In defence of Miguel

Although this probably won't make me popular I just want to defend Miguel Mostto. When we signed him I read an interview with Nolberto Solano saying how good Mostto is. However, he warned that it would take him at least 6 months to settle in before we would reap the benefits. He cited his own experience of coming to a strange country where the language culture and, most importantly, the football are completely different and it took him a long time to settle. Of course the foreign defenders have settled more quickly because defending differs less across football styles and leagues. Also they have all come from similar style European leagues.

At times Mostto has looked lost BUT his movement is exceptional. If you watch him off the ball he is constantly finding space and openings. The problem is our weakness as a team is the incisive final balls that would turn that movement in to goals. You can argue in that case he is a bad signing as he doesn't fit our team's style of play but that isn't his fault and doesn't make him a bad player. Once the team starts to realise where he will run to he could well score a lot of goals late in the season.

 

At long long last

Someone that can see past their nose end.</p>

Well said mate. </p>

 

I agree mate. He'll come good. Up The Reds !!

 

If he..............

does a &quot;Nardy&quot; in the last 15 games he'll do for me

 

He's also

living in this strange country in Sheffield, so it would take me long enough to settle there. His family are still in Peru and he rents a place with Souza.

 

Agreed

Must be the festive spirit.

 

Well said

And well written. A top post so early in your BBS career.
Be prepared to face a volley of personal abuse from people who do not share your opinions.

 

I agree there mate, probably Mostto reads the game better than the players we have. But everytime i have seen him play he as looked sharp, and the goals will come if Davey plays him more regular. That goes for Christensen also.

 

Everyone comes round to my way of thinking eventually

Just a fact of life.

 

Well put

I just think it's time for him to have another go in the team (actually getting 70mins+). He wasn't best striker in Peru for no reason.

 

Lets just call it a convergence of opinion and leave it at that

 

I said all that ages ago. People ignored me. I don't care.

 

Well nt

 

agreed

Ive had some right stick off some mates for saying the same thing

 

I said it before we signed him.

 

agreed here anall nt

 

I said it before he'd become a footballer, when he was a simple paperboy, reading a copy of 'Shoot' from 1976 that he should have been delivering to a remote cottage in the middle of the Andes, but his llama was ill so he couldn't be bothered. Hours he spent there, dreaming of the day he would get the chance to play the game he loves alongside such greats as Ray Rankin, Peter Barnes and Laurie Cunnigham. Who'd have thought that years later, his dream would come true and he'd get the chance to be booed by 7000+ idiots who know sod all about football?

 

completely agree...

... same happened with Judd

 

Ray Rankin ?

Bloody hell , what a blast from the past.

 

yeah just like Mike Sheron was always too fast and too far ahead of the rest of the team

lol @ Sheron!

Joking aside - i think exactly the same. But also he has to stop dropping so deep and play off the shoulder a bit more. Far too often we are attacking and he is still in the center circle.