Tiresias Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 I think sticking Tiote and Cabaye and tell them to protect defence will be alright, baring in mind our defence has been better than everyone elses so far this season, a worse defence may just bring us down to average. (which is a low standard in teh league). I say pack midfield, but make sure not too defensively, keep ball further up, before we could be reasonably happy letting defense soak up attacks, now we should be a bit more proactive in getting it back sooner. Tiote back will help. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Tiote is out of this game so why are people putting him in the starting 11? What about Abeid in a 5 man midfield? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted December 4, 2011 Share Posted December 4, 2011 Tiote is out of this game so why are people putting him in the starting 11? What about Abeid in a 5 man midfield? Think Abeid's off qualifying for the Olympic or something, unless he's already back of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Tiote is out of this game so why are people putting him in the starting 11? What about Abeid in a 5 man midfield? Where's that from? All I've seen is Pardew refusing to commit because he missed Chelsea after saying he'd be back. Abeid is available btw, his team got knocked out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Tiote is out of this game so why are people putting him in the starting 11? What about Abeid in a 5 man midfield? Think Abeid's off qualifying for the Olympic or something, unless he's already back of course. he's back, got knocked out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Tiote is out of this game so why are people putting him in the starting 11? What about Abeid in a 5 man midfield? Didn't Pardew say before the Chelsea game he would miss that game and probably the Norwich game? I can't remember the exact quote, and I have no idea how to use search functions well on here. Where's that from? All I've seen is Pardew refusing to commit because he missed Chelsea after saying he'd be back. Abeid is available btw, his team got knocked out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I also can't quote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 And giving a further insight on Tiote’s injury, Pardew said: “It’s still his knee, but it’s taking longer than we had hoped. “I said he would play this week, and he’s not going to play, so I’m not going to say he’s going to play at Norwich.” Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashley17 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Cheers Dave, hadn't seen the exact quote. Having him back would be a massive boost, as well as Guthrie has done the back four had no protection really on Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I've been on this forum since it started and I still have no idea how to do the basics. I'm genuinely in awe of Ronaldo when he find's peoples opinions from months back, I tried that once in the Danny Simpson thread and it took me around an hour. I'm not getting my hopes up then. Will be chuffed if he comes back. Think we need Best or Shola in this game, defend from the front. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I do think Best will be back in the starting line-up with Ba. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ritchie Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Perch & Simpson at centre back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 We might as well just play a 6 man midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Perch & Simpson at centre back. It'd be a disgrace if we fielded that central defence in League One. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binnsy Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Perch & Simpson at centre back. It'd be a disgrace if we fielded that central defence in League One. i agree but we haven't got many other options!! The way Perch tackles and picks up booking we could be missing him by the time we play Swansea or West Brom.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Be remarkable if we get a result here considering the injuries tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Loan recall provision on Tav? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nordstrom Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 There's no way I would support Simpson playing as a centre back considering his tendency to back away and fail to close down incoming players. Any word on how Santon plays as a full back? Is his style of play similar to Jose Enrique, and if so would it worth playing him as our other CB? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 The last time Simpson started at CB (well I think it was the last time anyway), we lost 2-1 to Scunthorpe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 The only saving grace is that Simpson and Perch have a bit of pace about them. We should maybe press a bit higher as I'm not aware of Norwich being particularly fast. Either that or sit Tiote ridiculously deep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Perch will get bullied to death by Morrison Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Maybe we should send pictures of Tiote to the players houses before the game. Might scare them a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I sense a Colo V Elmander type of performance from Perch, he did ok against Drogba on the ground but he's woeful in the air Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 Trying to be positive, but Jonas back should hopefully plug the left side for players of Norwich's calibre. Had Krul not saved the penalty, our left side weakness would had us losing against Chelsea with Colo and Taylor still on the pitch. Norwich have scored half their goals from crosses, so this game could well leave us with a sense of what might have been. They're no big shakes in goal or defensively though, so we should be back in the goals ourselves. Howay the lads! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dunedin Posted December 5, 2011 Share Posted December 5, 2011 I don't know if anyone has raised this but can't be a*sed looking through the site, are there any players currently out of contract we could look at as a temporary fill in ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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