Marcos Alonso

[LAM09 6,744]

Great performance for him going forward.

[kellzfresh 7,229]

[Iggy Doonican 4,186]

I only found out about this today. He ended up with a fine he's a very lucky boy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-13266141

[Fernando 6,456]

Unlike most of you who are a bunch of knee jerk reaction people I still think he is very limited and should be replaced. 

One good game does not make a trend, as neither one bad game makes a trend. 

The overall analysis for me still hold, very limited player that should be one of a squad player. 

Hopefully we can upgrade in the coming transfer window. 

[Magic Lamps 11,653]

7 minutes ago, Fernando said:

Unlike most of you who are a bunch of knee jerk reaction people I still think he is very limited and should be replaced. 

One good game does not make a trend, as neither one bad game makes a trend. 

The overall analysis for me still hold, very limited player that should be one of a squad player. 

Hopefully we can upgrade in the coming transfer window. 

You are right  there are better options out there and we should ponder those too including our very own Kennedy and Baba who are both prolly better suited for that role. However yesterday was a flawless performance. We needed a hero to bail us out, he did so kudos. Let him have his moment 

[Blue-in-me-Veins 4,067]

1 hour ago, Iggy Doonican said:

I only found out about this today. He ended up with a fine he's a very lucky boy.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-manchester-13266141

I know right, I just found out about this on Monday. 

So sickening to know you have a murderer playing for your team. That fine he recieved was less than a week's wages too! Apparently that's just how the law in Spain works. 

If you don't have any criminal background, then like your first offense (to certain degree) can be paid off. 

Wonder the pain that young woman's family must go through. 

[BlueLyon 9,359]

48 minutes ago, Blue-in-me-Veins said:

I know right, I just found out about this on Monday. 

So sickening to know you have a murderer playing for your team. That fine he recieved was less than a week's wages too! Apparently that's just how the law in Spain works. 

If you don't have any criminal background, then like your first offense (to certain degree) can be paid off. 

Wonder the pain that young woman's family must go through. 

I thought the law there is (in some cases atleast) that the victims family can decide either the criminal pays the fine or goes to jail and while not common, Marcos was good friend and they decided to only fine him.

[Jase 43,479]

1 hour ago, Fernando said:

Unlike most of you who are a bunch of knee jerk reaction people I still think he is very limited and should be replaced. 

One good game does not make a trend, as neither one bad game makes a trend. 

The overall analysis for me still hold, very limited player that should be one of a squad player. 

Hopefully we can upgrade in the coming transfer window. 

Indeed but I do wonder if we'll get a LWB with a sweet left foot like Alonso. So unlucky that his 18-yard volley went wide yesterday. Hit it so beautifully!

[Barbara 15,149]

He has physical limitations which compromise his defending abilities, but he has a good toolkit to support the attack. A good shot, good cross, decent ability to dribble in 1x1 situations, good vision.

I don't know if his defensive issues can be remedied or at least diminished, I would like an improvement on him, but I also value the hard work, good presentations (especially attacking) he has done here.

I did say he couldn't suck

[Kieran. 6,317]

I think he's pretty underrated IMO, sweet left foot; very slow yes, but he runs the most on our team. Even more than Kante.

[Miguelito 459]

A good shot.

I actually think he is pretty poor at shooting. Obviously scored two goals and had nice volley yesterday, but he's been very poor at shooting this season.

[LDN Blue 7,903]

3 minutes ago, Miguelito said:

I actually think he is pretty poor at shooting. Obviously scored two goals and had nice volley yesterday, but he's been very poor at shooting this season.

 

Agreed. Obviously delighted he's got those goals, but he's still quite bad a shooting  

[Kieran. 6,317]

6 minutes ago, LDN Blue said:

Agreed. Obviously delighted he's got those goals, but he's still quite bad a shooting  

um no? he hardly shoots. Remember his stunning free kick 3 weeks ago or so that hit the crossbar?

[nyikolajevics 2,576]

On 2017. 01. 15. at 0:01 AM, volfan89 said:

Fiorentina doesn't play in the premier league...

So? Serie A is not an U15 girl league either. Yes, used to be the Premier League was a very tough league, but now every league is full with short, creative players, every PL-team is filled with South-Americans..

[LDN Blue 7,903]

16 hours ago, Kieran. said:

um no? he hardly shoots. Remember his stunning free kick 3 weeks ago or so that hit the crossbar?

I recall a fair few times he's been in good positions but poorly shot. Can't recall right now cos I'm quite stoned but when I do, I'll come back to this  

[It's too big 625]

I wonder if there's another Marcelo out there. That is the kind of LB we need. Pace, power, shooting ability, can cross, and solid defensively. 

[Jase 43,479]

2 hours ago, It's too big said:

I wonder if there's another Marcelo out there. That is the kind of LB we need. Pace, power, shooting ability, can cross, and solid defensively. 

Did you basically just say Marcelo is solid defensively?

[Barbara 15,149]

6 hours ago, Jason said:

Did you basically just say Marcelo is solid defensively?

how many years have it been since you last watched Marcelo play consistently.... if you ever did, that is.

He has improved immensely his defensive abilities and he has absolutely nothing to be ashamed of about it nowadays.

So yeah, he IS solid defensively. Might not be an Azpili, but definitely solid enough.