tomlkier Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Thought at half time that this was the best performance he's put in this season, a return to last season's form. Second half wasn't as good, but he still had a decent game. Needs some more movement ahead of him though. Awful refereeing for the second goal, there was nothing wrong with that tackle at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenige Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Thought he was poor tonight and completely switched off when Gerrard ran through for the third. Just had too much of the ball and was asked to do things which aren't his forte such as penetrative passing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 I thought he was alright over the 90. Put Simpson in the shit for the goal though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Was on the ball way to much tonight, that may sound deft but when your DCM sitting deep is constantly being given the ball back to him we end up inviting pressure onto us. little close passes all the time, he laid it off for an attacking player then they just play it back to him. It worked well once when we had them pinned and was ur keep the ball option but way to many times he tried a long ball as he was sick of it coming straight back to him or he had to play it all the back to Krul. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted December 30, 2011 Share Posted December 30, 2011 Did okay, was not helped by our wingers severe lack of movement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Was okay for me but he was at fault (as well as Simpson) for the third goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 The lesser of two evils with Cabaye. As for the free kick for the 2nd goal, I may have to see it again but it looked clumsy as fuck from Tiote. Stuck his leg out and blocked the player IIRC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 The lesser of two evils with Cabaye. As for the free kick for the 2nd goal, I may have to see it again but it looked clumsy as fuck from Tiote. Stuck his leg out and blocked the player IIRC. Got the ball clean as you like, player went over his leg. Was absolutely obvious at the time imo, ball clearly changed direction. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Tackle was clean as you like. Mental decision from the ref cos it didn't, for one second, look like a foul. Not that it would have mattered come full time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Fair enough if it was a clean challenge, just seemed extremely clumsy from what I can remember. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binnsy Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Tackle was clean as you like. Mental decision from the ref cos it didn't, for one second, look like a foul. Not that it would have mattered come full time. of course it mattered come full time, goals change games and when they scored we were probably having our best phase of the game and were keeping possession well. If that free kick hadn't been awarded you have no idea how the game would have finished. We could even have broken away from the tackle and scored you never know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Neil Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 You were having the best phase of the game as in how we have " good spells". As in, sideways possession going nowhere and the opposition keeper having fuck all to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Personally thought he played well really, was basically our main man when they were bossing it in the first half, popped up everywhere in defence, helped us get a hold on the ball and we'd have struggled even more without him. in the 2nd half when we got a bit more of a grip on the game it was mostly down to his distribution and willingness to show for the ball which was actually pretty good. quick look on the chalkboard shows he attempted 92 passes (not far off twice as much as the next man) and made 79 of them. our best player. did stop tracking gerrard for the goal though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Still looked off the pace for me. Very sloppy at times tonight but can't single him out as there were far worse performances elsewhere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 It's came to the stage now where too many NUFC fans have overhyped Tiote. He wins the ball fair enough, but gives the ball away countless times and then gives away stupid fouls. Teams in the league know how to play him now, it's either put him under-pressure and you'll either win it back because he takes too long or pass it hopelessly out of play or to the opposition keeper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Who was our top 3 players in attempted and completed passes tonight and what was the totals? Seems like he had loads of the ball compared to everyone else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 "foul" for the free kick was him going in across Agger with his wrong leg. They're often given even when you get the ball. He didn't track Gerrard's run for the clincher which is probably a bigger mistake. Tiote's still not back up to speed, but we have much bigger problems on both flanks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 His passing is extremely poor, reminds me of Butt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
leffe186 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 You were having the best phase of the game as in how we have " good spells". As in, sideways possession going nowhere and the opposition keeper having f*** all to do. But when you're away at a place like Anfield, particularly in the current climate, those spells aren't at all bad. I recall one bit of keepball in the Liverpool half where their fans were starting to get on their backs. That in itself is a reasonable aim. Of course, you've eventually got to do something about it, but if you have enough creative players used to playing together then you start to develop the confidence that you just need to keep patient and probing and the opportunity will come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 His passing is extremely poor, reminds me of Butt Butt was actually a far better passer in his prime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beezeri Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Tiote is way too up and down player. When's he's on form he's one of the absolute best and on a bad day he's totally shit. Definitely not worth 25million and the gap between a good and bad game is huge! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Man Utd is his last game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Man Utd is his last game Don't be silly. We'll haggle until the end of the window at least. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 31, 2011 Share Posted December 31, 2011 Man Utd is his last game Don't be silly. We'll haggle until the end of the window at least. I'd be very surprised if any team is interested on his form this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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