Colocho Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Got it all right yesterday. Have a go early on and hope for a goal, but against Man U, you can't keep putting that kind of pressure on all game, and we changed our game plan accordingly. I wouldn't say we got it "all right". On another day, they could have scored two or three against us. We were excellent at closing them down, blocking shots and intercepting passes. However, they had enough opportunities to score a few goals. To say our defence was excellent would be a massive exaggeration imo. We on the other hand really, really lack a cutting edge up front. Hopefully Pards won't bend over to Ashley - and will make it clear we need to spend at least half of the Carroll money on a pair of new strikers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I think I am starting to like him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I like him. Shame he was brought in so acrimoniously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Louise Taylor piece in Guardian today saying talking about the detail and meticulous approach of Pards. Unusually gushing towards us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Maybe she thinks she'll get a jump. He's not that desperate love. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Louise Taylor. Gushing. http://i51.tinypic.com/30mllwg.gif Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Maybe she thinks she'll get a jump. He's not that desperate love. eek what a thought Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Louise Taylor piece in Guardian today saying talking about the detail and meticulous approach of Pards. Unusually gushing towards us. Different Alan gives Jonas Gutiérrez and Newcastle United fresh legs http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/apr/20/alan-pardew-newcastle-united Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Louise Taylor piece in Guardian today saying talking about the detail and meticulous approach of Pards. Unusually gushing towards us. Different Alan gives Jonas Gutiérrez and Newcastle United fresh legs http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/blog/2011/apr/20/alan-pardew-newcastle-united yes, sorry not that good at the whole linky thing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Got it all right yesterday. Have a go early on and hope for a goal, but against Man U, you can't keep putting that kind of pressure on all game, and we changed our game plan accordingly. I wouldn't say we got it "all right". On another day, they could have scored two or three against us. We were excellent at closing them down, blocking shots and intercepting passes. However, they had enough opportunities to score a few goals. To say our defence was excellent would be a massive exaggeration imo. We on the other hand really, really lack a cutting edge up front. Hopefully Pards won't bend over to Ashley - and will make it clear we need to spend at least half of the Carroll money on a pair of new strikers. Theres probably less than a handful teams in the world that could stop a forward line of Anderson, giggs, Nani, Rooney and Hernandez from creating a good few chances during 90 minutes, and we certainly is not one of them. To not give Pardew and the defence a lot of praise for yesterday is just bollocks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colocho Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 I wouldn't say we got it "all right". On another day, they could have scored two or three against us. We were excellent at closing them down, blocking shots and intercepting passes. However, they had enough opportunities to score a few goals. To say our defence was excellent would be a massive exaggeration imo. We on the other hand really, really lack a cutting edge up front. Hopefully Pards won't bend over to Ashley - and will make it clear we need to spend at least half of the Carroll money on a pair of new strikers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 One of things i noticed when Ireland came on was that he'd clearly been told to keep close to Carrick. That prevented ManU from playing out from the back somewhat so their centre halves started to go long which we dealt with pretty well except for one scare i can remember. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 One of things i noticed when Ireland came on was that he'd clearly been told to keep close to Carrick. That prevented ManU from playing out from the back somewhat so their centre halves started to go long which we dealt with pretty well except for one scare i can remember. Løvenkrands did that as well for most part of the game. In fact, we've had one of our forwards do that pretty much all season, under both Hughton and Pardew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Maybe she thinks she'll get a jump. He's not that desperate love. what an absolutely horrid mental image thats given me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 When he goes mental, like he did with down at the likes of Spurs, Stevenage, Stoke and Villa, he's really overdoing it - he doesn't need to. He's actually tactically very astute. I'd almost argue, even moreso than Hughton. Proof of the pudding is the summer though, as we all know. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 If Newcastle squad members are offered freedom to improvise on the pitch, precious little 'off the cuff' happens away from it these days. Pardew provides every player with a personalised pre-match dossier highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the next opponents. Not content with relying on the written word, Newcastle's staff augment such information with individual DVD's highlighting rivals' tricks and tactics. If that's true I'm impressed. Can you imagine Graeme Souness even contemplating that level of preparation? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 One of things i noticed when Ireland came on was that he'd clearly been told to keep close to Carrick. That prevented ManU from playing out from the back somewhat so their centre halves started to go long which we dealt with pretty well except for one scare i can remember. We did that very well yesterday in terms of picking up individuals and runners. Lovenkrands had the Carrick job in the first half, and did a very good job too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
quayside Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 If Newcastle squad members are offered freedom to improvise on the pitch, precious little 'off the cuff' happens away from it these days. Pardew provides every player with a personalised pre-match dossier highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the next opponents. Not content with relying on the written word, Newcastle's staff augment such information with individual DVD's highlighting rivals' tricks and tactics. If that's true I'm impressed. Can you imagine Graeme Souness even contemplating that level of preparation? Ah yes - the days of "Tactics are for schoolteachers. Just give me 11 proper players working their socks off." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 Credit where it's due, he got it spot on last night. Holding the best team in the country scoreless is quite an achievement. Well happy with the point we ground out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 20, 2011 Share Posted April 20, 2011 If Newcastle squad members are offered freedom to improvise on the pitch, precious little 'off the cuff' happens away from it these days. Pardew provides every player with a personalised pre-match dossier highlighting the strengths and weaknesses of the next opponents. Not content with relying on the written word, Newcastle's staff augment such information with individual DVD's highlighting rivals' tricks and tactics. If that's true I'm impressed. Can you imagine Graeme Souness even contemplating that level of preparation? Ah yes - the days of "Tactics are for schoolteachers. Just give me 11 proper players working their socks off." Christ on a cross. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 “When that happens up here, it is always hard for the visiting team. They way we took the game to them, the way we defended, that was exactly the game plan we had worked on and they found it difficult. Simpson, journal Fair play al Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ObiChrisKenobi Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 As someone mentioned, its a shame that his appointment was made in such a bad way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 was nice to see him applaud every side of the ground on about 90 mins when we were encouraging the team for one last push, fair play on that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 Doing a fine job, to be fair to the chap. Promiscuous boy... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted April 21, 2011 Share Posted April 21, 2011 was nice to see him applaud every side of the ground on about 90 mins when we were encouraging the team for one last push, fair play on that. AP did that? Not a bad effort Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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