HawK Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 A high line has worked for us pretty well on occasion, like. Against pace? When? whoosh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 A high line against Arsenal would be the funniest thing I've ever seen. Not that anyone is suggesting it, like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted March 6, 2012 Share Posted March 6, 2012 A high line has worked for us pretty well on occasion, like. Against pace? When? whoosh. Fuck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Refused to comment on MON in his presser this morning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Refused to comment on MON in his presser this morning. Good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Do we normally have a Wednesday press conference ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Do we normally have a Wednesday press conference ? He was giving interviews to the chronicle i think. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Do we normally have a Wednesday press conference ? He was giving interviews to the chronicle i think. Nah, preparing for the pre-Europa League pressers next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Meticulous preparation from Pards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 Refused to comment on MON in his presser this morning. Good stuff - rattle his cage then walk away and ignore him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted March 7, 2012 Share Posted March 7, 2012 He went up in my estimation on Sunday. Showed he cared, and showed the willingness to change it and give Ben Arfa his chance. got it right seconf half for me. As pleased as I was with that second half, it's whether he'll finally learn it for the long term for me tbh. Spot on that. Norwich at home will be the key to see if he has learnt anything. Another long ball game with Ba and Cisse up top, R.Taylor right wing and no HBA would be a joke. If that happened, I would be done sticking up for him TBH. Can't be judged too much on the Arsenal game, bit of a free pass to a certain degree IMO. However, it will be similar to the Spurs game, except we will have better players available and be under a bit more pressure to perform. Due to the dropped points in the last two 'winnable' games. No win in three currently isn't it? Hopefully no letting our hair down comments, a wide open 4-4-2, no protection for the defence and a brainless gameplan. As long as we put a performance in and don't get totally smashed out of sight, it would hopefully be apparant AP is learning from our last trip to North London. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest WashyGeordie Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 http://img.skysports.com/12/03/660x350/Alan-Pardew-Newcastle-vs-Sunderland_2728091.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skryp2nit3 Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 A high line against Arsenal would be the funniest thing I've ever seen. Not that anyone is suggesting it, like Our general play and defending has been better when we play a high line in defence. When our defence is deep it leaves gaps between def and mid, as well as mid and attack. We've often struggled when opposition players exploit the gap between defence and midfield. Also we seem to have a hard time building our attacks through the middle simply because our CMs' starting positions are too deep. My opinion anyway. We do struggle against pace though so its really Pardew's job to find the balance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted March 8, 2012 Share Posted March 8, 2012 A high line against Arsenal would be the funniest thing I've ever seen. Not that anyone is suggesting it, like Our general play and defending has been better when we play a high line in defence. When our defence is deep it leaves gaps between def and mid, as well as mid and attack. We've often struggled when opposition players exploit the gap between defence and midfield. Also we seem to have a hard time building our attacks through the middle simply because our CMs' starting positions are too deep. My opinion anyway. We do struggle against pace though so its really Pardew's job to find the balance. i'll say it again, i don't really think we play a high line. there have been times when our defence has been sucked in and caught high but we've also been caught sitting too far back and inviting the oppo onto us in the same games. one of the highest lines we've played this season was man utd at home and it worked a treat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 He went up in my estimation on Sunday. Showed he cared, and showed the willingness to change it and give Ben Arfa his chance. got it right seconf half for me. As pleased as I was with that second half, it's whether he'll finally learn it for the long term for me tbh. I don't see too much hope in that regard tbh. It wouldn't surprise me if Pardew is considering starting Shola against Arsenal at the weekend going off his gushing praise after he scored last weekend. The comparison to his effectiveness against Cisse was just rubbish as it suggested that the latter was being criticised for not giving the sunderland centre halves a harder time. It seems to me the players Pardew enthuses about most are the Ryan Taylors and Ameobis who are more suited to the long ball game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 http://img.skysports.com/12/03/660x350/Alan-Pardew-Newcastle-vs-Sunderland_2728091.jpg STD kicking in mid wee? Oh pards Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 http://www.soccerway.com/photo_dynamic/orig/250/relative/12427347110.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 He's pard as nails. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n203/Chriswok/whatifalanpardewwasreallyamemberofKISS.png Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
skryp2nit3 Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 A high line against Arsenal would be the funniest thing I've ever seen. Not that anyone is suggesting it, like Our general play and defending has been better when we play a high line in defence. When our defence is deep it leaves gaps between def and mid, as well as mid and attack. We've often struggled when opposition players exploit the gap between defence and midfield. Also we seem to have a hard time building our attacks through the middle simply because our CMs' starting positions are too deep. My opinion anyway. We do struggle against pace though so its really Pardew's job to find the balance. i'll say it again, i don't really think we play a high line. there have been times when our defence has been sucked in and caught high but we've also been caught sitting too far back and inviting the oppo onto us in the same games. one of the highest lines we've played this season was man utd at home and it worked a treat. We certainly played a higher line when Taylor was playing, since Williamson came in we've dropped deeper presumably to compensate for his lack of pace. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 http://i113.photobucket.com/albums/n203/Chriswok/whatifalanpardewwasreallyamemberofKISS.png He's pard as nails. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 He went up in my estimation on Sunday. Showed he cared, and showed the willingness to change it and give Ben Arfa his chance. got it right seconf half for me. As pleased as I was with that second half, it's whether he'll finally learn it for the long term for me tbh. I don't see too much hope in that regard tbh. It wouldn't surprise me if Pardew is considering starting Shola against Arsenal at the weekend going off his gushing praise after he scored last weekend. The comparison to his effectiveness against Cisse was just rubbish as it suggested that the latter was being criticised for not giving the sunderland centre halves a harder time. It seems to me the players Pardew enthuses about most are the Ryan Taylors and Ameobis who are more suited to the long ball game. I don't think Shola is physically capable of playing more than about 30 minutes any more, I really doubt Pardew would start him unless he had no other options. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 He went up in my estimation on Sunday. Showed he cared, and showed the willingness to change it and give Ben Arfa his chance. got it right seconf half for me. As pleased as I was with that second half, it's whether he'll finally learn it for the long term for me tbh. I don't see too much hope in that regard tbh. It wouldn't surprise me if Pardew is considering starting Shola against Arsenal at the weekend going off his gushing praise after he scored last weekend. The comparison to his effectiveness against Cisse was just rubbish as it suggested that the latter was being criticised for not giving the sunderland centre halves a harder time. It seems to me the players Pardew enthuses about most are the Ryan Taylors and Ameobis who are more suited to the long ball game. I don't think Shola is physically capable of playing more than about 30 minutes any more, I really doubt Pardew would start him unless he had no other options. Agreed and hope you're right. Can see Cisse being dropped though and going 4-5-1 though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider Jerusalem Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 http://www.soccerway.com/photo_dynamic/orig/250/relative/12427347110.jpg O'Neill pulling the third official between them looks even worse from that angle. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted March 9, 2012 Share Posted March 9, 2012 he's hiding behind him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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