Snowblind 1,711 Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 What about that Uruguayan striker banging them in in Spain? Pretty sure he'd be better as a RW... Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 What about that Uruguayan striker banging them in in Spain? Pretty sure he'd be better as a RW... He got booed when he played for us. Link to post Share on other sites
Tom 2,492 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Mitrovic was pretty close to happening on deadline day, according to the player himself: https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/snapchat-message-thwarted-middlesbroughs-deadline-14262115 Link to post Share on other sites
Boro 86 511 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 What about that Uruguayan striker banging them in in Spain? Pretty sure he'd be better as a RW... He got booed when he played for us. If only Pulis had a striker of Stuani's quality now!. Doubt TP would play him on the wing Link to post Share on other sites
Aphex_Boro 1,425 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Mitrovic was pretty close to happening on deadline day, according to the player himself: https://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/snapchat-message-thwarted-middlesbroughs-deadline-14262115 Thank God it didn't Link to post Share on other sites
Borodane 6,246 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 What about that Uruguayan striker banging them in in Spain? Pretty sure he'd be better as a RW... He got booed when he played for us. If only Pulis had a striker of Stuani's quality now!. Doubt TP would play him on the wing Why not? He’s playing with an even worse striker on the wing. Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,218 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 What about that Uruguayan striker banging them in in Spain? Pretty sure he'd be better as a RW... He got booed when he played for us. That's because he wasn't that good for us. Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 What about that Uruguayan striker banging them in in Spain? Pretty sure he'd be better as a RW... He got booed when he played for us. That's because he wasn't that good for us. He was actually alright, he just never got played in his best position. Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 He offered very little as a winger because, like you say, he wasn't a winger. Considering that though, scored some really important goals and still find it remarkable that we never used him up front more often than we did. Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,218 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 What about that Uruguayan striker banging them in in Spain? Pretty sure he'd be better as a RW... He got booed when he played for us. That's because he wasn't that good for us. He was actually alright, he just never got played in his best position. That may be true but people couldn't judge him on performances he might have produced in a position he could/should have played in. They judged him on his actual performances, which weren't that good, even though we will almost certainly see some revisionism taking place because he's now doing well somewhere else. 7 goals in the Championship with 1 assist, 4 goals in the Premier League with 0 assists. He has scored more in 19 games with Girona than he did in his two seasons with us. Braithwaite by comparison had 5 goals and 2 assists before we shipped him back out. Link to post Share on other sites
BillyWoofs_shinpad 1,884 Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Yeah but I preferred Stuani, I saw in him what an awful lot of others didn’t see, he could finish, Man he really could. If I remember rightly, he got us promoted too, I can’t think of many others that have done that in the last decade. ;) Link to post Share on other sites
Changing Times 12,218 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 I think he was the best finisher at the club in his time here as I said quite often. But he wasn't played up front and perhaps wouldn't have been as suited to it in English football - I assume that's why Karanka didn't really give him a go there for any length of time. Link to post Share on other sites
Boro Badger 87 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 La Liga isn't as physical as the Premier League or Championship, so that allows Stuani to lead the line for Girona. Pleased for him, but I don't think we missed out on this one. Link to post Share on other sites
Humpty 3,242 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 I think the vast majority of fans watching him every week could see he didn't have the attributes to play as a wide man. He wasn't fast, he couldn't cross or go past players and he stifled our creativity down whichever side he was playing. He scored a lot of goals in and around the box. He read the game game well, could strike a ball well and wasn't afraid to work hard or get physical. Everything you need to thrive as a Championship striker. Link to post Share on other sites
MMC 987 Posted February 9, 2018 Share Posted February 9, 2018 I think the vast majority of fans watching him every week could see he didn't have the attributes to play as a wide man. He wasn't fast, he couldn't cross or go past players and he stifled our creativity down whichever side he was playing. He scored a lot of goals in and around the box. He read the game game well, could strike a ball well and wasn't afraid to work hard or get physical. Everything you need to thrive as a Championship striker. And he didn't wear a gumshield like Kei Kamara. Link to post Share on other sites
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