madras

alex ferguson said he was retiring

Butt was our best player when? yesterday Butt was the biggest culprit in our first half performance yesterday. He just did what he always does, started trying to play once the game was over. playing on the right of a midfield 3 to start with and no wing back coming outside. he at least tried to get the formation going. the biggest culprit was allardyce,on the playing side the formation relies heavily on the wingbacks at least taking up the proper positions,even for nuisance sake,neither did,offensivly we had no passing options because of it,defensivly thery didn't mark player or zone to the point where for 30mins you couldn't tell wether it was 5-3-2,3-5-2 or 4-4-2.

the one game where we played the ball into feet and chest,not just lob it up for 50-50 headed battles.

i believe fifa should have the same representation requirements for managers and coaches as it does for players.

I noticed Butt having a go at Geremi, the only problem with Butt having to shout at him is the lost opportunity through the delayed reaction. Was that the time when Butt ran into a couple of Liverpool players and within seconds we were under pressure again? no,geremi just jogged towards the space and butt played the ball into the space in an attempt to get geremi to go into the space. we did lose the ball but by getting geremi there he may not need to be told,cajoled,directed to get there next time.......unfortunatly it didn't work.

he defended quite well but gave the ball away a lot. even failing with easy passes. Who didn't? Literally every single player on our team couldn't pass it yesterday... bit of a coincidence. finish the sentence man......he gave the ball away when passing to an unmarked team mate 5 yards away and was more wayward than the rest. it always stands out more when you give the ball away so close to your own goal.

At least he tried, some of his passing was poor though. the passing was poor throughout the team but he also tried to get forward,unlike the supposedly more attack minded emre. the game was summed up by butt in possession in the middle screaming at geremi to move into the acres of space on the right and geremi only doing it reluctantly.

then again he spent a wad of cash in the summer. also, and i admit to not having seen citeh more than just on tele but according to the press a few of their points have come from games where they haven't really performed. for citeh it may best be judged at the end of the season.

Butt was our best player when? yesterday

he defended quite well but gave the ball away a lot. even failing with easy passes.

butt was our best player and i'm beginning to feel sorry for him in the way i felt sorry for gary speed.

f*** off jamie...i was building a case and now you have me doubting it I never even read any other posts, just jumped into quickly to what i had to say one day when your older and you start to notice women you'll be pleased madras told you to ease off before jumping in

fuck off jamie...i was building a case and now you have me doubting it

mourinho could outspend anyone to achieve his aims...sven has done well so far after spending wads. most nufc fans aren't expecting that but we know we should be performing a lot better with the squad we have. it hasn't even been the results it's been the performances. Yes you have a point there.But when he was at Porto,he wasnt doing a bad job either and he didnt have a lot of money to spend and yes of course the performances are currently the worst we have ever seen for any season,but I think Big Sam's tactics is also baffling to me.My point is Big Sam wasnt my first choice when Roeder was sacked.I wanted Sven because I believe he would do a better job,and he has already proven that at Manchester City.But right now,Big Sam is our manager and if we dont support him,then its going to be very difficult. at porto he was at the best club in portugal with the pick of brazilians who couldn't get visas for the rest of europe so he pick up a few good players. horrible football to beat celtic in the uefa cup final,within a ferr kick rebound of going out v man utd and dived all over to win the champs lge. put him in charge of liverpool and £30mill to spend and i doubt he'd get close to man utd and arsenal. sven has proven nothing yet

either....then he shouldn't have bought him. or allardyce does that sort of thing

Well this what I said 6 1/2 months ago and its all been a bit predictable. What do you class as efficient football then? where did "efficient" come from ? Efficient meaning do what was required to win, rather than doing it in a stylish way. yes i get that bit,i didn't realise efficiency had been mentioned anywhere that's all. Aye - it was on the German Mercedez Benz Newcastle forum. It's just that we are not playing any sort of controlled football in any form at the minute - probably only for the first 45 minutes of the match against Tottingham so far this season. It just seesm that most of the results so far are more from luck than judgement. Probably a symptom of having a manager who believes in percentages than trying to batter a team into submisson. just spotted the efficiency bit and nice use of "ing" in tottingham,(see i pick up on the subtle jokes rather than the actual points of posts). you're almost right about the only time we played controlled football,we did against tottingham but remember how they were then ? west ham 2nd half for about half an hour and everton for about half an hour we've been organised,committed and PLAYED FOOTBALL. I'd take almost right - makes me over qualified to be a Premier League manager though and definitely out of the running as a national coach. no chance,you've got to be a complete prick to take that job.

good times........14th ?

mourinho could outspend anyone to achieve his aims...sven has done well so far after spending wads. most nufc fans aren't expecting that but we know we should be performing a lot better with the squad we have. it hasn't even been the results it's been the performances.

was today,hadn't been so far i think he means rozy. ah! gotcha

Well this what I said 6 1/2 months ago and its all been a bit predictable. What do you class as efficient football then? where did "efficient" come from ? Efficient meaning do what was required to win, rather than doing it in a stylish way. yes i get that bit,i didn't realise efficiency had been mentioned anywhere that's all. Aye - it was on the German Mercedez Benz Newcastle forum. It's just that we are not playing any sort of controlled football in any form at the minute - probably only for the first 45 minutes of the match against Tottingham so far this season. It just seesm that most of the results so far are more from luck than judgement. Probably a symptom of having a manager who believes in percentages than trying to batter a team into submisson. just spotted the efficiency bit and nice use of "ing" in tottingham,(see i pick up on the subtle jokes rather than the actual points of posts). you're almost right about the only time we played controlled football,we did against tottingham but remember how they were then ? west ham 2nd half for about half an hour and everton for about half an hour we've been organised,committed and PLAYED FOOTBALL.

I'm yet to see a valid reason to keep him. He got rid of Keyring and Titus. He did well to get so much for Dyer but Bramble going was a decision which had already been made before he came. who's he ? Allardyce. i don't think that would have been down to allardyce, do you ? the decision to sell maybe but not the price and the haggling that went on

was today,hadn't been so far

Well this what I said 6 1/2 months ago and its all been a bit predictable. What do you class as efficient football then? where did "efficient" come from ? Efficient meaning do what was required to win, rather than doing it in a stylish way. yes i get that bit,i didn't realise efficiency had been mentioned anywhere that's all.

I'm yet to see a valid reason to keep him. He got rid of Keyring and Titus. He did well to get so much for Dyer but Bramble going was a decision which had already been made before he came. who's he ?