Kasper

He's going to get red cards regardless of reputation. I think the only thing saving him again today is that there's so little time left. Start him and he'd be off by 20 mins. He's been fouled twice today and somehow he got talked to. :lol: He jumped in to the challenge and landed with his studs on the guys feet ffs And that tells you enough about him that he gets talked to when fouled. It's not reputation, its behaviour. Needs to get a grip and fast. Are you blind or did you have the TV off? He never touched the guy. He was trying to protect the ball with his body, as Pelle was doing all game against Everton. Erm what, he jumped and landed on the Swansea player's foot. It couldn't have been any clearer I get it he tried to shield the ball but you just don't jump in like that when you do...

He's going to get red cards regardless of reputation. I think the only thing saving him again today is that there's so little time left. Start him and he'd be off by 20 mins. He's been fouled twice today and somehow he got talked to. :lol: He jumped in to the challenge and landed with his studs on the guys feet ffs And that tells you enough about him that he gets talked to when fouled. It's not reputation, its behaviour. Needs to get a grip and fast.

He's going to get red cards regardless of reputation. I think the only thing saving him again today is that there's so little time left. Start him and he'd be off by 20 mins.

Had a major hand in the second too. Yeah but other than being involved in all of our goals he didn't really impact the game. Ok fair enough I'll get my coat.

http://www.whoscored.com/Matches/958432/Live/England-Premier-League-2015-2016-Newcastle-United-Southampton Click "Chalkboard", then pick what category you want to look at from the bottom and choose a player who's stats you want to check.

Was looking through some stats of the game and noticed this. Cisse's passes vs Southampton. Very little contribution in the central area. http://i.imgur.com/RP0Ti5a.png Compare that to Pelle's passes: http://i.imgur.com/9jSn6tA.png Nothing new really but think that really highlights how little impact he had in the game if you don't count the goal. Yes I know how stupid that sounds but still...

Isn't Aarons a left winger? If you're gonna play him then surely it'd be on the left.

I disagree with that like. I think in a Pardew / Carver team, he was expected to do more than what he's good at (which is essentially breaking up play and playing the simple ball). He's not good enough to be an all-round midfielder (although he does have a good shot from distance on him). I think he'll be expected to do even more under Steve if he wants us to keep the ball more. It'll be even more down to him to drop into space between the opponent attackers to receive the ball from defenders, turn and play it forward or if not possible, pass it back and find a better space to receive the ball. I don't think he has that in him. Not smart enough. Not good enough.

Gonna get found out now that the ball isn't constantly played over the top of him and we hopefully don't spend the entire game chasing the ball. "Effort" won't save him anymore.

maybe mcclaren just doesn't rate abied and is happy to let him.go. I reckon this will be the case. That's what really worries me the most.

And we cant have any injuries at all in defence or wide areas

What? Do you think we're MADE OF MONEY?

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Can't really blame the guy for getting visibly frustrated at times. He had almost (Perez) zero movement around him and had to force things himself to try to push us up the pitch. The lack of tactics was so apparent with the way we struggled to pass the ball to a guy in a positive forward moving position. Sissoko was one of the few who could still make something happen by using his individual skill & strenght to make a quick turn from a negative position and dash forward.

Interesting to see what age we give him when it's announced.

In all seriousness can a mod please delete this clown account?

There's no need to plant anything with the press making stuff up for them.

Yorky pls. That's Facebook.

Under 40, not British. Love it.

What the fucking fuck Riviere Where did that come from?

Slagging off one of the two players that constantly try to make things happen by themselves because the team has no plan or model at all.

Good for him.

And in the rare occasions they make themselves available they are static or moving towards our goal when receiving the ball. Never in a positive movement towards the opposition. Yup there are certain situations that happen during a game over and over again and a good coach normally models or formats positional awareness to deal with these. From the practice ground players should know where their team mates will be in different areas or phases of the game and also have alternatives this smooths the possession play and rids the need for panic or bad passes. This kind of thinking is light years away for us. Look how solid Chelsea are, how drilled and the huge amount of discipline...Man Utd have some of that but are often negative on the ball and don't transition dangerously as say Arsenal do. Spurs are normally all over the place but somehow magic goalscoring chances just by players over and over again making the same runs. The key is continuity - the teams struggling at the bottom don't have it. Exactly. In my eyes we're and have been completely dependant on the individual skill of the players to transform a negative position into a positive when receiving the ball. It's been like this for ages but now the skill level of the players on the pitch makes the lack of system jump out even more. They are unable to make that flashy turn or dribble to advance the play. Under Pardew when we were doing well and finishing 5th there was no system either. We just had skillful players high on confidence. Now that we have neither the team has nothing to fall back to. No basic way to play the game. It's an utter mess. I would argue that Ayoze is positive when receiving the ball, his first touch when he has his back to goal is quite often a turn that gets him moving towards the opposition goal. However, he then has absolutely no-one supporting him so has to either pass sideways or take someone on and loses it. Obviously, any coach worth his salt would encourage him to keep doing this and work out a way of getting players in positions to support him, but I imagine Carver frowns on these positive first-touch turns and would prefer him to just play the ball back into midfield. Absolutely true. Sissoko sometimes too but that's about it.

And in the rare occasions they make themselves available they are static or moving towards our goal when receiving the ball. Never in a positive movement towards the opposition. Yup there are certain situations that happen during a game over and over again and a good coach normally models or formats positional awareness to deal with these. From the practice ground players should know where their team mates will be in different areas or phases of the game and also have alternatives this smooths the possession play and rids the need for panic or bad passes. This kind of thinking is light years away for us. Look how solid Chelsea are, how drilled and the huge amount of discipline...Man Utd have some of that but are often negative on the ball and don't transition dangerously as say Arsenal do. Spurs are normally all over the place but somehow magic goalscoring chances just by players over and over again making the same runs. The key is continuity - the teams struggling at the bottom don't have it. Exactly. In my eyes we're and have been completely dependant on the individual skill of the players to transform a negative position into a positive when receiving the ball. It's been like this for ages but now the skill level of the players on the pitch makes the lack of system jump out even more. They are unable to make that flashy turn or dribble to advance the play. Under Pardew when we were doing well and finishing 5th there was no system either. We just had skillful players high on confidence. Now that we have neither the team has nothing to fall back to. No basic way to play the game. It's an utter mess.

And in the rare occasions they make themselves available they are static or moving towards our goal when receiving the ball. Never in a positive movement towards the opposition.