Jayson Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 50th game today that we havent won when losing at half time. Arsenal aside, we seem to have 0 ability to turn a game around. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Some very generous ratings tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelunchbox Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Some very generous ratings tonight. indeed. hoof it up the field football doesnt really deserve any ratings at all. im not even going to watch the next game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Krul 6 Simpson 5 Perch 5 Coloccini 5 Santon 6 Jonas 3 Tiote 2 Vuckic 7 Obertan 5 Ba 8 Best 4 Raylor 5 Shola 5 HBA 6 Pretty accurate ratings those really. James Perch at CB = no points Simple really. Scapegoat. There were worse players than him out there tonight. Agree on the ratings. I must have imagined a clean sheet with Perch at CB mind...... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 The entire team looks tired and jaded. No energy, urgency or communication. The only bright spots (Ba excluded), not coincidentally, happened to be Vuckic and HBA. Players who haven't played much and have much more energy. Changes are needed quickly. Cannot continue in the same way and expect anything less than more defeats and insipid play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Krul - 4 Simpson - 3 Colo - 4 Perch - 2 Santon - 5 (Taylor - 4) Tiote - 2 Vuckic - 6 Jonas - 4.5 Obertan - 5 (Shola - did he do anything?) Best - 3 (HBA - 5.5) Ba - 7.5 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Five o Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Best makes us just play long balls. Pardew wants us to play the ball on the deck? Pardew was shouting at Tim to kick it long. Sickening! That have to be the tactic then, since he play Best and Ba. We looked totally clueless first half. No plan B. We need more creativity, simpler as that. Funny thing is, that we have exactly the kind of player we need in HBA. Nearly 2 assist the few minutes he got. And the Santon sub boils my piss, he surly injured? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Some really, really poor tactics from Pardew today. That Shola substitution was the wrong option. When will our managers learn, that at home, to break their defence, you need to have some form of legitimate width to create some space for the players in the middle, it's not rocket science. Where's the passing and moving we were said to have worked on all summer as well? Literally zero movement and just looking to crowd the box and smack it in for our big lads, I wouldn't be surprised if that's why Taylor came on, to deliver those 'super accurate' balls for Ba and Shola. We're a far better footballing team than that, that was bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 If we want to finish seventh we simply have to win games like this, especially with tough games on the horizon. If we continue to defend like that midtable mediocrity could be on the horizon. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 The last time we lost to west brom our manager got sacked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
matta Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Defence was shocking, but why santon was subbed at halftime i cant get. Tiote was shocking. really fucking poor. More of the same and Cabaye and Vuckic should be tried. Obertan alot of nothing, pretty much the same from jonas, however he had the ball abit more. Best. Meh. Ba, fantastic again. Krul, maybe out of position for second goal, however Colo just watched and perch was his usual self. Simpson. Vuckic and Ba the only positives for me. Fun to see ben arfa again! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Whats Pardews excuse this week? Shite. We have Demba and fuck all else. Only one way we are going in the table. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelunchbox Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 we been found out, especially at home, all the opposition have to do, is sit deep, because they know all we do is lump the ball foward, so they just sit and wait then counter us easily as we play a high line defence. we were quite lucky to get away with it vs swansea on saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 If we want to finish seventh we simply have to win games like this, especially with tough games on the horizon. If we continue to defend like that midtable mediocrity could be on the horizon. 7th? Forget it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 If we want to finish seventh we simply have to win games like this, especially with tough games on the horizon. If we continue to defend like that midtable mediocrity could be on the horizon. 7th? Forget it. Why's that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Krul 6 Simpson 5 Perch 4 Colo 5 Santon 5 (Raylor 5) Obertan 4 (Shola 4) Tiote 5 Vuckic 7 Jonas 5 Ba 9 Best 4 (Ben Arfa 6) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MW Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 i'm making a pardew out banner for bolton. everyone else should do the same Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Very strange, all the signings we made suggested a change to a more attractive passing game. Can only hope that Pardew realises that he has some good players (Santon, HBA) and some average (Raylor, Best), and selects the team on that basis in future. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prefabtoon Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Pardew out Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 If we want to finish seventh we simply have to win games like this, especially with tough games on the horizon. If we continue to defend like that midtable mediocrity could be on the horizon. 7th? Forget it. We're in horrendous form at present, but the race for the top 7 is far from over. Stoke, Norwich, Everton, Villa... they still don't particularly frighten me even though we've lost to one of them recently. We need reinforcements in January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Begbie Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 What has happen to the fighting spirit of the team?? Many players looked uninterested today... I dont mind losing, but i mind losing when we are atleast trying! Perch is horrible, he doesnt have the strengt nor the hight to be a central defender, maybe on a kids team.. Coloccini looked uninspiring, Tiote seems like he has left our team already... I hope for the next game that Perch, Obertan, and best isnt starting. Get in Williamson, Ben Arfa on the wing, and move Vuckic in behind Ba when Cabaye is back. PS! I really hope Santon isnt bad injured(cant see any reason else to take him off). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Very strange, all the signings we made suggested a change to a more attractive passing game. Can only hope that Pardew realises that he has some good players (Santon, HBA) and some average (Raylor, Best), and selects the team on that basis in future. Apart from the Villa game this new style just hasn't materialised. Even when we were winning these sorts of so-called winnable matches we didn't play particularly fluid football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marko NUFC Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 When was the last time we came from behind at half time to win the game? Reading 2006 with Emre's winner? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
prefabtoon Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 If we want to finish seventh we simply have to win games like this, especially with tough games on the horizon. If we continue to defend like that midtable mediocrity could be on the horizon. 7th? Forget it. We're in horrendous form at present, but the race for the top 7 is far from over. Stoke, Norwich, Everton, Villa... they still don't particularly frighten me even though we've lost to one of them recently. We need reinforcements in January. No chance of anyone coming in who can make a difference ashley dont like the jan window. Although tiote is on his way out probably replaced by mediocrity . Cant see where our next point is going to come from after tonight performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TherealnorthernTOON Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 I know people on here hate perch. But really he wasn't that much worse then coloccini wich where totally crap on several occations today. Severly dissapointed today. And his tackle late on against odemwingie showed his furstration of the night. We can't play such a high line against fast forwards. They were lethal and we were toothless. Even though we had ben arfa onfield we still went for the wingplay. We should've played more infield. Ba had a good day today and could've scored more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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