Interpolic Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 :frantic: Ronaldo...can we go on a hot date some time? Cooeeee Fancy a shag? You're full of beans today, aren't you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 :frantic: Ronaldo...can we go on a hot date some time? Cooeeee Fancy a shag? You're full of beans today, aren't you. I am my good fellow. Are you game? Hang-over and an exciting day of sport, combined with going out tonight and the match tomorrow. #thisisthelife Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Found this cool graph, and thought about sharing it: Premier league possession table. There's a pretty good correlation between possession and league standing, unless you're Stoke or Swansea. And there's a surprisingly big gap between the last team over 50% and yourselves, the first team to fall below it. You also have the second biggest gap between average possession at home vs possession away. http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/premier-league/ballbesitz/wettbewerb_GB1.html (La Liga provided for fun and giggles: http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/en/primera-division/ballbesitz/wettbewerb_ES1.html) This is fantastic. This just proves everything that most of us know: if you keep the ball well, you will create chances and win. You look at Bilbao's possession stats and it shows that they're a good team too, and not one that just raised their game against Man Utd. Someone needs to send this to Pardew so he fucking stops with this fucking diagonal ball nonsense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Lick me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Williamson at the far post! It's sure to work! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Williamson at the far post! It's sure to work! Our free kick routine is ridiculous. Williamson can't jump. He's tall, but he can't jump so he can't get power onto these headers. I don't think we've created one real chance from this stupid routine in the Premiership all season. Surely it'd be better to just pass it out and try to create a chance more naturally? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 We have so many players who are better than average with the ball into their feet - Ba, Cisse, Cabaye, Ben Arfa, Coloccini, Santon and Jonas from our first eleven. How come Swansea play better football than we do? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Because they have midfielders who can penetrate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Because they have midfielders who can penetrate. True, ours might as well be plane spotting at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliassenfredrik Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Barka 83 % possession in the 8-0 win. http://troll.me/images/idiot-gaston/what-is-this-i-dont-even-thumb.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Williamson at the far post! It's sure to work! Our free kick routine is ridiculous. Williamson can't jump. He's tall, but he can't jump so he can't get power onto these headers. I don't think we've created one real chance from this stupid routine in the Premiership all season. Surely it'd be better to just pass it out and try to create a chance more naturally? We seriously may as well give up on free kicks and corners. Just pass it short and work it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Williamson at the far post! It's sure to work! Our free kick routine is ridiculous. Williamson can't jump. He's tall, but he can't jump so he can't get power onto these headers. I don't think we've created one real chance from this stupid routine in the Premiership all season. Surely it'd be better to just pass it out and try to create a chance more naturally? We seriously may as well give up on free kicks and corners. Just pass it short and work it. My Fifa 12 approach Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Deadmau5 Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 “We are fighting for everything and fighting for our lives. We aren’t playing champagne football. I just dont get why we are fighting for our lives. We are safe from relegation and CL is way beyond us. Why arent we enjoying our season instead of being scared shitless from being 6th? Even Pardew must realise that you cant fight for scraps over the long haul? At one point you have to start playing fotball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Agree, it's getting ridiculous now. Performances and quotes in the press scream that he's scared shitless, it's not what you want at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliassenfredrik Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 “We are fighting for everything and fighting for our lives. We aren’t playing champagne football. I just dont get why we are fighting for our lives. We are safe from relegation and CL is way beyond us. Why arent we enjoying our season instead of being scared shitless from being 6th? Even Pardew must realise that you cant fight for scraps over the long haul? At one point you have to start playing fotball. http://eu3.memecdn.com/BITCH-PLEASE_o_103613.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Barka 83 % possession in the 8-0 win. http://troll.me/images/idiot-gaston/what-is-this-i-dont-even-thumb.jpg Not even our record, actually. We got 86% once in the CL against Panathinaikos. Anyway, didn't want to hijack the thread. What I found peculiar about the PL table is that NUFC is the only team in an European spot with an average possession below 50% (not by much, granted). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Barka 83 % possession in the 8-0 win. http://troll.me/images/idiot-gaston/what-is-this-i-dont-even-thumb.jpg Not even our record, actually. We got 86% once in the CL against Panathinaikos. Anyway, didn't want to hijack the thread. What I found peculiar about the PL table is that NUFC is the only team in an European spot with an average possession below 50% (not by much, granted). And the only one with a negative goal difference... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Because they have midfielders who can penetrate. Joe Allen and Gower are not much more mobile than Cabaye, if at all. And Danny Graham is slower than Cisse and Ba. We should be passing teams off the park if we had an actual plan in attack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliassenfredrik Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Barka 83 % possession in the 8-0 win. http://troll.me/images/idiot-gaston/what-is-this-i-dont-even-thumb.jpg Not even our record, actually. We got 86% once in the CL against Panathinaikos. Anyway, didn't want to hijack the thread. What I found peculiar about the PL table is that NUFC is the only team in an European spot with an average possession below 50% (not by much, granted). Well, I'm not surprised at our possession stats. And of course possession based football with the right set of players will get you results in the long haul. Pardew must be the only one not seeing it. I realize we deserve to be where we are though, you can't really argue that after 28 games. But with our current style of play it's a question of time before we start free falling down the table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Random. Why quote my post? I never mentioned mobility, pace or the strikers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Why quote your post? Because you replied to mine. Just sayin', the attributes that our players have means that we should be able to play good football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Why quote your post? Because you replied to mine. Just sayin', the attributes that our players have means that we should be able to play good football. But that would mean them abandoning their rigid defensive postional instructions. Like when Ameoibi comes on and shouts and points at Cab and Tiote to stay back. It's insane that this side peppered with full internationals is worrying about beating a bunch of potato farmers at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Why quote your post? Because you replied to mine. Just sayin', the attributes that our players have means that we should be able to play good football. But that would mean them abandoning their rigid defensive postional instructions. Like when Ameoibi comes on and shouts and points at Cab and Tiote to stay back. It's insane that this side peppered with full internationals is worrying about beating a bunch of potato farmers at home. This is key, its not players who can't, its players who aren't allowed to. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Our free kick routines are pathetic. We might as well forefit free kicks and corners and let the opposition have the ball - save our energy. It's become a joke that Williamson thing. Every single time and I don't think it's actually worked once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 17, 2012 Share Posted March 17, 2012 Could do with a taking a look at the intensity the mackems flew out the traps with today. Do that tomorrow and we could be home and dry by HT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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