Steven Naismith

[hktoffee]

Boss Nais.

 

[Elong]

Gee he played well tonight.

 

[WarringtonBlue]

His transformation under Martinez has been fantastic

 

[LinekersLegs]

Link up with Lukaku was excellent tonight.

Glad he had a good game and scored a great goal - he looks so happy when he scores.

 

[Haston]

Great to see him firing again after a couple of below par performances! At his very best tonight

 

[formerly manx toffee]

Very good tonight. His first touch after 20 seconds to play in Lukaku was tremendous.....and he just got better from there.

Stand up and take a bow Steven Naismith

 

[deipnosophist]

His touch tonight was so much better than recently...and a quality, quality strike. Made up for him

 

[riddick]

Really struggling to figure out how to play with both him and Barkley in the same team at the same time. Too narrow if they play together since neither can really play out wide.

 

[davek]

Really struggling to figure out how to play with both him and Barkley in the same team at the same time. Too narrow if they play together since neither can really play out wide.

Last week wasn't pretty with them side by side.

You have to go with Barkley.

 

[chewee]

Disagree with 'we have to start Barkley ahead of him'. On current form Naismith deserves to start.

Ross is hit and miss, understandable given his age and injury lay off but it's important not to heap too much pressure on him. In time he'll flourish, Naismith shouldering some of the pressure for the time being in the long run will benefit all parties.

 

[EverBlue86]

Disagree with 'we have to start Barkley ahead of him'. On current form Naismith deserves to start.

Ross is hit and miss, understandable given his age and injury lay off but it's important not to heap too much pressure on him. In time he'll flourish, Naismith shouldering some of the pressure for the time being in the long run will benefit all parties.

Yeah sound let's leave a £50 million+ potential player on the bench like a certain David moyes did that the same people arguing this slated him for doing.

The very same people will be ranting "JUDAZ DAT BERKLEY LAD IZ" on twitter if he f'ed off to city

 

[Scotty1983]

Impossible to drop him on this form, outstanding again tonight. I said earlier in the season, Barkley would do well to observe Naismiths movement and desire to get beyond the lone striker.

 

[Haston]

If they play together then it has to be the way it was against villa, with Naismith out wide and Barkley through the middle. Naismith can still be effective starting out wide, Barkley can't!

 

[LinekersLegs]

Yeah sound let's leave a £50 million+ potential player on the bench like a certain David moyes did that the same people arguing this slated him for doing.

The very same people will be ranting "JUDAZ DAT BERKLEY LAD IZ" on twitter if he f'ed off to city

We've got enough games coming up (plus they both have international commitments) that we can give both lots of playing time in their preferred position without running either into the ground.

 

[NEC]

Put it this way, Barkley needs to learn how to be consistent if he wants Naismiths place. Sure he has real genuine star potential but Naismith is more consistent.

He should push Ross along.