The College Dropout Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 i'm not concerned about the niggly ones. It's the borderline reds that get me, Remember when he came back from injury. At least twice in his first 4 games he put in a real bad challenge for no reason. At least the yellow that he didn't get at Benfica was when they where actually attacking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I actually prefer him deep and orchestrating attacks. However there is a fine line between playing deep and playing so deep you are practically a DM. Cabaye is overstepping that line at the moment so we need Tiote back to free him up a little bit. As bad as Tiote has been individually he does allow Cabaye more freedom just by being there. Hopefully he is back soon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I've only seen the second half of the game on Sunday, but I thought he was excellent. I wonder if the "Cabaye-complacency" are starting to show again? We've seen it before at the start of this season and around January last season, he comes in and is excellent for a few games, then just because he's keeping things simple most of the times and don't do anything extraordinary, people are saying he's been below par when he really hasn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypnufc Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Take him out of the team and we'd soon see how badly we miss him. I do agree he's sometimes too deep. At one point on Saturday he was practically playing as a third CB. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miercoles Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I've only seen the second half of the game on Sunday, but I thought he was excellent. I wonder if the "Cabaye-complacency" are starting to show again? We've seen it before at the start of this season and around January last season, he comes in and is excellent for a few games, then just because he's keeping things simple most of the times and don't do anything extraordinary, people are saying he's been below par when he really hasn't. Problem is he spoils us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I've only seen the second half of the game on Sunday, but I thought he was excellent. I wonder if the "Cabaye-complacency" are starting to show again? We've seen it before at the start of this season and around January last season, he comes in and is excellent for a few games, then just because he's keeping things simple most of the times and don't do anything extraordinary, people are saying he's been below par when he really hasn't. I'm sure it was very recently that people were talking about how the break has done him wonders, glad he has beaten the depression because he looks much better then out of nowhere he has been "very poor again." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Just seen the extended highlights for first time and he looked to have a decent game. Love him me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Pardew can make a world class player the subject of abuse on a fans' forum Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimburst Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I've only seen the second half of the game on Sunday, but I thought he was excellent. I wonder if the "Cabaye-complacency" are starting to show again? We've seen it before at the start of this season and around January last season, he comes in and is excellent for a few games, then just because he's keeping things simple most of the times and don't do anything extraordinary, people are saying he's been below par when he really hasn't. I'm sure it was very recently that people were talking about how the break has done him wonders, glad he has beaten the depression because he looks much better then out of nowhere he has been "very poor again." Aye I was wondering the same. Was very quiet against Benfica, imo, but didn't give the ball away loads or anything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I've only seen the second half of the game on Sunday, but I thought he was excellent. I wonder if the "Cabaye-complacency" are starting to show again? We've seen it before at the start of this season and around January last season, he comes in and is excellent for a few games, then just because he's keeping things simple most of the times and don't do anything extraordinary, people are saying he's been below par when he really hasn't. I think this is spot on. He might not be playing hollywood passes all the time but when he's in the team we have a decent link between defence and midfield. Even if he's just doing the simple stuff like picking it up from the defence and playing a simple pass or spreading the play out wide he is essential to us. Keeps us ticking over and keeps the ball moving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I think he's playing a lot deeper due to a lack of Tiote. Same as last season too when a lot of people said that Guthrie looked better than him. To me that was because without Tiote he was playing within himself more to the benefit of the team as he has the ability to play deeper in a way Pardew demands compared to others. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Dhiasvega Rachdyan @Dhiasmidfielder 3h @CissePapiss i want get retweet from my newcastle player, 1 of them is you. so can u tell to @YCabayeofficiel to RT me, coz he's my idol Retweeted by Cabaye. This must be becoming a thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 I think he's playing a lot deeper due to a lack of Tiote. Same as last season too when a lot of people said that Guthrie looked better than him. To me that was because without Tiote he was playing within himself more to the benefit of the team as he has the ability to play deeper in a way Pardew demands compared to others. i see that as well. Dhiasvega Rachdyan @Dhiasmidfielder 3h @CissePapiss i want get retweet from my newcastle player, 1 of them is you. so can u tell to @YCabayeofficiel to RT me, coz he's my idol Retweeted by Cabaye. This must be becoming a thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Remember when people thought Tiote/Cabaye didn't work very well? Despite being 2 vs. 3 more often than not and still getting results. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 As a 2 in a 4-4-2 I can barely think of one game in which we were actually in control. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Tiote and Cabaye as a partnership is extremely good defensively its offensively where the problem lies hopefully Sissoko, Marveaux etc etc can be that link man to provide the balance between both worlds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rocksammy Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 As a 2 in a 4-4-2 I can barely think of one game in which we were actually in control. Manu (h) last season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 As a 2 in a 4-4-2 I can barely think of one game in which we were actually in control. Manu (h) last season? We hardly controlled the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 We were easily the best side from start to finish; Tiote was fucking immense. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 We didn't win the game, but Villa away last season they were brilliant too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 Classic case of Tiote raising his game against better opposition, still remember them having a few good chances, but Man United's midfield isn't anything to shout about and their backline was nervous and we went for it. One of my favourite games from last season as we went for the throat and it worked. This season we'd have been/have been too nervous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoob Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 We were easily the best side from start to finish; Tiote was f***ing immense. Tiote put in one of the best games I've seen any of our players play in a long time. The YouTube vid of him that game is awesome. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 As a 2 in a 4-4-2 I can barely think of one game in which we were actually in control. Manu (h) last season? We hardly controlled the game. Aston Villa away and Blackburn at SJP. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted April 9, 2013 Share Posted April 9, 2013 As a 2 in a 4-4-2 I can barely think of one game in which we were actually in control. Manu (h) last season? We hardly controlled the game. We definitely did, you don't need to do a Barca with 70% possession to control a game if you keep the opposition at arms length while threatening yourself then you are in control. In that particular game we did just that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Maul Posted April 10, 2013 Share Posted April 10, 2013 As a 2 in a 4-4-2 I can barely think of one game in which we were actually in control. Manu (h) last season? We hardly controlled the game. We definitely did, you don't need to do a Barca with 70% possession to control a game if you keep the opposition at arms length while threatening yourself then you are in control. In that particular game we did just that. Yeah we blatantly did control the game, you were probably just caking it more when they got into our final third because it's Man United and they can magic something out of nothing. We were great that day though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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