He was the Rhodes we already had - and more. He was also willing to do the Kuytian donkey work. (Dirk Kuyt was signed by Liverpool as an exciting striker before Rafa converted him into a more functional grafter. Aitor was as Rafa was to start with - function over flair, tactics over talent.)
I really miss the days where we'd be able to play the ball to the back post and Stuani would just appear to rifle it in, nowdays it's either straight at a defender or out for a throw
He was an excellent finisher Stuani, but he wasn't an english style centre forward, he couldn't hold the ball up in a 1 striker set up, i think he struggled physically sometimes and he had poor link up play, ok, he went to a spanish team who played 4-4-2 with a big man/little man combo and he flourished personally, his team didn't though, and accomodating him in a 2 man front two cost them their league status, footballs a fine balance
You can look at it in other ways. His manager at Boro at the time also attained the club’s highest points tallies of the century so far - and when his team didn’t win, it was often a matter of fine margins. (The few early 2016 defeats that preceded the Charlton fiasco? 0-1, 0-1, 1-2, 0-1.) So at the time, I thought - whatever works, works. Besides, you can’t win them all anyway, so why not just roll with it?
If only we played him in the right position when we had him. Quality player who put 100% in every game.
Third top scorer in spain two seasons running after he left us only behind messi and ronaldo :( good player
He was the Rhodes we already had - and more. He was also willing to do the Kuytian donkey work. (Dirk Kuyt was signed by Liverpool as an exciting striker before Rafa converted him into a more functional grafter. Aitor was as Rafa was to start with - function over flair, tactics over talent.)
You love to see it 😍😍😍 wish I could have these times back 😍😍
Cross it and Stuani will bang it in 🔥
High quality
Some class bits of play...if only we played this way now 😭
Can we appreciate how good fabbrini was
Topman
We should have kept him. #UTB
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I really miss the days where we'd be able to play the ball to the back post and Stuani would just appear to rifle it in, nowdays it's either straight at a defender or out for a throw
And some genius thought he wasn't an out and out striker...
I’d forgotten how good his goal at home to West Ham was, albeit not due to his own work but the rest of the team’s...
He was an excellent finisher Stuani, but he wasn't an english style centre forward, he couldn't hold the ball up in a 1 striker set up, i think he struggled physically sometimes and he had poor link up play, ok, he went to a spanish team who played 4-4-2 with a big man/little man combo and he flourished personally, his team didn't though, and accomodating him in a 2 man front two cost them their league status, footballs a fine balance
UTB
Vem pro GRÊMIO 😎😎
If only we had a decent manager to use him properly
You can look at it in other ways. His manager at Boro at the time also attained the club’s highest points tallies of the century so far - and when his team didn’t win, it was often a matter of fine margins. (The few early 2016 defeats that preceded the Charlton fiasco? 0-1, 0-1, 1-2, 0-1.) So at the time, I thought - whatever works, works. Besides, you can’t win them all anyway, so why not just roll with it?
Still think it's a criminal offence we played him right wing
He’s scored two again tonight he’s 37 what a footballer