The College Dropout Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Or, now that we know he's staying (at least until January), we can play him. This should give us a better chance of winning games, which is quite important. It didn't last year. He pretty much kept us in the league last year man Disagree massively. He scored a few important goals, but for the most part he went missing as much as the rest of them. Technically, Cisse and a combination of the other s*** teams below us kept us in the league. Nah.. a striker that starts 36 games and scores 8 league goals hasn't kept you up. Cabaye actually had a better goals to games ratio than Cisse in the league. Cabaye's initial renaissance after injury along, that 6 points we got when the new lads came in (coincides with Cabaye's return) & Ba's goals kept us up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Few sub starts won't harm....Anita doesn't deserve to be starting on the bench. Little bastard needs a kick up the arse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Ba's goals kept us up. Cisse's goals v Stoke & Fulham were crucial to staying up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 It's cool to dislike Cabaye but he's still one of our very best players. He's a better footballer than Sissoko comfortably. He has more to his game than Anita. A good season for us depends on Krul-Colo-Cabaye-HBA-Remy-Cisse imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelunchbox Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 It's cool to dislike Cabaye but he's still one of our very best players. He's a better footballer than Sissoko comfortably. He has more to his game than Anita. A good season for us depends on Krul-Colo-Cabaye-HBA-Remy-Cisse imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Ba's goals kept us up. Cisse's goals v Stoke & Fulham were crucial to staying up. That's the very least he could do. Like i said, a striker that scores every 4.5 games in 36 matches doesn't keep you up. Cabaye's 6 in 26 from midfield probably mean a bit more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Play him in a midfield 3 with Anita and Sissoko against Villa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 It shows the bias on here that a striker that scores 8 goals in 36 did more to keep a team from relegation than a midfielder getting 6 in 26. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Play him in a midfield 3 with Anita and Sissoko against Villa. By far the most balanced team we can put out, it makes so much sense that I'll be massively disappointed if we don't line up with those three in midfield and Hatem, Remy and Cisse up front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 It shows the bias on here that a striker that scores 8 goals in 36 did more to keep a team from relegation than a midfielder getting 6 in 26. There's a bigger picture to be looked at when you're done with that small one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoob Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Play him in a midfield 3 with Anita and Sissoko against Villa. By far the most balanced team we can put out, it makes so much sense that I'll be massively disappointed if we don't line up with those three in midfield and Hatem, Remy and Cisse up front. It seems so obvious that this should be the team, but it's just as likely we'll start a 4-4-2 with Tioté and Jonas back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Cabaye will play better when he's not next to Tiote. The 2 are about is incompatible as you get in CM. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Cabaye will play better when he's not next to Tiote. The 2 are about is incompatible as you get in CM. Even though they were both brilliant in a two man midfield a few seasons back? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binnsy Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Cabaye will play better when he's not next to Tiote. The 2 are about is incompatible as you get in CM. eh?? do you even watch us play? Those two on top form are one of the best midfield partnerships in the league, as shown two seasons ago, sadly last season they were off form and injured for most of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 They're not completely incompatible but they're a pretty poor match if you want to be an attacking side when playing 4-4-2. Cabaye/Anita-Sissoko is the way forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 It shows the bias on here that a striker that scores 8 goals in 36 did more to keep a team from relegation than a midfielder getting 6 in 26. There's a bigger picture to be looked at when you're done with that small one. The bigger picture is Cabaye's one of our very best players. While he's not phenomenal physically, he has a great mix of bite, work rate, passing ability and he gets on the scoresheet. We just need to focus on getting the best out of him and the team - that's the bigger picture. Of all our central midfielders, i'm least concerned with Cabaye on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Cabaye-Tiote is a solid ass foundation in CM. We'll not lose games because of weakness in that area. It's probably not the best route we can go mind but it's the only combo proven to bring results over the course of a season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Cabaye-Tiote is a solid ass foundation in CM. We'll not lose games because of weakness in that area. It's probably not the best route we can go mind but it's the only combo proven to bring results over the course of a season. where do you play ben arfa ? surely he's better pushed further up but not as a tsriker ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Cabaye-Tiote is a solid ass foundation in CM. We'll not lose games because of weakness in that area. It's probably not the best route we can go mind but it's the only combo proven to bring results over the course of a season. where do you play ben arfa ? surely he's better pushed further up but not as a tsriker ? In the Cazorla/Walcott role coming from the right Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Cabaye-Tiote is a solid ass foundation in CM. We'll not lose games because of weakness in that area. It's probably not the best route we can go mind but it's the only combo proven to bring results over the course of a season. where do you play ben arfa ? surely he's better pushed further up but not as a tsriker ? In the Cazorla/Walcott role coming from the right because arsenal have that lack of mobility in the middle (which we have when tiote plays). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Cabaye will play better when he's not next to Tiote. The 2 are about is incompatible as you get in CM. Even though they were both brilliant in a two man midfield a few seasons back? Brilliant defensively.... they were never good in possession or as a creative source its always been an issue and still is tbh. Which is why its so important at least one of our strikers can link play and cause defenders problems with movement as we don't really have a real creative player in the midfield. If you are going for 2 in midfield then it should always be Sissoko plus Anita or Cabaye..... i felt so much saver with Anita and Sissoko then i have in ages. With that said a midfield 3 of Anita-Sissoko-Cabaye is clearly the best bet with Remy and Hatem floating off Cisse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Cabaye-Tiote is a solid ass foundation in CM. We'll not lose games because of weakness in that area. It's probably not the best route we can go mind but it's the only combo proven to bring results over the course of a season. where do you play ben arfa ? surely he's better pushed further up but not as a tsriker ? In the Cazorla/Walcott role coming from the right because arsenal have that lack of mobility in the middle (which we have when tiote plays). There's many problems with Tiote. A lack of mobility is not one of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Cabaye-Tiote is a solid ass foundation in CM. We'll not lose games because of weakness in that area. It's probably not the best route we can go mind but it's the only combo proven to bring results over the course of a season. where do you play ben arfa ? surely he's better pushed further up but not as a tsriker ? In the Cazorla/Walcott role coming from the right because arsenal have that lack of mobility in the middle (which we have when tiote plays). There's many problems with Tiote. A lack of mobility is not one of them. it's not ? he's mobile when they have, he's statuesque when we have it. it also drags cabaye further back to get the ball off the defenders as the oppo want us to give it tiote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Cabaye will play better when he's not next to Tiote. The 2 are about is incompatible as you get in CM. Even though they were both brilliant in a two man midfield a few seasons back? Brilliant defensively.... they were never good in possession or as a creative source its always been an issue and still is tbh. Which is why its so important at least one of our strikers can link play and cause defenders problems with movement as we don't really have a real creative player in the midfield. If you are going for 2 in midfield then it should always be Sissoko plus Anita or Cabaye..... i felt so much saver with Anita and Sissoko then i have in ages. With that said a midfield 3 of Anita-Sissoko-Cabaye is clearly the best bet with Remy and Hatem floating off Cisse. I agree with this. Even in the season we finished 5th Cabaye and Tiote didn't really click for me, there was a massive gap between midfield and attack, but this was papered over by some brilliant individual goals from the forwards that season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted September 3, 2013 Share Posted September 3, 2013 Cabaye-Tiote kind of worked until other teams realised that hard pressing would force Tiote into errors. The cat is out of the bag now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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