Thread: Keane and Rasmussen

Why have we not seen this front pairing more often? Both look perfectly suited to play off each other and have shown an understanding in the little time on the pitch they've had together. Keane always worked well off a bigger target man eg Quinn and Berbatov.
Rasmussen certainly has not good a fair amount of game time since he arrived

The reason is because we've tried to play Fortune' and Samaras every week.

This season should be a lesson to any up and coming manager that the 4-2-4 doesn't work. You need to score at least 3 a game to win games this way.

I find some of Lenny's selections strange, Brown and NGuemo in central midfield makes no sense; Fortune up front with Keane is another. Fortune is not a striker, he is terrible in the air and regularly heads over from 3 yards, he does not attack the ball in the box and has little to no predatory awareness, he looks okay 30 yards from goal and is allegedly good at creating chances for midfielders, problem being we don’t offer much of a goal threat from midfield. McGready scores some but not enough, Brown is asked to sit in now and is a shadow of the player he was, only Maloney would offer a threat from midfield and he's more of a threat to the treatment table than anything else.

Fortune surely must be one of the players on the "list" so other than keep him in the shop window why play him. Ra should get a run in the team, as should Crosas. At least let’s see if some of the fringe players are good enough......

Just watched the match... Razza's been what we've been crying out for. A good striker who will be known in the box.

Rassa and Kean up front
Crosas Ki Brown in the middle
McGeady floating between
Win.

Originally Posted by Hoopymo

The fans have been suggesting this pairing for months.

Seems blatantly obvious to the fans alright...why the hell it was ignored is a strange one

Also apparently the ra mans one match suspension kicks in for next week

Originally Posted by Dusty Mac

im just happy the cunts didnt try and wrangle him outa the huns game!

You assume we'd have played him regardless?
I feel for Rassa, he was coming here probably in the mind set that he was going to take a starring role, and got shafted by the Keane arrival. Fair play to the guy he accpeted the nature of Keane at Celtic, but the guy deserves more game time, and a good run of full 90mins like.

Originally Posted by Anth

You assume we'd have played him regardless?
I feel for Rassa, he was coming here probably in the mind set that he was going to take a starring role, and got shafted by the Keane arrival. Fair play to the guy he accpeted the nature of Keane at Celtic, but the guy deserves more game time, and a good run of full 90mins like.

Agree with all you've said there. . .

Who knows if the big man is gonna turn out a player. . .jury well out imo, but ye cant fault his attitude.

Exacly guys. He may turn out a flop, he may be a fucking new Larsson, who really knows. But he doesnt get the chance to show it.
A few of our players have went down this path, even more so than Rassa has.
Ben Hutchi never got a chance at all really, even though he tore the reserve league apart, and we were screaming out for a goal scorer all last season.
Mizuno the same although I think Injury played a part there.
Misun is another, though I feel he may actually be injured he is surely better than Naylor though, at least from the very litle I have seen he seems more competent than Naylor. We need to give these guys a chance, and times like now is the best chance.

Originally Posted by Dusty Mac

mizuno got a big shot in the of match and was poor mate, i dont think hes a future here, too lightweight. i was never a hutch fan, when he did finaly get a few apps his movement was shite and his shot were all ballooned high and wide, think he went on loan to some didy club and has been meh. misun? fingers crossed he could be a player but he was injured for a year straight there pretty much no chacne of game time

aye thats the thing. . .to be good enough ye need to take yer chance when it comes. . .If ye cant take yer chance then maybe yer no good enough.