ponsaelius

What a fucking abysmal goal to concede.

OptaJoe ‏@OptaJoe 5 - This is the fifth time Man Utd have fallen behind in a PL home game this season; they have won three of the previous four. Spirit.

WAT

8-0

They're switching to odd years. Its staying bi-annual though.

dat christmas

Amen to that. Merry Xmas to all.

Colin Udoh ‏@ColinUdoh Been speaking with NFF's Chris Green. Says Alan Pardew is joking re Ameobi. Nigeria will apply full weight of FIFA sanctions on Newcastle Colin Udoh ‏@ColinUdoh Means Ameobi will not only be barred from playing for duration of #ANC2013, but will also miss an additional FIVE days as specified

Fergieskirge

Did you watch the game at the weekend?

The way they've done it is ask journalists to give their top 30 and ranked on points. It's thrown up some daft results, like Emmanuel Mayuka being there and Higuain not.

There's some poor omissions on that list; Higuian, Di Natale, Marchisio, Barzagli, Llorente, Soldado etc.

'Please be real' :lol:

Realistic Coaching Staff Targets Thread

Can we not bring in some new coaching staff? An injection of different ideas could go a long way.

Knew people would claim that horrible experiment wasn't what they claim they want, but to be fair equally are we not playing a traditional 442 with 2 banks of four and 2 strikers up top much these last couple of weeks (i.e. in our run of losses). The reality is our problems run much deeper than simply sacrificing a midfield player for a winger. Yep, the manager is s*** That's one way of looking at it. Another would be to say we're not bringing in the players that he wants/needs in order for him to play his preferred style of play (regardless of what we think about the aesthetics of that style of play). Why else bring in a striker who can only excel in a 433, and a defensive midfield player who thrives on possession based linkup play between the defensive players and the midfield/forward players, when he seemnigly wants to play a traditional English game with two banks of four and a little man/big man combo up front? To be honest, if the long term tactical aim from Pardew is what you've suggested (and many suspect) then I really do want him gone. We will never consistently achieve anything tangible playing like that even with the players needed to make it work. The glass ceiling for that is what O'Neill achieved with Villa. We beat that last season 6 months ago.. Largely because of the individual brilliance of players like Ben Arfa (players who don't fit into that system in the slightest). We're also now fighting a relegation battle, hence 'consistently achieve'.

Knew people would claim that horrible experiment wasn't what they claim they want, but to be fair equally are we not playing a traditional 442 with 2 banks of four and 2 strikers up top much these last couple of weeks (i.e. in our run of losses). The reality is our problems run much deeper than simply sacrificing a midfield player for a winger. Yep, the manager is s*** That's one way of looking at it. Another would be to say we're not bringing in the players that he wants/needs in order for him to play his preferred style of play (regardless of what we think about the aesthetics of that style of play). Why else bring in a striker who can only excel in a 433, and a defensive midfield player who thrives on possession based linkup play between the defensive players and the midfield/forward players, when he seemnigly wants to play a traditional English game with two banks of four and a little man/big man combo up front? To be honest, if the long term tactical aim from Pardew is what you've suggested (and many suspect) then I really do want him gone. We will never consistently achieve anything tangible playing like that even with the players needed to make it work. The glass ceiling for that is what O'Neill achieved with Villa.

The Liverpool home game was one of the best we've had for controlling the match. Apart from an iffy first few minutes, the balance of the front 6 and grip we had on the game meant the weak back 4 was never put under serious pressure.

Knew people would claim that horrible experiment wasn't what they claim they want, but to be fair equally are we not playing a traditional 442 with 2 banks of four and 2 strikers up top much these last couple of weeks (i.e. in our run of losses). The reality is our problems run much deeper than simply sacrificing a midfield player for a winger. Yep, the manager is shit

Remember Everton first half being essentially a 4-4-1-1. Marveaux deep on the right to counter Baines a completely disasterous (and negative) decision.

'Vulnerable' Pardaganda.

Nelsen.