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So by playing two players who can't pass the ball more than 10 yards sideways and backwards, are physically out muscled consistently every game and leaving your main striker isolated without service is the way forward. I can't see encouraging signs it just reminds me of last year but instead of hoofing the ball forward we are now trying to play keep the ball with 10 yard balls between the defence and Colback/Anita. As an attacking force we are virtually a non entity currently - sorry when I see basic mistakes being made which are so obvious then I will call it. If your happy with that so be it but don't know how you can be to be honest. Yes we have been down to 10 men but before we were the team was set up wrong at Swansea and against Arsenal. Add to the fact Sissoko is not a winger and Perez being dropped again (or even De Jong) not being selected to the detriment of the team and resulting in your main striker being totally isolated, then I'm sorry that is certainly not an improvement. I've clearly said that the way we're playing is still nowhere near good enough for the future. The fact that he has gone back to basics with the stuff I've highlighted bodes well in that he has to start from somewhere. I also have gripes about the 2 tiny dancers in midfield, and I don't think it's how we should line up once we have settled as a squad with new players and totally new management. I am however willing to be patient and let the new coaching do its job, as the signs are encouraging.

25 pts with 5 to play. Sagna saving my bacon this week, again.

We spent the majority of two games against the two best possession teams in the league, with a man down ffs In order to reverse the utter rubbish we'd been served up by al pards in the last few years, SMC needed to get back to basics. Professional attitude on and off the pitch, respect for the fans, better communication, proper coaches and backroom staff, and a solid defensive shape that should become hard to break down. This is a game where the 11 players on the pitch (haha) at any given time need to make collective and individual decisions in split seconds. You can't influence that in 5 minutes. It takes bloody time. It's nowhere near good enough at the moment, but McClaren has earned the chance to show what he wants to do. No one's saying we'll win the league next year or owt. But not seeing encouraging signs from the evidence we've had so far is just being stubborn for the sake of it.

Top post. As in, topped myself with anguish over the "logic" of the bolded part especially

His distribution was markedly better than usual yesterday Some of his kicks were measured passes rather than aimless punts up-field.

Why not, they say to hit the deck if even looked at in the box ? It's a horrible, horrible game at this level, only my partisanship keeps me involved. This 1000000%

Rodgers went from being a decent coach to a pretentious "philosophy" type hipster wanker. Pardew-level performance by the dippers as they constantly hoofed it up to Benteke, and gave the ball to Coutinho for a bit of magic. Their forward line has improved marginally on last season, but their defence remains bog standard. Gomez is a right-footed 18 yr old RB/CB starting at LB. I still hate them, and that result yesterday cheered me up a little.

No, but it doesn't mean it wasn't dangerous. I don't get why there's such an argument about it. Vast majority of pundits and NUFC fans can see why he gave a red. It's not like it's an outrageous decision. I personally think it is a red. Can see why people think it's soft, but to hear people say "never a red" is ludicrous when basically 95% of all coverage of it has agreed that it was probably the right decision. It's never a red because it's never a red. Everyone on here lambasted Janmaat for his stupidity a couple of weeks ago. It's not bias. People have eyes and can see that it was an embarrassingly corrupt and pre-meditated decision. Marriner seemed to absolutely delight in waving the red card in Mitro's face.

As if footballers wear shin pads because it's probably the most impact-prone region of the body playing the sport of football. Never ever a red card in a million years. Not 30 years ago, not today. Marriner is a corrupt cunt and his subsequent decisions only confirmed it.

Load of hot air that "ultras". They only have two songs, and both are shit: the Barca rip off, and CPFC. Such a contrived atmosphere.

We will I think.

Utter bollocks. If football is anything it's an emotional game. none of us would be here, and in fact not even half of the SJP would be there if it wasn't a game of emotions.

The PL is the most corrupt and bought league in the world. Any one who doesn't see that is a fucking idiot. This is shocking from the so called referee. I hope we break some arsenal poof legs.

The new post function on this thread is shit. Been taking me to Kaka's post about Abdennour ever since he posted it. Kaka man ffs

Expect us to sign someone from there since he's our scout in Eastern Europe.

Unfortunately there aren't too many other words for people who continue to defy basic common sense. Even you've figured out Tiote's useless and you were his no.1 fan a couple of years back. Off with the hyperbole again. Fairly confident I said little more than with good coaching he could be an effective PL player again. Still not even sure that's not the case, though evidence at the moment suggests not. I think his time has come and gone tbh especially as a starting CM. With good coaching though he might be an effective player to bring on when we need to just shut her down, as with the game at OT. If he starts games again he'll just start to believe his own hype again and be back to his old-new self. Mind you, I'd have the old Tiote in place of Colback alongside Anita every day of the week.

That's the data. You really do buy it every single time. I'm getting bored. Process will continue this weekend with a 1-0 win away to Swansea. I'm not so sure, Swansea are the best team we've played thus far and by some way too. If they're lucky with injuries, I really think they're good enough to finish in the top 6 this year. Their football and first team are certainly capable of it.

I know they're only playing Hartlepool, but Bournemouth play some fucking great football. 4-0 now.

wllo prick

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