Disco Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 It's not as if we just 'out-Stoked' them tonight either, we showed them up to be terrible on the ball and totally reliant on long balls and throw-ins. Using the towels and that was immense though, I just wanted Pards to ask for one to nonchalantly mop his brow. Nail on head. I've seen non-league teams with better first touch and ball retention abilities than some of their players, notably the FB's and CM's, had tonight. First half was as amusing as it was sad that a team like this can prosper. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 http://www.myfootballfacts.com/1026.jpg "I think Stoke will turn over Newcastle, 2-0." Predicted four NUFC losses in the last six or something? (Happy to be corrected if I'm exaggerating I'd genuinely like to know tbh) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Snrub Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 It was more Jonas keeping Pennant quiet tonight than Raylor. Noticed he was still caught completely out of position at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Something like that. His formula seems to be if we're at home and playing bottom 6, narrow win, otherwise a draw, or loss if it's vs "big four" away and playing anyone, 2-0 loss. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decky Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Remember years ago when Arsenal got found out? Teams went and bullied them about and the results came, how well have they done since then? I'd love it if this was the turning point for Stoke. Like someone said earlier, the team went there tonight and played football while most teams go and try to play Stoke at their own game. Hopefully more teams go and exploit their weaknesses because they definitely have them. The Premier League desperately needs to see the end of this long ball shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Raylor deserves a 7 - 7.5 actually. Got it wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dell Boi Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Absolutely delighted, can't believe it! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Its getting a bit of a habit this Bum holing a team in red and white stripes on Halloween. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 What the hell is going on, 3rd after 10 games 3 pionts clear on Chelsea What a great performance. Take that Stoke you dirty unatractive arses. P.S. Lawro has predicted us to lose 5 times out of the last 7 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Its getting a bit of a habit this Bum holing a team in red and white stripes on Halloween. Southampton next season? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Segun Oluwaniyi Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Remember years ago when Arsenal got found out? Teams went and bullied them about and the results came, how well have they done since then? I'd love it if this was the turning point for Stoke. Like someone said earlier, the team went there tonight and played football while most teams go and try to play Stoke at their own game. Hopefully more teams go and exploit their weaknesses because they definitely have them. The Premier League desperately needs to see the end of this long ball s****. Arsenal were never "found out". The quality of their players declined and they became more vulnerable. Most teams are too overwhelmed at the Brittania to try and play football. The top sides have enough quality that they can enforce their style of play on anyone. It is a credit to the legitimate quality in the side that we can accomplish this. I'm going to print out a copy of this league table and post this on my wall, btw. Brilliant. Above Arsenal and Chelsea?! I'm going to spend tomorrow calling all of the African people in the world and laughing at them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 99 problems but my team ain't one. Inexplicably. Wanted to point this post out, as my life is in complete shambles right now, if it weren't for NUFC I don't know what I would do. Absolutely love Ba, Cabaye, Jonas, etc. Great performance, and a quality team. Should be a fantastic season going forward. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Uncle Alan looked delighted after that pen went in. Looked as though he enjoyed rubbing it in the noses of those Stoke cunts. Absolutely over the moon with the result. Thought we'd lose tonight. Stoke are a horrible, horrible team, would dearly love them to go down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Remember years ago when Arsenal got found out? Teams went and bullied them about and the results came, how well have they done since then? I'd love it if this was the turning point for Stoke. Like someone said earlier, the team went there tonight and played football while most teams go and try to play Stoke at their own game. Hopefully more teams go and exploit their weaknesses because they definitely have them. The Premier League desperately needs to see the end of this long ball shite. The thing I was most pleased with in the first half was that you could see the game plan wasn't just to try and out-battle them. If we'd tried that we would have struggled. Instead we used incredible pressing to hassle their very poor footballers into a lot of mistakes on the ball. Even their long balls were misdirected most of the time, they were under such pressure from our midfield and forwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Remember years ago when Arsenal got found out? Teams went and bullied them about and the results came, how well have they done since then? I'd love it if this was the turning point for Stoke. Like someone said earlier, the team went there tonight and played football while most teams go and try to play Stoke at their own game. Hopefully more teams go and exploit their weaknesses because they definitely have them. The Premier League desperately needs to see the end of this long ball s****. Arsenal were never "found out". The quality of their players declined and they became more vulnerable. Most teams are too overwhelmed at the Brittania to try and play football. The top sides have enough quality that they can enforce their style of play on anyone. It is a credit to the legitimate quality in the side that we can accomplish this. I'm going to print out a copy of this league table and post this on my wall, btw. Brilliant. Above Arsenal and Chelsea?! I'm going to spend tomorrow calling all of the African people in the world and laughing at them. brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Take that Stoke you dirty unatractive arses. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 99 problems but my team ain't one. Inexplicably. Wanted to point this post out, as my life is in complete shambles right now, if it weren't for NUFC I don't know what I would do. Absolutely love Ba, Cabaye, Jonas, etc. Great performance, and a quality team. Should be a fantastic season going forward. I wouldn't get in the habit of expecting Newcastle to give you a boost like, but it's good they are at the moment! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 If we beat Everton next weekend then our next game will be a title clash Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mowen Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Absolutely delighted, can't believe it! Me neither. I just can't believe Ronaldo admitted he was wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Remember years ago when Arsenal got found out? Teams went and bullied them about and the results came, how well have they done since then? I'd love it if this was the turning point for Stoke. Like someone said earlier, the team went there tonight and played football while most teams go and try to play Stoke at their own game. Hopefully more teams go and exploit their weaknesses because they definitely have them. The Premier League desperately needs to see the end of this long ball shite. The thing I was most pleased with in the first half was that you could see the game plan wasn't just to try and out-battle them. If we'd tried that we would have struggled. Instead we used incredible pressing to hassle their very poor footballers into a lot of mistakes on the ball. Even their long balls were misdirected most of the time, they were under such pressure from our midfield and forwards. if anything we didn't "battle" as we definitely doing our utmost to avoid needless FKs and easy ways out for them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 I quite like Halloween. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 This season feels like a film. Next challenge for us in the film is to face our fellow humble cash-strapped battling brethren who also have some quality about them - Everton. Who might be the team to defeat us. [Just like all the others ] Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Remember years ago when Arsenal got found out? Teams went and bullied them about and the results came, how well have they done since then? I'd love it if this was the turning point for Stoke. Like someone said earlier, the team went there tonight and played football while most teams go and try to play Stoke at their own game. Hopefully more teams go and exploit their weaknesses because they definitely have them. The Premier League desperately needs to see the end of this long ball s****. Arsenal were never "found out". The quality of their players declined and they became more vulnerable. Most teams are too overwhelmed at the Brittania to try and play football. The top sides have enough quality that they can enforce their style of play on anyone. It is a credit to the legitimate quality in the side that we can accomplish this. I'm going to print out a copy of this league table and post this on my wall, btw. Brilliant. Above Arsenal and Chelsea?! I'm going to spend tomorrow calling all of the African people in the world and laughing at them. Well said, Baba. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliassenfredrik Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Any gold on RTG? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest VaVaVoom Posted October 31, 2011 Share Posted October 31, 2011 Absolutely fuckin delighted with that! Well done boys and well done AP. Really starting to think AP has what it takes to be a top manager. We werent great attacking-wise but we were solid and combative and once again we have shown what we are all about. The team spirit and comradary within the group is top notch. Best defensive record and tonight reiterated that. Give Colo the contract he deserves! Ben Arfa and Santon rightly struggling to get into the team at the minute, Obertan done well but id still have Marveaux in against Everton. 22 points after 10 games, 7 points gap between us and 7th. Pressure is definitely off. Batter Everton and we can really have a go at Man U, City and Chelski without any pressure at all. We WILL be in european competition next season. Demba Ba will get us 15+ and if he does, give him the number 9. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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