Rocking Red Cyril Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Great team performance, can't really pick out individuals. exactly the point, we are now a team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bristol Rob Posted January 29, 2013 Report Share Posted January 29, 2013 Yes Marv. Still looks a bit wooden on the ball but heart of a loin. Towering header to set up Anderson. Salute you sir! I'm concerned about the sort of salute you'll be doing with Marv's 'loin'. Matron! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
havanatopia Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 After Saturday I don't think anyone who had seen those 8 minutes or what ever it was would have disagreed with you! Wasn't there tonight but glad to hear he played well and did his job. Except perhaps the fact you would be a tad naive to judge a player on 8 minutes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red-Robbo Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Sang his praises on another thread. Both Marv and Fonts looked at times like the players who were Ashton Gate favourites. Who'd have thought that?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bearded_red Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I'm one of Marv's biggest fans and he will always be one of my favourite City players, but like many others I wasn't particularly optimistic when he was brought on to replace Skuse tonight. Thankfully he was superb. I think Marv suffers from everyone always comparing him to the player that we used to know and love. I'm afraid he will never be that again. He will never be able to charge around at 100mph for 90 minutes tackling everything that moves. He will never be able to effectively play an opposition midfield on his own as he did at times early on in his City career. However tonight showed that possibly, just possibly, he may be able to be an effective player for us in a slightly different role. I thought that tonight he shielded the back four and held his position excellently (much better than he did when he was at best to be honest), when it got into an area that a tackle needed to be made he made it and he was also able to retain posession with a simple pass when he did win the ball back. Admitedly it is more with hope than expectation that I say this and we almost definitely shouldn't be planning for a future where Marvin remains a key player, but there were some signs tonight that maybe he can still do job for us at this level, albeit not the same midfield box to box powerhouse job that made him such an Ashton Gate favourite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Marv has been injured for a very long time so u won't see him at his best he is still not match fit But the forum needs to slag someone off......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderArmyy Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Marv has been injured for a very long time so u won't see him at his best he is still not match fit But the forum needs to slag someone off......... Yeah, lets all slag off and despise a player that has played over 600 games for us.. for no reason at all.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeh Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Yeah, lets all slag off and despise a player that has played over 600 games for us.. for no reason at all.. I called for him to play I dispose him on a personal level Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sargent Pepper Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 There's no doubt he was told what to do. I expect Heaton and the back four have been "told" to keep a clean sheet all season. Harder doing it though eh? Elliot needs to move on in the summer no doubt (for himself as well as the club) but hats off to him tonight, it might not have been textbook but he did his job and more as did every other player out there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Brent Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Played excellently despite some vocal reservations from myself and many others. Delighted to be wrong, was a good game for him, don't think he's the answer long term or even short term, but in a battle you'd have him. He was exactly the type of player we needed in midfield last night, the way Watford passed it around. Marv is very good at breaking up play. Yes he did well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnM Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Marvin certainly improved as the game went on. I think the fact that, due to our tactics and Watford's style of play, for a large part of the game the play was a lot more 'compact' than we normally see. That suited Marvin well in view of his lack of match fitness - would be worried that he could still revert to the headless chicken in a more open and quick moving game. But overall, he did what was needed last night. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Threshersleftboot Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Yes Marv. Still looks a bit wooden on the ball but heart of a loin. Towering header to set up Anderson.Salute you sir! Would that be a pork loin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Red Hat Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I called for him to play I dispose him on a personal level Please make sure you recycle correctly, probably in your green bin I should think. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert's City Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 He played well last night like other posts said he shielded the back four, held his position, anything that came into his area he either closed down or tackled. Well done Marv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Admin Ian M Posted January 30, 2013 Admin Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 If setting up a goal isn't the very definition of creativity then can someone please explain to me what is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tom from sunny side Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I called for him to play I dispose him on a personal level Has Louis done something to you personally squire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aizoon Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 I called for him to play I dispose him on a personal level I take it you mean despise Now, FFS tell us why or shut up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paulcitymod Posted January 30, 2013 Report Share Posted January 30, 2013 Well done Marvin Elliot last night. Anyone criticising him on this thread were not there at the game last night. Also well done Stephen Pearson and, second half particularly Liam Fontaine. Well done the rest of the team too, excellent effort all round given the recent circumstances. Bless every lttle one of em Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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