jackalbion
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- Aug 30, 2011
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God his first touch is delicious isn’t it.
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[Albion] Kaoru Mitoma
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pigmanovich
Good Old Sausage by the Sea
Not as delicious as this fellow’s https://nortr3nixy.nimpr.uk/threads/bechamel-moussaka.360086/
Terry Butcher Tribute Act
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Could it be the best in world football? Usually that would be a huge exaggeration, but...
So good it’s got two threads
[Football] - First Touch
Is there a player in PL that has a better first touch than Mitoma. Qf course all can trap ball but Mitoma as well as controling alway looking to move ball into attacking position
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Brian Fantana
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When it's good, it's unreal. When it's not, his second touch is a tackle - Ipswich at home this season being a case in point.
I'm amazed there's not a much older thread. Mitoma's first touch is an absolute marvel.
Nobby Cybergoat
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I think he'll stay.
Although he's had some magical moments, I don't think anyone who has seen his season overall is going to come in and make an offer tempting enough for us to want to do business
Man of Harveys
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He treats the ball as carefully as a snooker player treats the cue ball. Except he does it when it’s coming at him at tremendous pace, over his shoulder and having been dispatched from another postal district. Not sure I’ve ever seen anything quite like it. He’s a wizard.
jackalbion
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Just 14 Hours to go until the next one, maybe.
Three if you include the magnificent, mercurial Mitoma one.
That first touch to take the ball in his stride before the first goal assist was sublime.
The hunger he showed to get to the ball at the far post with a defender all over him was superb.
BadFish
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Oh god, that will upset Mustafa IV.
Can't see how he stays. Would be a great signing for anyone in the league. Even Liverpool. And will be very relatively cheap because of age and contract length
Greg Bobkin
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RIP One Of Those Threads
BrickTamland
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Feels like he is starting to get back to his best.
junior
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If he's going to go, it'll be this summer in my opinion due to age. If we keep him this summer I can't imagine many clubs after that coming in with a mega bucks offer for 29 year old.
Presumably he'll want to return to Japan and play for a few years before retirement, so maybe we can keep him until that point.
Presumably he'll want to return to Japan and play for a few years before retirement, so maybe we can keep him until that point.
hampshirebrightonboy
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Amazing that no commentators / analysis experts on the tele picked up on it - as far as I heard anyway. It was just a "simple goal".
To control a ball coming over your head, kicked from the other half of the pitch as you are sprinting and without breaking stride - quite astonishing. And yet none of the "experts" noticed.