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Moussa Dembele
Topic Started: 28 Jun 2016, 11:59 AM (860,315 Views)
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22 Feb 2018, 10:13 PM
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Astounding, yet completely unnecessary arrogance :lol:
What do you expect after the pish that gets thrown my way by the Nakas_not_da_man_67 brigade? No other way to deal with them.
Play the point, not the man. Just came across a bit winky but hey ho. Big Moussa's got a lot to prove in the run in.
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Regardless of what the MOTM thread says Dembele received nothing but praise for his performance last week.

People who understand the importance of a player like MD in games like that playing the style we did will understand how good he was last week. The rest of you can talk about Callum McGregor and Scott Brown :thumbsup:
So basically you are trying to say that anyone who doubts or criticise Dembele have no idea about football and are all daft and that your knowledge of football is superior? Get a grip mate :nono:
Not at all. The point I was making was that whilst everybody was in agreement that Dembele had a good game last week some people thought the importance of Brown or the overall performance of McGregor helped the team more. I would disagree - Dembele was the main reason we dominated the game (with obvious help from everyone else) and allowed us to play further up the park than we were able to tonight.

The difference in his performance last week and this week was one thing - a lack of support. He won the balls that came up to him, he knocked them down, he held the ball up, he just had nobody in any space to make a difference beside him.
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22 Feb 2018, 10:16 PM
Dembele seemed to chuck it for me, wandering about tens of yards offside, caught flat footed and was hobbling about looking to come off until he realised we’d used all subs then he started looking for the ball and running at folk. What summed his performance up was when Tierney hit the by line to fire that cross in and the only guy anywhere near it was Musonda who’d burst his arse in off the right wing.
I noticed that too, it was almost a re-run of Nir Bitton when Sevco beat us in the semi.
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Dembele seemed to chuck it for me, wandering about tens of yards offside, caught flat footed and was hobbling about looking to come off until he realised we’d used all subs then he started looking for the ball and running at folk. What summed his performance up was when Tierney hit the by line to fire that cross in and the only guy anywhere near it was Musonda who’d burst his arse in off the right wing.
I noticed that too, it was almost a re-run of Nir Bitton when Sevco beat us in the semi.
So he took a knock, ran it off and continued the game and we're on here saying that he's chucked it ala Nir Bitton vs the Huns.

effing hell. :lol:
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So basically you are trying to say that anyone who doubts or criticise Dembele have no idea about football and are all daft and that your knowledge of football is superior? Get a grip mate :nono:
Not at all. The point I was making was that whilst everybody was in agreement that Dembele had a good game last week some people thought the importance of Brown or the overall performance of McGregor helped the team more. I would disagree - Dembele was the main reason we dominated the game (with obvious help from everyone else) and allowed us to play further up the park than we were able to tonight.

The difference in his performance last week and this week was one thing - a lack of support. He won the balls that came up to him, he knocked them down, he held the ball up, he just had nobody in any space to make a difference beside him.
Genuine question, have you ever actually criticised Dembele?

And after this question I will no longer reply to your comments about him as obviously we disagree as to his worth to the team (/self) and his performances.
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Have a look at the motm thread. Most disagree with you.
Regardless of what the MOTM thread says Dembele received nothing but praise for his performance last week.

People who understand the importance of a player like MD in games like that playing the style we did will understand how good he was last week. The rest of you can talk about Callum McGregor and Scott Brown :thumbsup:
For me like most of this season he has not played particularly well...okay at CP and gash tonight apart from odd run with ball. Shadow of former self and more it goes on less money he will be worth.

Regressing badly.
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He’s giving the CB’s too much time on the ball, and is not working hard enough, when we don’t have the ball.

Edouard and Griffiths press the defence. If Dembele doesn’t get back to doing that consistently, rather than when he feels like it, then he may lose his place.

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How Dembele has become the scapegoat for that pish tonight is a disgrace.

At least half the team had a poorer game, Griffiths would have done better tho..

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22 Feb 2018, 10:27 PM
How Dembele has become the scapegoat for that pish tonight is a disgrace.

At least half the team had a poorer game, Griffiths would have done better tho..

Whose said he is the scapegoat? People are rightly saying he was poor.

No one's throwing the fault at his door but you expect better from a player whose supposed to be made for this level.
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22 Feb 2018, 10:27 PM
How Dembele has become the scapegoat for that pish tonight is a disgrace.

At least half the team had a poorer game, Griffiths would have done better tho..

He wasn't poorer than any others.

He also wasn't any better.
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He was far from the worst, but he wasn’t very good either
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Think his form is more a symptom. Takes too long to get the ball to him.
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22 Feb 2018, 10:27 PM
How Dembele has become the scapegoat for that pish tonight is a disgrace.

At least half the team had a poorer game, Griffiths would have done better tho..

No one n this thread has said anything about a scapegoat ffs...

He is not scoring enough nor working hard enough from the player he was last year.

Like 80/90 % of his teammates he played poorly tonight when we all know he can play a lot better
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22 Feb 2018, 10:32 PM
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22 Feb 2018, 10:27 PM
How Dembele has become the scapegoat for that pish tonight is a disgrace.

At least half the team had a poorer game, Griffiths would have done better tho..

Whose said he is the scapegoat? People are rightly saying he was poor.

No one's throwing the fault at his door but you expect better from a player whose supposed to be made for this level.
All the talk about valuations, Griffiths etc is pretty embarrassing though.

Griffiths played similar amount of minutes in the group stages to Moussa and had half the attempts at goal and covered less ground. There is absolutely nothing to suggest he would have made any difference tonight despite what some people continue to tell themselves.

Dembele IMO done well at times tonight and at other times should have been stronger. But anyone who has played football at any level will know how difficult it is to keep the ball against 2 or 3 men. Im certain if our midfield played closer to him we would have got more joy. Guys like McGregor whilst capable of performances like last week just aren't good enough at this level when the pressure is on.
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He was one of our better performers tonight. He did alright. Had zero support.

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22 Feb 2018, 10:27 PM
How Dembele has become the scapegoat for that pish tonight is a disgrace.

At least half the team had a poorer game, Griffiths would have done better tho..

Whose said he is the scapegoat? People are rightly saying he was poor.

No one's throwing the fault at his door but you expect better from a player whose supposed to be made for this level.
All the talk about valuations, Griffiths etc is pretty embarrassing though.

Griffiths played similar amount of minutes in the group stages to Moussa and had half the attempts at goal and covered less ground. There is absolutely nothing to suggest he would have made any difference tonight despite what some people continue to tell themselves.

Dembele IMO done well at times tonight and at other times should have been stronger. But anyone who has played football at any level will know how difficult it is to keep the ball against 2 or 3 men. Im certain if our midfield played closer to him we would have got more joy. Guys like McGregor whilst capable of performances like last week just aren't good enough at this level when the pressure is on.
Hes not working hard enough at the moment even domestically...he is a very good player and i take no satisfaction at all seeing a watered down version which he is just now...his goals this season total wise is poor for what he can be as well.

Definitely seems out of sorts this season...BTW im a fan but sometimes you have to say how it is.
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22 Feb 2018, 10:27 PM
How Dembele has become the scapegoat for that pish tonight is a disgrace.

At least half the team had a poorer game, Griffiths would have done better tho..

Whose said he is the scapegoat? People are rightly saying he was poor.

No one's throwing the fault at his door but you expect better from a player whose supposed to be made for this level.
All the talk about valuations, Griffiths etc is pretty embarrassing though.

Griffiths played similar amount of minutes in the group stages to Moussa and had half the attempts at goal and covered less ground. There is absolutely nothing to suggest he would have made any difference tonight despite what some people continue to tell themselves.

Dembele IMO done well at times tonight and at other times should have been stronger. But anyone who has played football at any level will know how difficult it is to keep the ball against 2 or 3 men. Im certain if our midfield played closer to him we would have got more joy. Guys like McGregor whilst capable of performances like last week just aren't good enough at this level when the pressure is on.
What level have you played football at? I take it you have played football at a decent level as it is not the first time you have said something along these lines.
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22 Feb 2018, 10:14 PM
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He done pretty well against Smalling and Cahill.
The funny thing about set pieces is that the centre halfs can't really do anything to stop them.

He done well vs Joe Hart. My point.
Why do you hate Leigh Griffiths?
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I'd drop him and start Edouard against Aberdeen. Looks disinterested.
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22 Feb 2018, 10:05 PM
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The longer he’s injured the more attributes he seems to gain :worthy:
And every game Demebele plays further stretches Griffiths superior goals per minute played record.

Btw, pretty much every fan I speak to would rather Griffiths over Demebele and our recent run of dropping points coincides with the absence of Griffiths.
you should probably stop speaking to stupid idiots then.

Ste.CSC

Seriously though, you’re talking nonsense. Dembele far more useful in games like tonight.

Edit - the way you post, folk could be forgiven for thinking you’re happy when Dembele doesn’t score or when we’re rubbish when he plays, gives you more “evidence” in your pro-Griffiths argument.
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