16 Apr 2017 12:25:54
How long has mirallas got left on his contract? Isn't it only a year or so aswell? Hitting a good bit of form recently!
{Ed002's Note - 2018.}
16 Apr 2017 14:08:19
I felt he had a good game last week against Leicester but yesterday he flittered in and out of the game far too much and left Baines isolated a lot. He reminds me a lot of Peter Beargrie in the way one week he looks so talented and the next looks bang average, consistency has never been his strong point.
16 Apr 2017 22:06:15
This week he assisted with the corner for Jags goal. 2 last week. A goal a few weeks ago. I have been saying for weeks he is by far the best wide player we have. he was just injured and out of form for a while. Confidence?
17 Apr 2017 09:46:21
He is a confidence player true. But I think there is a lack of consistency about him which is one of the reasons he hasn't had too many Head Turning opportunities to leave. On his day though he can really be the edge we need to win a game.
18 Apr 2017 07:19:52
I agree Toffee Ace. But would add that the only way he would gain confidence was by playing. To bring in inferior wide players like Del Boy, McGeady and Lennon, then pick them ahead of Mirallas game after game only made the problem worse. I said to NBTB and a couple of others about 12 games ago that I could see the confidence flowing back in to Mirallas. Koeman started to make him a regular again. Look at our last 12 results. Look how Lukaku has banged the goals in and look how many goals and assists were from Mirallas. He has benefitted from the emergance of Tom Davies too. Yes it is not all down to Mirallas I would agree. But I have always thought that if you look on it by ability alone, then Mirallas is head and shoulders above our other wide players. So the job is simple. just get him playing well. Get him his confidence. Before Martinez started signing McGeady, Lennon and Del Boy, Mirallas was probably one of the best wide players around. By the time Martinez was sacked, he looked a shadow of the player signed by Moyes. And the 3 players are no where near the same level in my view. Del Boy has a certain ability but is less consistent than Mirallas. The other 2 are average at best. Lennon was 3rd choice at Spurs. but works hard. McGeady had ability but never showed it and both Del Boy and McGeady are terrible defensively. At least a fit Mirallas works his socks off and tracks back.