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Steven Taylor attracts unecessary drama ...

Faye is actually getting the ball off the defence and giving it to other midfielders. PROGRESS!!!

Faye is a good player and I think we have really missed him.

A run of games at centre forward might help? But don't hold me to that! No, it won't. Agree he should get a run of games there, but it'll not magically improve the fact that he has absolutely no composure. Aye, he's no Brodie Croyle like Jay Cutler ftw. Jay Cutler does look the business. That is Herm Edwards in your avatar thouhg isn't it? blueyes.gif Yeah, just really like the picture tbh. Oh right ... I was worried for you. Kansas City stink. Anyway ... Newcastle stuff. What's the score again?

A run of games at centre forward might help? But don't hold me to that! No, it won't. Agree he should get a run of games there, but it'll not magically improve the fact that he has absolutely no composure. Aye, he's no Brodie Croyle like Jay Cutler ftw. Jay Cutler does look the business. That is Herm Edwards in your avatar thouhg isn't it? blueyes.gif

A run of games at centre forward might help? But don't hold me to that! No, it won't. Agree he should get a run of games there, but it'll not magically improve the fact that he has absolutely no composure. Aye, he's no Brodie Croyle like

Calm down brother, calm down ...

A run of games at centre forward might help? But don't hold me to that!

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Sounds like we are actually having some posession ...

Never fear. Modric will improve us.

Not you again! Have you been betting on the team again? You know how it makes you get a bit over emotional and stuff.

Pop goes the weasel ...

We'll need him to assist Zoggy defensively. Duff isn't as good defensively at getting back as Milner is.

We're still in this you know! Faye is having a good game it appears, as is Butt.

Without doubt. I'd rather he mucked up chances than we not create them at all... Exactly. At least we at least see him feature in the match when he is upfront, as he has been anonymous recently when playing out wide.

Zoggy seems to be getting toasted by Wright-Philips. Seems to be our main area of vulnerability.

Well ... we can expect Martins to miss chances, but ultimately he will be more of a threat and of far greater use to us playing through the middle.

Faye booked ... way too early for all this. I really hope we at least keep 11 on the field for the whole game.

We really do need to find a consistent set piece taker ...

It's been a pretty busy period so maybe it was to keep the team relatively fresh. Then again, the team that played away to Wigan was so pathetic that the team needed a bit of a shakeup too. Both fair points, but it's hardly going to help the team gel is it? You surely can't be suggesting that we play the same personnel / formation as away to Wigan just to give some consistency though? If they play that dire we need to make changes. If we don't change things then nothing will change. I think the problem is the formation though, and a 4-5-1 is not going to be productive. Ever. It's not the 4-5-1/4-3-3 that is the problem though is it. It's the way the players move the ball and carry out their roles within the formation.

I have to say though, even though Martins is up front on his own, I still think he prefers this to playing out wide. He should therefore be more effective or at least more of a threat. He essentially played upfront alone all last season, with either Sibierski or Dyer just off him and he did alright as far as scoring goals goes.

Mine too, on the ball anyway. If we are to have any chance they need to play the ball on the floor. With that trio in central midfield, we will be utterly incapable of playing the ball on the floor. Faye will make us a bit better, simply because he is so strong on the ball and isn't afraid to lose it and so he doesn't rush into the first available long ball. It won't be perfect but it will be better than it has been recently.

It's been a pretty busy period so maybe it was to keep the team relatively fresh. Then again, the team that played away to Wigan was so pathetic that the team needed a bit of a shakeup too.

Hopefully Alan Smith will be asked to get forward from midfield rather than sit in as a third holding midfielder.