Ronaldo Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Bramble was shit, but for me he is still behind Boumsong, Ramage, Cacapa and maybe Huntington. Probably on par with Williamson. What does this even mean? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Bramble was s***, but for me he is still behind Boumsong, Ramage, Cacapa and maybe Huntington. Probably on par with Williamson. Cacapa Man, who was that dude. So frail and weak. That debut (?) where he got manhandled by some tonk Portsmouth striker at home. Hideous. IIRC he was immense in his first few games and then the Portsmouth game come along and he was essentially a train wreck from then on. Benjani wasn't it? That's how I remember it too. Yeah same. He looked a classy CB first few matches before Benjani destroyed him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Utaka had his way with him also if I remember correctly. It was astonishing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 It was Utaka or Benjani, always got them two confused Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 He looked fucking awesome till the Reading game right before Pompey, actually. Pompey was just a fucking bloodbath. Remember he Scored against Spurs in a 3-1 win at SJP and was the best player on the pitch. Classy defender, good in the air and a good reader of the game but a perfect example of what happens in this league if you're too physically inferior. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 a perfect example of what happens in this league if you're too physically inferior. I see what you did there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 He looked f***ing awesome till the Reading game right before Pompey, actually. Pompey was just a f***ing bloodbath. Remember he Scored against Spurs in a 3-1 win at SJP and was the best player on the pitch. Classy defender, good in the air and a good reader of the game but a perfect example of what happens in this league if you're too physically inferior. And the strange part was a man of his experience and age he just seemed mentally shattered and never recovered from that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypnufc Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Are we actually polluting this thread with talk of Cacapa and Bramble? Jesus. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Are we actually polluting this thread with talk of Cacapa and Bramble? Jesus. Cacapa and Bramble yeah, but not seen much Jesus talk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 He looked f***ing awesome till the Reading game right before Pompey, actually. Pompey was just a f***ing bloodbath. Remember he Scored against Spurs in a 3-1 win at SJP and was the best player on the pitch. Classy defender, good in the air and a good reader of the game but a perfect example of what happens in this league if you're too physically inferior. And the strange part was a man of his experience and age he just seemed mentally shattered and never recovered from that. Indeed bro. It's so unique, the PL and some players just don't really cope even having won everything elsewhere. He did have a brief resurgence under Keegan later in the season. Few good performances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Are we actually polluting this thread with talk of Cacapa and Bramble? Jesus. It's either that or hear about how Hatem's so fat him being our quickest player must be an intricate illusion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Something about this league for better or for worse I guess. Anyway can we revive a Robert appreciation thread? And this thread go back to talking about our mad mercurial beast that is Hatem? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Cacapa and Rozenhal Unbelievable that this was our centre back pairing under Allardyce of all people. I mean, you really couldn't get a softer pairing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Cacapa had one bad game and that was it, nor was it his debut. He came here too late on and was too slow and too weak, but read everything well and was off to a very good start up until that match. I'll fondly remember him purely for looking like Maurice White from Earth, Wind & Fire. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Cacapa had one bad game and that was it Reading away, Portsmouth at home, Fulham away the following season. Offhand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Cacapa had one bad game and that was it Reading away, Portsmouth at home, Fulham away the following season. Offhand. Aye, of which Reading was the first... After that I don't remember him playing well at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I thought you meant he only had one bad game. Good call on Maurice. One of my favourite bands. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 I thought you mean he only had one bad game. Good call on Maurice. One of my favourite bands. Musiq cover of Reasons, check it out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 If he only had one bad game it was definitely Portsmouth, like. :lol He was absolutely tortured for half an hour or so. You could hear the poor bloke's hamstrings crying from the stands. Even at the time, despite him being to our detriment, I couldn't help but feel sorry for him. He looked really gutted and I think him reminding me of Maurice just added to my empathy for the bloke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Didn't Fat Sam sub him just before half time too? Way to completely break the bloke in two. Should have just waited until half time to do it, though Hippo heed was getting shit loads of abuse, so he needed to pass that flack on somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 18 minutes in or something weren't it? HAULED OFF! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 He did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Newcastle was an impossible place to be a CB for quite a lot of our recent history TBH. Crowd just waiting for a mistake, no protection from midfield, hung out to dry by the manager, signed at the wrong time. Every CB we've had has had to go through at least a couple of those. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Coloccini could quite easily have gone after one season and we'd be having a similar conversation about him. It just goes to show that it's worth being patient when players don't make an immediate impact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted September 12, 2013 Share Posted September 12, 2013 Coloccini could quite easily have gone after one season and we'd be having a similar conversation about him. It just goes to show that it's worth being patient when players don't make an immediate impact. Agreed, both him and Enrique were toilet when they first played They really, really, really, were not 'toilet'. They struggled to adapt, but their class was obvious from the start, Colo especially. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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