Guest hatem garrincha Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 We have some decent players but putting together a decent gameplan which makes the best of those players is an art in itself. Agree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolton Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Well we got the result, more than I expected I must admit. Not here to gloat, good luck for the rest of the season. Ba is certainly some player, may get interest from the money bags clubs I would imagine. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 A lot seem to have forgot we played some good stuff early on. It was during the last half an hour/twenty minutes when desperation began to kick in we resorted to the ineffective long ball. I thought we were dreadful from start to finish. The way I saw it we tried to play football early on, some of it was decent, some of it not so much. Poor distribution as opposed to the long ball caused our downfall. Usually Cabaye and Tiote are provide quality on the ball but with formers absence and the latters below-par performance we were below par. Out of desperation we resorted tot he long ball, it didn't work. Eh? We played lots of long ball throughout the match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Oh, and another thing. Krul's kicking, my word. Do we pass the goalkeeping clown shoes down between the generations? That's Harper, Given and now Krul who probably couldn't kick it in a 50-yard radius, let alone onto a 50p piece. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Well we got the result, more than I expected I must admit. Not here to gloat, good luck for the rest of the season. Ba is certainly some player, may get interest from the money bags clubs I would imagine. Your lot were brilliant, totally outplayed us. Impressive stuff tbh, cack as we were. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 Oh, and another thing. Krul's kicking, my word. Do we pass the goalkeeping clown shoes down between the generations? That's Harper, Given and now Krul who probably couldn't kick it in a 50-yard radius, let alone onto a 50p piece. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest hatem garrincha Posted December 21, 2011 Share Posted December 21, 2011 a little word about the 'supposed' high line we played today. i don't think it was a set plan but with the midfield being all over the defence has to fill that gap and hope for the best, if not you are left with a huge gap between midfield and defence and today we were very much a defence, midfiled, attack, instead of team defending, team attacking. Right The midfield was ineffective today Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Oh, and another thing. Krul's kicking, my word. Do we pass the goalkeeping clown shoes down between the generations? That's Harper, Given and now Krul who probably couldn't kick it in a 50-yard radius, let alone onto a 50p piece. Infuriating that he'd rather howk it out for a throw in than use his right foot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Oh, and another thing. Krul's kicking, my word. Do we pass the goalkeeping clown shoes down between the generations? That's Harper, Given and now Krul who probably couldn't kick it in a 50-yard radius, let alone onto a 50p piece. Infuriating that he'd rather howk it out for a throw in than use his right foot. It reminded me of watching my dad's old Sunday team when I was a nipper. The manager used to shout 'red head on this!' everytime the goalie kicked the ball - that's what Krul managed to achieve today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolton Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Well we got the result, more than I expected I must admit. Not here to gloat, good luck for the rest of the season. Ba is certainly some player, may get interest from the money bags clubs I would imagine. Your lot were brilliant, totally outplayed us. Impressive stuff tbh, cack as we were. Thanks for your generous words, I think our best players finally found some form the last couple of games, we have been misfiring before that, I know you had a lot of players out. Man City next, that'll be interesting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Completely stopped rolling it out to the full-backs for them to actually start some football via the midfield. Seemingly now content to just fucking hoof it up towards Ba and/or Best. Not a co-incidence that results have disappeared since he stopped doing it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Well we got the result, more than I expected I must admit. Not here to gloat, good luck for the rest of the season. Ba is certainly some player, may get interest from the money bags clubs I would imagine. Your lot were brilliant, totally outplayed us. Impressive stuff tbh, cack as we were. Thanks for your generous words, I think our best players finally found some form the last couple of games, we have been misfiring before that, I know you had a lot of players out. Man City next, that'll be interesting. We were only two (admittedly key) players away from our first choice lineup. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiemonster Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Well....that was a bit disappointing to say the least. In a nutshell. - Tiote, utter shit - playing like a player who is going elsewhere in Jan. - Collocinini - as above but far more worrying - Ba - playing like a striker on form and sure to attract admiring glances - Vukic - one to sell in the future - Ameobi - did he touch the ball? I don't think we deserved to lose really, but defensively we were shocking. Not sure if the Saton sub was a tactical thing, but it didn't work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Krul needs to improve drastically on his kicking likr. Even Jonny Wilkinson would be a fucking improvement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 If Tiote is playing like a player leaving in January does that mean Perch and Coloccini are off too? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRC Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 this game was on at 6.45am here, put me in a bad mood all day. Ruined my Xmas tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 this game was on at 6.45am here, put me in a bad mood all day. Ruined my Xmas tbh. 4:45am here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
geordiemonster Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Krul needs to improve drastically on his kicking likr. Even Jonny Wilkinson would be a f***ing improvement. Aye had forgotten about that. His distribution was shocking tonight, Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Pretty grim viewing tonight. Desperately missing Saylor. Williamson cant get fit quick enough Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 I'm not sue what would be worse, the Santon substitution being forced due to injury or it being tactical and what that would imply is going on in Pardews brain. For the second game running he was the best winger we had on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 He was injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zolton Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 From West Brom.com what did jonas gutierez do? tried googling what you said but couldnt find anything? i think he may be referring to the reid incident. reid was in possession and went down injured inside our own half, and jonas was free to get the ball and run in behind but put the ball out of play instead. Hodgson came out his area to shake his hand according to the commentators on my stream. good sportsmanship. Sportsmanship at its best, Suarez and Liverpool could learn a thing or two. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Sportsmanship at its best, Suarez and Liverpool could learn a thing or two. So could that prick who rolled back onto the pitch to try and time-waste just before Ba scored. (this isn't me having a pop at WBA in general; you played rather well and deserved to win) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Obertan - Won a free kick but for some reason only moves in diagonals, like a bishop. This managed to raise a chuckle after a miserable night of football. Well played m'lord. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stephen927 Posted December 22, 2011 Share Posted December 22, 2011 Felt like we were always chasing the game. No support from the midfield. Vuckic would sometimes wake up and drive it forward but the gap between forwards and midfield was huge. Best always seemed anonymous when Ba was in possession too. Incredibly disappointing game. Ben Arfa showed glimpses but ultimately he didn't have the ball enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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