Jose Enrique

[Nikolaien]

Enrique: Row with Joey show how much I care for United

Feb 15 2009 by Neil Farrington, Sunday Sun

JOSE ENRIQUE doesn?t have a problem with Joey Barton, Joe Kinnear, North East weather or getting forward.

But he?s unhappy. Not unhappy with life at Newcastle or anyone at St James?s Park, but because he does have an issue with losing ? and with the threat of relegation.

A big issue.

During the Spaniard?s year-and-a-half on Tyneside, doubts have been cast over his appetite for the English game.

Sam Allardyce bought him, then dropped him. Kevin Keegan played him once, then dropped him. Joe Kinnear, by all accounts, tried to sell him in January.

Through it all, Enrique had kept his head down. Until an on-field bust-up with Barton as Newcastle imploded at Blackburn a month ago.

Some reckoned that episode would mark the beginning of the end for Enrique in England.

But the man himself sees it differently.

Indeed, he sees that furious exchange at Ewood Park, in which he and Barton had to be separated, as proof that he has the mettle to make his way in the Premier League.

That?s assuming Newcastle stay in the Premier League.

?I?m happy living here, I?m happy being at Newcastle, because it?s a very good club and a great city, and I?m happy because I am playing right now,? says Enrique.

?But I?m not happy because we?ve only won one of our last six games, and because of the position we are in the league. Nobody here can be totally happy in this situation.?

Does that sound like a player who doesn?t care enough? Time to apply some perspective to the travails of a lad who was barely 21 when he arrived at Newcastle from Villarreal.

?I know I can play better than I have,? he admits. ?It?s been difficult to play here. Not in England, but in this team, because when you play bad and your team is down, life is hard.

?You have seen the games. In some of them, all we do is defend, defend. That is the situation we are in.

?In Spain, my game was to attack. You play with Manchester United, Arsenal . . . they are never defending in the game. All the time it is ?attack, attack?. But in our situation, it?s more difficult.

?When I was at Villarreal, I played very well because the team was playing very well. It?s all about the 11 players playing well.

?They became one of the top teams in Spain, and my characteristic there was to attack all the time. But here, I can?t. It?s very different.?

Different, however, does not necessarily mean bad.

?The problems for Newcastle have probably made me a better player,? Enrique adds. ?I always felt I defended well, but now I defend better, because I practise it every day.

?The only problem here is our position in the league. Nobody wants this club to go into the Second Division.

?I think we have very good players, so it is hard to understand how we?re in this position. You see training and we have good players. It can only be the injuries.

?Too often we have 10 or 12 people out and reserve team players have to come into the first team because we don?t have enough players.

?The most frustrating thing is that so many of our strikers are out with injuries. It?s frustrating for the team, but this is our only problem I think.?

No problem with team spirit, or with Mr Barton, then?

?No, the people here are incredible.

?Of course, it?s good for me to have other Spanish-speaking players here. It was difficult for me to adapt for my first few months here because I only spoke Spanish, so it?s good that I can help Xisco and Colo (Fabricio Coloccini), who didn?t speak English when they came. It?s a nice group we have.

?Joey? These things happen in football. Him and me are the same ? we want to win. He is hungry, I am hungry. He hates losing, I hate losing. He was angry, I was angry.

?But after the game we were OK again. I don?t have any problem with him, and we joke about it now.?

And the final measure of Enrique?s commitment to Newcastle?

?My contract here is for another three years. I want to stay here for those three years ? and maybe 10 more! I like this club and I like this city.

?I want to play European football, and this club can do that. It?s not many years since Newcastle played Champions League.

?Yes, this year is difficult, and we must fight to stay in the Premier League. But next year, or the year after, who knows??

For now, Enrique?s European exploits will be restricted to playing for Barcelona on ?Pro Evolution Soccer?, in between exploring Newcastle?s streets with his wife.

?The weather is OK. It?s cold, but it?s good not to have to play in the heat of Spain. And when I am out in the city, I wear a big coat.?

Om han blir, blir det da Enrique drakt på meg? må bare like slike uttalelser

[Joakim]

Kunne tenkt meg at du i stedet for å sitere hele den eviglange artikkelen, hadde lagt ut en url. Men det får så være.

Jeg har store problemer med å forstå poenget med å kvitte seg med Enrique, når vi uansett trenger en ny venstreback. Og hvis vi selger Enrique vil vi jo trenge to. Er det ikke da bedre å beholde han vi har, og kjøpe bare én til? Sparer vi ikke mer penger på det, herr Ashley?

[Kristoffer]

Hvem sier vi skal selge Jose da?

[Mats]

Prøvde ikke klubben å kvitte seg med Enrique i hele Januar da? Mulig jeg surrer..

[Benson]

http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11095_4522184,00.html ...

[Daniel]

Enrique har en herlig innstillig og er en spiller med et enormt potensiale. Ville vært katastrofe om vi solgte han!

[Kristoffer]

Det var vel ikke stort annet enn noen ubekrefta rykter, vel?
Digger også Jose. Mannen har alle fysiske forutsetninger for å bli en absolutt klasseback, og han har etter mitt skjønn også levert godt når han har fått tillit over tid.

[Mats]

Digger Enrique selv, har drakta hans osv. Eneste problemet hans er at han slår utrolig mye feilpasninger.
Forbedrer han seg der ser jeg ingen svakheter hos han. Bare masse talent og potensiale.

Er imponert over hurtigheten hans også, han matcha jo Bellamy og Lennon på hurtigheten, og det er det ikke veldig mange som gjør.

[Daniel]

Har Enrique på en drakt selv jeg, og er meget fornøyd med det valget!

[Øyvinden]

Han har et fantastisk høgaste nivå, og et elendig lavaste nivå. Om han kan klare å stabilisere spelet sitt meir har vi utvilsomt en klasse back.

[Mats]

Har Enrique på en drakt selv jeg, og er meget fornøyd med det valget!

Gi Enrique to år, så kan du kjøpe Spania drakta med Enrique bakpå også. 

[Nikolaien]

Kunne tenkt meg at du i stedet for å sitere hele den eviglange artikkelen, hadde lagt ut en url. Men det får så være.

Ser den men var slik det låg på NO og der var ikkje noke link der, så da blei det slik

[Vegard9]

Det hadde vært katastrofe om vi mistet Enrique. Han er ung, rask og sterk som en okse. Ikke rart han ble kalt "The Bull" da han kom til oss ... Det er svært sjelden at noen kommer forbi Enrique, og han er rå en mot en!
Han sliter litt med posisjoneringsfeil og feilpassninger, men vi må huske på at han ikke har vært her veldig lenge, og får håpe at han tar PL enda bedre neste sesong!

[Thomas]

Det hadde vært katastrofe om vi mistet Enrique. Han er ung, rask og sterk som en okse. Ikke rart han ble kalt "The Bull" da han kom til oss ... Det er svært sjelden at noen kommer forbi Enrique, og han er rå en mot en!
Han sliter litt med posisjoneringsfeil og feilpassninger, men vi må huske på at han ikke har vært her veldig lenge, og får håpe at han tar PL enda bedre neste sesong!

Så vanvittig enig. Det eneste Enrique mangler på å bli en kanongod back er posisjoneringen.  Som sagt er det morsomt å se Enrique en mot en. Når han først har fått kroppskontakt med motspilleren er sistnevnte en død fisk. 

[Joakim]

Kunne tenkt meg at du i stedet for å sitere hele den eviglange artikkelen, hadde lagt ut en url. Men det får så være.

Ser den men var slik det låg på NO og der var ikkje noke link der, så da blei det slik

Poenget var at du kunne lagt ut url til den siden du hentet artikkelen fra. Om det var fra NO, så kunne du lagt ut link til NO.
Men det skal vi ikke bruke tid på å krangle om. En fillesak.

Enrique har fått begrenset med spilletid av både Allardyce og Keegan. Joe Kinnear prøvde seg uten han også, inntill han fikk nok av N'Zogbia. Håper nå at Enrique har tatt plassen for å bli der, men jeg har mine tvil. Av en eller annen grunn så tør ikke trenerne å satse 100% på Enrique.
Det har gjort at tilvenningen til PL har gått tregere.