Ruiz!

[Gary]

Bryan Ruiz played today. So Im guessing we are sorted in the midfield?

[Fernhurst]

Wow .... he lives !!

Smith scored both goals, and we have another week to bed this team in enough to gain 3 points week tomorrow.

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[dannyboi-ffc]

That to me suggests he wont be off to besiktas. Hes staying till january, why else would he of played. Good news

[filham]

That to me suggests he wont be off to besiktas. Hes staying till january, why else would he of played. Good news

Could be that we are just demonstrating to other club who may be interested in him that he is sort of match fit.

[hovewhite]

Will watch what happens wth interest!

[FPT]

That to me suggests he wont be off to besiktas. Hes staying till january, why else would he of played. Good news

Turkish window is closed, plus Besiktas went for other options anyway.

[FPT]

Good to hear, I don't quite know how he fits into the team.

The only way that Bryan Ruiz can fit in the diamond is if we drop Chris David in his favour. In theory, we could drop Chris David into a deeper midfield role, but that then involves dropping Emerson Hyndman because of the form of Tim Hoogland in front of the back four and Scott Parker in general. Chris David going deeper could be incredibly frustrating because of his traits as a player, he likes to dribble and likes to take shots; he'll be moved into a position where it's not the best way of playing. His decision making isn't top standard when he plays behind the strikers, so why would it be when dropped deeper?

We could fit both Bryan Ruiz and Chris David into the same team by playing a 4231; Chris David could play off of the right with Bryan behind the striker, however, that would result in pushing Ross McCormack onto the left flank. McCormack is fully capable of playing on the left (in 12-13 he scored 8 and assisted 12 from the left for Leeds), but when you spend the majority of your budget on a striker, you'd like to see him play up top... Though if it's not to the best benefit of the team and all that, it makes sense.

Basically, the only way he can fit sensibly is in a 4231, where we would lose that number in the middle, usually taken up by Emerson Hyndman, as well as sacrificing Ross McCormack to the flank.

If I'm in charge, I stick with the diamond, but Ruiz goes on the bench; he proves his worth to me and he proves his commitment to the cause in performances. Psychology at its basic.

[nose]

wow, star of cost a rica made no impression on the transfer market whatsoever,
rather like his performances for us on the pitch.

we had two and a half seasons of inefectual play from the man so there is no good news in the threat of his return to an even more physically demanding division.

[westcliff white]

That to me suggests he wont be off to besiktas. Hes staying till january, why else would he of played. Good news

Turkish window is closed, plus Besiktas went for other options anyway.

My understanding is the Turkish and possibly Russian windows close at 4 on the 6th September.

[jmh]

That to me suggests he wont be off to besiktas. Hes staying till january, why else would he of played. Good news

Turkish window is closed, plus Besiktas went for other options anyway.

My understanding is the Turkish and possibly Russian windows close at 4 on the 6th September.

According to this site, you are correct and the windows in Turkey and Russia (and Romania, for what it's worth) remain open.  However, the official site of the European Football Professional Leagues contradicts the first site, saying that the window in Russia closed on September 1st, like most other countries.  It doesn't say anything about Turkey, but the discrepancy regarding the window in Russia makes me doubt the trustworthiness of the first site in general.

[westcliff white]

Russia has always closed after everybody else, but it's so confusing. Why they all can't be on the same day or have no windows at all is beyond me

[Holders]

Russia has always closed after everybody else, but it's so confusing. Why they all can't be on the same day or have no windows at all is beyond me

It's probably because they're Orthodox and still use the Julian calendar.

[One Martin Thomas]

He's being paid a wage and therefore should be giving something in return (assuming Magath let's him).  It's the least Ruiz could do is put a shift in until January.  His stock must now have fallen back down after WC efforts.

[Neil D]

Russia has always closed after everybody else, but it's so confusing. Why they all can't be on the same day or have no windows at all is beyond me

It's probably because they're Orthodox and still use the Julian calendar.

The Bolsheviks put a stop to that in 1918.

[bobby01]

wow, star of cost a rica made no impression on the transfer market whatsoever,
rather like his performances for us on the pitch.

we had two and a half seasons of inefectual play from the man so there is no good news in the threat of his return to an even more physically demanding division.

Not often I agree with you nose, but I think you are spot on here.

[JackyFulham90]

I am glad Ruiz will be part of the squad but no way should he just be given a starting place. David is playing well. Ruiz should start at Reading as a sub.

[Canary White]

Unfortunately for Ruiz we have a glut of good, in not excellent, creative midfielders and deep-lying forwards. I'd like to see him on the bench.

[nose]

wow, star of cost a rica made no impression on the transfer market whatsoever,
rather like his performances for us on the pitch.

we had two and a half seasons of inefectual play from the man so there is no good news in the threat of his return to an even more physically demanding division.

Not often I agree with you nose, but I think you are spot on here.

thank you for your reply. I didn't think anyone wanted to talk to me lately. It has been ages since I got any sort of response at all.

I am sorry you don't agree with my other posts, however i suspect like frank carson used to say it might be more of a function of the way i tell them.

regarding ruiz I just think he is totally unsuited to the british game.

[hovewhite]

Nose better to have an opinion,than no opinion at all!

[HatterDon]

Start David and sub him off after 60 for Roberts. David runs out of ideas in the 2nd half and Roberts looks lost when he starts, but is a terror as a sub.