Elliottman Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Offered little and the game passed him by, much like many of Nolan's performances in the latter of last season. Difference is, Nolan done it every game. This is the lads first game for the club ffs agaonst Arsenal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Don't think I'm writing him off or anything daft. On the other hand, he doesn't get a pass just because he's new. It was a thoroughly unspectacular 5/10 showing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I liked the look of him. Tidy first game considering the circumstances, and can only get better. Until he tired out, I felt he improved over the course of the game as he got more to grips with it all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I thought it was a decent performance. Lacked a lot of match fitness and yes... he did show "promise". Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Don't think I'm writing him off or anything daft. On the other hand, he doesn't get a pass just because he's new. It was a thoroughly unspectacular 5/10 showing. Agree to a certain extent. He will come into his own against weaker sides where we have more possession. It was always going to be difficult against the side where you see very little of the ball Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Don't think I'm writing him off or anything daft. On the other hand, he doesn't get a pass just because he's new. It was a thoroughly unspectacular 5/10 showing. Agree to a certain extent. He will come into his own against weaker sides where we have more possession. It was always going to be difficult against the side where you see very little of the ball BINGO! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Looked like he was blowing out of his arse by the time he was taken off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I also think there's little to no credit in the excuse of "well he was up against good players so we shouldnt expect too much." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Both he and Tiote were clearly lacking in match sharpness. Also didn't help the fact that Tiote had a mediocre game by his standards. Should be fairly simple in that Tiote will win the ball, quickly feed Cabaye who will open up the play. Their movement in tandem will be essential and could be the difference between a positive and a below-par season for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shearergol Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I also think there's little to no credit in the excuse of "well he was up against good players so we shouldnt expect too much." So you don't think playing against a team who generally have 60-70% of possession against nearly every team in the league isn't the best opportunity for a midfielder to show their worth? Odd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Offered little and the game passed him by, much like many of Nolan's performances in the latter of last season. What a silly thing to say Let me educate you. First of all we couldn't get the ball most of the game, and so he wasn't able to have any real influence. On the rare occassions we did get the ball to Cabaye, he looked to make forward incisive passes. Nolan is totally incapable of this kind of game or approach. Secondly, Cabaye tired so badly because he was working his bollocks off with Tiote, chasing Arsenal players around when they were overun in midfield through the first half of the game. Again, Nolan is totally incapable of this too, and had Nolan been in there instead of Cabaye yesterday, we would have never held them to no goals. Cabay's defensive efforts have gone completely unmentioned so far so thought I'd let you know. Please don't compare someone who is clearly a fine athlete and a committed one to that lumbering fat person, Nolan. Embarrassing effort. You will only make yourself look very silly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Don't think I'm writing him off or anything daft. On the other hand, he doesn't get a pass just because he's new. It was a thoroughly unspectacular 5/10 showing. You gave him 3/10 in the match thread, at least he's improved since yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sh74 Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 FFS its his first premiership game.People on here were slating Colocini in the whole of his first season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RupertCommunicator Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 I think the people slagging him off either didn't watch the match, or haven't got a clue about football. He worked hard yesterday, him and Tiote often prevented Arsenal from playing the patient game they like. More importantly though, he has an eye for the killer pass, and was unlucky one of them didn't send one of our strikers through one on one. With him in our midfield, we looked alot more likely to play through balls rather than just humping the ball forward. Cabaye will be one of our key players this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 FFS its his first premiership game.People on here were slating Colocini in the whole of his first season. Otter sounds like one of those people who is hoping all the new players do rubbish, so he can let us all know how clueless Mike Ashley is to have got rid of the superman that was Kevin Nolan. This Mike Ashley thing won't even allow people to just watch and enjoy the games, and be honest and realistic in their appraisals of what is going on on the pitch. There is a reason we were 4-0 down after 26 minutes, with the lumbering oaf that is Nolan, in there alongside Tiote in the exact same midfield last season. Nolan couldn't keep up with any kind of movement from Arsenal and made us far worse defensively. Not a spectacular game yesterday, but at least we didn't need a 4 goal miracle comeback just to earn a point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 3/10, 5/10 potato potarto. I was pissed last night mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
worthy Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Cabaye had a few superb passes, and his workrate was magnificent, you guys need to watch the game again, look how he closes room and chases down and presses the man on the ball, he had a great defensive game last night and almost got a chance at goal when Obertan layed off a nice flick. The man worked very well in his first game in the premiership, him and Tiote will be killer when they start to work out their partnership. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BooBoo Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Kaka, don't be ridiculous please. I hope Cabaye goes on to be a great signing. I can only judge on yesterday so far and the game bypassed him. Yes Nolan was garbage first half v Arsenal last season. He was also instrumental in our fightback. Now stop being silly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 3/10, 5/10 potato potarto. I was p*ssed last night mind. Think you still are mate. Go sleep it off before spilling your silly thoughts all over the internet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Kaka, don't be ridiculous please. I hope Cabaye goes on to be a great signing. I can only judge on yesterday so far and the game bypassed him. Yes Nolan was garbage first half v Arsenal last season. He was also instrumental in our fightback. Now stop being silly. You troll. I troll. We all troll together. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest geordienorway Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Kaka, don't be ridiculous please. I hope Cabaye goes on to be a great signing. I can only judge on yesterday so far and the game bypassed him. Yes Nolan was garbage first half v Arsenal last season. He was also instrumental in our fightback. Now stop being silly. It doesn´t really do Cabaye justice to compare his first competitive performance in a new league with a player who has been around the Premiership more or less his entire career. I agree he wasn´t great, but it didn´t help that the defenders hoofed the ball up to Ameobi for large parts of the game. Cabaye will come good when we´re playing against more physical sides, because it will force us to dictate our attacking play through the midfielders. Imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 Kaka, don't be ridiculous please. I hope Cabaye goes on to be a great signing. I can only judge on yesterday so far and the game bypassed him. Yes Nolan was garbage first half v Arsenal last season. He was also instrumental in our fightback. Now stop being silly. It doesn´t really do Cabaye justice to compare his first competitive performance in a new league with a player who has been around the Premiership more or less his entire career. I agree he wasn´t great, but it didn´t help that the defenders hoofed the ball up to Ameobi for large parts of the game. Cabaye will come good when we´re playing against more physical sides, because it will force us to dictate our attacking play through the midfielders. Imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest samjack Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 First game of the season, first premiership game, playing against Arsenal.............howay man give the boy a go ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazzle Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 7 tackles and no free kicks yesterday (best in the PL). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted August 14, 2011 Share Posted August 14, 2011 7 tackles and no free kicks yesterday (best in the PL). He did put himself about tobe fair. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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