Finn Azaz

[CSA96]

6 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

We have divided opinions in our house on Azaz and while I like him, I had to admit he did go missing for much of the game today...but that finish made up for it.

He reminds me of Tadic in the way he can do something memorable and then be a passenger for the rest of the game.

Really? People around us were commenting on how he was getting up close to Stewart when we had the ball and working hard to get back in between Bragg and Jander when we didn't have the ball. He won a bunch of little flicks and 50/50s by getting stuck in. Didn't think he was a passenger at all today, to be honest (although he does have days where the game passes him by, but I think that's most No. 10s apart from the very, very elite ones)

[ant]

If you want Azaz at his on-the-turn long range glory, you take him warts and all.

Those that criticise him will lament his loss when he's gone.

[Osvaldorama]

22 minutes ago, CSA96 said:

Really? People around us were commenting on how he was getting up close to Stewart when we had the ball and working hard to get back in between Bragg and Jander when we didn't have the ball. He won a bunch of little flicks and 50/50s by getting stuck in. Didn't think he was a passenger at all today, to be honest (although he does have days where the game passes him by, but I think that's most No. 10s apart from the very, very elite ones)

Agree with this, thought today was one of his better games (much like the whole team). Couldn’t fault him at all 

[saintant]

51 minutes ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

We have divided opinions in our house on Azaz and while I like him, I had to admit he did go missing for much of the game today...but that finish made up for it.

He reminds me of Tadic in the way he can do something memorable and then be a passenger for the rest of the game.

He's a proper baller with a razor sharp brain. These type of players will always have periods when not seeming to affect games especially against a side like City where you don't have much decent possession. He still came up with most of our good moments and scored a superb goal to send every Saints fan into raptures. 

[JohnnyShearer2.0]

Under Still, I thought he was a very hot and cold player. I didn't think he was great and the effort wasnt there.

However that was indicative of the whole team. 

However feel that he has really come on in the second half of the season in what he does for the team and all round play.

[Farmer Saint]

He is a baller. He goes missing, he tries stuff that doesn't come off, but he is always creative and gets loads of goals and assists. 

If he was consistently in the games he'd be worth £100m. He's not, so he's not.

[RedArmy]

10 hours ago, OnceaSaintalwaysaSaint said:

We have divided opinions in our house on Azaz and while I like him, I had to admit he did go missing for much of the game today...but that finish made up for it.

He reminds me of Tadic in the way he can do something memorable and then be a passenger for the rest of the game.

We had 31% of the ball, what exactly did you expect him to do for the other 69% of the time? 

He was involved in everything good we did going forward.