jdckelly Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 How's Bellamy remarkable off the pitch. He's a little bastard. does a load of charity work Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 A geordie Xavi? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 His defense was intelligently disruptive. Clearly his teammates looked to him to provide stability; he was supremely calm throughout, a Geordie Xavi. I like that. It didn't go down too well with Wullie in the other thread but I still feel a Tiote/Barton midfield combination could work very well. They already have a good understanding with Barton playing wide but if you could get a Bentley type on the right and a mobile forward in front, I think Barton could provide plenty of ammunition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliGupter Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 A geordie Xavi? Adopted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thespence Posted January 19, 2011 Share Posted January 19, 2011 How's Bellamy remarkable off the pitch. He's a little b******. does a load of charity work He does his own charity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 I know it's an attempted compliment, but fucking hell, that blog post is dreadful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 His defense was intelligently disruptive. Clearly his teammates looked to him to provide stability; he was supremely calm throughout, a Geordie Xavi. I like that. It didn't go down too well with Wullie in the other thread but I still feel a Tiote/Barton midfield combination could work very well. They already have a good understanding with Barton playing wide but if you could get a Bentley type on the right and a mobile forward in front, I think Barton could provide plenty of ammunition. But that would mean shafting Nolan, and cutting our nose off to spite our face. The Tiote/Nolan/Barton thing works an absolute treat and it's needless changing it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 His defense was intelligently disruptive. Clearly his teammates looked to him to provide stability; he was supremely calm throughout, a Geordie Xavi. I like that. It didn't go down too well with Wullie in the other thread but I still feel a Tiote/Barton midfield combination could work very well. They already have a good understanding with Barton playing wide but if you could get a Bentley type on the right and a mobile forward in front, I think Barton could provide plenty of ammunition. But that would mean shafting Nolan, and cutting our nose off to spite our face. The Tiote/Nolan/Barton thing works an absolute treat and it's needless changing it. It works but it will be interesting to see how that midfield matches up against Spurs this weekend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Except Tiote's not playing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 Forgot about that. Shame because I think the midfield trio is better than a lot of teams in the premier but the top 3 or 4 will still be a bit too good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 When HBA gets back we will have a good 4 instead of a good 3 plus 1 average Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 When HBA gets back we will have a good 4 instead of a good 3 plus 1 average Once we are settled and start to push on, I'd like to think we'd look for a replacement for Nolan because he's the quite sizeable weak link in a midfield four of Barton Nolan Tiote HBA. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 When HBA gets back we will have a good 4 instead of a good 3 plus 1 average Once we are settled and start to push on, I'd like to think we'd look for a replacement for Nolan because he's the quite sizeable weak link in a midfield four of Barton Nolan Tiote HBA. Same here and that is what I was getting at. He's done brilliantly this season but if we want to get back to the sort of team which is looking at Europe then we need a midfielder who is more mobile. Just look at the difference Tiote has made with his energy and control. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 When HBA gets back we will have a good 4 instead of a good 3 plus 1 average Once we are settled and start to push on, I'd like to think we'd look for a replacement for Nolan because he's the quite sizeable weak link in a midfield four of Barton Nolan Tiote HBA. Agree, he is good enough for the next 18 months though as we build on the more pressing areas. Would love to see a more mobile player eventually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 When HBA gets back we will have a good 4 instead of a good 3 plus 1 average Once we are settled and start to push on, I'd like to think we'd look for a replacement for Nolan because he's the quite sizeable weak link in a midfield four of Barton Nolan Tiote HBA. Agree, he is good enough for the next 18 months though as we build on the more pressing areas. Would love to see a more mobile player eventually. This. We certainly shouldn't be in a hurry to replace him as his leadership and goalscoring qualities and invaluable to us at the moment, when the rest of the squad is looking stronger (probably another CB, LW and ST being the main positions that need addressing), then we should be looking for a younger, more energetic player to fill his role. Hopefully, if we signed those players the CB would have the leadership qualities that would be missed without Nolan in the side. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 When HBA gets back we will have a good 4 instead of a good 3 plus 1 average Once we are settled and start to push on, I'd like to think we'd look for a replacement for Nolan because he's the quite sizeable weak link in a midfield four of Barton Nolan Tiote HBA. Agree, he is good enough for the next 18 months though as we build on the more pressing areas. Would love to see a more mobile player eventually. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 That should be a happy nod really, while we're waiting for a replacement Nolan will be happily playing in that midfield and getting 10 goals a season to boot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 That should be a happy nod really, while we're waiting for a replacement Nolan will be happily playing in that midfield and getting 10 goals a season to boot. It was a nod of agreement, I don't particularly pay attention to the name of smileys Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 In 18 month Gosling can come in? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 20, 2011 Share Posted January 20, 2011 That should be a happy nod really, while we're waiting for a replacement Nolan will be happily playing in that midfield and getting 10 goals a season to boot. We have decent options in midfield tbh, not only Nolan and Barton but Gosling as well if he turns out to be any good. Other areas are far higher priority. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Don't blame him one bit for that pass. He's the glue to our midfield and a fantastic footballer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Don't blame him one bit for that pass. He's the glue to our midfield and a fantastic footballer. I do, it was woeful. Same as one he made a couple of minutes earlier that they nearly scored from. If Guthrie or Smith had made either of those passes people would be going fucking mental, they were tripe. Barton needs to play on the right where he can try things and get away with them if they don't come off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 His best through ball came when in the middle, Lovenkrands maybe got a bobble or maybe fucked it up. I wouldn't criticise Barton's performance today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 A really poor, but fortunately rare mistake. It would be bad, but when they have men over, it's catastrophic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 22, 2011 Share Posted January 22, 2011 Don't blame him one bit for that pass. He's the glue to our midfield and a fantastic footballer. I blame him, but I don't hold it against him, he's been fantastic this season so he's earned some leeway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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