Disco Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 We should play the 'best two teams in Europe' more often - two unbeaten so far. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Tight between bassong and guthrie for mom. dirty point but we worked so hard for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Draw at stamford and a draw at Old trafford. WTF? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Fucking awesome. I'm proud Colo and Bassong were our best players. I have a couple of gripes with the substitutions and how we took off our two most offensive players which lead to a 15 minute spell in which we couldn't get out of our own half, but oh well, we did very well and credit to all the players and Kinnear. That point was definitely earned. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Did I hear some Chelsea fans actually booing at the end there? You certainly did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Painful 90 minutes, but bloody hell we've done it! 2 of our 3 points away from home this season have come at Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge. Only at NUFC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Bassong impressed today Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Didn't see the first half hour (couldn't bring myself to watch) but from what I saw (plus a couple of highlights at half time), the entire back five was outstanding. If they could do that every week we'd be laughing because we'll always score goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatwax Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 I think this performance shows how the weak link really is the midfield, which is what alot of us on here have been saying for a while now. Our defence played brilliantly today with constant pressure. A midfield with some actual ball retention in it would ease so much pressure and help create more goals at the other end. I continue to be impressed with Coloccini & Bassong. Enrique didn't have a bad game at all either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenham Mag Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Given - 8 Enrique-7 Collocini-7 Bassong-9 Beye-8 Gutierrez-6 Butt-5 a lot of mistakes today Guthrie-8 Great game from the lad Duff-6 Martins-6 Owen-6 Subs: N'Zogbia-7 Ameobi-6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest justin99. Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 no doubt all attention will be on the offside decision Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhatTheFunk Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 I would say the ENTIRE back 4 were magnificent! But the man who led the team today stood out by miles imo. Arise Sir Danny of Guthrieshire. For his age and relative inexperience, he did his and Butt's job heroically. Butt wasn't half bad either bar the usual hairy moments. Defensively the other 4 were spot on, but attacking wise Jonas, Duff, Martins (Ameobi) and Owen were woeful. Ameobi actually caused their lot more problems than Martins and Owen did all night. Proud of the lads. Bring on the filthy smogs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
garth Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Gotta be happy with that, against the second best team in the Premiership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Bassong and Colo were mint. The entire defence was class actually. Special mentions to Given and Guthrie too. The entire team ran their arses off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 no doubt all attention will be on the offside decision Cole was offside when Anelka shot. Linesman got it spot on. Given taking the ball over the line might be worth a watch if they can show whether it went in or not. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Gotta be happy with that, against the second best team in the Europe. FYP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baggio Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Fucking awesome. I'm proud Colo and Bassong were our best players. I have a couple of gripes with the substitutions and how we took off our two most offensive players which lead to a 15 minute spell in which we couldn't get out of our own half, but oh well, we did very well and credit to all the players and Kinnear. That point was definitely earned. I'd have taken Owen off for N'Zogbia and pushed Jonas up top. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Fucking delighted. I love how SSN made out we 'parked the bus' like it was a bad thing for us to do against a quality side full of goals and confidence. Er, we're shit in case you didn't notice. Sounds like a fantastic defensive performance. Only caught the second half but we played the 8-1-1 formation and it worked a treat. Whole actual defence and Guthrie playing particularly well. I thought Guthrie was our weakest player really, but he wasn't hopeless. Everyone put a really good shift in this afternoon, well for the second half anyhow (didn't catch the first). Beye/Coloccini/Bassong/Enrique - fucking nails. Each one of those players is a very good player, i'll argue that till i'm blue in the face and i have done all season. Any other season, going all out for a 0-0 at Chelsea would have resulted in loss. And tbh, i had my head in my hands at around the hour mark - when it became clear that Kinnear had obviously employed that approach - but the quality of the players saved us again, really. Criminal that we're down where we are with the squad that we have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 no doubt all attention will be on the offside decision It was the right decision so tough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest elbee909 Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Enrique in 'not-so-bad-after-all-actually' 'shock'. At least according to some. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Given - 8 - some good saves Beye - 8 - one or two ricks in the first half, got better as the game wore on Coloccini - 8 - likewise Bassong - 9 - A rock Enrique - 7 - Looked unsteady early on, started to dominate later Jonas - 7 - full of running as usual, one or two good moments, excellent defensively DUff - 6 - offered little going forward, ran around a lot, gave Bosingwa too much space in first half which shouldve resulted in plenty of goals for them Butt - 6.5 - two bad errors, okayish otherwise Guthrie - 7.5 - very good on the ball, poor off the ball Owen - 6 - worked harder than shola and martins combined. offered little in attack but did his job Martins - 6 - some clumsy moments, some adventurous moments. tired in the 2nd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 Gotta be happy with that, against the second best team in the Europe. FYP Borat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fatwax Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 no doubt all attention will be on the offside decision Cole was offside when Anelka shot. Linesman got it spot on. Given taking the ball over the line might be worth a watch if they can show whether it went in or not. He was offside from the second shot, no debate about that. Straight out of the rule book that scenario, with accompanying pictures. The ball didn't go all the way over the line from replays, which it has to for it to count. Two good decisions at the end of the day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 My brother just text me to say TalkSport gave MOTM to Nicky Butt. Worthy ? I didnt see or listen to so I dont know but from what you lads are saying already, it probably should have gone to one of the back 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
garth Posted November 22, 2008 Share Posted November 22, 2008 no doubt all attention will be on the offside decision Cole was offside when Anelka shot. Linesman got it spot on. Given taking the ball over the line might be worth a watch if they can show whether it went in or not. No it was the correct decision with Given he didn't take it over the line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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