AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Thought he was pretty good today, he's never going to do the job of an entire midfield on his own. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Thought he was one of our best performers. He was. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 He is fucking shit just like his ginger anonymous partner and part of the massive problem of us not being able to control or dictate a game. Shows how low our standards have dropped when people praise that performance. Never seen such a useless midfield. We will never dominate any games with these two cunts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samag Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Our central midfield is an embarrassed to the premier league both need replacing in January. Otherwise we will go down... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 One dominant CM to replace Colback and we would stay up quite easily IMO. Anita isn't a problem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samag Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 One dominant CM to replace Colback and we would stay up quite easily IMO. Anita isn't a problem. We may get away with it short term but long term he needs replacing. He offers nothing going forward and I think is to weak to be a genuine ball winning midfielder. Not disputing he works hard and closers down players. I just think at this level we need more from a central midfielder. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Some great breaking up of play, tackles and general putting himself all over the pitch. One of the best performances from him as a DM imo. Too far and few inbetween. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Did well 2nd half Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Parka Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Agree 2nd half was good. Why did we sell Mehdi ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Whenever Abeid is brought up I always ask what he's up to in Greece and no one seems to know. According to wiki he's only played 8 times like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 Why would anyone who isn't Greek be watching their league? http://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/mehdi-abeid/leistungsdaten/spieler/111036 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 He was decent 2nd half but the way Everton were just walking through him and Colback as if they weren't there in the 1st half was embarrassing. We desperately need an upgrade on him and Colback if we aspire to be anything other than relegation fodder in this league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 He was decent 2nd half but the way Everton were just walking through him and Colback as if they weren't there in the 1st half was embarrassing. We desperately need an upgrade on him and Colback if we aspire to be anything other than relegation fodder in this league. Not defending these two but part of this is due to the tactics - two deep centre mids almost on the toes of the central defenders every fucking game gives the opposition midfield free reign to do as they please in the middle of the park. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 He was decent 2nd half but the way Everton were just walking through him and Colback as if they weren't there in the 1st half was embarrassing. We desperately need an upgrade on him and Colback if we aspire to be anything other than relegation fodder in this league. Not defending these two but part of this is due to the tactics - two deep centre mids almost on the toes of the central defenders every f***ing game gives the opposition midfield free reign to do as they please in the middle of the park. Agree with that. Tactics certainly didn't help him or Colback but because they are both poor it means we can't be flexible in the way we play. I've seen many a game where a midfield 2 have completely dominated an opposition midfield 3 but those two are never going to be able to do that. They literally have no physical presence to them either which is important in the PL in those positions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 He was decent 2nd half but the way Everton were just walking through him and Colback as if they weren't there in the 1st half was embarrassing. We desperately need an upgrade on him and Colback if we aspire to be anything other than relegation fodder in this league. Not defending these two but part of this is due to the tactics - two deep centre mids almost on the toes of the central defenders every f***ing game gives the opposition midfield free reign to do as they please in the middle of the park. We didn't start deep, though. We tried to push higher and were getting absolutely torn through. We only looked vaguely competent when the team moved deeper, closer together and tightened gaps. It's obviously hard for a midfield 2 to play against a 3, but especially hard when your two aren't even good in the first place. Central midfield is our absolute achilles, it effects how we defend and attack so much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted December 27, 2015 Share Posted December 27, 2015 If Mcclaren absolutely insists on playing them both Anita should be more advanced than Colback, he has the pace to run into space and his passing is far superior, he seems to link up really well with Sissoko going forward, something I've noticed in the last few games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 He was decent 2nd half but the way Everton were just walking through him and Colback as if they weren't there in the 1st half was embarrassing. We desperately need an upgrade on him and Colback if we aspire to be anything other than relegation fodder in this league. Not defending these two but part of this is due to the tactics - two deep centre mids almost on the toes of the central defenders every f***ing game gives the opposition midfield free reign to do as they please in the middle of the park. We didn't start deep, though. We tried to push higher and were getting absolutely torn through. We only looked vaguely competent when the team moved deeper, closer together and tightened gaps. It's obviously hard for a midfield 2 to play against a 3, but especially hard when your two aren't even good in the first place. Central midfield is our absolute achilles, it effects how we defend and attack so much. The two central midfielders were deep and on the toes of the centre half from the first minute, as they have been almost every game this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 If Mcclaren absolutely insists on playing them both Anita should be more advanced than Colback, he has the pace to run into space and his passing is far superior, he seems to link up really well with Sissoko going forward, something I've noticed in the last few games. Problem is that only one of them defending would make us even more shocking than we already are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 If Mcclaren absolutely insists on playing them both Anita should be more advanced than Colback, he has the pace to run into space and his passing is far superior, he seems to link up really well with Sissoko going forward, something I've noticed in the last few games. Problem is that only one of them defending would make us even more shocking than we already are. This. We can chop and change tactics, play one deeper and one more advanced or put another body in the middle with them but nothing can make up for the fact that neither him or Colback are good enough options at PL level. They get exposed week in week out. We'll never control a football match with both these in the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Hence the urgent need of a physically imposing centre back behind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Hence the urgent need of a physically imposing centre back behind. We need one of those anyway to play alongside Mbemba. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 He was decent 2nd half but the way Everton were just walking through him and Colback as if they weren't there in the 1st half was embarrassing. We desperately need an upgrade on him and Colback if we aspire to be anything other than relegation fodder in this league. Not defending these two but part of this is due to the tactics - two deep centre mids almost on the toes of the central defenders every f***ing game gives the opposition midfield free reign to do as they please in the middle of the park. We didn't start deep, though. We tried to push higher and were getting absolutely torn through. We only looked vaguely competent when the team moved deeper, closer together and tightened gaps. It's obviously hard for a midfield 2 to play against a 3, but especially hard when your two aren't even good in the first place. Central midfield is our absolute achilles, it effects how we defend and attack so much. The two central midfielders were deep and on the toes of the centre half from the first minute, as they have been almost every game this season. They weren't at all. That's why Everton were finding so many gaps in the first 20. We were playing quite a wide, relatively high shape and they were playing triangles through us with the extra man in the middle with massive ease. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 He was decent 2nd half but the way Everton were just walking through him and Colback as if they weren't there in the 1st half was embarrassing. We desperately need an upgrade on him and Colback if we aspire to be anything other than relegation fodder in this league. Not defending these two but part of this is due to the tactics - two deep centre mids almost on the toes of the central defenders every f***ing game gives the opposition midfield free reign to do as they please in the middle of the park. We didn't start deep, though. We tried to push higher and were getting absolutely torn through. We only looked vaguely competent when the team moved deeper, closer together and tightened gaps. It's obviously hard for a midfield 2 to play against a 3, but especially hard when your two aren't even good in the first place. Central midfield is our absolute achilles, it effects how we defend and attack so much. The two central midfielders were deep and on the toes of the centre half from the first minute, as they have been almost every game this season. They weren't at all. That's why Everton were finding so many gaps in the first 20. We were playing quite a wide, relatively high shape and they were playing triangles through us with the extra man in the middle with massive ease. Not true. They picked us off like that a few times when we tried to attack but a lot of the Everton attacks were from their centre mids managing to find passes to their wide men and having time do as they please on the ball as they ran towards our line of 6 - because of the gaping hole between Colback and Anitra and then Perez - that's where the gaping hole was - not between the centre backs and Anita and Colback. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 http://m.shieldsgazette.com/sport/newcastle-united/latest-nufc-news/steve-mcclaren-fears-the-worst-after-vurnon-anita-suffers-bad-hamstring-injury-1-7646157 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 28, 2015 Share Posted December 28, 2015 Looked more like an impact injury live, like a dead leg. Fingers crossed for him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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