themanupstairs

I reckon HBA will start this ahead of Ameobi reverting back to 433.

Paulinho looking very good today.

Why on earth would the wall jump for a direct free kick that close to the area?  Awful defending.

 

 

The second handball is the very definition of penalty imo. Regardless the distance the ball has traveled, the hit on the outstretched arm changed the direction of the ball. Penalty every single day of the week, 100 years ago, and today.

 

I've only seen it from the other side of the ground but I would have felt it was harsh if we had given away a penalty for that.  The only 2 things I was p*ssed off with the ref for was when Remy went down, it looked like a terrible decision.  And early on when a West Brom player went down and the ref stopped the game when the ball had already gone out for a throw in and the prick started the game with a drop ball when it should have been our throw in.

Don't think it would have been harsh to award a penalty there as Jones' arm was out, despite it being bent at the elbow. As "deliberate" a handball you are likely to see assuming the player doesn't actually think "i'm stopping this with my arm", which apart from Suarez and wor Tayls I haven't seen many do. It would have been a foul for handball outside the box I am sure.

Edit: I'd say it would have been harsh had the shot been from point blank range in relation to the defender. It wasn't in this case, as Cabaye had unleashed a goal bound thunderbastard.

Also want to know who Sissoko ran to in the dugout after he scored. Looked like Ben Arfa from one of the replays, but not sure.

 

Anita.

Any known reason? or was he just preparing to come on?

Cracking to get a 4th win on the trot, but I echo the sentiments about being sick to the death of hanging on to dear life. Gouffran MOTM and should be in the running for player of the month tbh, as he has been instrumental in all 4 of our wins.

Tiote and Cabaye controlled the midfield well in a duo I also thought. Shola looks a different player, somehow. Loved his leading of the pre-match huddle chat.

Also want to know who Sissoko ran to in the dugout after he scored. Looked like Ben Arfa from one of the replays, but not sure.

Typical MOTD don't bother looking at the Remy incident or the handball in any detail

The commentator seemed to doubt it was worthy of a free kick, same with the second penalty appeal.

The second handball is the very definition of penalty imo. Regardless the distance the ball has traveled, the hit on the outstretched arm changed the direction of the ball. Penalty every single day of the week, 100 years ago, and today.

57 pts with Vertonghen, Terry, Lallana, Suarez and the Kun to come.

Any one had Ramsey as captain ?

 

Pinned all my captain hopes on Aguero again..hope he's on fire tomorrow.

Yes. Was pretty obvious he'd have a blinder over in Cardiff. 

It wasnt exactly cast off money at the time and we had finished 2nd the season before.  If I remember correctly. 

 

We were also chasing babbel.  I think.

 

Ryan Babel is still only 26! Kicking around in the Turkish league. Career gone from strength to strength...

Reckon he was on about Marcus Babel.

Skippered Aguero who duly saved my bacon. Was regretting it having seen the points Suarez got the previous day, but turned out to be the right decision. Managed to stay with the leading pack in my league.

Football is a game of mistakes. If no one made mistakes, all matches would end in draws.

Barring injuries, Aguero & Suarez must be season keepers, like. Both are consistent and capable of going off on one. Love it

Yup. Aguero could have and should have at least had a hattrick today.

Sessegnon will score.

The french Kevin Gallacher/ Peter Lovenkrands only better.

 

Love his attitude. Not seen anyone play for the team as much as this guy does for a while now.

 

Dat composure to get out of the pickle in the corner 

 

This is exactly the point I tried to make earlier.  He is far far better than a Gallagher or Lovenkrands.  Because he works so hard, people lump him in with limited hard working players.

Only lumping him in with them because he was cheap as chips, as they were, and none were expected to shake the earth for us, but ended up making great positive contributions.

Three wins on the trot is great but I still can't make my mind up. None of them were entirely convincing but all included periods of excellent play.

We really are starting to look like a very good team at times with top quality players in key positions, and for the first time in quite a while we have a strong bench with some serious options. Perhaps there is some room for optimism. Maybe.

 

I didn't think Norwich looked a bad side, apart from the first goal, They should have enough to survive and they are a lot better than a couple of other teams down there.

 

This is what is frustrating. We're 8th with Pardew showing in glimpses what we're capable of. A better manager and why couldn't we compete for a top 6 place rather than just top 10?

IMO there's nothing between our squad compared to Everton's. If anything, we have better overall individuals in some key areas. No reason why we can't be toe to toe with them all season.

edit: the bold bit is a clusterfuck of a sentence. Meant to say that there's not that much difference between our squad and Everton's. blame it on the moonshine.

The french Kevin Gallacher/ Peter Lovenkrands only better.

Love his attitude. Not seen anyone play for the team as much as this guy does for a while now.

Dat composure to get out of the pickle in the corner 

Got away with that one.

 

Result shouldn't have even been in question with 15 minutes to play. Why we can't simply go out and try to score more goals to finish a team off, rather than just sit and hand the initiative/momentum to a poor team, I don't know. Scoring a third would have killed that game stone dead and we could have done whatever we liked - rest a few legs, give a young player a bit of pitch-time etc. But no, we're just content to sit, hold our shape, go negative as f*** and allow the opposition time and space to create problems. It's happened time and time again, sometimes we get away with it and sometimes we don't, we got away with it today. Drag 11 men back to defend a corner and still allow him a free header without any c*** on the post.

 

f*** off man.

 

Absolutely. Had this argument with a fellow supporter at full time. He was delighted and full of praise for Pards as if he wasn't watching. Granted the first half was quite good, but fuck me do we make hard work of it. To let a deflated Norwich back into the game the way we did was borderline madness. How about you carry on from where you left off Pards? How about ENTERTAINING THE HOME CROWD for a fucking change eh? How about trying to remedy that goal difference a bit?

It's one thing hanging on for dear life having taken a lead against Liverpool, Chelsea and Spurs, and it's another doing it at home to a poor Norwich side missing their two best players. Worryingly, my mate's response to me asking why we shouldn't be aiming to put 4 or 5 past a lower half team at home? "Well Pards didn't want to risk injuries to players by going all out for a thrashing". That's how far this shyster's negativity has seeped into the mentality of some fans.

Could easily have done a Hull. Although I must say, Cisse did score a perfectly good goal which would have polished the scoreline a bit.

Aren't NBA players wearing t-shirts for some part of the current season? Found that a bit funny.

Remember Cisse's penalty against these last year

That was pivotal to how our season turned out. Cisse caught the bug and hasn't recovered since IMO.

Sigþórsson > Finnbogason

 

Ludicrouss.

 

No prem experience.

:lol:

Demble is so overrated.

Decent enough. Extremely over-rated.

Was suspended for this wasn't he?

Nothing would please me more than seeing this fella score at the world cup. Hopefully he makes the squad and scores at the Maracana, announcing his retirement from professional football at the final whistle.

If we could sign Remy permanently, Tom Ince, a beast centre-half, a young right back and a striker who can hold up the ball. Wed be in very good shape. Thats 4 major signings though :/

 

Too early to be drinking.

 

I was thinking drugs

tbf it sounded like he was drinking the glue