Etienne Capoue

Discussion in 'Former Players Archive' started by Michael Thomas, Nov 1, 2015.

  1. Chumlax

    Chumlax Squad Player

    One of the most annoying things about Capoue, apart from his moaning and lack of influence and mental weakness, is the fact that he's actually a beast; 6'3'' and physically imposing, and yet he's just too unbothered to even use that size to try and win or retain the ball. He is a bit of a silly caricature of a Frenchman. You can constantly see him going into 50/50s in an uncommitted, weak way, and losing as a result. At the same time, that physique has never once physically stopped an opposing attacker gliding straight through the middle of the pitch and towards our goal.

    Last season he downed tools around December, this season he has done exactly the same but several months earlier. Him being our top scorer is both largely irrelevant, and an indictment of our actual assorted strikers and other attacking players.

    I've said it before on here, but we give Iggy loads of stick for effectively making us play with 10 men when he starts (with good reason) but at least when Iggy is there doing nothing, he's not doing it in the centre of the pitch, in the engine room/the most consistently important part of the pitch, constantly allowing the opposition to saunter through us then slowing the play down to a crawl before eventually passing it off to someone beside him when the ball comes back up our way.
     
  2. nascot

    nascot First Team

    A luxury player. Everything he does looks great when the team is on form and the football is flowing. Looks like he doesn't care when we're struggling and in need of some fight.
     
  3. Otter

    Otter Gambling industry insider

    Really? He may be lazy at times, but not the laziest. We've had a few arseholes play for us as well. Anyway don't you support Leicester these days?
     
  4. cyaninternetdog

    cyaninternetdog Forum Hippie

    Crap, didnt realise he was still our top scorer this season.
     
  5. FromDiv4

    FromDiv4 Reservist

    What is his role, attacking or defensive MF? - I am refering to recent games.
     
  6. craigwatford

    craigwatford Academy Graduate

    What about Ramon Vega haha ? And that is ridiculously extreme.
     
  7. craigwatford

    craigwatford Academy Graduate

    That is part of the issue ! He hasn't been wel instructed and he has had to do both roles. With Pereyra, he would go forward and leave VB to defend. Now he seems to have to go box to box and is left too deep, with Gueds taking on the forward role.
     
  8. HELGO

    HELGO Reservist

    Hi,

    He doesn't deserve a song. The only reason he has scored for us was it was either in the blazing Sun or the temp was in the 60f area.

    He's a lazy player and when the going get tough he hides. Bloody woeful and wouldn't shed a tear if he fecked off in this transfer window. With the situation we currently find ourselves in , players have to stand up and be counted . He probably feels that if we go down some PL club will come in for him so he's not arsed.

    Sorry it's my personal opinion which others may not share.
     
  9. HELGO

    HELGO Reservist

    What, not even Glynn Hodges?
     
  10. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    Only Watford player I've ever hated, like truly hated, is Ighalo. And Deeney. And Capoue.
     
  11. Nnnn

    Nnnn First Team

    Is it too late to say I hated Micky Quinn?
     
  12. Nnnn

    Nnnn First Team

    I think he's best either as a box-to-box CM or wide right. Everton played him all over the place which was probably part of the problem.
     
  13. simpleMASH

    simpleMASH Reservist

    Wrong thread?
     
  14. GoingDown

    GoingDown "The Stability"

    Ah, now it all makes sense.
     
  15. Nnnn

    Nnnn First Team

    Ah! I must drink at least 2 cups of coffee before posting in the morning. Soz.
     
  16. Relegation Certs

    Relegation Certs Squad Player

    You've still got that "little watford" mentality. It's hard to shake I know, I still have it myself.

    You have to understand though that we no longer need to have a team full of players who run around loads, try hard, but achieve **** all. We're better than that now.

    Welcome to the premier league
     
  17. Relegation Certs

    Relegation Certs Squad Player

    more than kerry dixon?

    Baffling.
     
  18. craigwatford

    craigwatford Academy Graduate

    Steve Kabba ?
     
  19. Vicarage Road

    Vicarage Road Reservist

    Stupid boy
     
  20. His a lizrd m8
     
  21. Grover

    Grover First Year Pro

    I hated Jason Drysdales hair?
     
  22. Vicarage Road

    Vicarage Road Reservist

    Don't ever dis Milky again
     
  23. Nnnn

    Nnnn First Team

    Given that he's now middle aged I wonder how much of it he's still got left
     
  24. HELGO

    HELGO Reservist

    Capoue doesn't have to run around, he just has to do something but he does feck all. He's got to go
     
  25. Relegation Certs

    Relegation Certs Squad Player

    He's scored a quarter of our league goals
     
  26. wfcmoog

    wfcmoog Tinpot

    He's JJ O'Toole
     
  27. onion8837

    onion8837 Reservist

    Am now completely fed up with him. Slows every move down, picks wrong options, heart of a fruit fly. Time to get rid
     
  28. Timbers

    Timbers Apeman

    He's worse than my nan, I'm not his biggest fan, we've got Ettienne Crap-poo
     
  29. Capoue is not our biggest problem. Time and again he has the ball and is looking for runners around him and absolutely nothing is on. Our movement is simply appalling.
     
  30. TheDon

    TheDon First Team

    Actually thought he was much improved today
     
  31. The Voice of Reason

    The Voice of Reason First Team Captain

    I never understood why people praised him so much in the past, I'd always thought that he looked slow and lazy, and that maybe I was wrong, but now many people seem to be of the same opinion as me about him!

    Lets get rid now!
     
  32. Clive_ofthe_Kremlin

    Clive_ofthe_Kremlin Squad Player

    Me too. And the match commentators on the stream I watched also.

    I'm a bit bemused by this. He played some very decent stuff today had a couple of shots and didn't give it away as he's sometimes guilty of doing.

    I'd have put him amongst our better performers this afternoon.
     
  33. Nnnn

    Nnnn First Team

    Definitely, second half especially. When he looks like he actually can be bothered he looks a proper player. Hopefully Doucs & Tom will provide competition for his place in the side & the boot up the ass he needs
     
  34. Cassetti's Beard

    Cassetti's Beard First Team

    Agreed, O Toole has an attitude problem, then again he is a bit of a lad and like a good old pint of Guiness
     
  35. BigRossLittleRoss

    BigRossLittleRoss First Team

    He's not lazy ( he has covered more kms than other Watford player ) he s just not very good . Although today he was a lot better in the second half.

    My patience is wearing thin with Mazzarri and I'm starting to move over to the sack him movement, but in his defence he has been seriously let down by his senior players, Deeney , Ighalo and capoue
     

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