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We're playing better football, stands to reason we would get more players in the box as we're being more attacking. Same thing if you're defensive you get less. As long as Pardew keeps this offensive stance up no one can complain.

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We're playing better football, stands to reason we would get more players in the box as we're being more attacking. Same thing if you're defensive you get less. As long as Pardew keeps this offensive stance up no one can complain.

 

Wide players really do need to be getting in the box when the crosses are coming in from the opposite wing, it's pretty basic stuff, especially if you are lining up 4-3-3. I'm just surprised that we haven't done it more previously, but then when one of your wingers is Jonas it's not that much of a surprise.

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We're playing better football, stands to reason we would get more players in the box as we're being more attacking. Same thing if you're defensive you get less. As long as Pardew keeps this offensive stance up no one can complain.

 

Wide players really do need to be getting in the box when the crosses are coming in from the opposite wing, it's pretty basic stuff, especially if you are lining up 4-3-3. I'm just surprised that we haven't done it more previously, but then when one of your wingers is Jonas it's not that much of a surprise.

 

The Jonas thing is correct as he's so limited in attack but there's definitely a more attacking positive outlook, and the passing is so much shorter. Still baffled why it just needed Remy to make it happen as Pardew is seemingly indicating. The team is being positive and that is coming from Pardew, just as the negative defensive outlook came from him too. Prefer the positive stuff myself :lol:

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Obviously not.

 

What is encouraging is that he's looking to improve the consistency and effectiveness of our best player. Especially considering how often we're told that we only work on defensive duties in training. If he/they is/are doing this for Hatem, chances are we do actually attempt to improve the attacking abilities of all of our players.

 

But, aye, it'll be played down now. Then we'll be doing s***, and every other post will be an hilarious quip about 'twenty minutes on attacking' in training.

 

I love how we've won a few games and you now think you're some sort of prophet.

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Do you? Why? I ask because I don't think that, at all. In fact, I've been playing down getting ahead of ourselves before we put together a consistent run of form.

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Catch-22. Situated in Canada, I have no idea where to get a proper shirt from, so I went onto the SD website and saw they were selling last year's Ben Arfa shirts (sans the Wonga logo, of course) for twenty quid. Don't wanna line the fat one's pockets, but also badly want his shirt. Bah. Any suggestions?

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Anyone read the .com match report? For the villa game?

 

 

"Alan Pardew raved about his side after the game, especially Hatem Ben Arfa's performance, but to these eyes neither were anything special and made to look better than they were by some shocking defending and sloppy passing from the home side."

 

Utter shit IMO

 

They have a tendency to watch a different match to the majority.

 

I often go on there off the back of a decent win looking forward to a positive write-up and they've played down the performance.

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Catch-22. Situated in Canada, I have no idea where to get a proper shirt from, so I went onto the SD website and saw they were selling last year's Ben Arfa shirts (sans the Wonga logo, of course) for twenty quid. Don't wanna line the fat one's pockets, but also badly want his shirt. Bah. Any suggestions?

 

I'm waiting until one of the fake websites, like tales of soccer, gets it. Not sure when that'll be, but they look pretty real.

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Catch-22. Situated in Canada, I have no idea where to get a proper shirt from, so I went onto the SD website and saw they were selling last year's Ben Arfa shirts (sans the Wonga logo, of course) for twenty quid. Don't wanna line the fat one's pockets, but also badly want his shirt. Bah. Any suggestions?

 

I'm waiting until one of the fake websites, like tales of soccer, gets it. Not sure when that'll be, but they look pretty real.

 

Didn't know about that site, but I'll keep an eye out, thanks a lot.

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Long balls = players fault, not pardew

 

Ben Arfa in attacking positions - Pardews coaching

 

 

Absolute :lol: worthy logic going on here!

 

You what now?

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Anyone read the .com match report? For the villa game?

 

 

"Alan Pardew raved about his side after the game, especially Hatem Ben Arfa's performance, but to these eyes neither were anything special and made to look better than they were by some shocking defending and sloppy passing from the home side."

 

Utter shit IMO

 

Can't remember the last time I agreed with a thing they wrote.  The sites only worth looking at for stats IMO

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It may be comparitive, but not quite to the extremes you've used. I've always maintained that Pardew was not solely repsonsible for every long ball we've ever played. However, I don't see how that means he's not in any way responsible for an alteration in Hatem's game. Nor am I sure how it is ' :lol: worthy logic'.

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It may be comparitive, but not quite to the extremes you've used. I've always maintained that Pardew was not solely repsonsible for every long ball we've ever played. However, I don't see how that means he's not in any way responsible for an alteration in Hatem's game. Nor am I sure how it is ' :lol: worthy logic'.

 

how are you not getting this?  pardew has spent over a year making attacking players try to defend and spend their time worrying about the other team...do you think hatem didn't want to be bursting into the box or scoring goals, that pardew just had an epiphany and has revolutionised his game by getting a very attack-minded player to attack?

 

it's basic logic man, he made the team defensive and they weren't suited for it, we're now supposed to applaud the guy for getting a player like hatem to attack the box?  he didn't attack the box before because he was fucking told not to, it's as clear as day

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It may be comparitive, but not quite to the extremes you've used. I've always maintained that Pardew was not solely repsonsible for every long ball we've ever played. However, I don't see how that means he's not in any way responsible for an alteration in Hatem's game. Nor am I sure how it is ' :lol: worthy logic'.

 

how are you not getting this?  pardew has spent over a year making attacking players try to defend and spend their time worrying about the other team...do you think hatem didn't want to be bursting into the box or scoring goals, that pardew just had an epiphany and has revolutionised his game by getting a very attack-minded player to attack?

 

it's basic logic man, he made the team defensive and they weren't suited for it, we're now supposed to applaud the guy for getting a player like hatem to attack the box?  he didn't attack the box before because he was fucking told not to, it's as clear as day

 

:thup:

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It may be comparitive, but not quite to the extremes you've used. I've always maintained that Pardew was not solely repsonsible for every long ball we've ever played. However, I don't see how that means he's not in any way responsible for an alteration in Hatem's game. Nor am I sure how it is ' :lol: worthy logic'.

 

how are you not getting this?  pardew has spent over a year making attacking players try to defend and spend their time worrying about the other team...do you think hatem didn't want to be bursting into the box or scoring goals, that pardew just had an epiphany and has revolutionised his game by getting a very attack-minded player to attack?

 

it's basic logic man, he made the team defensive and they weren't suited for it, we're now supposed to applaud the guy for getting a player like hatem to attack the box?  he didn't attack the box before because he was fucking told not to, it's as clear as day

 

Ugh. I'd respond to this properly, but:

 

- I don't care.

- It's now Friday night.

- You're a bit of a dick.

- :anguish:

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