Naked Mole Rat 437 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 As i mentioned before, a player such as marin who have a distinctive assist record in bundesliga is not what you call a selfish footballer.Robben has 23 assists in 62 Bundesliga games. Better assist to game ratio than Marin's. Don't tell me Robben isn't selfish. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccioso 2,545 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Robben has 23 assists in 62 Bundesliga games. Better assist to game ratio than Marin's. Don't tell me Robben isn't selfish.Statistics only prove so much. I can bet half of those assists were shots that the keeper parried into the way of another Bayern player. Strike 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Naked Mole Rat 437 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Statistics only prove so much. I can bet half of those assists were shots that the keeper parried into the way of another Bayern player.Yeah. There are so many different ways in which a player can make an assist in football without intending to assist a teammate to score: taking a corner or a free kick, earning a penalty, having your shot parried away to your teammate, causing an own goal to be scored, etc. General stats like goals and assists are absolutely useless for analysis in football.EDIT: taking corners or free kicks IS usually done to help a teammate score, but you don't need to be a good team player to make assists that way. Strike and capriccioso 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royg 96 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Robben has 23 assists in 62 Bundesliga games. Better assist to game ratio than Marin's. Don't tell me Robben isn't selfish.Valid point mate, i could also say mata has 26 assists in all competition and i dont think he is selfish. If you say marin is selfish because you consistently watched him all through out his career then there is no argument but if you are judging him based on assumption then lets give him the benefit of the doubt. Naked Mole Rat 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bir_CFC 3,455 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 People watch him play for an hour against Seattle and label him as selfish? Or, has he been selfish all his career? Really hope it's not just cause of one match lol.He's been the best player so far. My biggest doubt with him was his defense, but he's a pretty feisty guy. Got a goal off tackle against Seattle and initiated a clear cut chance against PSG off a similar tackle. Of course, it's only been two games, let's see how he does all preseason. Azpinator 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Marin's movement is incredible. Maybe one day...Iniesta...If he can be half the player Iniesta is we would have some player on our hands. Looks good so far and might turn into the buy of the season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 If he can be half the player Iniesta is we would have some player on our hands. Looks good so far and might turn into the buy of the season.I just like how he moves, he makes it look so effortless. I am tad worried about his finishing, he does share that weakness with Iniesta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anthonyroossimo 6 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 I just like how he moves, he makes it look so effortless. I am tad worried about his finishing, he does share that weakness with Iniesta.Exactly right! Exactly how I feel about him! Moves terrifically Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1chelsea 864 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 i feel then confidence most cfc fans have so i say let go kick ass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
termninja 5,290 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Good start lads. 2 games in preseason for us and some of you are already mentioning Iniesta I wonder what will happen after 10 games manpe 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KonohasOrangeFlash 2,607 Posted July 24, 2012 Share Posted July 24, 2012 Good start lads. 2 games in preseason for us and some of you are already mentioning Iniesta I wonder what will happen after 10 games Not long now until the Maradona/Messi comparisons lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kezza 1,965 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 Marin's impressed me more than hazard in the team so far. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spike 12,049 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I'm betting 5 goals and 10 assists in the league. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
capriccioso 2,545 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I'm not worried about his finishing, he has a great long shot on him. If he laces every one-on-one he gets like he's shooting from distance he should be fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kojo 4,676 Posted July 25, 2012 Share Posted July 25, 2012 I say we don't talk about him at all, and just see if he turns out really really good because he has no pressure on him.I say we completely forget he's a Chelsea player and not even acknowledge him in anyway shape or form. Even if he's on the score sheet, well actually he isn't on the score sheet... i think this will work brilliantly. Blue Armour 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post! manpe 10,861 Posted July 25, 2012 Popular Post! Share Posted July 25, 2012 Good start lads. 2 games in preseason for us and some of you are already mentioning Iniesta I wonder what will happen after 10 games Exactly my thoughts. The moment I entered the [compare with an awesome barca player] zone, my face was palmed.One of my favourites was:Lukaku vs Seattle - the new DrogbaLukaku vs PSG - the new Heskey what a difference one game makes BleedsBlue, BlueLion., sLOVEnian Blue and 4 others 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Azpinator 2,325 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 Selfish my ass. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kieran. 6,317 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 I've been impressed most with Marin. Keep it up lad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
communicate 2,703 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 He is a very good dribbler but sometimes he dribble too much and his end product is awful. his cross is not great and his finishing is not great either Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Henrique 9,133 Posted July 26, 2012 Share Posted July 26, 2012 The guy needs to learn when to shoot, when to drible and when to pass.Sometimes he keeps dribling when the best thing to do is to pass, and he end up losing the ball.Impressed me more than Hazard. Severinb and CHOULO19 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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