Kanj

Someone mentioned earlier in a different thread or post that we could do with playing our first choice against a weaker Europa league side and just go for the jugular quick and easy. Think it would do a Cisse/Ba a load of good with playing as a partnership and just dominating and trashing a squad for the mental psyche.

Arlo is mental All rings good to me, says all the right things and with the money they are spending it will have to be broadcasted and marketed well to justify the outlay. Great to see big money investment by a mainstream provider like NBC to continue giving us access to the premiership The Premiership has come a massively long way over here man, wow.

It worked most times, just not against Arsenal... Or Everton. It did against Reading though and that was one of my favorite games as a fan, with one of my favorite goals ive ever seen live (Emre ) That Emre goal can still be viewed on everyone's favorite internet video site and its a peach of a goal, commentary and of course our stadium erupting. Martins I loved him at times, was such a mentalist it wasn't even funny. His solo effort at home in the Waffa versus AZ was something else. His goal versus Boro in the relegation season nearly brought me to tears as well - but yeah, thick footballer who had no idea how to use his own raw talent.

Ah right. Or THAT move where he passed the ball to Sammy who wasn't looking then held his hands up like WTF.

3 moments of the match summed him up for me... 1) Jonas played him a through ball on the left wing and there was a good chance he could have full sprinted and crossed if he slid for it - instead, he stopped running. 2) THAT 100mph cross that hit Cisse when all he had to do was drive it to him for a simple header 3) Cisse chased down Ridgewell in the box and Obertan just sat and watched Cisse when he could have helped close him down He looked like a fucking coward out there today. "Crowd gets on him so it hurts his performance" crap that we hear is some of the worst excuses I've ever heard for a player clearly unable to handle this league. The amount of times he was not on the same page as the rest of the squad is mind boggling given that he's not a new signing and has played this same role for quite some time.

He is by far the most frustrating player to watch given he has the mental stability of a child. My goodness.

:lol: Beren man get in

lucky as fuck. nice to see Cisse get a bit of luck though!

Bang on.

Shocked by this news but as long as we get same access to nearly all the matches in HD and an online access to see the rest I'll have no problem with this. Perhaps NBC takes the top match or 2, NBC Sports and MSNBC take the fill? Wait and see, but if they are dropping a shed load of cash then they'll no doubt be hyping it up and making sure they provide a better experience to espn and fox (I hope). Hopefully Warren Barton remains in a job and maybe he'll jump to NBC? I love having him support us on TV here.

Semtex, you're the man thank you!

Perch, Nolan, Coloccini & R.Taylor disagree. Enrique and Best too. Ryan Taylor is still the same player he was when he joined tbh. Solid, versatile professional with the penchant for the spectacular but generally an average footballer. He's just been around long enough to score his quota of screamers and put himself into folklore with THAT goal. all around Amazes me how quickly people judge a young player who has yet to find his stride, in a team that has been stuttering along this campaign, and for a manager who is still trying to get right system, formation, and tactics right for this squad.

Roughly 10 matches is the correct length of time one should pass judgement on a player who plays for NUFC.

He'll be an excellent player for us soon, I'm still confident of that.

Good result, bring on Sunday.

That bench my goodness!

Tiote pulls his shorts up and is wearing a scarf. Hatem in full pants, jacket and beanie, and then you have Campbell weathers it like he's hard as nails.

I still hope we somehow find a way to sign him AND a CB.

Maybe a Sammy - Cisse - Obertan front 3?

I like to think that Anita will take some time to develop but will really come into his own and be an excellent starting 11 player for us soon. I think he just needs to put in the displays to displace Jonas in the team, and he needs to start doing it in matches like the Europa league and really be the driving player for us. When he was in midfield earlier in the season he was dropping back and collecting and playing the ball on the deck. Also the Ramires analogy is exactly what I was thinking as well. Spot on.

What I don't understand is why he doesn't just HIT the f***ing ball with pace into the box and that his high-floating crosses don't do a damn thing because it allows defenders/keepers time to react and get positioned for it (on top of the cross being poorly aimed to boot). If his accuracy on crossing was so poor, the easiest solution in my book is to tell him to drive the ball with pace early and into space. I'm sure our staff have instructed him on this...i hope, it just must not click for him in matches?

Cisse

If we continue hitting the first man, perhaps we should have someone near the first man to either challenge or flick back...

Seemed a bit nervy with crosses as hes a tiny fella who could get destroyed trying to clear. But I really like his pace going forward and his passing.