Unbelievable

Benny FFS

Ba is the boss

4-4-2 for the win!

Demba BA!!!

YES!

Aye, we played 4-4-2 at Spurs and at Fulham we had Best on the left and Shola upfront with Guthrie in midfield. Hardly representation of a failing system, in any case tonight's problem is not even bother to press them when they have the ball and Williamson keeps hoofing it to Cisse completely by passing the midfield. If we don't press teams and hoof then we are going to struggle no matter what. There's no point playing a system like this if your going to completely bypass the midfield. Ah, that'll be it then. Nothing to do with not having an outlet up top who can keep possession.. We don't have one though, i'm not sure what your getting at.... with the players we have it makes much more sense to pass through teams like how Everton are doing to us. Just by passing Jonas, Anita, Cabaye, Marveaux and Cabaye is idiotic and goes against the strength of the team. You went all summer saying we shouldn't be in for Carroll and 4-3-3 would be a perfect fit.. 4-3-3 is a perfect fit, if we actually use the strengths of the players and pass through teams and not completely bypass the midfield. If this is the plan for Pardew then i agree Carroll would have been good but i didn't know this. Have to agree I'm absolutely baffled by our insistence on the long ball mind..

Our three "first names on the teamsheet" missing tonight isn't helping mind.

Half time

Aye, we played 4-4-2 at Spurs and at Fulham we had Best on the left and Shola upfront with Guthrie in midfield. Hardly representation of a failing system, in any case tonight's problem is not even bother to press them when they have the ball and Williamson keeps hoofing it to Cisse completely by passing the midfield. If we don't press teams and hoof then we are going to struggle no matter what. There's no point playing a system like this if your going to completely bypass the midfield. Ah, that'll be it then. Nothing to do with not having an outlet up top who can keep possession.. We don't have one though, i'm not sure what your getting at.... with the players we have it makes much more sense to pass through teams like how Everton are doing to us. Just by passing Jonas, Anita, Cabaye, Marveaux and Cabaye is idiotic and goes against the strength of the team. You went all summer saying we shouldn't be in for Carroll and 4-3-3 would be a perfect fit..

Aye, we played 4-4-2 at Spurs and at Fulham we had Best on the left and Shola upfront with Guthrie in midfield. Hardly representation of a failing system, in any case tonight's problem is not even bother to press them when they have the ball and Williamson keeps hoofing it to Cisse completely by passing the midfield. If we don't press teams and hoof then we are going to struggle no matter what. There's no point playing a system like this if your going to completely bypass the midfield. Ah, that'll be it then. Nothing to do with not having an outlet up top who can keep possession..

Wow, so lucky..

Hoof after hoof after hoof..

WTF Benny

Well in Davide..

Fuck, off the line

Aye. It's never nice though. Didn't you say the formation was good regardless of the outcome? Predicted a defeat all week. Said it was nice to see us try something different even if we still lose. Even if it leads to us getting bumraped for 90 minutes..? Er, clearly not. I don't know what point you're trying to make. Not you particularly Dave, but there has been a huge craving for 4-3-3, yet some of our worse displays last season have come from playing 4-3-3 (Fulham away, Spurs away), and we look absolutely horrible again today. I'm sorry, but we just don't look comfortable at all with just the one focal point up top, especially playing it out of defense.

Phew..

Aye. It's never nice though. Didn't you say the formation was good regardless of the outcome? Predicted a defeat all week. Said it was nice to see us try something different even if we still lose. Even if it leads to us getting bumraped for 90 minutes..?

Cisse FFS

Aye. It's never nice though. Didn't you say the formation was good regardless of the outcome?

Have you seen the pre match thread after 7pm?

Another 4-3-3 disaster performance in the making right here..

Fully deserved..

That's better..