Marko Marin

[Jype 6,398]

I don't know why you guys are so confident about Marin. Managers watch him trains weeks in weeks out if they think he is not good enough to play then he really isn't. I hope it's purely because of his injury not his ability though.

Maybe because some of us have actually watched him play a lot over the years in a quality league like the Bundesliga and then got really excited about his performances during the pre-season tour where he was better than Hazard?

[didierforever 7,349]

is he really in our squad... dont believe it.

[Ryan Fong 2,776]

Maybe because some of us have actually watched him play a lot over the years in a quality league like the Bundesliga and then got really excited about his performances during the pre-season tour where he was better than Hazard?

Chill mate. I said it, I hope the reason why he is not playing is down to his current fitness level after injuries.

And he is not better than Hazard. Each to their own I guess.

[Jype 6,398]

Chill mate. I said it, I hope the reason why he is not playing is down to his current fitness level after injuries.

And he is not better than Hazard. Each to their own I guess.

I didn't say he's better than Hazard but on pre-season he outshone him in most matches and we had a reason to expect a lot from both of them. A shame about the injuries that ruined the start of the season for him but it's been more than a month since he first started appearing on the bench and so far he hasn't played a single minute yet even though our other alternatives haven't exactly been firing on all cylinders during that time.

[Azpinator 2,325]

Really glad he finally made his PL debut, some good passes as well.. He should play more in the next few games I hope RB realizes that.

[termninja 5,290]

I really like his directness. I believe we will benefit from it now when we are in this goal drought... Directness is something we really lack when Mata,Oscar and Hazard are on the pitch at the same time.

Can't wait to see more from him.

[CHOULO19 24,332]

So shocked to see him getting ready to get on; I felt like I just saw big foot

[Muzchap 8,966]

Yup - I think he will be the creative spark we are lacking at the minute - I don't like him on the RIGHT - prefer him on the LEFT - so he can cut inside and shoot - he'll likely score some goals over the next few matches...

Just wish we had a second/third striker - somebody that wants the ball, can make the runs and allow players to find him.

I agree that Torres is trying, but he's shit - and the midfield consider him a 'wasted' ball - so we play out of 'sequence' - which means we are easy to defend against.

Since Torres has been playing - goals from Open Play have suffered massively... Just want this nightmare to end

[kellzfresh 7,229]

what a relief if we have an extra player on the pitch that can shoot from out side the box.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

what a relief if we have an extra player on the pitch that can shoot from out side the box.

[OneMoSalah 8,783]

Wasn't too impressed with him actually, for all the comments on here demanding he played he did a few "decent" things. That cross he put in for example was the best thing he did. Did nobody notice he kicked the ball out of play in the Fulham half? Or had a decent chance to put a cross in on the left when Branna was up but went outside the box taking a massive touch giving him no chance to shoot/cross?

I think people are expecting too much from Marin, he is a good player or was, hes not at that level he was at Werder Bremen when Ozil was there now, far from it. Wouldn't expect him to do too much for a while yet, he might come on as an impact player most weeks and stretch games but I don't think he'll do anything special like Hazard/Mata/Oscar are capable of.

Hes not as explosive as he once was at Bremen, I noticed that last night. He is still fast but not as fast as before due to injuries obviously lol. He can improve still though.

[Milan 17,859]

He just needs more games to get properly into it.

[Backstreet09 499]

Wouldn't expect him to do too much for a while yet, he might come on as an impact player most weeks and stretch games but I don't think he'll do anything special like Hazard/Mata/Oscar are capable of.

Well atleast he will be more effective than MAZACAR , and Benitez has already put Oscar into some heavy physical training , I think he's making him ready to play as a CM , so we will see MAZACARIN from now on ^__^

[OneMoSalah 8,783]

Well atleast he will be more effective than MAZACAR , and Benitez has already put Oscar into some heavy physical training , I think he's making him ready to play as a CM , so we will see MAZACARIN from now on ^__^

More effective than Mazacar doubt that tbh.

[Muzchap 8,966]

Wasn't too impressed with him actually, for all the comments on here demanding he played he did a few "decent" things. That cross he put in for example was the best thing he did. Did nobody notice he kicked the ball out of play in the Fulham half? Or had a decent chance to put a cross in on the left when Branna was up but went outside the box taking a massive touch giving him no chance to shoot/cross?

I think people are expecting too much from Marin, he is a good player or was, hes not at that level he was at Werder Bremen when Ozil was there now, far from it. Wouldn't expect him to do too much for a while yet, he might come on as an impact player most weeks and stretch games but I don't think he'll do anything special like Hazard/Mata/Oscar are capable of.

Hes not as explosive as he once was at Bremen, I noticed that last night. He is still fast but not as fast as before due to injuries obviously lol. He can improve still though.

He had 10 minutes - in a really shitty match where we had all the creativity of a dead mole...

So unfair to judge him on that - sure he had an option to do this or do that - but ALL of the other players fucked it up for 80+ minutes - so let's not get carried away with Marin who had 10 minutes...

If he gets a RUN of FULL 90 minutes games - then we'll see a player that's fast and capable of linking up play, beating a defender and scoring...

[Backstreet09 499]

More effective than Mazacar doubt that tbh.

Mazacar has been underperforming since like the whole November . IMO Marin did quiet well in 8 minutes or so , he was direct and suddently we looked more dangerous tbh

[Jype 6,398]

I liked what I saw from Marko, even though he managed to make a couple of bad decisions with his passing. He's not afraid to challenge opponents in one-on-one situations, something which I would have expected Hazard to try more often having watched him at Lille. I know Marin can be a really frustrating player to watch if he's out of form because he still keeps on trying to do something special and then he loses the ball over and over again, but I suppose that in matches like yesterday it's better to at least try doing anything to settle the match in our favour and maybe fail doing it rather than not even trying to break through the opponent's defense and fail with a 100% certainty, no?

[YouNameIt 1,511]

Great to see him play, but the Fulham game was just wrong for him. We needed Moses for that. Marin should come back in a game where we are in the lead at least.