Emilio Izaguirre

Espinoza for Wigan is playing better than him just now

 

I must admit his crossing is poor,needs to work on this

Love the wee song the GB have for him,can't get it oot my head.

 

your point being?

 

I don't think that's it, he doesn't get the ball with room to knock it into anymore because the tactics have changed. Before he was practically a winger and he knew that Joe Ledley was covering him; now he holds his play until we're a bit more assured in possession; which allows the players to sit behind the ball from deep which means Izzy needs to beat them with skill.

 

Anyone know the words to the new emilio song the GB have been singing in recent weeks? Never been able to make them out

 

Yeah, I have been wondering this as well, its really annoying cos the tune is in my head but i don't know the words!

 

Honduras plays the USA tonight in WQ qualifying. Anyone know if Emilio will be in the starting lineup? I hope he has a good game, but not good enough for Honduras to take away any points.

 

I think next season will be an important one for Emilio Izaguirre.

1st season - Fantastic.
2nd season - Destroyed by injury
3rd season - Very average(in my opinion)

Basically he hasn't contributed much for 2 seasons now. I don't expect him to get back to the form he showed in his first season here but it would be nice if he could get somewhere close to it next season. If his form next season is the same as it was this season then I'd be on the lookout for a new left back next summer.

 

He had glimpses last season of the Izzy we expect. I agree it is a massive year for him, but one I think with a good pre-season he'll excel in.

Maybe we might sign another LB who might push Izzy for a place. Can get complacent with no real challenge in your position.

Look at how well both Matthews and Lustig were last season. Both had very good seasons and I think it's great that if one is out I won't be too nervous of bringing in the other. We need that at LB too.

 

What about Cha?

 

I can only speak for myself and say that this isn't the case at all. I was a huge Jackie McNamara fan, I really liked Mark Wilson and I was one of the few who liked Lee Naylor and stuck up for him often. There have been others that I have thought were * like Telfer and Cha right enough.

I just think that ever since his ankle break he's been a shadow of the player he was in his first season here. He doesn't look as fast, he gets caught out of position a lot more often and his crossing was brutal in the second half of last season.

He needs to up his game.

 

In his first season he seemed fast enough to take players on with the ball at his feet. Unless I'm imagining it I can't remember him actually running at players with the ball lately? He makes runs beyond and gets played in but just doesn't seem quite as effective as he once was to me.

 

Can't understand why anyone would think Paul Telfer was *. He was solid and had an outstanding engine. Never going to be a world beater but he let our more imaginative players play.

Did some amount of leg work for Nakamura. I was 15/16/17 when he played and a full back myself, and he used to set a great example.

 

Aye Telfer wasnt that bad, he rarely got skinned, rarely done anything good either he was just a decent allround player. I never once thought "aw naw Telfers playing hes gonna get the pish ripped out him". You knew he wasnt going to go up getting crosses in but you also knew he was going to be solid enough at the back.

He was a wise player who had years of Premiership experience.

 

Id rate our full-backs of the 2000's

1. Agathe
2. McNamara
3. Lustig
4. Hinkel
5. Izaguirre
6. Matthews
7. Wilson
8. Mulgrew
9. Telfer
10. Cha
11. Doumbe
12. Braafheid
13. Fox
14. Caddis
15. M.Gray
16. Crainey
17. Naylor
18. El Kaddouri
19. Camara
20. Blackman

I think that's all that have played for us. Although Ross Wallace wasnt a full-back id put him in at number 10 for the few games he played there, although he couldnt defend atleast he had good pace, could get forward and was a good crosser.

Forgot Mulgrew and Fox, although I wouldnt class Mulgrew as one he is a better one than most. Forgot Cha too.

 

Can't really argue with that. Perhaps a bit generous with Braafheid, I'd have him, El Kaddouri and Camara as the bottom 3.

I also thought Caddis was excellent and would probably find his way up to around 8th for me.

The only poor players there were Naylor, El Kaddouri and Camara - we've been quite lucky. Even Michael Gray did a job on the left. He was excellent in Lyon when we lost 3-2 there.

 

Just noticed Fox. Bottom 4 for me he is * pish.

 

You've done Lee Naylor a major disservice there. Naylor did more for Celtic than any of the 8 players you have directly above him. He probably did more than Mulgrew(as a full-back) and Wilson too.