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Nugent

pne-4eva06

pne-4eva06

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I don't know what to make of him. It's still good to see that he is fast with the ball, but he just doesn't take chances anymore. This time last season, if there was a space, he would rocket through and shoot...these days he comes across as being hesitant.

Maybe it's something to do with the fact he was quite often caught off-side and was given a good talking to......but I'd like to see him just go for the goal more than he has done recently.

PS. Ormerod's looking good!
 
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I think Nugent had a decent game today, and played more of a wayne rooney 😀 role and picked it up deeper. If he could just get his shooting boots on aswel he'll be back to his best and more.
 
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Striking is all about confidence-really, this cannot be emphasised enough. An in-form striker will be arrogant, strutting and greedy -Nuge looks almost apologetic at the moment. Compare how he was at Ipswich last season when he took a bow and enraged the Tractor Boys.

He's also no longer auto first choice and the fact that he will have to work hard for his place will, long term, make him a better player. Once he sticks a couple in he will be fine and that can only be good for us if all the others retain their form too. The lad needs to be cheered at every opportunity.
 
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The lad did well, showed his inexperience in not knowing when to go himself or release the ball. Seems to be trying too hard to score.
 
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pne-4eva06 said:
I don't know what to make of him.
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He is a real talent, no matter what form he is in dont ever forget just how good a player you have. I dont know if you saw the England under 21 games against Germany but Nugent was the best player on the pitch in those games. Not just technically better but better in the head. Give him time, he will be back to his best im sure and you will have the best player in the division by a long long way. Even when he doesnt have a good game, you can see by some of his movement, some of his touches and vision that he has a HUGE future in the game.

PS, well done on your start to the season. I thought you would struggle this season with it being Simpsons first season and the first few games didnt change my mind. But you are doing really well and your player seem to be playing with a real belief. Good luck in trying to keep that up.
 
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One of Davie's problems if you can call it a problem is that he sometimes leaves it a little late to lay the ball off when he's running at defenders.His pace and ability really does scare the life out of defenders but he has a knack of sometimes running into dead ends and laying the ball off too late when he should perhaps of done so a second or so earlier.It'll come with experience and games though.He is along with Walcott still the best young English talent around.
 
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he's playing better as the season is going on. a couple of times today i noticed he tried to take it too far before shooting and the final touch was too heavy and therefore he lost the ball. but like i said, he has got better as the season has gone on and i feel we will miss him next week against burnley as i feel the dichio/nugent partnership is getting better.

p.s. judging by the celebrations, nuge seems to be made up that diche is finally scoring
 
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pne-4eva06 said:
This time last season, if there was a space, he would rocket through and shoot.
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No he wouldn't - he only scored two goals in the whole of September, October, November and December last season!
 
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donkeykong said:
No he wouldn't - he only scored two goals in the whole of September, October, November and December last season!
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You're dead right. This time last year, he was on his sick bed wasn't he?
 
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Cygnus Alpha said:
You're dead right. This time last year, he was on his sick bed wasn't he?
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Well if he was he was on it for four months and he got out of it 14 times to play for us.

Much as you might want to, it's impossible to hide from the fact that Nuge's goalscoring record is poor - just 14 in 51 since the start of last season, hence no serious bids in successive transfer windows whilst other strikers have moved on for big money.

If we look back over this and last season, he actually has more bookings than goals, and that is why we will not miss him when we beat Burnley on Friday.
 
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Been on the Sunderland forum....got chatting to a guy who says they want to put in for Nuge in January. Doubt he will go though....there's no need for him to if we are doing as well as this by now. Just got to keep fingers crossed-sunderland are 6 points from 3rd at the mo.
 
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donkeykong said:
Well if he was he was on it for four months and he got out of it 14 times to play for us.

Much as you might want to, it's impossible to hide from the fact that Nuge's goalscoring record is poor - just 14 in 51 since the start of last season, hence no serious bids in successive transfer windows whilst other strikers have moved on for big money.

If we look back over this and last season, he actually has more bookings than goals, and that is why we will not miss him when we beat Burnley on Friday.
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Give the lad a break his goal against ipswich was pure instict with a quality finish.
There is more to his game than just scoreing goals
 
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kpc said:
There is more to his game than just scoreing goals
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Well I look forward to seeing a list of goals he has set up this season and last then - I don't think it will take you too long to compile!
 
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donkeykong said:
Well I look forward to seeing a list of goals he has set up this season and last then - I don't think it will take you too long to compile!
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Well for a start, it was Nugents run down the right that set up the first goal yesterday (via Whaleys scuffed shot)
 
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columbo said:
Well for a start, it was Nugents run down the right that set up the first goal yesterday (via Whaleys scuffed shot)
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and didn't he set up our 3rd goal last week vs sunderland?
he crossed the ball for the sunderland defender to put into his own net.
 
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donkeykong said:
Well if he was he was on it for four months and he got out of it 14 times to play for us.

Much as you might want to, it's impossible to hide from the fact that Nuge's goalscoring record is poor - just 14 in 51 since the start of last season, hence no serious bids in successive transfer windows whilst other strikers have moved on for big money.

If we look back over this and last season, he actually has more bookings than goals, and that is why we will not miss him when we beat Burnley on Friday.
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donkeykong, you are talking out of your arse (as usual, where Nugent is concerned). The fact is he is one of the very few players outside the Premiership who terrifies defenders when he runs at them with pace.

Now, I'm sure that the lad will be the first to admit that he hasn't scored quite enough goals as yet, but that will come with maturity, just as it did for pretty much any prolific striker you care to mention - none of them hit the net with great regularity in the first throes of their pro careers.

Example: Andy Johnson - 4 goals in 2 full seasons for Birmingham City

So, give him a break - I can only assume you didn't watch him play for England U21's over the two legs against Germany, he was superb, leading the line on his own and looked like England's best player in both games. Since returning from international duty, he's been awesome.

So yes, we will miss him against Burnley - that doesn't mean to say we'll lose because we certainly aren't a one man team, it'll just be more difficult without him.
 
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dannypne7 said:
So, give him a break
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So that's two of you that have told me to give him a break, but the reality is it's you guys that need to give him a break from building him up into something he is not.

I have nothing against the player, I like having him in the squad, but I'm consistently bemused by the majority of fans that believe he is a worldbeater when the facts say that he is a player who in any given match is not likely to score or set a goal up.

I expect nothing from him because he is a kid, and in most games I get nothing, and I'm cool with that.

This season he has played 13 games for us and in my opinion he has delivered in three - Wolves, Sunderland and Ipswich. It's a poor record and I think you guys should quit building him up and let him develop into a reasonable Championship-level player before even considering anything beyond that.

And as for England U21s, I couldn't give a flying f*ck what he does for them. It will be no consolation to me if he scores a hat trick in every U21 game if we are sitting in 7th position in May because we have relied on a kid who gets more bookings than goals.
 
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Met him in Liverpool last night, what a guy he is, he spoke to Me and my bro for about 10 minutes even though his mates were waiting for him, as I say what a guy!




PS Sorry for the 2 ugly mugs either side of him!:mawene:
 
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Quality, I knew you weren't lying 🙂

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