themanupstairs

                            Krul

          Simmo  Willo    Perch  Taylor

                    Tiote      Jonas

                        Cabaye

            HBA                    Ba                   

                        Cissie

Is exactly what we should see next weekend. Except maybe Cisse for this Cissie lad you're on about.

Hart does have blatant weaknesses, though. His handling is suspect at times for a start.

Whenever I've seen him this season, he's been near perfect, at least in terms of decision making.

Casillas, Hart and then you could make a case for Reina being next up tbh.

 

 

 

Neuer?

Definitely Neuer is up there with Casillas and Hart. IMO Reina is in the tier just below with Hugo Lloris and the like. The top three are complete goalkeepers with negligible weaknesses.

I think he felt he was being tugged back by Odemwingie, who to be fair had him by the arm for the last few yards. Maybe the header was his botched attempt at winning a foul? Defended very well today apart from that brain fart moment. Krul shares the blame for it mind. He's in a better position to see the field of play, and should have shouted and come out a second earlier.

They seem to think that Reina is "probably the best keeper in the world"?

He's a brilliant keeper but fuck me! I can think of 3 off the top of my head who are better by a visible margin.

Big blow but a couple of games isn't too bad and the guy can't be expected to play like a machine for the entire season 4 seasons. Hopefully the return of Tiote and the better form of Perch will help. But our CBs are going to be looking awful for a couple of weeks.

fyp 

I reckon he's been found out by opposition defenders playing on the wing after a few years now. His wing play is somewhat one dimensional and he lacks the burst of pace to wriggle away from full backs that Ben Arfa possesses. IMO this new role could be a new lease of life for him, and he can always revert to the wing should we need to tinker with the formation mid game.

Brilliant today.

An absolute hero today. Would have loved him to pick up the armband from Colo at HT, as he thrives on responsibility. His bursting run down the left is what allowed Ben Arfa to do what he needed to score. Also loved how he chased down what seemed a lost cause deep in their half so late in the game.

Got the heart of a lion this Yohan fella. Outstanding.

Please please please please be fit!! Need him up against the ugly racist gobshite next weekend.

He's been a good sub, he has held the ball up well and used it well. He used to be a nightmare for falling over and losing the ball between his legs, but he's been more consistent recently.

 

Ba and Cisse were too central today for the most part although Ba runs all over the shop he hasnt been dragging it into the corner for a cross recently.

 

This is crucial imo. They should ideally be taking turns in moving out into the channels, either to drag defenders and create space for the central man, or for putting crosses in should they receive the ball. Need to do this more often. In Ba and Cisse we have two lethal finishers and technically solid footballers. No reason they should be holding hands in the middle.

What a fucking goal by Crouch!

From that deplorable King's Speech thread:

Every day is Christmas day with Kenny in charge!

http://972mag.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Iraqi-Information-Minister.jpeg

 

Don't worry folks, it's all part of King Kenny's masterplan...

Aye. 4th still alive...

Been an awful awful day for me today, and this result has cheered me up no end! I'm so delighted for Carroll, Enrique and that 7 day old bag of diarrhea Suarez.

gary caldwell

Every manager we've had has ludicrously bigged up players. I remember Bobby making out that Jenas would be the best midfielder in the world one day, and that LuaLua would eventually get 30 a season.

 

Did he f*** say those things. He did say Jenas has the potential to be anything he wants.

 

Speaking of Sir Bobby, here is an old Four Four Two interview with him....

http://fourfourtwo.com/interviews/one-on-one/224/article.aspx

Wonderful

Miss you Sir Bobby 

On this week's 4-hour World Football Phone In (wooohoo) they mentioned this class player at Groningen, cant remember his name. Also spoke about Corgnet and how we're becoming a more attractive option than Arsenal to french-based players.

Probably Texeira

Have to say, well done Blackburn for sticking with Kean. Seem to be having a storming end to their season, with Wolves turning turboshit.

Come on lad!! Fight! Glad to hear there's improvement no matter how small.

Jonas is the only natural winger we have on, and we haven't used him as an outlet in the 2nd half.

Perch MOTM surely?

Without doubt imo

There's that famous shirt pulling again.

That's 2 pens we should have had.

Perch is having the game of his life. Will score.

Pardew: "Shols....Shols get in there"

time wasting at home ffs