loki679

386 words, 8 fullstops. How is anyone supposed to read that shit?

Had Gardner not put it out then it would have bounced about 2 yards from the goal-line and Shola was running onto it to stab it home on the (half) volley. Cabaye's corners are generally s*** but that particular one could quite easily have produced a goal. A Newcastle corner producing a goal

Yellow jacket? Uncal Mick?

I don't think you can really draw any conclusions on him from that game. A local derby, down to ten men for the majority of the game, it's too much of an anomalous situation. I did think bringing Obertan on for HBA was a mistake, I would have preferred to see Anita but ho hum. I am still a little concerned about the football we're playing so far this season. When we're playing 442 the midfield is sitting very deep and leaving the attack isolated. That huge gap between our lines means that we don't have many options to play the ball around in the middle and resort to lumping it forward. Whether this is deliberate and from the manager's instructions or a natural result of Cabaye and Tiote (or whoever is playing CM) often being outnumbered in the centre I don't know. I don't think we get the best out of Jonas having him play wide, he just doesn't offer enough out there. Ben Arfa also plays better when he's pushed further up the pitch and has more license to come central and look for the ball. Having Benny free to roam around in the attack gives our midfield another option and a natural out ball along the floor to a player who has the skill and talent to keep it until support arrives. Cabaye is a great passer of the ball and has excellent vision but when he plays so deep he lacks options and is unable to use his range of passing to open up the opposition defence. If he's in our own half when he receives the ball then it's too much to ask for him to thread a decent ball into the forwards or out wide from there, you end up trying to play hollywood balls. That's all my opinion anyway, i'm sure others will see it differently but that's the beauty of the game.

Who's that Whitley bloke on RTG? Seems desperate to ingratiate himself with the knuckle draggers by running us down all the time.

Game's finished man. I'm talking about the way we've played this season, not just this game. I know, poor atempt at humour! No, it was quite funny now I look at it but wasn't in the frame of mind to get the joke Just feels like we're throwing it away by playing in a defensive formation. Nothing wrong with losing if you do your best and give it a go, it's when I feel we're hamstringing ourselves before we even kick off that I get pissed off.

Game's finished man. I'm talking about the way we've played this season, not just this game.

We seem to be playing far too deep. Massive gap between the midfield and attack and very little movement.

Can't see us scoring tbh. Ba is isolated and we're offering nothing going forward.

Sitting too fucking deep

shit

We need to get Cabaye some boots that are angled like a 9 iron.

HAULED OFF

Anita for Cabaye?

Colo's composure is a constant amazement. He never panics and boots it, always just nicely out to safety.

Perchinho, the ultimate utility man, can even be a physio.

TV just flashed up 23% possession for us

We've dropped very deep, Ba totally isolated. Even when he can make it stick there's nobody running off him.

They're playing better now, need to get on top of this.

Free kick floated to Williamson.

HORLED OFF

Think we could push Jonas into the centre and compress the midfield and have HBA playing deep off Ba.

Occasionally ?? They go to him every 5-10 minutes for his stupid thoughts. Obviously he's a turd the rest of the time but at least i don't have to listen to him then.

Micky Gray is on talksport occasionally and he's a complete turd.

Ba's not a target man, we can't keep booting it at him.