KaKa Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Our first touch was Coloccini hitting a long ball and I thought here we go, I couldn't have been more wrong and it's now up to Pardew to make sure we maintain the quality of football on show tonight. We've shown we can be effective when we play the ball on the ground and we have players who are more than capable of doing it. And yet two of the goals were as route one as you can get. We were route one as f*** tonight but it worked from the off so no need to change it tbf. Not true. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/136423784.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF87892155F29F61288AC1CA3CD24C2625A1BD20AE0C7E98F79141F088AE4CEC09703C42 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 And yet two of the goals were as route one as you can get. We mixed it up, nobody has said that we should never go route one, we should mix it up and tonight we did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 And yet two of the goals were as route one as you can get. We mixed it up, nobody has said that we should never go route one, we should mix it up and tonight we did. I'm just messing. Like you say we mixed it up brilliant. Perfect performance really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelphish Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 http://cache2.asset-cache.net/xc/136423784.jpg?v=1&c=IWSAsset&k=2&d=77BFBA49EF87892155F29F61288AC1CA3CD24C2625A1BD20AE0C7E98F79141F088AE4CEC09703C42 Loving this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Our first touch was Coloccini hitting a long ball and I thought here we go, I couldn't have been more wrong and it's now up to Pardew to make sure we maintain the quality of football on show tonight. We've shown we can be effective when we play the ball on the ground and we have players who are more than capable of doing it. And yet two of the goals were as route one as you can get. We were route one as f*** tonight but it worked from the off so no need to change it tbf. Not true. Well we were but it worked so who cares? The amount of balls back to Krul was astounding. Once we got it forward we got it down and were fine mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 yeah we have players that can play decent football given the opportunity. Coloccini, Santon, Cabaye, Tiote(when he doesnt dally on it for too long), Jonas, Ba and players who arn't in the team at the moment..Ben Arfa, Guthrie and Vuckic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Much better possession and movement today.even when we went long ball,we played well and credit to shola who I often knock.that impressed me the way he got us fired up,I do want to see Ben arfa on the pitch but that's the only change I'd make.thanks for a great night Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Our team is actually more suited to good football, which is why the long ball shit of recent games has been confusing. We mixed it up well tonight though, no problem with that. And also, you never know how much of the previous long ball football was tactical or down to the players running out of ideas, especially with a weakened back four. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binnsy Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Top marks to the manager, 100% correct in everything he did tonight and set the team up brilliantly. Thank god he doesn't listen to some of the people on here!! :-) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 4, 2012 Share Posted January 4, 2012 Our team is actually more suited to good football, which is why the long ball s*** of recent games has been confusing. We mixed it up well tonight though, no problem with that. And also, you never know how much of the previous long ball football was tactical or down to the players running out of ideas, especially with a weakened back four. Route one's fine as an alternative. Would much rather start with a passing side (so HBA for Shola), and if that's not working then of course, go more direct. Tonight though it complimented our all round game, rather than being the basis of our tactics. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Top marks to the manager, 100% correct in everything he did tonight and set the team up brilliantly. Thank god he doesn't listen to some of the people on here!! :-) Agreed, thank God he doesn't listen to people on here asking him to play Santon and drop Obertan, or play football on the deck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Tactics and gameplan spot on tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 i wouldn't want us to do it in every game but we did do a lot of route one today - Ba's goal is as route one as you can get really. the conditions actually helped, as did the collective incompetence of the Man Utd centre-halves. Saying that Cabaye and Tiote tended to look short far more than in recent games, and it helped having Raylor in there as despite his woeful passing he operated almost like a third central midfielder and not as a winger. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 For all the talk of tactics mind, it also helps that Cabaye & Tiote were awesome. First game against one of the big sides where they really imposed themselves in midfield and gave us the platform to play a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stu Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Top marks to the manager, 100% correct in everything he did tonight and set the team up brilliantly. Thank god he doesn't listen to some of the people on here!! :-) Agreed, thank God he doesn't listen to people on here asking him to play Santon and drop Obertan, or play football on the deck. I'm pretty sure he doesn't might be of some consolation to you. Damn Pardew and his refusal to change things! He's so stubborn! Pig-headed! [N-O Clique] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 For all the talk of tactics mind, it also helps that Cabaye & Tiote were awesome. First game against one of the big sides where they really imposed themselves in midfield and gave us the platform to play a bit. Aye, they outclassed the Man Utd midfield totally, which TBF is pretty average even on paper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Yeah, I'd been hoping our Mid would do a number on a few of the 'top' midfields this season and haven't, this is the first time they have completely, absolutely tore theirs to pieces. There was a period when they were knocking on teh door after our second, got in behind us, but then once we got a spell of possession back we never let go again, one of the few times we've known when to and how to slow it down, and closed out the game comfortably. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Still think he should be killed, we lost against Norwich and West Brom ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Top marks to the manager, 100% correct in everything he did tonight and set the team up brilliantly. Thank god he doesn't listen to some of the people on here!! :-) Agreed, thank God he doesn't listen to people on here asking him to play Santon and drop Obertan, or play football on the deck. I'm pretty sure he doesn't might be of some consolation to you. Damn Pardew and his refusal to change things! He's so stubborn! Pig-headed! [N-O Clique] Aye, if only no-one offered opinions on players and such but criticised others for doing so it'd be a much better place Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Paul Lambert did a number on us tactically and we had a terrible makeshift defence against Norwich, those results happen sometimes. Still peeved over West Brom, got it all wrong there but oh well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Aye, I think the Norwich game was a freebie as our weaknesses were obvious, easy to exploit and not easy to fix at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TherealnorthernTOON Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Think of how good a team we could've been if we had decent wingers going forward pushing their fullbacks? Taylor, despite his speed actually did it at several occasions off the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 No Ben Arfa...what can I say... Whoopsy... Mentally, Physically, Technically and morally sound tonight. Thanks Al. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted January 5, 2012 Share Posted January 5, 2012 Had been quite concerned in the build up to the game that the Pardew/Ben Arfa dynamic being played out through the media might be about to infiltrate team spirit and bring our season down, and then the team and manager pulls out a performance like that. Quite amazing really, how things can work out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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