog]

'He links up play very well and also brings us his defensive attributes all over the field.'

Call me old fashioned but isn't he supposed to be a striker as well????

[Lakeland Potter]

He isn't playing as a striker is he? He's playing as a target man between midfield and Fuller.

[ParaPsych]

No.

Front defender.

[The Toxic Avenger]

Plenty of strikers in this day and age aren't primarily deployed for their goals, but for nuisance factor and all round play.

That said, Mama needs to improve that aspect of his game dramatically.

[ParaPsych]

Indeed. He plays further forward than most of the team so should be looking to score more than 0 goals.

[Cabby_Shunt]

Hi 2nd Cousin.

;D

[FullerMagic]

Cort's scored 34 goals in his career.
Mama's scored 32.

Something's wrong somewhere.

[ParaPsych]

Hi family.

[mrblobbysdad]

His shooting is poor. He knows his limitations and so do his team mates and manager. he gets picked to win knock downs for Fuller and create scoring chances. In this dept he's the best in the division and its a tactic that's taken us to 4th in the division. No reason it cant continue to work!

[FullerMagic]

He's good at it.

I don't know about best in division?

I know he's asked to play a very peculiar, selfless role, but there are people who manage to play a similar defined targetman role and still score goals.

Gray, Henderson, Adebola etc (admittedly they play 15 yards further up the pitch ;D)

He's a great athlete but you'll rarely see a 'striker' with less technical ability, and one who freezes to quite the extent he does when getting within 20 yards of goal.

[Onneravineet]

I disagree Fullermagic.. he has got a lot of technical ability...
He's good on the ball can spot a pass and can hold off defenders too. He lacks any type of shooting or finishing skill that's all, granted bloody unfortunate for a forward but if he rattled in 15-20 a season he wouldn't be at Stoke!

[FullerMagic]

Depends what you call 'technical ability', onner.

I think his touch is okay - but I suppose it's his stamina, selflessness, strength and ability to compete for balls that Pulis loves.

I've never seen him strike a ball cleanly in 3 years though (with head or foot) ;D

[Pugsley]

onneravineet said:

I disagree Fullermagic.. he has got a lot of technical ability...

Fuck off as he.

I despair sometimes at Stoke supporters I really do. We have had players like Matthews, Hudson, Greenhoff etc all with technical ability, skill and flair. Yet we have some idiots who class Sidibe as a player with technical ability . The bloke is shite.

Only a Tony Pulis team is dependant on a centre forward who hasn't scored a single goal all season.

[The Toxic Avenger]

Although Bolton are dependent on one who's only scored two. It's a similar kind of thing.

[Pugsley]

And Bolton are tearing up the Premier League aren't they. Plus Davies has a goalscoring record of some sorts - Sidibe has not and will never have. 32 Goals in his career.

[Malex]

I hesitated to open this thread on danger of some inter-racial gay porn

[PotterLog]

Has a virtually ever-present striker ever gone a whole season without scoring a single goal?

Also, what's changed from last season? Didn't he get 9 or 10? Not too bad a return...

[vientianescfc]

hebangsthedrums said:

I've never seen him strike a ball cleanly in 3 years though (with head or foot) ;D

Now I know he's generally toss infront of goal BUT what about that fantastic headed goal v Leicester - that is what he can do . . pity he only does it once a season!

[The Toxic Avenger]

Bolton relied on him when Allardyce was getting them into Europe as well. He's been a key player for years, despite averaging about 6 goals a season. Mama, in his three seasons here, has averaged about 5. Crap goal return, needs improving, but definitely offers something with his all round play.

[skidog]

Sidibe is utter wank, end of!
;D

[Cast no shadow]

like he fucking cares