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Guest hydeous

Wasn't Mbiwa suspended for 7 games or something for assaulting someone on the pitch recently? Or am I confusing him for someone else?

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Guest bimpy474

I don't think Simpson was fully fit for the Man Utd game in all honesty.

 

Played 80 mins against Bordeaux though didn't he. Maybe it was too much to play him again 2 days later.

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  • 3 weeks later...

Pardew ought to have the balls to drop players like Simpson and Jonas when out of form/shit. I honestly don't think Fergie would look out of place in side at LB (shifting Santon to RB), certainly no worse than this guy. The kid needs to learn, we need to improve.

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Pardew ought to have the balls to drop players like Simpson and Jonas when out of form/shit. I honestly don't think Fergie would look out of place in side at LB (shifting Santon to RB), certainly no worse than this guy. The kid needs to learn, we need to improve.

 

I think subbing him today will have sent a big message. Wouldn't be surprised to see your selection against Liverpool.

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Guest palnese

Just play Tavernier or Anita from now on please.

 

Don't think I've seen a footballer looking more lost with the ball in the oppositions half. Even Mike fucking Williamson looks more comfortable when he's picked up a lose ball from a cross.

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Pardew ought to have the balls to drop players like Simpson and Jonas when out of form/shit. I honestly don't think Fergie would look out of place in side at LB (shifting Santon to RB), certainly no worse than this guy. The kid needs to learn, we need to improve.

 

Is that the same Shane Ferguson who got absolutely roasted in his last performance at LB in the league?

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Douglas/Mbiwa, Debuchy. The same 3 fuckers I was hoping were done and dusted earlier in the summer.

 

Will be the difference between pushing for 4th and what we'll end up with, which is about 10th.

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Pardew ought to have the balls to drop players like Simpson and Jonas when out of form/shit. I honestly don't think Fergie would look out of place in side at LB (shifting Santon to RB), certainly no worse than this guy. The kid needs to learn, we need to improve.

 

Is that the same Shane Ferguson who got absolutely roasted in his last performance at LB in the league?

 

Yes. The principal difference being that Ferguson is learning. The kid needs to be given an opportunity and, frankly, a few shitty performances are to be expected given his lack of experience. I for one would tolerate that, especially given the potential he's already shown, over a guy who fails to offer anything going forward and very little in the way of further improvement.

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The goal was offside, and also, who was picking up Lukaku after he very calmly walked across our backline and into a goalscoring position? Both Colo and Santon (who had his hand up for off-side as soon as Lukaku walked over, to be fair) should've been tighter and closer to him. I understand Simpson's done this time and time again, but we don't have better alternatives right now, we didn't sign Debuchy, so kicking him to the curb or putting his confidence down isn't he best way forward for us, short-term.

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Only managed to watch the first half and what struck me was that him and Shola down the right was an abomination of 'foward' passing. Lost count of the amount of times they'd pass it between the two of  them in the final third, then Simpson would just hump it back to Colo/Krul.

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The goal was offside, and also, who was picking up Lukaku after he very calmly walked across our backline and into a goalscoring position? Both Colo and Santon (who had his hand up for off-side as soon as Lukaku walked over, to be fair) should've been tighter and closer to him. I understand Simpson's done this time and time again, but we don't have better alternatives right now, we didn't sign Debuchy, so kicking him to the curb or putting his confidence down isn't he best way forward for us, short-term.

 

Eh? It wasn't offside. Shola played him on.

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Guest bimpy474

On the instant-replay it looked dodgy, close but dodgy. I could be wrong, I'm hungover.

 

Very wrong mate.....unfortunately.

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The goal was offside, and also, who was picking up Lukaku after he very calmly walked across our backline and into a goalscoring position? Both Colo and Santon (who had his hand up for off-side as soon as Lukaku walked over, to be fair) should've been tighter and closer to him. I understand Simpson's done this time and time again, but we don't have better alternatives right now, we didn't sign Debuchy, so kicking him to the curb or putting his confidence down isn't he best way forward for us, short-term.

 

Not sure I agree, tbh. How do we know we've no better alternatives?

 

Do I think either Ferguson or Tavernier could come into the side immediately and make a significant difference? Perhaps not. But unless we're giving these players an opportunity we simply don't know what they're capable of. Yes, they're raw, yes they're inexperienced, but like almost every other decent player out there at moment they need to learn somewhere. As far as I'm concerned they deserve an opportunity.

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Nah he was clearly on. If it wasn't for Shola he'd have probably been called off. Doesn't excuse Simpson's backing off from the cross though.

 

I agree, nobody should excuse him as he's been doing it all season, but I do wonder... do our coaches NOT give this feedback to him? You'd have thought after his mother-of-all-back-ups against that freekick at Anfield, where he practically sucked all the air in front of the ball and into the net, someone would've spanked him in the dressing rooms each time he did the same thing.

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