Mike Williamson (now unemployed)

[80]

Fwiw, it might be worth noting the times Colloccini has gone out of his way to praise him as a partner (and vice versa) compared to Taylor.

 

Probably says a lot more than a 100 pages of forum discussion.

 

STEVE Harper has hailed the pillar of Newcastle United’s defence – Mike Williamson.

 

Harper and his defensive team-mates take on Bolton Wanderers on Saturday looking to take another huge stride towards Premier League safety.

 

Newcastle have kept clean sheets in their past two games, most recently beating Birmingham City 2-0 at St Andrew’s to move to 35 points.

 

And goalkeeper Harper has paid particular tribute to Mike Williamsom, who is enjoying an outstanding first season in the Premier League alongside Fabricio Coloccini.

 

“They’ve been fantastic, and Mike Williamson in particular has been great,” said Harper.

 

“I’m not one for singling out people after two fantastic team performances, but Mike’s been great.

 

“He had to deal with Christopher Samba at Blackburn from set-pieces, and did well, and then Nikola Zigic.

 

“There aren’t too many people that Zigic gives a few inches away too, but he had to with Mike. He did well, but it was a fantastic team performance.”

 

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/black-white/harper_hails_iron_mike_1_3101734

[jdckelly]

Said it before - a CB pairing is more than the sum of it's parts.

 

If the two complement eachother it is that discussion that is key. The individual talents are a post script IMO. Cole looks better with Williamson beside hime and vice versa.

taylor hasn't had a chance really this season to build a partnership with colo though, it can take time for a partnership to develop at cb which willicinni has had colo-taylor not so much

[Punk77]

Fwiw, it might be worth noting the times Colloccini has gone out of his way to praise him as a partner (and vice versa) compared to Taylor.

 

Probably says a lot more than a 100 pages of forum discussion.

 

STEVE Harper has hailed the pillar of Newcastle United’s defence – Mike Williamson.

 

Harper and his defensive team-mates take on Bolton Wanderers on Saturday looking to take another huge stride towards Premier League safety.

 

Newcastle have kept clean sheets in their past two games, most recently beating Birmingham City 2-0 at St Andrew’s to move to 35 points.

 

And goalkeeper Harper has paid particular tribute to Mike Williamsom, who is enjoying an outstanding first season in the Premier League alongside Fabricio Coloccini.

 

“They’ve been fantastic, and Mike Williamson in particular has been great,” said Harper.

 

“I’m not one for singling out people after two fantastic team performances, but Mike’s been great.

 

“He had to deal with Christopher Samba at Blackburn from set-pieces, and did well, and then Nikola Zigic.

 

“There aren’t too many people that Zigic gives a few inches away too, but he had to with Mike. He did well, but it was a fantastic team performance.”

 

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/black-white/harper_hails_iron_mike_1_3101734

 

That's exactly what I've tried to point out. Williamson is crucial against physical teams and areal attackers like Zigic. No way Taylor would have won the same amount of headers as Williamson did against Bham.

[magorific]

Fwiw, it might be worth noting the times Colloccini has gone out of his way to praise him as a partner (and vice versa) compared to Taylor.

 

Probably says a lot more than a 100 pages of forum discussion.

 

STEVE Harper has hailed the pillar of Newcastle United’s defence – Mike Williamson.

 

Harper and his defensive team-mates take on Bolton Wanderers on Saturday looking to take another huge stride towards Premier League safety.

 

Newcastle have kept clean sheets in their past two games, most recently beating Birmingham City 2-0 at St Andrew’s to move to 35 points.

 

And goalkeeper Harper has paid particular tribute to Mike Williamsom, who is enjoying an outstanding first season in the Premier League alongside Fabricio Coloccini.

 

“They’ve been fantastic, and Mike Williamson in particular has been great,” said Harper.

 

“I’m not one for singling out people after two fantastic team performances, but Mike’s been great.

 

“He had to deal with Christopher Samba at Blackburn from set-pieces, and did well, and then Nikola Zigic.

 

“There aren’t too many people that Zigic gives a few inches away too, but he had to with Mike. He did well, but it was a fantastic team performance.”

 

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/black-white/harper_hails_iron_mike_1_3101734

 

That's exactly what I've tried to point out. Williamson is crucial against physical teams and areal attackers like Zigic. No way Taylor would have won the same amount of headers as Williamson did against Bham.

 

Were you at Bolton, or at the home game against Blackburn?

[Punk77]

You cannot drag the Bolton game and the home game againts Burn into this discussion. First of all, everybody was had a shitty performance against Bolton. Second, our midfield against them consisted of Guthrie and Smith for pete's sake. And Guthrie had just returned from injury. You could put Terry in our defense and he would have struggled big time with that midfield who offered no protection at all.

 

The game home against Burn was first and foremost lost due to  errors made by Jonas and Tiote. Against Burn you got to focus on one thing: avoiding unnecessary free kicks and set pieces. Jonas conceded an utterly avoidable free in a decent position (the player stood far out with his back against goal). That again led to Tiote again giving the ball away to Gamst. That early goal transformed the whole game. We pressed like crazy for 80 minutes, and then Roberts scored because Colo sold himself like a cheap slut. Williamson could have done better on that occasion, but it was the first goal that ruined it for us.

 

 

[Dave]

What's with the 'Burn' and 'Castle' abbreviations?

[Guest ObiChrisKenobi]

No idea 'Ave

[Punk77]

What's with the 'Burn' and 'Castle' abbreviations?

 

Why type more than you have to, everyone knows which teams I'm talking about

[Guest]

zy tard.

[Dave]

It's irritating.

[Punk77]

It's irritating.

 

ManU, Arse, City, Tham, Lpool, Sland, Castle, Burn, Bham, Villa, Bpool, Brom, Bham, Wham.   I guess you're pissed off now??

[Benwell Lad]

It's irritating.

 

ManU, Arse, City, Tham, Lpool, Sland, Castle, Burn, Bham, Villa, Bpool, Brom, Bham, Wham.  I guess you're pissed off now??

 

Your wasting valuable time and key strokes Sland should just be known as SMB.

[JH]

Fwiw, it might be worth noting the times Colloccini has gone out of his way to praise him as a partner (and vice versa) compared to Taylor.

 

Probably says a lot more than a 100 pages of forum discussion.

 

STEVE Harper has hailed the pillar of Newcastle United’s defence – Mike Williamson.

 

Harper and his defensive team-mates take on Bolton Wanderers on Saturday looking to take another huge stride towards Premier League safety.

 

Newcastle have kept clean sheets in their past two games, most recently beating Birmingham City 2-0 at St Andrew’s to move to 35 points.

 

And goalkeeper Harper has paid particular tribute to Mike Williamsom, who is enjoying an outstanding first season in the Premier League alongside Fabricio Coloccini.

 

“They’ve been fantastic, and Mike Williamson in particular has been great,” said Harper.

 

“I’m not one for singling out people after two fantastic team performances, but Mike’s been great.

 

“He had to deal with Christopher Samba at Blackburn from set-pieces, and did well, and then Nikola Zigic.

 

“There aren’t too many people that Zigic gives a few inches away too, but he had to with Mike. He did well, but it was a fantastic team performance.”

 

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/black-white/harper_hails_iron_mike_1_3101734

 

That's exactly what I've tried to point out. Williamson is crucial against physical teams and areal attackers like Zigic. No way Taylor would have won the same amount of headers as Williamson did against Bham.

 

Were you at Bolton, or at the home game against Blackburn?

 

So now you know more than the goalkeeper who spent both those games behind him?

[Ronaldo]

I don't see how Williamson is crucial against physical teams, like. He's certainly physically inferior to Taylor.

[Punk77]

I don't see how Williamson is crucial against physical teams, like. He's certainly physically inferior to Taylor.

 

Not in the air. Most physical teams like to play long balls.

[Greg]

Fwiw, it might be worth noting the times Colloccini has gone out of his way to praise him as a partner (and vice versa) compared to Taylor.

 

Probably says a lot more than a 100 pages of forum discussion.

 

STEVE Harper has hailed the pillar of Newcastle United’s defence – Mike Williamson.

 

Harper and his defensive team-mates take on Bolton Wanderers on Saturday looking to take another huge stride towards Premier League safety.

 

Newcastle have kept clean sheets in their past two games, most recently beating Birmingham City 2-0 at St Andrew’s to move to 35 points.

 

And goalkeeper Harper has paid particular tribute to Mike Williamsom, who is enjoying an outstanding first season in the Premier League alongside Fabricio Coloccini.

 

“They’ve been fantastic, and Mike Williamson in particular has been great,” said Harper.

 

“I’m not one for singling out people after two fantastic team performances, but Mike’s been great.

 

“He had to deal with Christopher Samba at Blackburn from set-pieces, and did well, and then Nikola Zigic.

 

“There aren’t too many people that Zigic gives a few inches away too, but he had to with Mike. He did well, but it was a fantastic team performance.”

 

http://www.shieldsgazette.com/sport/football/newcastle-united/black-white/harper_hails_iron_mike_1_3101734

 

That's exactly what I've tried to point out. Williamson is crucial against physical teams and areal attackers like Zigic. No way Taylor would have won the same amount of headers as Williamson did against Bham.

 

Were you at Bolton, or at the home game against Blackburn?

 

So now you know more than the goalkeeper who spent both those games behind him?

 

What has Tim Krul said? 

[Guest BlacknWhiteArmy]

I don't see how Williamson is crucial against physical teams, like. He's certainly physically inferior to Taylor.

 

Not in the air. Most physical teams like to play long balls.

 

Williamson may be tall, but he's not that great in the air, mainly down due to his lack of physical strength.

[STM]

There was a day when we would have been desperate to have a team capable of picking up clean sheets.

 

If it aint broke, don't fix it.

 

Taylor can wait.

[Punk77]

There was a day when we would have been desperate to have a team capable of picking up clean sheets.

 

If it aint broke, don't fix it.

 

Taylor can wait.

 

Exactly. In the last 10 matches we've held a clean sheet in 4 of them. If we haven't conceded the two late goals against tham and sland we would have been even better off.

[Guest palnese]

I'd pick Taylor over Williamson any day of the week.

[Dave]

Fuck Colo off and play them both.

[Cronky]

With the timing of Harper's comments, it sounds like he's worried that Pardew might play Taylor ahead of Williamson like he did last time.

 

I didn't think that Williamson deserved to lose his place before, and I wouldn't be surprised if some of his team mates felt the same. Williamson has played a big part in our progress this last year.

[Punk77]

Agree Cronky. Williamson has now started to play like he did before he was replaced by Taylor. As long as he doesn't fuck up, there's no need to substitute him. And Colo works better with Williamson too, and that should NOT be underestimated.

[Benwell Lad]

Agree Cronky. Williamson has now started to play like he did before he was replaced by Taylor. As long as he doesn't f*** up, there's no need to substitute him. And Colo works better with Williamson too, and that should NOT be underestimated.

 

He's gonna f*** up, just like Colo,Taylor, Woodgate before them and every centre back who's ever played football will f*** up at some time. It's a very punishing position in which to make a mistake.

What is more important is that the f*** ups are few and far between and that he's strong enough to bounce back after them.

[magorific]

You cannot drag the Bolton game and the home game againts Burn into this discussion. First of all, everybody was had a shitty performance against Bolton. Second, our midfield against them consisted of Guthrie and Smith for pete's sake. And Guthrie had just returned from injury. You could put Terry in our defense and he would have struggled big time with that midfield who offered no protection at all.

 

The game home against Burn was first and foremost lost due to  errors made by Jonas and Tiote. Against Burn you got to focus on one thing: avoiding unnecessary free kicks and set pieces. Jonas conceded an utterly avoidable free in a decent position (the player stood far out with his back against goal). That again led to Tiote again giving the ball away to Gamst. That early goal transformed the whole game. We pressed like crazy for 80 minutes, and then Roberts scored because Colo sold himself like a cheap slut. Williamson could have done better on that occasion, but it was the first goal that ruined it for us.

 

 

 

Williamson could have done better on that occasion?? WTF? He produced an utterly p*ss weak attempt at what should have been a regulation tackle.

You just emphasise the point that Williamson is excused his howlers whereas Taylor - partly because some have swallowed the club line that he's nothing but a mercenary - is given no leeway.

 

As for Harper talking up Williamson, what do you expect him to say if asked about him? How often do you hear players doing anything but praise a team-mate when asked? If you use teammates' public opinions to judge a player, we've had nothing but world-beaters. It's trite and pathetic to suggest that just because Harper praises him, Williamson is top class. Beyond absurd.