thewellander Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 No more Nolan bashing. The man's a legend. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 He's been top, top class today. In the 4-5-1 he was completely wasted. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Can't fault him. Can't fault any of them today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Can never tire of that funky chicken dance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Happy to eat my words. Simply brilliant today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 What a guy! Great passion, great leader, and despite his faults mobility wise, he's technically a quality player! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 7 league goals. Enough said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 7 league goals. Enough said. That's some return at this stage of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 7 league goals. Enough said. That's some return at this stage of the season. If he keeps it up he'll have 26 goals by the end of the season .... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 3 goals from a few yards out. Some didn't do their homework. I know there's going to be a massive wankathon over him now given that he's scored a hat-trick against the Mackems, and credit where it's due - he was brilliant at scoring - but lets not lose sight of the fact that the current team/setup is absolutely perfect for him, and it's only now that we're starting to reap the rewards of having him in the team without suffering some of the consequences (unlike e.g. our relegation season). Barton coming infield at times and taking on the responsibility of spreading the play, Tiote providing defensive cover and athleticism, Jonas providing dribbling, Carroll holding the ball up and winning headers in the penalty box at will at times. Nolan can be as invisible as he wants in general play, he has free reign to position himself wherever he sees fit, and to his great credit he seems to have this sixth-sense ability commonly attributed to Michael Owen of freqeuntly being in the right place at the right time. The great thing about him is that no doubt teams are going to be keeping a closer eye on him now, especially inside the box. But even if they do, it's not going to be easy picking up someone who seems to move randomly into a position (off the ball) where the ball just happens to come at him, especially with Carroll being a beast in the air and winning headers/drawing defenders in and knocking it down into the 6-yard box. He could easily end up on 15-20 goals if he keeps playing the way he has in the current system. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
healthyaddiction Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Joint top scorer in the league isn't he now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 yup Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guinness_fiend Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Brilliant today. Same goes for Barton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 I think the key has been him dropping back into midfield. While he's no Gerrard he's worked hard and crucially he's worked brilliantly off Shola and Carroll. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 I think the key has been him dropping back into midfield. While he's no Gerrard he's worked hard and crucially he's worked brilliantly off Shola and Carroll. Didn't work last year against inferior opposition. The difference is Tiote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 I think the key has been him dropping back into midfield. While he's no Gerrard he's worked hard and crucially he's worked brilliantly off Shola and Carroll. He's even harder to account for when the oppositions defenders are having to deal with two strikers already, and therefore is far more dangerous. Hughton has absolutely hit the ball out of the park with this current formation. The key to it all is Tiote allowing Nolan all the freedom in the world to break forward and Barton tucking in from the right also. Fantastic stuff. All the signs were there from the showing against West Ham last week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 I think the key has been him dropping back into midfield. While he's no Gerrard he's worked hard and crucially he's worked brilliantly off Shola and Carroll. Didn't work last year against inferior opposition. The difference is Tiote. Aaah shucks ... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 It bit obvious since he got a hattrick but that's the best game for his all round performance I've seen from Nolan. He and Tiote and helped by Barton abslutely bossed that midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guinness_fiend Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 I think the key has been him dropping back into midfield. While he's no Gerrard he's worked hard and crucially he's worked brilliantly off Shola and Carroll. Didn't work last year against inferior opposition. The difference is Tiote. Is the correct answer. Even though Tiote was a bit out-of-sorts today, he's made the difference since joining the club. It means that Nolan doesn't knacker himself by trying to play as an attacking forward and a defensive midfielder at the same time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Captain fantastic Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 I just can't get over that first goal. What a finish. It was just total class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 I just can't get over that first goal. What a finish. It was just total class. agree.... brilliant awareness. I've always said that nolan is overly criticised. Important player for us, imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Never again should a bad word be posted about the man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 He was furious with the defence just before the goal went in for being sloppy - at 5-0 and he didn't want to concede! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted October 31, 2010 Share Posted October 31, 2010 Fair comment from Henry Winter on Twitter : henrywinter Henry Winter Kevin Nolan, midfielder, goalscorer, captain, landlord...utterly immense for #NUFC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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