Perez

[Stanleymag]

The lad can be hit and miss but if he's played as part of a confident outfit in a much better balanced set up akin to the Bournemouth game, he will be an asset again.

Perez is always going to look below average in a cautious set up, in terms of what we - as fans - expect from him on the front foot.
I've said time and again that a lot of our players are capable of much more if played to their strengths.

Perez is a hero to zero player in short order, just as Diame is and many other players that get singled out as and when the situation begs for it.

Sometimes we expect more from an individual without appreciating the set up that they're asked to play in.

Look at Kenedy, now... and Ritchie.
Kenedy looked below par and uninterested when the set up was negative. Look at him in the last few games...especially Bournemouth.

I could get right onboard with Benitez when he has a go like this and uses players for their overall strengths.
This massively includes Perez, assuming he hasn't had his confidence rattled enough to scupper him.

And his strengths are........?

[Stanleymag]

Haven't read your post but I had you down more as a leader, rather than a lap dog...
I suppose when your summoned by your master,you have no choice..

I did Ash.

'Tis another load of the complete bo()ocks we've come to expect from Ghost but not had to endure for several weeks.

Same sh1t, just a few weeks on.

[toonfalifekevbrown]

Very hot and miss

[ghostrider]

And his strengths are........?

His strengths are the set up around him.
He's not a player that can do it alone or in a negative set up where confidence gets zapped and where he becomes easy pickings for defenders.

You could argue the strengths of all of our players in the wrong set up but then clearly see their strengths in a different set up. That's the key and we've seen it in the last few games...and hopefully more of them to come.


Like I said before: Players are heroes and zeroes in short order.
As long as people remember that we do not have the same class of players as the top teams and are evaluated on what they do or don't produce for their given talent, then we'll know what's what in any tactical set up and what works best for each individual.

[ghostrider]

Very hot and miss

This isn't just about his smartness and slicked back hair though. Concentrate on his football.

[toptoon]

Good enough for us now but not good enough for who we want to be. I’d love him to have some genuine competition and I thnk it’d bring the best out of him. He’s a player who could benefit hugely from an in form Rondon - I haven’t given up on him yet.

[Cannylad]

The Brylcream boy has had nearly five years to show us, I think that's enough.