themanupstairs

Love how some people just creep out of the wood work when certain players have a bad game. Coloccini was partly at fault for the first goal. Imo he shouldn't have gone to ground. He risked giving away a penalty. Great tackle no doubt it was, but facing the way he did he always risked putting it back into a dangerous area. But then there are 3 other defenders, and 2 midfielders who should have been back there somewhere by then. 100% at fault not marking Rodallega for the second. All started when Simpson remembered he's shagging Tulla for a moment, dallied on the ball and gave it away in our own half. Soon after, Tiote gave away the stupid foul, and they scored. Other than that, Coloccini was flawless. The effort he put into trying to drag us out of the mire was incredible. Had two brilliant attempts at goal, and if his second had gone in, we'd have been sitting here talking about goal of the season. Coming on here to have a dig at the skipper, who DID make mistakes, but in context it was the team overall that let us down....have a word man.

This spell has brought back those horrible memories of the Souness era where we had some excellent footballers turned cloggers. Souness had no influence on the way we played football as a team, and no impact on matches. He really had no gameplan, by his own admission. Pardew is exactly the same. He rode the wave of some individual brilliance last season, and I reckon he couldn't believe his luck. I don't doubt that he's a good man manager, and that he has something about him when it comes to managing the CLUB overall. He's just a clueless football manager. He would make a good GM, but he's not a "football man". There is absolutely nothing in his PR, his press, his interviews that shows he's that much of a "football man". He is ineloquent, and speaks in vague generalizations. Unless he plays stupid on purpose, I don't really feel confident when I hear him speak or read his quotes. We should have won last night. I don't know why, it's been really hard taking this defeat specifically. Before Monday I had mostly dismissed the bad run as just a bad run. Last night something changed. The fact that he did not bring Marveaux on for Ben Arfa spoke volumes for the way he sees the game in context of its particular situation. That substitution was a massive massive telling sign.

I reckon a 14th place finish is on the cards. Survival, sure. Pitiful and pathetic all the same.

We played right into Hangeland's (head). Time and time again. When we did play the ball on the deck in those dangerous positions, we could have got somewhere. Shame 99% of the time we passed it out wide to Simpson whose cross was cut out by Hangeland. Time and time again.

For some reason I am absolutely livid at losing this game more than any other game this season. I think when Ben Arfa scored, and we had that dominant spell, I genuinely thought we could go on to win it. Fucking distraught to be honest.

First time this season that I have felt a shiver down my spine from the fear of even the remotest possibility that we'll fuck it all up big style. We need reinforcements in January, and we need to start winning games before then to make sure that nightmare scenario isn't even a possibility come April.

ffs Shola it's not 1965! Stop with the fucking fouling man

Shola comes on to close the game out for Fulham.

Taking Hatem off???

Next one is going in.

The Senegal wrist bands are back!! Come on Papiss!!!

Thanks. Was gonna throw Torres in until I realised they didn't have a game. Tossers. Yup. I'm losing Mata, Torres and Hazard for next week

it's more like hoof- -2

Of course they will be! They've won 5 in 16 games man! You don't need a brain to see that!

This forum must have jinxed him with the weekly Diame wankfest bonanza.

Tbh I think Perch will displace Williamson for this one.

Be fair, Atletico are a mile off Barca/Madrid personel wise. They are well organised and have a fantastic striker though. And the biggest cheat in world football in Diego Costa. What a fucking cretin he is.

They should've woken up before he went went. :clap:

Done. I wasn't serious man

Back in their rightful place in the top 10. Playing some wonderful scintillating football. Lovely manager and main forward to boot. A point against Parky me thinks. #sarcasm

Fester gets camp

OG

Gerrard will win this for them now

I take it Fellaini wasn't involved in either goal for Everton?