Blanco 4,900 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, RealSlimSladeyy said: Pulis signed McNair and people like him McNair seems to get a free pass because Pulis didn’t give him a lot of game time. Link to post Share on other sites
RealSlimSladeyy 766 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) 9 hours ago, Blanco said: McNair seems to get a free pass because Pulis didn’t give him a lot of game time. Hahah I guessed you’d reply with that. Maybe the fact we were making a big centre mid signing despite being well stocked there and desperately short on the wings plays into people’s negative opinion of him - that seems to reflect a dislike for Pulis’ and the board’s incompetence rather than Saville himself. But I think people don’t rate Saville mainly because he was shockingly average last season despite us paying a ridiculous fee for him. The fee isn’t his fault but I don’t think it’s directly linked to Pulis either (see: people hating Fletch for ages due to the big fee we played alongside poor performances, people hating Gestede due to the massive wages we pay him alongside his terrible displays). This season I thought he started off really poor. When he got sent off against Derby I think I might’ve even said the words ‘I hope he never plays for us again’. Since we had our upturn in form he’s been better. No matter which way you dice it he’s been a poor signing given what we paid for him, and as I said I don’t think that reflects a dislike for Pulis. As a side note: Pulis can still *** off and I am still completely baffled as to how you think Karanka’s style of play was anywhere near as poor as Pulis’. (not to open that can of worms again, of course.) Edited February 5, 2020 by RealSlimSladeyy Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 And yet maybe all of this actually shouldn't matter in judging a player over 90 minutes, but somehow it seems to. 1 Link to post Share on other sites
RealSlimSladeyy 766 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 32 minutes ago, wilsoncgp said: And yet maybe all of this actually shouldn't matter in judging a player over 90 minutes, but somehow it seems to. For sure but too simplistic to say the fans’ preconceptions about Saville are coloured only by the fact he was a Pulis signing Link to post Share on other sites
BoroSmoggie 2,680 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 He’s definitely a boo boy. Fans won’t give him credit where it’s due. People have this agenda against him where he never has a good game, perhaps because he isn’t homegrown or a fancy name. I’ll admit he was pretty poor under Pulis, but recently he’s been one of our better performers, yet no one seems to mention him after the game etc. It’s weird. Wing has been very poor in recent months yet people don’t mention that, and yet if it was Wing putting in good performances, he’d be the first person on the team sheet. Even though Saville has been one of our better performing midfielders of late, he’s literally never in anyone’s starting 11 for the next week. Link to post Share on other sites
Barticus 29 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) Surprised Johnson scored as high as he did, for me his crossing was mostly woeful and cant tackle for toffee, not sure if Mowbray targeted our LHS but most of their attacks came down that side especially in the first half Link to post Share on other sites
wilsoncgp 9,230 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 I wouldn't have considered him significantly better than anyone else though I do feel he had more of a positive effect on us going forward than Spence did in this game. Link to post Share on other sites
Barticus 29 Posted February 5, 2020 Share Posted February 5, 2020 He got forward more than Spence, but was lacking any quality with a cross and left us too exposed on the left flank Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,818 Posted February 8, 2020 Author Share Posted February 8, 2020 Brentford v Boro 08-Feb-2020 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J9VXM8G Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,818 Posted February 11, 2020 Author Share Posted February 11, 2020 On 2/8/2020 at 4:50 PM, boro-unger said: Brentford v Boro 08-Feb-2020 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/J9VXM8G Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,818 Posted February 11, 2020 Author Share Posted February 11, 2020 Wigan v Boro 11-Feb-2020 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R7ZSP29 Link to post Share on other sites
White Band 831 Posted February 11, 2020 Share Posted February 11, 2020 It is so tempting to give some zeros.... Think that match must have annoyed me! Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,818 Posted February 11, 2020 Author Share Posted February 11, 2020 11 minutes ago, White Band said: It is so tempting to give some zeros.... Think that match must have annoyed me! Lowest score possible is a 1 I'm afraid 😄 Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,818 Posted February 14, 2020 Author Share Posted February 14, 2020 On 2/11/2020 at 9:46 PM, boro-unger said: Wigan v Boro 11-Feb-2020 https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/R7ZSP29 Link to post Share on other sites
boro-unger 3,818 Posted February 15, 2020 Author Share Posted February 15, 2020 Boro v Luton 15-Feb-2020 https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/8FTK66G Link to post Share on other sites
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