Steven Naismith

[Saint Domingo]

Completely different footballers. The fact there's any confusion over them shows how badly they've both been used. Osman is a central midfielder, Naismith is a striker.

 

[mythbuster]

I've defended Naismith in the past, as I'm not a fan of ripping our own players, especially when they put in a shift.

However, some things just can't be defended. He was abysmal on Saturday, and he was rightfully pulled at half-time. Much as he earned a starting spot after Chelsea, I reckon he's just lost it with that inept performance.

 

[orly]

Completely different footballers. The fact there's any confusion over them shows how badly they've both been used. Osman is a central midfielder, Naismith is a striker.

Unified in their toshness

 

[Ihaters]

As a person or a 'footballer'?

Both..

 

[ijjysmith]

Both..

Ah. I'm just as a person most of the time.

 

[Ihaters]

Ah. I'm just as a person most of the time.

The Scottish Messi.. or the messy Scotsman. Either way a sound bloke

 

[Toast]

Even the unemployed lids he gives his tickets to were booing him on Saturday.
Must be tough to hear that.

 

[ArtetaMoney]

Has anyone got stats to show he 'puts a shift in' like how many KM a game he averages compared to the rest?

I've watched him quite a lot and I have never seen him leave the pitch without both socks still on. I think this may be a myth made up by the Park End wools who defend him.

 

[MikeH72]

Has anyone got stats to show he 'puts a shift in' like how many KM a game he averages compared to the rest?

@deipnosophist might have some stats on that

 

[AaronTheBlue]

he's really not very good

 

[Shibbywiggles]

Has anyone got stats to show he 'puts a shift in' like how many KM a game he averages compared to the rest?

I've watched him quite a lot and I have never seen him leave the pitch without both socks still on. I think this may be a myth made up by the Park End wools who defend him.

This, and if it can be in the form of a bar chart but instead of bars it's socks and instead of a graph it's legs just to show who has ran the most of their socks off on average, that'd be swell.

 

[Arteta2391]

According to Martinez....

Naismith offers more than Mirallas thus why he starts.

*spits out beer*

 

[MikeH72]

According to Martinez....

Naismith offers more than Mirallas thus why he starts.

*spits out beer*

Remember Martinez's first season here, when he used to value flair players and exciting football? Don't know what happened since but he's gone so cautious he's basically turned into Moyes

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

Remember Martinez's first season here, when he used to value flair players and exciting football? Don't know what happened since but he's gone so cautious he's basically turned into Moyes

I really don't understand. The setup was atrociously negative against United, and I can't see anything different against Arsenal.

 

[ilikecheese]

Remember Martinez's first season here, when he used to value flair players and exciting football? Don't know what happened since but he's gone so cautious he's basically turned into Moyes

Osman played in every single game in the first season. Flair players indeed.