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this exactly...the combination of speed, trickery and close control that hba can exhibit would be a worry for any FB to be honest

given enough space i'd put money it personally....maybe next season pards will get the tactics right at anfield and we'll get a very good chance to see it in action

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i'm on board with the idea of him going the rest of the season in a supporting role with hba and cisse battering them in, let interest in him cool down somewhat prior to the summer

He's nae Mourinho but in the summer he pointedly came out and said that he wanted to introduce his new style of football which is why he'd started bringing in the players he did. That we started the campaign with a couple of key players (a LB, HBA, another attacker) not available for selection somewhat forced him to continue with the existing methodology - make the team hard to break down and exploit the attacking situations. It was effective, not exactly free-flowing football. We came unstuck with the trio of difficult matches co-inciding with Colo's first injury and Saylor going down - two major losses and it told on the pitch as we dropped points in the three games after Man U/Man C/Chelsea. Some people saw this as a sign of Pards' "luck" running out (many of these didn't/don't trust the man). Some saw it as a flaw in his managerial accumen, as he wasn't able to change things when we'd been "worked out". Some rode out the rough after so much (relative) smooth. We also had the distraction of a not fully fit HBA having to be integrated back into the side with the vast majority pinpointing him as our real flair player who would at least be exciting, if not match-winning. We then lost Ba and Cabaye for a few matches (along with new signing Cisse) but stuck to the older methodology to grind out wins and points. We get howked off Fulham experimenting with the 4-3-3 (using Best and Shola instead of the first choice pair who were unavailable) - although the match isn't a total write-off as we were very good for 30-45mins at the start. With the full squad almost back and more than enough points on the board to surpass this season's expectations, Pards can now begin to 'experiment' with his chosen formation and the best players playing (injury permitting). The last 60mins of Wolves was a shambles, but every team has it's off day and there were extenuating circumstances (to some extent) and we battered the mackems for 45minutes before losing to a last gasp Arsenal goal at the Emirates. In any league, going without a win for 4/5 games is tough, so that's why the emphasis was placed on securing the 3pts against Norwich. The press have stopped dropping our name into Champs League talk (thankfully) and it looks as though Europa League is going to be out of our hands - all we can do is use the last 8 games to find our 'best' set-up and get as many points as possible so we set the standard for next season, but without having any real pressure on us. I don't see this as a new side to Pardew, I see this as him doing what he originally set out to do: get enough points to secure safety (done by Xmas really), then kick on from there after seeing out the Jan transfer window. If anything, he's encouraging the development of our football at a quicker rate than he probably envisaged with us having the 'comfort' of such an expectation-surpassing opening 30 games. His critics/detractors will call this revisionist, but I he's either the luckiest man in the world or he's got half a brain. howld on a minute here, isn't it a bit early to be assuming everything is gold? we've had a great performance against west brom preceded by some horrible, horrible performances with the exact same players might be worth seeing how we get on when we play liverpool and when another team comes to SJP and shuts up shop meaning the onus is on us to open them up before you start facepalming and congratulating yourself

who called him a cunt? remember some right ott stuff mind, still here's hoping he saw the light on sunday...to be honest how could he not, watching us huff and puff in the games vs. sunderland and wolves and scrape results was like watching something that needed putting out of it's misery

Ring him and ask him to come back out and look at your telly. Tell him it must be fucked cos Sunderland got howked out the cup on it last night. :lol:

there's been some serious talking down of zidane in the this thread mind, worthy of some itself to be fair

assuming he never leaves barca the biggest questions will be: (a) at what point does his utter domination of everything at one club become acceptable for the whinging cunts who won't accept he's the best? (b) seriously speaking at some stage guardiola is gonna go and xavi/puyol will jack it in or be moved on, this will more than likely be the biggest challenge messi will face imo as by then he'll be mid to late 20's and in the prime of his career, can he lead them through what will probably be big and difficult transitions (guardiola especially)? © how close can he lead them to madrids 9 european cups? what've they got now, 4?

correct, let him have one man...can't say he hasn't tried

there's something to this mindset in them like, i've recently come across the "your club was born in 1992" concrete argument about crowds (every mag says you've always had big crowds) and lest we forget the class argument, as far as i can tell the classy thing is only in existence 'cause they've deemed it so

he's referring to both clearly...the france team 1998 - 2000 was quality but this spain team is superior in my opinion, italy should have beaten france in euro 2000 not really sure what the point is suppose to prove anyway; messi & xavi have won and achieved more than zidane did amid better overall setups, so fucking what?

hm, zidane while good at juventus really came to prominence at real madrid, which was the galacticos lest we forget so i don't think you should be crying foul about the standard of player he had alongside him there

"Credit to Liverpool, they didn't just come to make up the numbers" - Wigan manager Roberto Martinez feels moved to congratulate his defeated opponents for their pluck - at Anfield. hope he said that man

for his own goal i kinda wish the defender had made a challenge 'cause you know hba would have left him on his arse...worst part is that the defender knew it too, and evidently deemed it preferable to just stand up and not look as foolish can see that happening a lot in the bear future, he's gonna torture average defenders like

Can only second this really. Sadly I can see Carroll being used to absolutely batter Perch and Williamson. Will be a tough game for sure, especially with Suarez's ability on the ground as well. hopefully tiote is fit, sit him right in front of the flimsy back two and kick FUCK out of anyone who comes near them or pards could just throw ba, cisse & hba at them and let them worry about us...which they should be, very worried

be class if perch comes good like, cover at FB, DM & CB at a push... nicely done chris hughton

christ imagine if pardews been right all along? instill a work ethic into him to win his place, means he's fit and fast and contributing whilst able to better utilize his obvious talent in a more physical league delighted he's starting to play well and pards is talking him up now...hopefully he sneaks into the france squad for the euros

5 points off spurs as it stands man

let it go, alls he's actually done is what he should have been doing for months now

have they changed anything tactically? clearly i'm not able to watch...

its French, German, African and Muslim

you win semantics not that you're not right, of course

it should so obviously be this, lot of emphasis on Ba being responsible...if we keep it nice and tight we'll win with that imo, at least a point