cushynumber 25,178 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Maybe just holding on to the ball a little longer than he needs to etc... Thoughts? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackrfc95 4,255 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 We were 5-0 up against a lower division team, don't blame him tbh. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clemdog 39,389 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I wouldn't say 'showboating' but overplaying it to lap up the crowd, yes. It's up to him and I don't really mind 6-0 up against Dunfermline, but he probably cost a few of his teammates a chance of a goal. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marky. 6,923 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 He's no Oduwa... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryju84 3,170 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Showboating isnt maybe the word. But could have passed quicker. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMotor 2,208 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Nope. Reckon he's having to do it as the other players are struggling to spot the spaces as fast as he does. They'll get it and we'll really fly when they do. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
born a blue nose 90,674 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 He's a good enough player to know when and when not to showboat, so I have zero problems with this. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
orange&blue92 1,284 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 The game was over, no doubt would be less flairy with the game at 0-0 Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
only14me 381 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 That's Niko. He's always looking to play men in with a defence-splitting pass. It won't always come off but I enjoy watching him turn opponents inside out. He's an entertainer. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PRW. 5,631 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Nah, he maybe was tonight yeah but we were 5/6 up. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cedrick 8,048 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Nah love it , plan Saturday blitz them get 3/4 up then bring big Niko on to ripp the pure cunt oot them Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushynumber 25,178 Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 It's not just tonight I had this kind of perception, that maybe he was playing to the crowd, not playing the game... Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie0202 12,194 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 1 minute ago, TheMotor said: Nope. Reckon he's having to do it as the other players are struggling to spot the spaces as fast as he does. They'll get it and we'll really fly when they do. I thought this was a piss take when I first read it but fuck it, (might be the drink) I agree. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZZed 4,510 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Playing his natural game, lovely. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 5 minutes ago, cushynumber said: Maybe just holding on to the ball a little longer than he needs to etc... Thoughts? Player tries to be exciting at 5 nil - we start a negative sounding thread? Go figure. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
To Be A Ranger 4,032 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 He was good with it though. I thought maybe just being back from injury he didn't quite have that sharpness, but he did manage to hold on to the ball most of the time while taking the piss out of the opposition. And as others noted, the game was done by the time he came on. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cushynumber 25,178 Posted August 9, 2017 Author Share Posted August 9, 2017 59 minutes ago, Bluepeter9 said: Player tries to be exciting at 5 nil - we start a negative sounding thread? Go figure. Honestly I'm speechless. Not the first time with you. But as a mod I have to bite my tongue. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
philiprfc 1,799 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Guy's a class act, and it pays off more often than not. Only wish we had got him a few years younger. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Nosed Babe 20,490 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 I enjoyed Niko's antics. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Laudrup1690 1,064 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Can you just not enjoy a 6-0 win?!? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluepeter9 5,167 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 1 minute ago, cushynumber said: Honestly I'm speechless. Not the first time with you. But as a mod I have to bite my tongue. Why? Because I critique a negative thread after a 6-0 win? Do we not love to be entertained. Niko brings us class and guile - which I think will be important to us - that 'guile' means he tries things that are different - sometimes they work, sometimes not but to start a thread to discuss him 'showboating to much' for me is a negative spin on an exciting player on a night that was so positive. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersMedia 35,961 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 When we're shagging teams Niko can come on and do what he wants. Love him. Proper baller. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RangersMedia 35,961 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 When he ripped the piss out of Dean Shiels ?????? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boaby Bear 411 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 Against the better teams that kinda showboating could and probably will cost us that's my worry with him, that and he's always skating the line of an injury cos some cunt will no doubt snap him in anger. Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boaby Bear 411 Posted August 9, 2017 Share Posted August 9, 2017 15 minutes ago, Marky. said: He's no Oduwa... What's happened to him btw? Quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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