Gallowgate Toon
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will people give Nolan a break, he was played out of position in case anyone didn't watch the game properly.#
I blame this on Hughton.
Why the f*** didn't CH employ Nolan as a central midfield I will never know, he played him upfront with Carroll wtf!!
When we had Shola and Xisco on the bench. At times Carroll was deeper and closer to the midfield than Nolan was. Now tell me what the f*** is this type of tactic meant to be?? Amateur.
If CH employed him Nolan as a Attack Mid player then why was he given the license to play so far up in attack. The whole formation stunk and smelt of ineptitude.
Today it really showed the difference between a World Class Prem Coach and a Championship one.
That is Nolan's position, that's where he was succesful for Bolton. Maybe the reason Carroll was there in the first place was because Nolan is such an unfit footballer he didn't have the legs to get back?
Nolan was just wandering around aimlessly, not even closing down opposition, that's the whole point of an attacking midfielder to get back enough to be an extra man but then link and/or break with the attack. He didn't do either and just doesn't have what it takes against such energetic opposition.
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Might be decent foil for Carroll if we don't get anyone else in, he has abit of pace and presence about him. We'll see but encouraging.
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What position is Ben Arfa please. AM/F/LC?
He's versatile as he can play on either wing, CM or as a second striker. His best position imo is as a playmaking second striker, he's accomplished on the wing too though. Wouldn't be able to do a job in CM though, he just won't do the defensive side.
Same as Nolan then, except he can't do the attacking side either.
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What position is Ben Arfa please. AM/F/LC?
He's versatile as he can play on either wing, CM or as a second striker. His best position imo is as a playmaking second striker, he's accomplished on the wing too though. Wouldn't be able to do a job in CM though, he just won't do the defensive side.
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Wouldn't have made a difference tonight because of the sheer lack of movement or willingness to get forward, he would have got the ball, looked up and seen nobody ahead of him.
Suppose, but if you have a player in the middle capable of getting, retaining and then passing the ball, you have more chance to get players forward.
Fair point but if we're looking for retention he isn't our man, he's not that type of player.
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Wouldn't have made a difference tonight because of the sheer lack of movement or willingness to get forward, he would have got the ball, looked up and seen nobody ahead of him.
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Perch was decent in the second half tbh he has one asset and that is pace. I think he has potential but was over-whelmed in the first 45.
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Not quite sure why Colo's getting some stick tbh didn't really see an awful lot he did wrong but Williamson who made a glaring error is getting positive reviews? I'll put it down to surprise that he wasn't raped in his first PL game.
You was watching a different game to me then. Colo was pretty bad out there - his game was littered with errors. Williamson was our second best player.
What errors are you referring to? I remember him making tackles, interceptions and winning headers, he played alright. Williamson was also decent but he gave the ball away in the box to a clinical striker and if Berbatov had scored after megging Williamson i'm sure the reaction would have been a lot different. Also his lack of pace is a massive worry, if someone makes a run off his shoulder he's f***ed at least Colo has some pace (see foot race with Hernandez).
I don't think Colo is much faster than Williamson in all honesty, neither are the quickest,
Never said they were, just said Colo had some pace compared to no pace at all.
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Not quite sure why Colo's getting some stick tbh didn't really see an awful lot he did wrong but Williamson who made a glaring error is getting positive reviews? I'll put it down to surprise that he wasn't raped in his first PL game.
You was watching a different game to me then. Colo was pretty bad out there - his game was littered with errors. Williamson was our second best player.
What errors are you referring to? I remember him making tackles, interceptions and winning headers, he played alright. Williamson was also decent but he gave the ball away in the box to a clinical striker and if Berbatov had scored after megging Williamson i'm sure the reaction would have been a lot different. Also his lack of pace is a massive worry, if someone makes a run off his shoulder he's fucked at least Colo has some pace (see foot race with Hernandez).
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Not quite sure why Colo's getting some stick tbh didn't really see an awful lot he did wrong but Williamson who made a glaring error is getting positive reviews? I'll put it down to surprise that he wasn't raped in his first PL game.
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Thing is if we hadn't bottled it we could have given them a bit of a game. We're not as inferior as people think but we just let Man U do whatever they pleased, it was infuriating to watch. We never played to our strengths and after 30 mins didn't even bother to attack. Hughton is going to have to buck his ideas up, we actually need to give teams a match, not a training game, no matter how big their reputation.
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Strange half like, started off very well but after 30 mins just seemed to burrow our heads in the ground and stopped attacking. Hughton needs to grow a pair, just defending is like putting a lamb to slaughter we actually looked decent when we were attacking in those first 30 mins. Nolan's fault for the first imo poor ball to Jonas in an already cramped space. Nolan anonymous mind, he's shit and i want Vuckic on instead of him.
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Just highlights how pathetic our local sports journalism is tbh they've got the deal is off from him going back to Marseille?
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Not quite sure how that puts the move in serious doubt, he was always going to have to go back to sort stuff out.
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Wasn't Keegan living quite near to Shearer in 2008 as well?
Nah he lived at the other end of the estate, not sure he's sold his house yet either.
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He will come imo, OM are just playing hardball atm. Let's not forget there's plenty of time left in the window, why would they let him go on loan when someone may come in with a sufficient bid over the next 2 weeks? Ben Arfa's only going to accept an offer from a Premier League or La Liga team imo so unless a someone from either of those leagues comes in with a bid, he's ours. OM wouldn't be stupid enough to pay all his wages when he's just not even going to play and if he does, he won't even try. I don't think anyone will bid for him fwiw, he's just too much of a risk for most teams with the new 25 man rule.
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So what happens if we get him on loan and he is amazing? then the option to buy kicks in, will we pay the asking price or lose him to Spuds or some other player nicking c***.
We might have been taken over by then? Who knows.
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This kid is f***ing crazy if he's as desperate to join us as it appears.
He has an interest in the Premier League imo, not Newcastle unless he's been speaking to Habib.
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His stubborn-ness will definitely pay off for us, they'll have to let him go because his wages are so big and they can't afford an AWOL superstar.
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I think he will force OM's hand tbh he wants to play here, his heart is set on it and i guarantee he will be such a twat they will be forced to let him come here. His bad attitude and stubborn personality may just work in our favour.
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We played out first team today in the first half and never looked like scoring. If we don't sign anyone else we will struggle.
You have to take 2 factors into account though:
1. Rangers sat back, teams in the PL will do the total opposite and attack us, opening up space for us so we create more chances.
2. It was a friendly, i doubt we were playing to our full potential.
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Zigic is awful, rather have Carroll.
No he's not, far from it. Last time he got a run of games was at Racing and he scored a very impressive 13 in 19.
Did you just see that miss? He cannot play football, shocking footballer.
No, you're judging him at a time where his confidence is shockingly low. He's a good player and has a good record everywhere he's been but only when he's been played consistently.
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Zigic is awful, rather have Carroll.
No he's not, far from it. Last time he got a run of games was at Racing and he scored a very impressive 13 in 19.
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It's ridiculous how people are quick to judge Messi after this CL tie. Yes, let's ignore all the other matches that he's played this season.
I could easily point out how marginalised Rooney was at Stamford Bridge earlier on in the season, or how he was marginalised in the match against City, or at Anfield, or at home to Villa etc. etc. etc.
A match doesn't make a season. A season of performances makes a season. And a few seasons of great performances is evidence of class and quality, which is what Messi is.
But the best players are defined by doing great things against great teams, scoring bagfuls in La Liga consistenly (although it's been a poor competition this season) is obviously the mark of a very good player but for me when he has to step up from that level aginst the big teams, i can't help but be disappointed and i'm not just talking about aginst Inter this season either.
Imo he can be the game's greatest but he's not ready to have that title yet, he's got another 10 years to prove it though.
He was awful against Arsenal.
And in what way are Arsenal a great team may i ask? In fact the team they sent out that match were hardly brilliant with a patched up defence etc.
Manchester Utd 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd - 16/08/10 - post match reaction from page 36
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Iirc his stand-out season at Bolton, where he scored 10 was when he was playing just behind Davies. If not, then he had the legs then, he just doesn't have the legs now, if CM is his best position i seriously worry because he was truly awful there when he first signed he was over-ran by virtually everyone he came up against.