TheGuv Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 And they make the calls on all set plays and decisions like if they want to kick at goal or take a scrum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Fair enough in cricket or rugby when the captain makes a genuine difference. But on the field in modern day football I think captain's tend to be a waste of time How does a captain's role matter in rugby but not in football like? Because only the captain can talk to the ref in rugby. That's the same rule in football as of last year but nobody cares. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Because the FA have been useless trying to implement the rule Whereas the 10 yard dissent rule was great Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Santon & Obertan down the right is going to be rapid. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest schmuck Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 *raped Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_uk Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Is Santon definitely going to start? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 We could look at the current injury crisis another way. We've got a nest egg of 26 points. 5 more wins from the next 24 games should see us safe. We can afford to take the risk of using this season to blood a few younger players with a view to pushing on next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Tough game today and keeping Norwich out (given the injuries) is a major ask. I'd happily take a point if offered now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyPalAl Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 We could look at the current injury crisis another way. We've got a nest egg of 26 points. 5 more wins from the next 24 games should see us safe. We can afford to take the risk of using this season to blood a few younger players with a view to pushing on next season. Don't agree with this theory. We should be pushing on as much as possible in every game so we are in a even better position to push on even more next season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 not feeling particularly confident about this tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mouldy_uk Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Got a good feeling about this, think we will win 3-1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Injuries or no injuries, we have a great set of fixtures until the Liverpool game in order to gain plenty of points and go into the new year either safe or pretty much safe and using the 2nd half of the season to challenge as high as we can. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 what have we been doing up until now? not challenging as high as we can? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Gonna romp this like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 For some daft reason I can also see us winning this. While the defence is going to be a problem I can see us getting a couple of goals so I'm going for a 2-1 win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 How do we know Santon is starting? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
womblemaster Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 norwich been playing well. draw 3-3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doug Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Pardew seems to me to be a great motivator. Look at Ryan Taylor so far this year. He has got Perch performing and even Lovenkrands looked ok against Chelsea at times. We can get something at Norwich. He will get a performance out of whoever he picks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Unless I've missed anything and any of these lot are unavailable for some reason, I think we'll see: Krul Santon - Simpson - Perch - Raylor Obertan - Gosling - Cabaye - Jonas Ben Arfa Ba Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveMc Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Looks like we are about to play a top flight game with 4right backs. If pards can get sommat out of his he deserves big plaudits Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 People seem to be dismissing the possibility of Lovenkrands starting up front with Ba now that Jonás is back. Doubt it will happen, but I wouldn't put it past Pardew like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BlacknWhiteArmy Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 An elected leader is important in just about every context, especially on a playing field. For me, a captain on a football pitch is one who is able to inspire the other players through his own example. A captain like Coloccini, for example, isn't one who is really vocal on the pitch but is one who leads by example (in Colo's case, it's his calmness on the ball, won't give up etc.). Such a captain should be able to inspire the others. Kevin Nolan was a vocal leader and wasn't afraid to give his view when needed. He was able to keep the players together by his own example, sure he wasn't a proper athlete but he was dedicated to the cause and was a professional. Now let's look at Michael Owen. He was quite frankly the worst possible choice for a captain because his example was not really doing anything on the pitch or even off it. For a player who really wasn't arsed with the cause of helping to keep us up nor was he a model professional is hardly the inspiration his peers needed. Great leadership material eh? I agree, however in the Owen scenario it was clear that team didn't have anyone capable of been a leader. Now that I think about it, yeah we didn't have any leaders as such on the pitch that season. Nicky Butt? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Haris Vuckic Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Overkick your laptop out the window after that Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 what have we been doing up until now? not challenging as high as we can? Thats my point, others on here seem to be suggesting that just settling for safety now should be the aim. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted December 10, 2011 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Unless I've missed anything and any of these lot are unavailable for some reason, I think we'll see: Krul Santon - Simpson - Perch - Raylor Obertan - Gosling - Cabaye - Jonas Ben Arfa Ba I'd still fancy that team to be able to beat Norwich. When we signed Santon am I right in thinking there was something mentioned about him being able to cover the CB positions if needed? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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