Guest Spark Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 He's shown himself up here, to be honest. Ridiculous improvement after the subs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Numbers Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Fancy that, two players who should never have been benched winning it for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Nice to see him on the touchline today a bit more, always weird when him and Cathro just chat while we're getting beat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Mitro came on and played with some real passion. Not sure he would've been the same if he hadn't been dropped. Could've come on earlier mind. This is straight out the Pardew handbook though. We were still largely shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Nah fuck it, he gets a lot of credit from me for these results. We improved in the second half against Liverpool without the two subs of today. Thought we've played with a lot of spirit and enough quality at times to get excellent results in the last two matches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 On 13/12/2015 at 17:52, Numbers said: Fancy that, two players who should never have been benched winning it for us. Both weren't playing well when they were left out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I just hope this is the end of the Cisse experiment, I think the first half was a lost cause either way but persevering with him up top in the 2nd when we're the better side was just silly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Next England manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 On 13/12/2015 at 18:02, Elliottman said: Next England manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 On 13/12/2015 at 18:01, Tooj said: Quote Fancy that, two players who should never have been benched winning it for us. Both weren't playing well when they were left out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Mitro and Perez did drop their levels a bit, he mixed up the one area he could and that's no bad thing to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I think benching them both for today is a sound strategy if he wants to ask them for more than they have been giving us. Place not guaranteed and all that, play well to keep the shirt etc. Now it's their shirts to lose. Pardew would have one of them benched for Villa to keep Cissé up top for sure, there was no logic at all in his selections. He got the reaction he was after from the two players and he got the result. There's only so much that can be done with a team containing Colback, Coloccini, Dummett as starters tbh. Still much happier with McClaren at the helm than Pardew, beggars can't be choosers and the next manager will probably be Alan Curbishly so I'm happy to get behind him for now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachikoma Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Up top? Nah man, right wing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shush Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 On 13/12/2015 at 18:04, Gallowgate Toon said: Mitro and Perez did drop their levels a bit, he mixed up the one area he could and that's no bad thing to do. Having the SDJ/Cisse and Perez/Mitro combos to play is very useful. Very different set of dynamics and to switch between them in a game must unsettle sides. I'm sort of happy with the idea of the former getting the starts as long as the latter always come on second half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 I'm pleasantly surprised at us playing better in the second half than in the first. We were routinely worse in the second half under Pardew and the end of games were scary and most often we played disgusting football. Yes, playing shit in the first half is not going to be good consistently but at least we've shown that we can do well in the second half. That's 4 or 5 times in the league now that we've scored more in the second half than the opposition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Mitro was playing like a fanny before he was dropped. Play acting and appealing for everything instead of using his strength. Credit to McClaren the way its worked out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Let's see what we do over the next 4 games, we've had 2 good wins in a row so have a mini run going, let's see how we react to playing 2 teams at home that we should be looking to win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Next week will show whether the last two really have been a turning point but I think he deserves a lot of credit for those two wins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Haven't being paying enough attention apparently, that's 3 wins in 5 games. 8th - 10th place it is then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 On 13/12/2015 at 18:32, Optimistic Nut said: Next week will show whether the last two really have been a turning point but I think he deserves a lot of credit for those two wins. This. Got to get our rabble motivated when they're not in the shop window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 On 13/12/2015 at 18:32, Optimistic Nut said: Next week will show whether the last two really have been a turning point but I think he deserves a lot of credit for those two wins. The players have been better against the top teams, are they self motivated? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 On 13/12/2015 at 18:21, hakka said: Quote Mitro and Perez did drop their levels a bit, he mixed up the one area he could and that's no bad thing to do. Having the SDJ/Cisse and Perez/Mitro combos to play is very useful. Very different set of dynamics and to switch between them in a game must unsettle sides. I'm sort of happy with the idea of the former getting the starts as long as the latter always come on second half. The former seem to be Keyser Soze's convincing people they have actually been effective without existing at all. The other way around for me, please: Mitro/Ayoze to start every game and to be replaced at the half or 60min if they're not doing the job. They're young and hungry and skillful and overall better, we need to let them finally form a partnership and get used to playing in the side. And this can only happen by them starting games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Pleased for him to get a couple of results, even though I don't agree he's the right man for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 They should be rotated based on form. They weren't playing well for a bit, it was changed, they've now come back sharper and at least one of them should start next week. We've ignored the squad game for too long. It's worked, here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted December 13, 2015 Share Posted December 13, 2015 Have a soft spot for Mac. Don't think he's great but being a good man counts for something. Credit where it's due. Onward and upward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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