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It's NOTW what's the fuss about.

This is what should be brought up at the next NUSC Llambias goes too. If they want the fans on side, they must know this won't do and there's not one fan happy with these decisions.

Honestly Chris Hughton is a fucking wimp. Playing 2 'destroyers' in midfield when we're sitting on fucking nothing above the relelgation zone and playing against Hull, yeah fucking Hull. Why change a team that gave Man U problems to suit the needs of some injured cunts aka Owen when he knew fine well he's fucking shite when he's not match fit. Clueless and gutless, fucking pathetic. I've never been as annoyed with a 'manager' in my entire life.

Youtube Martins goals and you could say exactly the same thing, he's already in a pretty class team at Inter and i've been watching him occasionally over the last few years and every time he's been pap, scored one nice goal though. The league makes him look a lot better than he is compared to our PL standards, i'm afraid to say it but Serie A has fallen from grace a lot over the last 5 years.

Problem with Inter is that every single one of their players are massively over-rated, to the level that they believe their own hype. Ibrahimovic is a shining example of this.

The only thing that needs to be changed about football is the ridiculous wages that players are on.

After seeing him in action on Wednesday i can definitely say Vidic is not the best CB in the world by any stretch, he's as overrated as any other player in the league. Martins gave him a right run around on Wednesday and all Vidic could do was hack him to pieces, after that display i must say i was sorely disappointed due to the amount of hype he was getting. If anything i'd say he was the weak link in their defence when the ball's on the deck, in the air he's a beast though.

Tbh Vidic isn't a great footballer when the threat's on the deck. Martins had him chasing shadows in the first half.

Awareness and manipulation of space around the pitch. Football is a common sense game as much as anything though, knowing when to do something and when not to do something.

Yep. I'll say this about Jonas, he does relieve pressure in a fantastic way as he can bypass two or even three players with nifty footwork and can also take the ball from one corner of the pitch to the opposite. He's obviously a fantastic team player but his technique really is shoddy which is a shame because he's a good footballer and it is actually surprising it isn't any better. You see him like tonight shift those feet with a trick or two which is great skill, then watch in astonishment when that same player just kicks a cross behind for a goal-kick or over hits a pass or shoots in the same vein a defender will pass back to his 'keeper. Highly frustrating. Very true, i haven't seen many players with as good close control when running flat out as Jonas and that is a very hard skill to learn never mind master. It may just be confidence with Jonas but i think it has to be kept in mind that on the left he does get forced out a lot, therefore using his much weaker foot, on his right he's actually decent tbh. Shame we don't switch wingers sometimes.

Owen needs a couple of games to be 'fit' why does he have to start. IMO don't start him for a couple of games if we're doing well then bring him on as a sub around 60 mins. He'll most likely be trying harder to put himself in the shop window so there will be double motivation for him, and hopefully for us, more goals.

Timing??? I mean the timing of the subs is a bit too late, they bring the right people on but just too late. They made changes around 75 mins today but we needed a change after 65 mins in my opinion.

Our line-up and positional tactics were perfect today and imo should be used for the next 10 games, regardless of Owen. Harper - 6.5 - He certainly ain't no Shay but is solid enough. I'm sure he'll be fine after a couple more games but he looks a little lethargic and his kicking leaves much to be desired. S. Taylor - 6.5 - Dealt with Ronaldo well enough imo he's still pretty rash though and his positioning can be a bit crap to say the least. Colo - 7 - Had a great first half imo and for the first time in a while he looked better than Bassong, some great interceptions and good strength against Rooney. Reminded me of Colo we saw earlier this season, a classy defender. Bassong - 7 - Was good but looked dodgy to me in first half, looked edgy as he gave away some easy passes. Improved a lot in the second half though. Enrique - 8 - Was a joy to watch today, and i think it's a testament to his recent performances that Fergie put Ronaldo against Taylor instead. My MOTM. R. Taylor - 6 - Would have been higher if it weren't for the mistake but i think he's a good player and he should be in our side still when injuries are sorted. Smith - 6.5 - Had a decent game, some good tackles but some stupid tackles, just a younger Nicky Butt but i thought he looked promising. Geremi - 7 - Was excellent in ball distribution, shame he moves slower than anything in the universe. Jonas - 7.5 - People say he 'looks' a good player, but he is so much more. Anyone with that dribbling ability, that gave a team like Man U so many problems is a good player, some good passing and a couple of decent crosses. Lovenkrands - 7 - Loved the way we played him 'in the hole'. Was perfect as when we defended he dropped into midfield and made it harder for them to score but as soon as we got the ball he used that pace to support Martins. This is the way we should play away from home imo. Martins - 7 - In the first half was fantastic displayed great touch, technique, vision and skill and gave the best defenders in the Prem a real run for their money, faded a lot after an hour though. Caroll - 6 - Didn't do much. Lua Lua - Not enough time.

Our build up tactics are pretty diabolical tbh, from Harper all we do is hoof it to Martins who was never going to win a header against Vidic. I was however impressed with the way Lovenkrands was deployed today. He started him CF but utilised his pace well, when we defended Love dropped back making a 5 man midfield but when we attacked he was straight up there with Martins running at pace. I thought this was extremely clever on Hughton's part. On subs, they're much better than JK's but the timing is still a bit off.

Although Ryan Taylor screwed up i still think he's looked a canny player for us and he should be accommodated into the team for his set-pieces alone.

My thoughts exactly, liability if there ever was one. Distinctly remember Colo saving his bacon a lot when Bassong wasn't in the frame for us.

You don't do zonal marking in that situation, you man mark you don't just leave a man because there's a bit of empty space, that's stupid. Taylor should have communicated to Colo that the man was coming because in man for man marking Gardner is Taylor's man, now he shouldn't have been running with him everywhere but he should've known exactly where he was, and he did see him but failed to communicate the danger, how is that Coloccini's fault. CB's aren't meant to track the run of a LM or any midfielder for that matter, especially when playing against a 4-4-2.

Simple fact Gardner is a LM, therefore he would be up against a RB, now i wasn't expecting ST to run along with him everywhere, but if you know who you're meant to be marking then your eye must be on that player for most of the time, seeing where they are etc. Now ST should've known where Gardner was, he didn't have anyone else to mark and he should've seen the danger earlier on and told Colo to go to him. He doesn't have eyes in the back of his head, people seem to expect that as he cost 10m but the truth is he's just a human being. This ball playing crap, i've seen plenty of evidence o suggest that Colo is as good technically as some forward players. What are you expecting him to do? play a 50 yard through ball, no movement ahead, nobody to pass to therefore stupid punt which loses the ball.

Nicky Butt is really boiling my piss, he's going to be 35 soon but he's as irrational as an 18 year old, he gives needless free kicks away in dangerous areas, starts fights even though we have virtually nobody in reserve and runs around like a tit when he's supposed to be our holding midfielder, it's pathetic that we've given him a contract extension when even Brum didn't want him.

Purely depends on who's playing in front of you tbh. How can he pass it when nobody is there?

Yes but they may have poor attitude because it looks to me from the quotes that have been posted that he's been trying to make them into something their not. They're flair players, they don't track back a lot, they use their tricks and technique to beat people, looks to me like Jose has tried to coach it out of them consequently losing confidence etc. I'm not saying he's the sole person to blame for them being shit they obviously have dug their own holes but i think it would be unfair to blame it all on them.

Was young then tbh, some players just have mentaility issues at that age. It's easy to see why the same has happened to Mancini as well tbh, he was a cracking player at Roma, but suddenly he was shit at Inter, i don't think that's a coincidence.

Of course he is. Just ask Bobby Robson who tried to bring him here as his no 2 a long time back. He's out of our league now, but that's how the cookie crumbles. Fergie's better imo. In terms of ability, absolutely. What levels the playing field for me is the player attraction Jose brings to the table. More players want to work with Mourinho Totally disagree with the second sentence. Mourinho would best be described as an autocratic manager, everything is on his terms and it's his way or the highway and players don't like that. You can see with Quaresma and Mancini that Jose can really muck players up. He tries them to mould them into something totally different, taking away their edge. People say Quaresma can't cut it in the high leagues against big teams, that' bull tbh he played exceptionally well in the Champions League against some really tough opposition for Porto, you could see he was an immense talent. Fergie on the other hand gets the best out of his players, lets them play their games gives them creative, that's why in my opinion he's a better coach and i think players prefer to play for him.

http://www.nufc.premiumtv.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10278~1554888,00.html I'd love to see who'd win that race.

The best out and out striker in the world is David Villa. He has everything: clnical finishing, good pace, great skills, intelligence, technique, selfnessness, flair, fantastic vision, passing, strength, good shooting and for a small guy he can header, plus he can take brilliant set pieces. Very under-rated imo as he's been consistently scoring tons of goals for the last 5 seasons, there is only one better player in the world and that is Messi.