Unbelievable Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 First time this season when the players were asked to go out, forget everything and give a performance. Any they couldn't. I'm not angry. Just really disappointed. Utterly toothless performance. Wrong, unfortunately... Seems like this has affected them more than Chris' sacking however.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 We barely crosses the ball tonight with two big lads our main threat. Barton in particular i dont think managed a single cross in open play. Poor effort. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Those lost 4 points may well bite us on the arse Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest toonlass Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 We have no strikers of premiership quality. Lovenkrands is finished. Leon Best never started and Nile Ranger can't score. With Shola, who is hardly a goal machine himself out for anything up to and over 6 weeks I'm just not sure where our next win will come from. Awful tonight. Midfield was awful. Williamson looked panicked at times, the other defenders looked like they had played 3 games in a week. God, I feel fucking depressed at the thought of the games we have coming up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Those lost 4 points may well bite us on the arse Yep - could be absolutely massive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Lack of service and any form of a CM partnership lost this tbh...Tiote would've transformed it. Fulham had channels wide as the persian gulf to run through a lot of the time Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Our striking options now are horrible. Ranger- Not good enough to start games. Couldn't hold up the play today at all Lovenkrands- Ineffective Best- Grafts but is pretty s*** ? You forgot to mention that the midfield was so shit that we didn't have a single forward with a decent chance on goal. Carroll playing tonight wouldn't have made the slightest difference with that lack of service. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Brrrrrrrafraaaaa needed asap. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Harper MOTM Barton the only other one who can hold his head high. Everyone else was toothless. Missed the game again, did you? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Brrrrrrrafraaaaa needed asap. We need something to provide a spark because our midfield is so one dimensional. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest YANKEEBLEEDSMAGPIE Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Fulham played our forwards exactly as they should have. They were all over Best and Ranger because they aren't strong or clever enough to get around defenders. Other teams will do this to them. Pardew will need to have them move to the outside and have the runs com from midfield in order to generate chances when we are possessing the ball. Unfortunately, from what I've seen so far (namely how he helped give away the points to mackems and spurs), i'm not sure Pardew has the tactical acumen to get this into our gameplan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Our striking options now are horrible. Ranger- Not good enough to start games. Couldn't hold up the play today at all Lovenkrands- Ineffective Best- Grafts but is pretty s*** ? You forgot to mention that the midfield was so shit that we didn't have a single forward with a decent chance on goal. Carroll playing tonight wouldn't have made the slightest difference with that lack of service. I disagree. The midfield played with a lack of confidence that was caused by the lack of decent movement up front. If they had the confidence they'd be taking more chances and see them being paid off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I think what will save us this season from getting relegated will be the 4-5-1 tactic. Mind we are shit with it, but at least we scrape the odd points and score the odd goals from set pieces and so forth. Nolan will be vital as he will have to play a more advanced role and Guthrie-Tiote behind him. I think that Ranger will only get better while Best has proved once again he's awful and Lovenkrands will only decline from here on. If I was in charge I'd play Barton - Guthrie - Tiote - Jonas Nolan Ranger Until we get Ireland, Gosling and BARFA back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Ranger should have been holding the ball up and bringing others into play, he didn't. He huffed and puffed about the pitch, both of our strikers did nothing to get involved or get others involved Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ED209 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 totally impotent and devoid of any ideas up front, relegation here we come. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foluwashola Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Well, well, well, how shit was that. The Ashley regime is back in full swing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 We still won't get relegated. Teams like West Brom, West Ham, Blackpool, Wolverhampton are way worse. I predict us to finish around 42 points and at around 13th or 14th. Good enough for me, keep the hope guys only stupid to stop believing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I disagree. The midfield played with a lack of confidence that was caused by the lack of decent movement up front. If they had the confidence they'd be taking more chances and see them being paid off. You can disagree all you want, the midfield were shit, stop looking for others to blame. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Harper - 8 Outfield - 3 Pardew - 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Thought there was at least some effort from the lads tonight. The unfortunate thing with gamblers like Ashley is that they nearly always lose and fuck up the lives of everyone connected to them. The impact of losing Ameobi is not bad luck in my opinion, it's crap planning. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 I disagree. The midfield played with a lack of confidence that was caused by the lack of decent movement up front. If they had the confidence they'd be taking more chances and see them being paid off. You can disagree all you want, the midfield were s***, stop looking for others to blame. Not sure how you measure the confidence levels that seem to get mentioned. Lack of legs to me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 You'd never have thought we were the team coming into the game fresh today. Must've necking Superbock the whole time they were in Portugal or something. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest jeffers09 Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Struggled to watch that awful performance reminded me of stevange fulham were also dire even a half decent performance would have won the game there tiote cant get back quick enuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Not sure how you measure the confidence levels that seem to get mentioned. Lack of legs to me I didn't measure the confidence levels and I haven't mentioned it as it's just an excuse for a midfield who provded nothing for 90 minutes for whatever reason. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted February 2, 2011 Share Posted February 2, 2011 Got to play Nolan off Ranger now, for the remaining games. At least he can put himself about and also has a bit of pace. 4-5-1 it has to be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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