Guest VaVaVoom Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Important 3 points but we werent great by a long stretch and i think that is in large down to AP's tactics today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 A poor game for us but a big win. Cabaye was pretty poor before he went off, how Guthrie got MOM is beyond me, half of his passes went way off, Simpson was the same and din't stop 1 cross from coming, Colo had to cover for him too many times. Santon was pretty decent coming forward. Ben Arfa and Jonas worked well together when they did work together but Ben Arfa sometimes just needs to learn to pass the ball instead of running into a wall of players. Best did alright, took his goal very well. Shola needs to learn to be able to turn a defender, how he stayed on a Best came off I'll never know. We were so poor at attacking that at one point when we broke away from defending a corner Colo was the furthest player upfront. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
eliassenfredrik Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Santon easily motm for me. Think he missed one pass. Great both defensively and offensively. The rest did a good enough job, bar Shola. I can't believe he's still getting games. I really, really can't grasp it. Krul 7 Simpson 6 Williamson 7 Colo 7 Santon 8 Raylor 6 Cabaye (too little time, was alright when playing) Guthrie 7 Jonas 7 (6 off 8 def) Best 7 Shola 3 Ben Arfa 7 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Big Al Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Krul 6 Simpson 6 Williamson 7 Coloccini 7.5 Santon 7 Raylor 6 Cabaye 5 Guthrie 7 Jonas 7.5 Ameobi 5 Best 8 Ben Arfa 6.5 Perch 6 Ben Arfa not a 6.5. He was on par with Jonas at least. Leon not an 8 - he had 2 or three good moments and of course scored, but there was the moment when HBA sent a fine through ball to him and he just f**ked it up - didn't shoot, nor passed to Strolla. 7 at max. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amir_9 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Shola was immobile as fuck. Santon MOTM, Best's finish was class. Nothing else to say Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShearMagic Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 1-0 TO THE NEWCASTLE! 1-0 TO THE NEWCASTLE! What a horrible, yet good, game. QFT Closed out the game in the second half in a manner that I was relaxed watching "noocastle" at 1-0 for the first time in my life. This. Didn't think we were ever in danger of conceding, and whilst I would have liked us to be a bit more attacking in the second half the most important thing was that we came away with a W. Expect a similar type of performance next week at Fulham - hopefully with the same result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Also how Ray Wilkins was on the commentary team I'll never know. He just agreed with everything the commentator said which meant him contradicting himself about 20 times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ameritoon Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Good enough for now. Feels good to be ahead of Liverpool. And yes, Wilkins is shot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 For what it's worth, my thoughts looking in: That was anything but an assured performance, but QPR were worse. They made us look dangerous in the striking department. Santon was your best player IMO, different class. Guthrie, Jonas and Best all had good games as well. Krul 6 - not a lot to do really. Kicking was shit. Simpson 6 - did what he needed to do Williamson 6.5 - same Coloccini 7 - same, plus good tidying up on a few occasions Santon 7.5 - impressive charges forward and looked pretty assured defensively Taylor 6 - quiet apart from a couple of good deliveries and a good attempt Cabaye 5.5 - poor before the injury IMO Guthrie 7 - did the simple things well after a shaky start Jonas 7 - looked a threat on a number of occasions Ameobi 4 - QPR's best defender Best - 7 - excellently taken goal, kept the ball fairly well Ben Arfa - 7 - very dangerous at times but very questionable decision making Perch - 6 - not on for long, didn't inexplicably give a goal away Pardew - 5 - Ben Arfa on the bench again and leaving Ameobi on were 2 awful decisions. Overall: fairly poor performance but you can only play what's in front of you and today it was enough to beat a QPR side that is frankly a Championship side struggling to stay afloat in this league. They need some very quick changes if they're to avoid relegation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ginola Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Did no more than was necessary. Once we had the lead we controlled the game without ever really looking like scoring again. Guthrie had a cracking game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Krul 6 Simpson 6 Williamson 7 Coloccini 7.5 Santon 7 Raylor 6 Cabaye 5 Guthrie 7 Jonas 7.5 Ameobi 5 Best 8 Ben Arfa 6.5 Perch 6 Ben Arfa not a 6.5. He was on par with Jonas at least. Leon not an 8 - he had 2 or three good moments and of course scored, but there was the moment when HBA sent a fine through ball to him and he just f**ked it up - didn't shoot, nor passed to Strolla. 7 at max. Aye, right. I wonder who you signed up for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keefaz Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Santon was wicked, I thought. Colo, Jonas and Best all good. Don't think it was that bad a performance at all, tbh. Bit boring and safe at times, but relatively professional from us, especially considering that, well, it's us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShearMagic Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Krul 7 Simpson 6 Coloccini 7.5 Williamson 7 Santon 7 Raylor 6 Guthrie 7 Cabaye 5 Jonas 8 Ameobi 4 Best 7 Ben Arfa 7 Perch 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 4th round of the cup and 3 points in the 2 games since Demba went. Doooooooooomed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zeta87 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 The worst commentator of 2012 goes to... Ray Wilkins! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karjala Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 worst game ive watched this season i reckon, that was horseshit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 We really need that new contract to Guthrie. Started rusty but he was great after Cabaye went off. Santon was good too. Ameobi is just depressing. Even his running style makes me depressed. In my short life I'm sure I have watched Shola play football enough already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Ameobi was really poor today. He did the right things when holding up the ball at times, but had zero movement or pace and overall he was undermining so many of our attacks. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 It was kind of inevitable that they were going to start brightly with a new manager to impress. We just had to weather the storm a bit. I was jsut a bit disappointed with how little we attacked them in the first 20 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smal Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Krul - 6. Needs to just pass it to the full back more. Claimed crosses well Simpson - 6. Wasn't diabolical today. Shot was poor Willo - 8. Exactly what I'd want from him. Solid, dominant in the air, simple. Colo - 7. Solid defensively, did the transitional things well. Maybe, as captain, should be calming the team down and ordering them to keep the ball better. Especially should be telling Krul what to do. Santon - 7. Got done a couple of times, but was very good going forward. Raylor - 6. Average. Wasn't noticeable, but that's probably a good thing for him. Guthrie - 8. I love this guy. Needs to play in a 3 with Tioté and Yohan. Jonás - 6. Did ok today. Worked hard, but still needs to do more creatively HBA - 6.5. Great skills and that, but he wasn't involved for the last half an hour, but that was through no fault of his own. Best - 7. Class goal, and looked good. Shola - 3. Upsetting Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Meh, it weren't the greatest game but I think we put in a professional shift, looked pretty much in control of the game after the first 15 mins or so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Santon was wicked, I thought. Colo, Jonas and Best all good. Don't think it was that bad a performance at all, tbh. Bit boring and safe at times, but relatively professional from us, especially considering that, well, it's us. It was a very professional performance. I reckon we could have gone blood and guts and annihilated them today, but one or two were short of their best and we simply didn't. Same result though; that's fair enough imo. Job done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beezeri Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 We really need that new contract to Guthrie. Started rusty but he was great after Cabaye went off. Santon was good too. Ameobi is just depressing. Even his running style makes me depressed. In my short life I'm sure I have watched Shola play football enough already. You'll be wacthing the running style for a lot longer!!! Even if Shola's gone some day there's Sammy to keep the ghost of Ameobi family at SJP:) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 Pardew really praising Hatems effort and defending. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted January 15, 2012 Share Posted January 15, 2012 worst game ive watched this season i reckon, that was horseshit. First 60 minutes at Bolton were worse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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