TherealnorthernTOON

His legs are gone which was the biggest part of his game. He now has to play more conservatively to compensate. He looked like an hindereance when trying to play pass and move kind of footie, mostly because he just stands there watching.

Think he should work on his core muscles, getting knocked off the ball so easy you'd think he was a kid.

Has become a very static player, or allways has been?

Still think we are too conservative, especially with the fullbacks, should push higher up field.

Good game, can see him chip in with a fair amount of goals if he can correct his finishing!

Getting more and more familiar with Mourinho's critism of Benzema when he stepped on the Madrid scene. "Playing him is like taking a walk with a dog when you really want a dog". In Pardews sense it's more like "Why buy a cat when you treat it like a dog".

Was good today imo. But showed he ain't no offensive midfielder. Was more often then not open for a pass and was making good runs all the time. Shows he got that pass and move into his blood. Think tiote came more to his right in that SM bonecrusher mode with perch behind him tbf. doesn't have to worry all that about the tactical thing, wich doesn't seem like beeing his type of game anyway. He did well in adding that steel to our midfield, just get cabaye in the offensive role and anita back where he belongs in the DM role allowed to push forward and I really think the midfield can become good.

Should hire mr Pacino as the new motivational coach!

new team, new management, new owner and we're good to go!

He had success last season with similar type of football. Why change it up when he knows the team can play the goods doing it? Just seems like he's waiting for the luck to turn and the team will start playing again.

Must be a frenchmen happy to take over this squad. Someone who knows how footie is played should look at the team and see that it got some great potential.

With 3 losses in a row, looking at the team he should realize by now that action has to be made. We can't keep going on like this. I even think that the defensive part isn't even the matter, it's just that we are so much on the defensive leaving serious gaps all over the place because we got no offensive play at all. Just looks like players are given the ball and asked to use their imagination to get things going. When things are going against you like this you need atleast a pattern of play to make people do some runs into space that are familiar to them. He probably won't be sacked yet, but he better turn this around fast. Relegation isn't far off this form.

What really bothers me is his inability to set up a team capable to play the kind of footie he wants. He sets us up with inwards wingers and fullbacks. Yet he wants hoofballs and crosses. Where is the logic? If you really want to play the percentages, you gotto atleast set yourself up to grab them instead of counteract.

Got no future in our style of play.

any post match interview up?

Hope he opens up his eyes now.

The two plan club. Pass it to HBA, if that doesn't work pass it to Ba.

why?

Maybe but also a bit isolated, we tend to get a bit bored passing at back then pass it to their goalie Happens because of alternatives. We got none, whilst they pretty much pack our midfield we got an stationary AM covered by their DM at all times.

Ben Arfa giving the same display as his first spell at the AM role. Way to stationary, not getting a look on the ball. Not going wide enough or into space where he's seen by the midfielders.

He doesn't know better.

Wasn't thinking that far back. Allthough point taken.

Carroll on his form he had during that first half of premier league is the best striker we've had imo. Don't get me wrong, the two ones we have are awsome aswell. But Carroll brought more to the overall play with his holding up, tying up several defenders at a time. He also scored goals and had a decent amount of assists. How many assists does our senegalese strikers have?

Thing really is, I hate to see us lose. But the manner we do lose in is just terrible and I can't even stand watching the game anymore.

Last few games has been an total embarresment.