Pre-season specialist Haris Vučkić joins FC Twente

Not ready to start big games, shame.

Was clearly out of his depth tonight, the change should have been made at half time.

Not Haris's fault.

Poor decision to start him.

Aye looked lost tonight

Wrong game/strategy for him tonight, but he was still far from being our poorest contributor.

I think he's an interesting prospect for us, although I'm concerned that the speed of the EPL might be a problem for him. Moving forward, I just hope his technique and football smarts can compensate for his lack of pace. 

Poor decision to start him.

Agreed, I can understand starting him against lesser teams like WBA but starting against a team like Liverpool was ill-advised. Looked overwhelmed by the occasion. Still young though and he's definitely one for the future.

pardew siad he saw enough against west brom for him to start tonight....i didn't.

2 shots does not a good game from centre mid make!

pardew siad he saw enough against west brom for him to start tonight....i didn't.

 

2 shots does not a good game from centre mid make!

My question is, why not start him against Bolton?

Not good at all. Not that he should be judged on this game nor should have started. He'll improve in time, but not sure what Pardew saw in him to think, yes, best start him tonight.

pardew siad he saw enough against west brom for him to start tonight.

My question is, why not start him against Bolton?

Lovely interview with him on .cock.

Took up some good positions and picked the ball up in a few dangerous areas but often either played it backwards or declined to take a shot on goal. Looked like nerves or the big occasion got the better of him tonight but plenty of promise to show there'll be a hell of a lot more to come from the lad.

Not good at all. Not that he should be judged on this game nor should have started. He'll improve in time, but not sure what Pardew saw in him to think, yes, best start him tonight.

The alternative was Ben Arfa.

Looked decent during that minute period of decent possession we enjoyed

Not good at all. Not that he should be judged on this game nor should have started. He'll improve in time, but not sure what Pardew saw in him to think, yes, best start him tonight.

 

The alternative was Ben Arfa.

Do you think he's benching Hatem out of spite or because he doesn't know how to use him?

Honestly don't know. It's getting farcical when we're starting a 19 year old in his place, something's not right.

Was a shame tonight. The lad never stopped working, tried his best, but just couldn't get into it. Shrugged off the ball at nigh on every opportunity, wayward balls, just generally looked off the pace. Look forward to him getting some more opportunities this season in better circumstances, ie not getting thrown in in against the likes of Liverpool.

Honestly don't know. It's getting farcical when we're starting a 19 year old in his place, something's not right.

It's not. It's fairly obvious why he started Vuckic, I don't get why people make out otherwise.

pardew siad he saw enough against west brom for him to start tonight....i didn't.

 

2 shots does not a good game from centre mid make!

My question is, why not start him against Bolton?

Manager in "different tactics" shocker

Christ, some people are desperate for a stick to flog him with

Was a shame tonight. The lad never stopped working, tried his best, but just couldn't get into it. Shrugged off the ball at nigh on every opportunity, wayward balls, just generally looked off the pace. Look forward to him getting some more opportunities this season in better circumstances, ie not getting thrown in in against the likes of Liverpool.

The Liverpool who  were one point above us before the game ,with a midfield that included Henderson and Spearing .

Still early days for the lad good experience for him today, Just think Liverpool are not as good as the media make them out to be.

Was a shame tonight. The lad never stopped working, tried his best, but just couldn't get into it. Shrugged off the ball at nigh on every opportunity, wayward balls, just generally looked off the pace. Look forward to him getting some more opportunities this season in better circumstances, ie not getting thrown in in against the likes of Liverpool.

were you watching the right game? He brushed off plenty of Liverpool pressure, see his delightful cameo in the second half for a pointed example of him keeping the ball under pressure (about 4 different attempts to bundle him off the ball were thwarted before he rolled the ball out to Tiote IIRC).

Yes, there were occasions where Liverpool got back in numbers and hounded him off the ball, but that was symptomatic of their team performance and all of our players were 'guilty' (wrong word) of this - even the industrious Tiote.

Lack of movement on the flanks hardly helped the central midfielders in a quick ball distribution; however, it was interesting/positive to see that when we did keep the ball in the second half, it was due to Vuckic dropping off and playing quick one-twos with our other players.

FFS, you have to give him experience against big teams.  That's the price we have to pay for bringing these youngsters up.  This is not FM.  I am sure Vuckic takes a huge lot from this match where he has had very little time and space to play with. Of coz it's easy to say "let him shine against the weak teams and let him wait for the big teams", seems the best for every parties and we don't need to pay the education cost eh?

If you know this player has a great future, play him, don't hide him against the superior sides. That's how players like Gerrard and Totti becomes legendary players.  They look shit and out of their depth during their early days as well.

Not his fault but he shouldn't have played. To put him in away from home against a strong team in a formation the lads aren't used to is poor management. Pards should have stuck with the team that got the second half win at Bolton.

Not his fault but he shouldn't have played. To put him in away from home against a strong team in a formation the lads aren't used to is poor management. Pards should have stuck with the team that got the second half win at Bolton.

that didn't work very well in the second half, what makes you think it would have worked without Santon?

FFS, you have to give him experience against big teams.  That's the price we have to pay for bringing these youngsters up.  This is not FM.  I am sure Vuckic takes a huge lot from this match where he has had very little time and space to play with. Of coz it's easy to say "let him shine against the weak teams and let him wait for the big teams", seems the best for every parties and we don't need to pay the education cost eh?

 

If you know this player has a great future, play him, don't hide him against the superior sides. That's how players like Gerrard and Totti becomes legendary players.  They look s*** and out of their depth during their early days as well.

got to agree with most of this