morgs Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 very good performance today, krul was rarely threatened and tiote and barton dominated midfield. But for some shocking decisions, we would have been well worth all 3 points. Huge pity for HBA, jonas and him looked great on opposing wings. Hope we sign him btw, regardless of whether he plays again this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Feel better than after the Stoke match. Bring on Wigan, I guess With the knowledge that Ben Arfa is dead? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Barton 4, and Routledge 5? Routledge was ineffective. Barton was a bit of a liability today Out wide when you're taking on players and trying to create something you will sometimes lose the ball. However, when you're playing central you need to retain posession. Barton failed miserably at that today. Don't even get me started on his crossing/corners/freekicks. Just awful. Agreed, both of them were shite today. Our two worst players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I thought Perch's performance today was massively improved, even if it was just when going forwards. Ameobi did little wrong. Overall a good performance from all, except the ref. I hate blaming refs, but there isn't anyone else that can really be blamed for us not getting a point. I'd still have Raylor ahead of him, just offers you that free kick and long range efforts. At the back they offer about the same however but i'd still prefer the goal threat of Raylor. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlito Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 very good performance today, krul was rarely threatened and tiote and barton dominated midfield. But for some shocking decisions, we would have been well worth all 3 points. Huge pity for HBA, jonas and him looked great on opposing wings. Hope we sign him btw, regardless of whether he plays again this season. Definitely. He's shown what he's capable of and we'd be silly to just let him go without following anything up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Hughton on ESPN: 'Upset' with the challenge and 'incredible' decisions against us. So much for unloading with a Wenger-esque rage. Nice guy. Hughton's never gonna go skitty on national TV. There'd be nowt to gain from it anyway, i'd rather he maintained his dignity - every man and his dog knows the decisions were absolutely ridiculous, he needn't inform anyone. The only thing to gain from coming out and lambasting a referee is a hefty fine. Brings the game into disripute doesn't it liiiiike. Nah, disagree with that. Like it or not, we're in a league where if you scream the loudest, you are heard. Look at Wenger and Fergie and how they moan and whinge when things don't go their way, then in the next match the ref has that in the back of his mind when a 50/50 challenge happens. Hughton should have gone ape shit at the corrupt ref today, maybe he could have accused City of paying the ref off, which would have made sure everyone saw a replay of the shite decisions today and i bet you we wouldn't get that treatment from referees any more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 We were keeping the ball brilliantly by playing football high up in the first half. Came out in the second to sit deep and launch the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 We just never look like scoring, it's dreadful. Full marks for effort, though. We did score and should have had a penalty when Shola was tripped in the box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chicago_shearer Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I take some solace from the fact that there were large parts of the Stoke and City games where we played good football (even if we weren't creating many chances). That didn't happen two seasons ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 A '6' for Nolan? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 We were keeping the ball brilliantly by playing football high up in the first half. Came out in the second to sit deep and launch the ball. They were getting in behind time after time until we changed it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Hughton on ESPN: 'Upset' with the challenge and 'incredible' decisions against us. So much for unloading with a Wenger-esque rage. Nice guy. Hughton's never gonna go skitty on national TV. There'd be nowt to gain from it anyway, i'd rather he maintained his dignity - every man and his dog knows the decisions were absolutely ridiculous, he needn't inform anyone. The only thing to gain from coming out and lambasting a referee is a hefty fine. Brings the game into disripute doesn't it liiiiike. Nah, disagree with that. Like it or not, we're in a league where if you scream the loudest, you are heard. Look at Wenger and Fergie and how they moan and whinge when things don't go their way, then in the next match the ref has that in the back of his mind when a 50/50 challenge happens. Hughton should have gone ape shit at the corrupt ref today, maybe he could have accused City of paying the ref off, which would have made sure everyone saw a replay of the shite decisions today and i bet you we wouldn't get that treatment from referees any more. He is neither so it'd be pointless. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest andrew Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 krul- 6- perch- 6- did okay in all I thought, still a few dodgy moments Colo- 7- Was good while he was on Will- 6- Never a pen and was fine apart from that Enrique- 6- didn't do that much ben- barton- 5- poor set pieces but was okay in midfield tiote- 8- great lad guti- 8- good performance. nolan- 6- I thought he tracked back well actually, worked hard Ameobi- 4- poor, but was better when andy was on subs- campbell- 8- routledge- 4, carroll- 5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Krul 8 Perch 6 Williamson 6 Coloccini 7.5 (Campbell 7.5) Enrique 7 Routledge 5 Tiote 8.5 Barton 5 Jonas 8 Nolan 3 Shola 4 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Fair ratings. A bit harsh on Shola. He was holding the line very well in the first half but, as predicted, became shit again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I thought the hand slapping by Man City players to De Jong after the tackle on Ben Arfa was shocking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 At least Tiote is a a god and Jonas was very good today. Routledge was fucking shite again, not ability wise just fucking decisions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattynufc Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Krul 8 Perch 6 Williamson 6 Coloccini 7.5 (Campbell 7.5) Enrique 7 Routledge 5 Tiote 8.5 Barton 5 Jonas 8 Nolan 3 Shola 4 What did Shola do so wrong to get a 4? Same with Nolan tbh, I hate Toon fans that single a player out as a scapegoat. Nolan adds quite a bit to the team in my opinion and if you like 'leads' others. Barton too, played ok, good few passes in the centre, not great on corners admittedly. Agree with Tiote as best on the pitch for us though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I thought the hand slapping by Man City players to De Jong after the tackle on Ben Arfa was shocking. I think they all knew it was bad and were just trying to say to him that they knew it wasn't intentional and keep his chin up. Don't think they expected hij to keep his studs up for the rest of the match though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I thought the hand slapping by Man City players to De Jong after the tackle on Ben Arfa was shocking. Everything about that club is detestable. I fucking hated them before the game, and i fucking hate them now. They'll peak for a few years but, as we've seen in the last week, they're not going to sustain it for long. They'll turn to absolute rot within the next decade and i'm going to fucking love watching it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Hughton on ESPN: 'Upset' with the challenge and 'incredible' decisions against us. So much for unloading with a Wenger-esque rage. Nice guy. Hughton's never gonna go skitty on national TV. There'd be nowt to gain from it anyway, i'd rather he maintained his dignity - every man and his dog knows the decisions were absolutely ridiculous, he needn't inform anyone. The only thing to gain from coming out and lambasting a referee is a hefty fine. Brings the game into disripute doesn't it liiiiike. Nah, disagree with that. Like it or not, we're in a league where if you scream the loudest, you are heard. Look at Wenger and Fergie and how they moan and whinge when things don't go their way, then in the next match the ref has that in the back of his mind when a 50/50 challenge happens. Hughton should have gone ape s*** at the corrupt ref today, maybe he could have accused City of paying the ref off, which would have made sure everyone saw a replay of the s**** decisions today and i bet you we wouldn't get that treatment from referees any more. I think you're right, unfortunately. The FA want to harp on about respecting the refs etc. But they're undeserving of this respect because they are not good enough at what they do, and can't be relied upon to make sound decisions the majority of the time. I think these refs do give poor decisions far more often against teams and/or managers who do stay dignified and take it on the chin. Definitely something Hughton has to think seriously about. It really shouldn't be this way, but the refs are so spineless it's untrue. Hughton has to pick his spots and let rip with an almighty whinge when it's necessary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I thought the hand slapping by Man City players to De Jong after the tackle on Ben Arfa was shocking. A fair indication that nobbling HBA was their top priority at the start of the game. No one has been able to get close to him in his previous starts, it was always a fair bet that other teams would try and take him out by other means. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liam Liam Liam O Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 We were keeping the ball brilliantly by playing football high up in the first half. Came out in the second to sit deep and launch the ball. They were getting in behind time after time until we changed it. Agree with that. My problem is he doesn't appear to be able to change things for the better in terms of the match. We went from playing too high, to letting them completely dominate us having got hold of the game before the break. You said yourself it was just a matter of time for most of the second half. I'd say his substitutions last weekend were more examples of him doing 'something' and making it worse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 Funny how fuckin big headed their whole club is, despite having won fuck all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven Posted October 3, 2010 Share Posted October 3, 2010 I thought the hand slapping by Man City players to De Jong after the tackle on Ben Arfa was shocking. I saw that too. Disgusting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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