Wullie Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 How is that type of pass from Anita any better? That's the type of pass that Nicky Butt used to love, and they are embarrassingly easy to deal with, that's if they don't go straight out for a goal kick. It's still a very direct game, no matter which words you want to use to dress it up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dinho lad Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 St Etienne through to the final of the French cup. Aubemayang's price probably just went up. I doubt it, since he hasn't scored in his last 10 games now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gleebals Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Dunno, Williamson seemed to be defying that idea against Norwich, like. I am not sure kicking the ball up the field and out of play most of the time qualifies as long ball. Just utter shit. I know what you mean though Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 How is that type of pass from Anita any better? That's the type of pass that Nicky Butt used to love, and they are embarrassingly easy to deal with, that's if they don't go straight out for a goal kick. It's still a very direct game, no matter which words you want to use to dress it up. Playing a ball over the top of the defence from midfield is now deemed to be bad football? What utter tosh. I agree that the margin for error for a ball played over the top that has no angle on it is small but to dismiss it is ridiculous. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Gomis staying at lyon after meeting club directors according to french journo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 If Krul learns to pass his goal kicks, the hoofball would drop dramatically. Every time he punts it long, he's basically gave them the ball for free and it's bloody frustrating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 How is that type of pass from Anita any better? That's the type of pass that Nicky Butt used to love, and they are embarrassingly easy to deal with, that's if they don't go straight out for a goal kick. It's still a very direct game, no matter which words you want to use to dress it up. Playing a ball over the top of the defence from midfield is now deemed to be bad football? What utter tosh. I agree that the margin for error for a ball played over the top that has no angle on it is small but to dismiss it is ridiculous. It's probably the fact we play it even when there isn't a viable or realistic run on. We do tend to sometimes play this ball more out of hope than having any real option over the top. It's more of a bail out than anything, as it's usually due to a lack of options, due to poor movement and availability of players to receive the ball short. It's not as bad as it was a bit earlier on this season, but there is still room for much improvement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Gomis staying at lyon after meeting club directors according to french journo. Surprising, as it seems it was the directors pushing for a sale, as they need the money. Have they managed to shift anyone else? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Going direct at times would be perfectly logical if we actually had the players and/or setup to do so. Long - sorry lofted - balls up to an isolated striker's chest/head are just pointless yet we continue to it over and over again with Pardew often heard bellowing 'GET IT FORWARD!' from the touchline. It's even dafter now we're no longer have Ba's physicality. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Going direct at times would be perfectly logical if we actually had the players and/or setup to do so. Long - sorry lofted - balls up to an isolated striker's chest/head are just pointless yet we continue to it over and over again with Pardew often heard bellowing 'GET IT FORWARD!' from the touchline. It's even dafter now we're no longer have Ba's physicality. Pardew is such a throwback nature has forgotten to throw-him-back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Anyway, it'd be nice if we signed a striker. Where are we with that? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Anyway, it'd be nice if we signed a striker. Where are we with that? Trying to work out whether we need a target man or a wide forward. Which is how we ended up talking about hoofball and managers again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Anyway, it'd be nice if we signed a striker. Where are we with that? Pardew in our special transfer hotel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Would anyone take Gomis? i would prefer another type coz i want us to play 4-3-3 or 4-2-3-1. same same. point is he cant play next to cisse imo. If he comes in as back up for cisse and we get a LW/attacker with pace and goalscoring record then fine. have not seem him for some time though. think we really need to consider if we should be signing the types of player we all want or the types of player that pardew can work with i have a suspicion that signing the former will be our death note if we do as you suggest we will not develop and key players will leave in the summer! 100% sure of that! we're not developing anyway, i think we'll lose more key players when we're relegated after trying to get technically proficient dwarves to play like the wimbledon FA cup winning team know what you're saying but the football was awful, awful at times last season and players were happy 'cause they were winning well maybe the first step in the right direction would be to let pardew go oh well yeah but that's looking like the least likely of all the options at the moment isn't it, i was approaching it from the assumption that they'll never sack him, which i really believe I think they will like, but it'll take ages for the penny to drop and they'll have to find someone else willing to pander to them in the press, which might take a while. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Anyway, it'd be nice if we signed a striker. Where are we with that? http://www.lonelyplanet.com/maps/europe/france/map_of_france.jpg Somewhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 We seem to be confining our targets to pretty much only France in this window no? Hope our net is going out a bit further too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Lee Ryder @lee_ryder Sources close to Tim Krul say no bid from AC Milan #nufc #acmilan Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Going direct at times would be perfectly logical if we actually had the players and/or setup to do so. Long - sorry lofted - balls up to an isolated striker's chest/head are just pointless yet we continue to it over and over again with Pardew often heard bellowing 'GET IT FORWARD!' from the touchline. It's even dafter now we're no longer have Ba's physicality. I agree with that. My point was that Anita's balls were, in the main, attempts to play the ball over the top of the defence for Cisse to run onto and not long balls up to Cisse's head. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 We seem to be confining our targets to pretty much only France in this window no? Hope our net is going out a bit further too. Fatty is sat in some posh hotel in Paris like Jabba dealing wiv it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 16th of January today. What date is the cutoff for when you're officially panic-buying, and probably paying over the odds? Because we don't do that, obviously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 1st Feb Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 16th of January today. What date is the cutoff for when you're officially panic-buying, and probably paying over the odds? January 1st. Any buys in January are panic buys based on a number of factors, namely that you didn't get your business done in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 16th of January today. What date is the cutoff for when you're officially panic-buying, and probably paying over the odds? Because we don't do that, obviously. 1st of January was our cut off for signing anyone apart from Right Back, we will no doubt be short in the areas we need it most come 1st Feb. It worries me that we don't appear to have a first choice CB on radar Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 David Crossan @davidmcrossan #LEquipe After 'inevitable' #nufc interest plus #lfc, #gomis set to stay at #ol after meeting club directors Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 We seem to be confining our targets to pretty much only France in this window no? Hope our net is going out a bit further too. Fatty is sat in some posh hotel in Paris like Jabba dealing wiv it. http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_0-RVaKDS55M/TTlxnGvcUJI/AAAAAAAAAPQ/GCP3nPFoXVI/s1600/fat-guy-with-hamster.png Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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