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Svensational wrote:

10.Goater_Legend wrote:Looks like he's in the gaffers plans, if he wasn't he wouldn't have got on tonight, bringing him on will now decrease his value if we look to sell him to a side in Europe.

I reckon he will be staying for the season and get a second chance as back up.

Do you mean increase?

Ted Hughes wrote:He looks good one minute & shite the next but he's got talent & he's trying. Loved it when he beat a couple of men, did a few step overs & passed the ball straight to the oppo running the other way! Pure Jo. Hope he makes it personally. I like it when wankers reform. Wish Robinho would do the same.

zuricity wrote:

Ted Hughes wrote:He looks good one minute & shite the next but he's got talent & he's trying. Loved it when he beat a couple of men, did a few step overs & passed the ball straight to the oppo running the other way! Pure Jo. Hope he makes it personally. I like it when wankers reform. Wish Robinho would do the same.

Ted could you please explain when JO was shite? Or when he was good ? Because i can only remember Jo playing good to ok for city. I can't actually recall a game when Jo was the worst player on the field.

zuricity wrote: I can't actually recall a game when Jo was the worst player on the field.

IanBishopsHaircut wrote:

zuricity wrote: I can't actually recall a game when Jo was the worst player on the field.

What....The....Fuck?

Try every game he played bar that 2 goal one in the Europa

Wooders wrote:I thought he was left out of the Europa 25man squad?

IanBishopsHaircut wrote:

zuricity wrote: I can't actually recall a game when Jo was the worst player on the field.

What....The....Fuck?

Try every game he played bar that 2 goal one in the Europa

johnpb78 wrote:

IanBishopsHaircut wrote:

zuricity wrote: I can't actually recall a game when Jo was the worst player on the field.

What....The....Fuck?

Try every game he played bar that 2 goal one in the Europa

Especially Hull at home when we won 5-1. He came on as a sub and despite us being up by a few goals at the time nearly got booed he was that bad, he kept falling over at the slightest touch and looking as though he was trying to avoid the ball. No doubt it was a confidence issue, but he was terrible.

Glad to see him get another chance though, he is not and never was a "main" striker and should never have been used as such by Hughes and Moyes. Maybe we will get to see him played as he should be, and he might look a different player

Ted Hughes wrote:

johnpb78 wrote:

IanBishopsHaircut wrote:

zuricity wrote: I can't actually recall a game when Jo was the worst player on the field.

What....The....Fuck?

Try every game he played bar that 2 goal one in the Europa

Especially Hull at home when we won 5-1. He came on as a sub and despite us being up by a few goals at the time nearly got booed he was that bad, he kept falling over at the slightest touch and looking as though he was trying to avoid the ball. No doubt it was a confidence issue, but he was terrible.

Glad to see him get another chance though, he is not and never was a "main" striker and should never have been used as such by Hughes and Moyes. Maybe we will get to see him played as he should be, and he might look a different player

Imo whether he's a main striker or not, if you get asked to play that position, you try to learn it & do it rather than giving the ball away chucking yourself on the floor. It would have been the making of Jo as a PL footballer if he'd shown the commitment to get stuck in & learn that position, it would add to his game wherever he played. The fact that he didn't try is a weakness in him rather than a fault in Moyes or Hughes. He looks to me now that he's learned his lesson & would at least try to do the job if asked rather than just giving up. Ireland may find he has to learn the same attitude if he wants to stay at the top.

Ted Hughes wrote:

Wooders wrote:I thought he was left out of the Europa 25man squad?

No he's in. The 1st squad shown was a load of bollocks & unless we sign a striker or 2 this month he'll deffo be in the PL squad too.

The thing is, he was a really promising player before we signed him & Mancini will have been impressed, as I was, with his showing v Inter. Also, Sven & Mancini are big mates so it's not impossible that it was Mancini who recommended him to Sven. I mentioned on here weeks ago that I thought Mancini would want to have a look at him before making a decision.

As he seems to be knuckling down & putting the work in rather than being a slapped arse, getting pissed & being late for training, we may start to see some of his undoubted talent, which had him lined up to be Brazil's centre forward.

IanBishopsHaircut wrote:Although I think Jo is a sideshow bob turnip...he did score 40+ goals in 70+ games for CSKA so perhaps he's not a total tool