Guest Howaythetoon Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Regarding Modric, I don't get the love in myself. He's a good player but nowt special. Not in my view anyway. Physically weak, doesn't score many and goes missing too much for my liking. Yes he's neat and tidy but he's a luxury player for me in the same way Van Der Vaat is, another player who is obviously decent, but nothing amazing. As for Bale... the lad's an athlete but again, I just don't get what is so special about him? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Regarding Modric, I don't get the love in myself. He's a good player but nowt special. Not in my view anyway. Physically weak, doesn't score many and goes missing too much for my liking. Yes he's neat and tidy but he's a luxury player for me in the same way Van Der Vaat is, another player who is obviously decent, but nothing amazing. As for Bale... the lad's an athlete but again, I just don't get what is so special about him? Thought it was quite difficult for our players to win the ball back when the ball was at Modric's feet as he keeps position so well.... thankfully he didn't do too much damage with it today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minhosa Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 also Livermoore for them was excellent I thought, 1st real good look at him and he impressed me I thought he was dominated massively not only by Tiote but Cabaye too, in fact their whole midfield was dominated by our two guys in the middle, none more so than Parker. Totally agree with this - over 90 minutes we won the midfield battle. Parker served up more turd in front of the St James' faithful. He's Joe average that kid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Geordiesned Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 By the way can someone tell me what the fuck the ref was on about when Santon came on? He seemed to have invented a rule whereby a sub coming on isn't allowed to take a throw in!! Stupid fucking mong! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Honestly forgot Parker was playing today apart from his booking, especially 2nd half. eh? Parker was good today. Of all the average performances from our players Parker is one of the last i'd pick out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Regarding Modric, I don't get the love in myself. He's a good player but nowt special. Not in my view anyway. Physically weak, doesn't score many and goes missing too much for my liking. Yes he's neat and tidy but he's a luxury player for me in the same way Van Der Vaat is, another player who is obviously decent, but nothing amazing. As for Bale... the lad's an athlete but again, I just don't get what is so special about him? Spurs best periods came when Modric started pulling the strings that Tiote had cut off earlier and would eventually cuff again. He's no luxury player. He was Spurs best midfielder today but he didn't dominate. There's a lot of talent in that Spurs side, so even if a few have a bad day there's someone ready to step up. VDV & Bale where poor. Yet they had Ade, Defoe & to a lesser extent Modric to inject them with quality. Parker was decent but no more than Livermore. Cabaye & Tiote controlled them largely. Thought it was quite difficult for our players to win the ball back when the ball was at Modric's feet as he keeps position so well.... thankfully he didn't do too much damage with it today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Honestly forgot Parker was playing today apart from his booking, especially 2nd half. eh? Parker was good today. Of all the average performances from our players Parker is one of the last i'd pick out. One of the first I'd pick out tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 wow most saying Parker was bad...yep theres something much more to it then just people not rating him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Spurs best periods came when Modric started pulling the strings that Tiote had cut off earlier and would eventually cuff again. He's no luxury player. He was Spurs best midfielder today but he didn't dominate. There's a lot of talent in that Spurs side, so even if a few have a bad day there's someone ready to step up. VDV & Bale where poor. Yet they had Ade, Defoe & to a lesser extent Modric to inject them with quality. Parker was decent but no more than Livermore. Cabaye & Tiote controlled them largely. Thought it was quite difficult for our players to win the ball back when the ball was at Modric's feet as he keeps position so well.... thankfully he didn't do too much damage with it today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Honestly forgot Parker was playing today apart from his booking, especially 2nd half. eh? Parker was good today. Of all the average performances from our players Parker is one of the last i'd pick out. Average at best, which for the best player in da whole universe is pretty underwhelming. Seriously though, game passed him by IMO. Livermore was canny, Modric ended the game quite well, Parker started alright but faded before the first half was even out. Kyle Walker impressed again, shame we couldn't have him here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 wow most saying Parker was bad...yep theres something much more to it then just people not rating him. I don't rate Parker, and while he was nothing special today he got stuck in and kept things ticking over. It's what he's in the side to do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 wow most saying Parker was bad...yep theres something much more to it then just people not rating him. He wasn't bad but he didn't stand out. Worked pretty hard. Passed and moved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 I've always liked Parker and consider him a good player and someone who did well here. However, in Cabaye especially, I've seen a much more rounded player on and off the ball. That said, I still like Parker and think he adds balance to Spurs' midfield. He adds some steel and cover to a pretty lightweight midfield and keeps things ticking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Will give more later, but subs should have come earlier and Simpson/Obertan partnership really let the side down. Tiote played well, as did Jonas (though he looked knackered by the end). Shola looked really competent and actually good on the ball Overall - happy with the point, but would definitely consider taking Obertan and Simpson out, And finding places for Santon and HBA in the next game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
juniatmoko Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Tiote was immense... the way he break up play by pressing each opponent that has the ball is tremendous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Thought Parker was canny for them, tbh. One of the few Spurs players whose passing and movement actually hurt us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Honestly forgot Parker was playing today apart from his booking, especially 2nd half. eh? Parker was good today. Of all the average performances from our players Parker is one of the last i'd pick out. Average at best, which for the best player in da whole universe is pretty underwhelming. Seriously though, game passed him by IMO. Livermore was canny, Modric ended the game quite well, Parker started alright but faded before the first half was even out. Kyle Walker impressed again, shame we couldn't have him here. I thought Parker had a good game. Was sharp in the tackles and got high up the pitch a lot. Bale was the quiet one for me. I forgot he was playing a few times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Oh and Pardew after Ba's equaliser Class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 what was the attendance today? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Parker was decent without being amazing, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 what was the attendance today? http://www.newcastle-online.org/nufcforum/index.php/topic,90753.0.html Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Honestly forgot Parker was playing today apart from his booking, especially 2nd half. eh? Parker was good today. Of all the average performances from our players Parker is one of the last i'd pick out. Average at best, which for the best player in da whole universe is pretty underwhelming. Seriously though, game passed him by IMO. Livermore was canny, Modric ended the game quite well, Parker started alright but faded before the first half was even out. Kyle Walker impressed again, shame we couldn't have him here. I rate Walker but I thought Jonas destroyed him at times. He's clearly a good prospect though and much better than Simpson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kingdawson Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 Honestly forgot Parker was playing today apart from his booking, especially 2nd half. eh? Parker was good today. Of all the average performances from our players Parker is one of the last i'd pick out. Average at best, which for the best player in da whole universe is pretty underwhelming. Seriously though, game passed him by IMO. Livermore was canny, Modric ended the game quite well, Parker started alright but faded before the first half was even out. Kyle Walker impressed again, shame we couldn't have him here. wow unreal tbh. Kyle Walker impressed? it was obvious your manager just told Jonas to run at him...and did you see him for the Shola goal? me neither. He kept backing off and Jonas was getting past him to easily. TBF to him he's been good for us this season generally and was carrying a niggle but he wass not good today. Livermore? he was invisible. If you go to our forum you can see what people think of his performance generally. Parker was good today, good passing, couple of nice through balls, good tracking back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 What I like most about this side (including Marveaux & Santon removing Simpson/Obertan) is that the vast majority of our starting XI are all very good at the basics. Touch, technique, passing. For a British defender Taylor has always been impressive with the ball at his feet. He's not shy to bring it out and generally looks for a pass. Colo is a Rolls Royce of a player and seemingly was raised in a football sense as a Libero. We all know that. Santon looked so much better on the ball than Simpson. Don't really know about defending or anything but touch, control and general composure he was miles better. Marveaux, Tiote, Cabaye & Jonas are real footballers. Cabaye was a little quiet but he provided several quality balls to Obertan especially in the 1st half. Most of them are real Bobby Robson type players and imo the best footballers we've had in a long time. We are not the most fancy but we can definitely play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted October 16, 2011 Share Posted October 16, 2011 I think the worst performance of the day belongs to Twitch. Modric on the wing was idiotic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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