Guest BooBoo Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Simply enough the best and worst of that 24 game "era". Best Game- The Arsenal home game was the closest we got to realising Sams vision. A cracking atmosphere Best signing- Er.....I'll say Faye as he looks like forming a good partnership with Taylor. Worst Game- The Liverpool game was one of the worst SJP experiences in many a year. Hardly anyone on or off the field that day can be proud of themselves. Worst Signing- Joey Barton. A gamble that backfired in the worst yet most predictable fashion imagineable. Parting Thoughts- Never had enough time, but what we saw was poor fare indeed. A sad failure, but he's in good company. Crap signings too, on the whole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NSG Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Agreed except Beye was the best signing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 BEST GAME: Bolton 1-3 Newcastle. We were fucking immense in the 1st half. That game got me so excited for this season, looks like he peaked too early. BEST SIGNING: Habib Beye - Oh how we needed a decent fullback and he brought a damn good one in. Has barely faulted so far. WORST GAME: I could go for 1-4 against Pompey or 0-3 against Liverpool but I won't. I'll say Derby 1-0 Newcastle. Quite possibly one of the most pathetic ways I've seen us play. Everyone was giving it to Derby, we couldn't even score. WORST SIGNING: Joey Barton - Waste of £6m, should never have put the trust into him to change. PARTING THOUGHTS: - Not enough time - Not enough money - Not brilliant tactics - Sad to see him go but I have faith MA knows what he's doing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Best Game- The Bolton game first game in charge lively encounter and showed what the side could do. Best signing- Beye has been solid when asked to come in. Worst Game- Wigan?Derby x 2? possibly the portsmouth game as a few seasons ago we would have been expected to win that sorta game. Worst Signing- Geremi? showed so much promise pre-season and has been a shadow of that most of this season. Parting Thoughts- Really should have turned us down for the 2/3rd time and took that break he talked about has obviously needed. We were playing the way we hated it and like any manager he thought he knew best and we will never know if what he was laying foundation wise would have paid off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
EthiGeordie Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Best Game: Bolton Best Signing: Beye the best full back God know when. Worst Signing: Alan Smith, I never give him credit and involve in every game to put us in more misery Parting Thougths: Honest and likable guy but he couldn't quite cut it to the level we want to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Best game: That first half hour at Bolton. I can even remember where I was when I checked my phone to learn it was 3-0 and thought "this is it, we're going places." Best signing: Faye or Beye at the moment. Worst game: Portsmouth probably. Shown up by a side that were supposed to be on our level. Worst signing: Can't look much further than Barton really. Smith's been abysmal but at least he's only got himself multiple suspensions rather than a cell. Parting thoughts: I was for giving him to the end of the season but I don't think he was the man to really take us places anymore. It was just too consistently poor and, more importantly, totally ineffective. At the moment, the timing looks daft but we'd probably have to have done it eventually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Simply enough the best and worst of that 24 game "era". Best Game- The Arsenal home game was the closest we got to realising Sams vision. A cracking atmosphere Best signing- Er.....I'll say Faye as he looks like forming a good partnership with Taylor. Worst Game- The Liverpool game was one of the worst SJP experiences in many a year. Hardly anyone on or off the field that day can be proud of themselves. Worst Signing- Joey Barton. A gamble that backfired in the worst yet most predictable fashion imagineable. Parting Thoughts- Never had enough time, but what we saw was poor fare indeed. A sad failure, but he's in good company. Crap signings too, on the whole. Wouldn't change a word of that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Best Game: Beating Bolton 3-1 on the opening day of the season. Everyone was buzzing and starting thinking top 6 could be a possibility. Unfortunately it was pretty much all downhill from there. Best Signing: Habib Beye. Didn't know much about him at all and was a bit wary when he signed, 29 years old and only had the 12 caps for Senegal. However, he has been pure class and our player of the season so far. Worst Game: Losing 1-0 away to Derby. Disgusting performance, disgusting tactics against arguably the worst team to ever play in the Premiership. Added to the fact it cost me about £420! Worst Signing: Barton - Took him less than 6 months to get arrested, never going to change by the looks of things. Smith - A total waste of 6m. We don't need him upfront and we certainly don't need him in midfield. Parting thoughts: The negative approach to matches, the bad tactics, the baffling substitutions, playing players out of position on a regular basis. No one to blame but himself really. Playing for draws against the dross of the league was unacceptable and the fans were never going to have it. Thanks for bringing Faye with you, though. The best CB we've had since Woodgate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Will be interesting to see how baheng and tozer progress. hopefully he has left the club and squad in a fitter state. there is no denying the talent on our books. whether the new man can organise and motivate them correctly remains to be seen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 From what I've seen of you, his one big legacy is that he got shot of the Keystone Cops defence of old and started to get you a proper one sorted out. Faye, Beye and Enrique look like solid signings. Smith and Barton look like awful ones, but surely the goodness of the first three outweighs the badness of the last two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFC06 Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Stupid thread Everyone is writing almost the same things Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjmc Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Stupid thread Everyone is writing almost the same things Nice we can agree on things for once nothing wrong with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Begbie Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Best Game: Beating Bolton 3-1 on the opening day of the season. It gave me so much hope for what was comming. Best Signing: Habib Beye and Faye atm. Great signings like many of you allready said. Enrique is a player i think will become great. Worst Game: Losing 1-0 away to Derby. I was gonna bet money on Derby not winning a game this season, and they tok 4/6 points against us this season Worst Signing: Barton is the worst signing. I hoped he was gonna be our Gerrard, but he is gonna be more like Mean Machine Parting thoughts: It was time for him to quit,he wasnt up to the job. If he had taken it 1-3 years ago I think he would have been the man to get us in to top 4. But it seems like he has lost his motivation for the game, and wasnt the authority he needed to be. He wasnt so "big" afterall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Bolton, Beye, Biverpool, Barton, Bye bye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Bolton- the only good game Beye- looks great Liverpool- truley awful and there have been many to pick from Barton- cant wait till he goes Final thoughts- we are not Bolton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Knightrider Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 We'll not know for a while of course and I'm assuming these things won't now go out of the window with the manager, but showing the club another way behind the scenes which I hope they continue to look at and carry out these much needed things even with the man who introduced them to us now gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jamie Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 Best Game: Arsenal at Home Best Signing: Habib Beye. Worst Game: Wigan 1-0 Reading 2-1 Pompey 4-1 Liverpool 3-0 Derby 1-0 ( wasnt there but watched it ) Worst Signing: Geremi Parting thoughts: Not the right club for Sam. Played too many players out of position and didn't play the type of football the fans want. Thanks anyway Sam. ( For Beye and Faye ) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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