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Current Player Thread Przemysław Płacheta

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7.Przemysław Płacheta

Position: Winger
Nationality: Poland 🇵🇱
Departed: DATE
Previous Clubs: Swansea City, Birmingham City (Loan), Norwich City, Śląsk Wrocław, Podbeskidzie, Pogoń Siedlce, Sonnenhof Großaspach
Instagram: p.placheta
 
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Say what you want about this lad (and you will) - but if I were to put together a modest list of our best moments since we returned to this level he'd be responsible for a sizeable chunk of them - including the best two of this season already (last night, and the equaliser v Millwall).

I know he is frustrating (almost a very good assist for Ipswich last night alone) but lets be honest - football is all about those big moments at the other end.

So, when I'm (hopefully) 80 years old (hopefully) I'll remember Shemmy and his moments - when plenty of other (perhaps better all-round footballers) are long forgotten.

It's literally why we go to football. And if you can't appreciate Shemmy (with all his obvious deficiencies) and those moments then I'd argue you don't get football at all.

One run, one deft touch, one tidy finish. Makes getting out of work early, driving 400 miles in the dark, and returning home at 2am all completely worthwhile.

A couple more of those, and even if he leaves this summer then Shemmy Cheese will go down (in my book) as a bit of a cult hero.
 
SirAndyOfCrosby said:
Say what you want about this lad (and you will) - but if I were to put together a modest list of our best moments since we returned to this level he'd be responsible for a sizeable chunk of them - including the best two of this season already (last night, and the equaliser v Millwall).

I know he is frustrating (almost a very good assist for Ipswich last night alone) but lets be honest - football is all about those big moments at the other end.

So, when I'm (hopefully) 80 years old (hopefully) I'll remember Shemmy and his moments - when plenty of other (perhaps better all-round footballers) are long forgotten.

It's literally why we go to football. And if you can't appreciate Shemmy (with all his obvious deficiencies) and those moments then I'd argue you don't get football at all.

One run, one deft touch, one tidy finish. Makes getting out of work early, driving 400 miles in the dark, and returning home at 2am all completely worthwhile.

A couple more of those, and even if he leaves this summer then Shemmy Cheese will go down (in my book) as a bit of a cult hero.
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Spot on.
The most frustrating player, but when he is good he is very very good. He does things that are of Premiership quality ( and some of NL standard)
But you are so right. He entertains, has people on the edge of their seats and you have no idea of what he is going to do next.
The George Lawrence of his era!
 
I think he has really improved his team play this season, Rowett has done some good coaching with him to make him a more effective player. Making better decisions and showing more composure in critical moments now
 
SirAndyOfCrosby said:
Say what you want about this lad (and you will) - but if I were to put together a modest list of our best moments since we returned to this level he'd be responsible for a sizeable chunk of them - including the best two of this season already (last night, and the equaliser v Millwall).

I know he is frustrating (almost a very good assist for Ipswich last night alone) but lets be honest - football is all about those big moments at the other end.

So, when I'm (hopefully) 80 years old (hopefully) I'll remember Shemmy and his moments - when plenty of other (perhaps better all-round footballers) are long forgotten.

It's literally why we go to football. And if you can't appreciate Shemmy (with all his obvious deficiencies) and those moments then I'd argue you don't get football at all.

One run, one deft touch, one tidy finish. Makes getting out of work early, driving 400 miles in the dark, and returning home at 2am all completely worthwhile.

A couple more of those, and even if he leaves this summer then Shemmy Cheese will go down (in my book) as a bit of a cult hero.
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I like him, he isn’t a player who you play every week for 90 minutes but he does make stuff happen. Not all of that stuff is good, sometimes he doesn’t something sublime and stupid in the same minute, but he is a nice antidote to modern robot football.

A lot that wanted him gone are the the same ones who say they want to be entertained, yet don’t like a genuine maverick.
 
Foley said:
Spot on.
The most frustrating player, but when he is good he is very very good. He does things that are of Premiership quality ( and some of NL standard)
But you are so right. He entertains, has people on the edge of their seats and you have no idea of what he is going to do next.
The George Lawrence of his era!
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Absolutely correct but you cannot have four or five loose cannons in one team or as we have seen it can be either very good or absolute carnage. George Lawrence and Colin Harrington before him both played successfully in disciplined teams. We often have Placheta, Dembele, Mills, Vaulks, to name a few of our squad in the team and the consistency levels vary between Championship and National League not only game to game but minute to minute. It would drive any manager crazy but for a pragmatist like Rowett it must be mind blowing.
Ofcourse you remember George Lawrence with more affection than say David Smith but it is an interesting argument who offered most to their team on a concistent basis and both played in different teams that got us promoted from tier 3 to tier 2.
 
I think he’s just a bit out there. The man’s on his own. Completely devoid of any matter between his ears, relying on two absolute thundercunts of the finest post-soviet Lowicz legs to dash, dart and shoot in a completely random and haphazard way.

He will just as likely fire a top bins 35 yarder as he will challenge Usain Bolt to a similar length dash… and then double step over back heel it into the dugout from a promising position, all the while his 60-day old bleached locks flittering away at his chiselled Polish face.

He will, in equal measure, make you want to have his children and batter his balls so he definitely cannot reproduce, for fear his offspring might too play for Oxford. He’s always in danger of awakening several yet to be discovered mental illnesses within you as you watch yet another pass to nobody in particular, or a curling effort that just grazes the top of Vue at the car park end.

I love this man. I hate this man. When he’s on the bench, I want him to come on, until 30 seconds later when I wish I didn’t like football.

He’s mayhem.

He’s mental.

He’s cheese.

Please don’t be s**t against Swansea you mad Polish bastard
 
SirAndyOfCrosby said:
Say what you want about this lad (and you will) - but if I were to put together a modest list of our best moments since we returned to this level he'd be responsible for a sizeable chunk of them - including the best two of this season already (last night, and the equaliser v Millwall).

I know he is frustrating (almost a very good assist for Ipswich last night alone) but lets be honest - football is all about those big moments at the other end.

So, when I'm (hopefully) 80 years old (hopefully) I'll remember Shemmy and his moments - when plenty of other (perhaps better all-round footballers) are long forgotten.

It's literally why we go to football. And if you can't appreciate Shemmy (with all his obvious deficiencies) and those moments then I'd argue you don't get football at all.

One run, one deft touch, one tidy finish. Makes getting out of work early, driving 400 miles in the dark, and returning home at 2am all completely worthwhile.

A couple more of those, and even if he leaves this summer then Shemmy Cheese will go down (in my book) as a bit of a cult hero.
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Yes absolutely. The antidote to keeping it tight, xG, and whatever. You could tell he was up for it when he came on and immediately went on a really direct run.

Can I ask where you live? Presumably 200 miles away?
 
werthersoriginal said:
Yes absolutely. The antidote to keeping it tight, xG, and whatever. You could tell he was up for it when he came on and immediately went on a really direct run.

Can I ask where you live? Presumably 200 miles away?
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Imma guess York or Hull or Preston - that sort of latitude
 
Don’t think anyone’s qualified to say anything about him until they can be bothered to learn how to pronounce his name.
 
werthersoriginal said:
Yes absolutely. The antidote to keeping it tight, xG, and whatever. You could tell he was up for it when he came on and immediately went on a really direct run.

Can I ask where you live? Presumably 200 miles away?
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I presume Crosby in Merseyside? Took a while for the penny to drop, but it dawned on me a few months ago when he said something about a long drive home. Like all of us I though the name was just an homage to Andy Crosby, not a bloke who actually lives in Crosby!
 
SirAndyOfCrosby said:
Say what you want about this lad (and you will) - but if I were to put together a modest list of our best moments since we returned to this level he'd be responsible for a sizeable chunk of them - including the best two of this season already (last night, and the equaliser v Millwall).

I know he is frustrating (almost a very good assist for Ipswich last night alone) but lets be honest - football is all about those big moments at the other end.

So, when I'm (hopefully) 80 years old (hopefully) I'll remember Shemmy and his moments - when plenty of other (perhaps better all-round footballers) are long forgotten.

It's literally why we go to football. And if you can't appreciate Shemmy (with all his obvious deficiencies) and those moments then I'd argue you don't get football at all.

One run, one deft touch, one tidy finish. Makes getting out of work early, driving 400 miles in the dark, and returning home at 2am all completely worthwhile.

A couple more of those, and even if he leaves this summer then Shemmy Cheese will go down (in my book) as a bit of a cult hero.
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Totally agree.

Chicken George for Gen Zed.
 
tomoufc said:
Don’t think anyone’s qualified to say anything about him until they can be bothered to learn how to pronounce his name.
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'Sir Andy of Crosby'.

It's a lot easier than Przemysław Placheta, who is our most improved player from last season by some distance, by a country mile and then some. It's no wonder I was demanding his immediate introduction at half-time on Saturday.
 
Paul Cannell said:
'Sir Andy of Crosby'.

It's a lot easier than Przemysław Placheta, who is our most improved player from last season by some distance, by a country mile and then some. It's no wonder I was demanding his immediate introduction at half-time on Saturday.
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Hard on Rowett, we didn’t even have a game on Saturday. But even under those conditions he is not making a sub before the 60th minute.
 
Foley said:
Spot on.
The most frustrating player, but when he is good he is very very good. He does things that are of Premiership quality ( and some of NL standard)
But you are so right. He entertains, has people on the edge of their seats and you have no idea of what he is going to do next.
The George Lawrence of his era!
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As George was the Colin Harrington of his era (one for us old uns)
 
SirAndyOfCrosby said:
Say what you want about this lad (and you will) - but if I were to put together a modest list of our best moments since we returned to this level he'd be responsible for a sizeable chunk of them - including the best two of this season already (last night, and the equaliser v Millwall).

I know he is frustrating (almost a very good assist for Ipswich last night alone) but lets be honest - football is all about those big moments at the other end.

So, when I'm (hopefully) 80 years old (hopefully) I'll remember Shemmy and his moments - when plenty of other (perhaps better all-round footballers) are long forgotten.

It's literally why we go to football. And if you can't appreciate Shemmy (with all his obvious deficiencies) and those moments then I'd argue you don't get football at all.

One run, one deft touch, one tidy finish. Makes getting out of work early, driving 400 miles in the dark, and returning home at 2am all completely worthwhile.

A couple more of those, and even if he leaves this summer then Shemmy Cheese will go down (in my book) as a bit of a cult hero.
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Add in Bristol City away
 
Has there ever been a winger that *doesn't* make you tear your hair out? It is a characteristic of the breed!

He does add the unpredictability that every team needs - especially when you have a fairly conservative manager. It would be nice if some of the rest of the team had the pace to keep up with him, mind you!
 
So does Placheta deserve to start the next game after his match winning cameo, or is he much more dangerous as an option to bring off the bench with 30 mins to go against a tiring defence?

Against Ipswich Mills didn’t do a lot wrong, put in a shift and helped Long out defensively on a number of occasions.

Personally I’d start Mills again and use Placheta as an impact player.
 
Morris Oxford said:
So does Placheta deserve to start the next game after his match winning cameo, or is he much more dangerous as an option to bring off the bench with 30 mins to go against a tiring defence?

Against Ipswich Mills didn’t do a lot wrong, put in a shift and helped Long out defensively on a number of occasions.

Personally I’d start Mills again and use Placheta as an impact player.
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Looks like Mills thrives and more prominent at home games, as Placheta suits the away games on the break.
 
SirAndyOfCrosby said:
Say what you want about this lad (and you will) - but if I were to put together a modest list of our best moments since we returned to this level he'd be responsible for a sizeable chunk of them - including the best two of this season already (last night, and the equaliser v Millwall).

I know he is frustrating (almost a very good assist for Ipswich last night alone) but lets be honest - football is all about those big moments at the other end.

So, when I'm (hopefully) 80 years old (hopefully) I'll remember Shemmy and his moments - when plenty of other (perhaps better all-round footballers) are long forgotten.

It's literally why we go to football. And if you can't appreciate Shemmy (with all his obvious deficiencies) and those moments then I'd argue you don't get football at all.

One run, one deft touch, one tidy finish. Makes getting out of work early, driving 400 miles in the dark, and returning home at 2am all completely worthwhile.

A couple more of those, and even if he leaves this summer then Shemmy Cheese will go down (in my book) as a bit of a cult hero.
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Think you've summed that up beautifully. I got the chance to chat to him at the last game of last season and I thanked him for being entertaining to watch. He can create something special but can be frustrating but at least he can surprise and delight. I believe it was Socrates who said "you can't have the rainbow without the rain".
 
I think comparisons of Placheta and George Lawrence are nowhere near. Both frustrating but Lawrence generally turned up game in game out in terms of involvement - he just did some bizarre stuff with the ball but you knew he was on the pitch. Placheta can go missing for an entire 90 minutes - or until he's subbed. You just know he cannot string two performances together so I'd keep him firmly on that bench at Swansea and if we need him lets hope he can cause some chaos up against tiring legs.
 
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