merlin Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Cracking little player. Proved quite a few doubters wrong. In my opinion he's a lot more than that. Today he absolutely bossed the midfield. On this form, he's extremely difficult to play against if you're an opposition midfielder. His reading of the game is unreal. Yes he's really good at moving the ball around quickly. We look a lot better passing side when he's starting. This - really intelligent link man, invaluable to most teams...but maybe not Pardew's... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 it's been obvious since day one of the season he should be one of our starting midfielders, nothing has changed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Taking off Anita was an awful decision at the time. To me it looked like Pardew was just too afraid to take off Cabaye and Anita was the easy option. Cabaye looked like he was going to get sent off at the time and Anita had been playing well he had but if your going to bet on someone who can create or score a chance out of nothing then its Cabaye Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Taking off Anita, just made us lose the slight control we had on the game. Those were my thoughts from the stands... Thought Cisse was the wrong player to bring on for him also... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Taking off Anita was an awful decision at the time. To me it looked like Pardew was just too afraid to take off Cabaye and Anita was the easy option. Cabaye looked like he was going to get sent off at the time and Anita had been playing well Cabaye has a goal in him or a wonder pass, Anita doesn't. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Substituting a player that contributes for a player that doesn't, was the biggest problem Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benwell Lad Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 What a beautiful little footballer this lad is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Just adding to the praise really, as he was covering bloody everywhere yesterday and it was one of his best performances for us, imo. All of our players played very well, it's just we can't shoot for shit lately, hence why this window will be vital for getting a striker in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Taking off Anita was an awful decision at the time. To me it looked like Pardew was just too afraid to take off Cabaye and Anita was the easy option. Cabaye looked like he was going to get sent off at the time and Anita had been playing well Cabaye has a goal in him or a wonder pass, Anita doesn't. At the time if you were going to take off one of the midfielders it had to be Cabaye. Directly after Anita was brought off we began to lose possession cheaply and Man City had a few chances whereas we were dominating before he was taken off. I don't think either should have been taken off really as I didn't see the need to change the formation when we were dominating but Pardew was always going to bring on another striker Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 You don't sub your match winners, main creator and main set piece taker (indirect and direct) when chasing a goal man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 You don't sub your match winners, main creator and main set piece taker (indirect and direct) when chasing a goal man. So you sub the player who is controlling the game for you instead? Also Cabaye rarely creates good chances in games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sugoinufc Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 You don't sub your match winners, main creator and main set piece taker (indirect and direct) when chasing a goal man. So you sub the player who is controlling the game for you instead? Also Cabaye rarely creates good chances in games Anita was class yesterday - but I'm sure he could understand being subbed as we played with two defensive midfielders and were chasing a goal. Cabaye is more of a threat. You could argue that tiote should have been subbed instead...he had a yellow and was very tired the last 10-15 min. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Taking off Anita was an awful decision at the time. To me it looked like Pardew was just too afraid to take off Cabaye and Anita was the easy option. Cabaye looked like he was going to get sent off at the time and Anita had been playing well Cabaye has a goal in him or a wonder pass, Anita doesn't. At the time if you were going to take off one of the midfielders it had to be Cabaye. Directly after Anita was brought off we began to lose possession cheaply and Man City had a few chances whereas we were dominating before he was taken off. I don't think either should have been taken off really as I didn't see the need to change the formation when we were dominating but Pardew was always going to bring on another striker That's what I thought as well. Pardew said before the game that Cabaye was going to play as a no 10, but he didn't create anything of note, and he had one shot which produced a good save. Not that he had a bad game, but if you are looking to bring on a striker and a winger then someone has to make way, and with Cabaye starting to clatter City players I would rather have kept Anita on the pitch as he was far more instrumental to keeping a grip on their midfield. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 You don't sub your match winners, main creator and main set piece taker (indirect and direct) when chasing a goal man. Our main attacking threat was given 10 mins to prove his worth. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geordie Ahmed Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 It took ages before Pardew actually started to pick him, the idiot might finally learn not to sub him first and actually take off those that were worse than him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 You don't sub your match winners, main creator and main set piece taker (indirect and direct) when chasing a goal man. Our main attacking threat was given 10 mins to prove his worth. This was the problem. If you'r gonna take Anita off, at least bring Ben Arfa on for him. Still IMO, the first sub should have been Gouffran off for HBA. Anita should have played the full 90. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled in Texas Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Maybe Vurnon can talk with Siem De Jong and convince him and his brother to sign for NUFC. Would love to see some more Ajax total football playing for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chicken little Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Maybe Vurnon can talk with Siem De Jong and convince him and his brother to sign for NUFC. Would love to see some more Ajax total football playing for us. "you'll love it here, one of the most comfortable benches i've ever sat on. fantastic view of people of inferior capability doing your job instead of you." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Maybe Vurnon can talk with Siem De Jong and convince him and his brother to sign for NUFC. Would love to see some more Ajax total football playing for us. "you'll love it here, one of the most comfortable benches i've ever sat on. fantastic view of people of inferior capability doing your job instead of you." Summed it up well. Can't see Lil' Vurn recommending us like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Exiled in Texas Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Maybe Vurnon can talk with Siem De Jong and convince him and his brother to sign for NUFC. Would love to see some more Ajax total football playing for us. "you'll love it here, one of the most comfortable benches i've ever sat on. fantastic view of people of inferior capability doing your job instead of you." hahaha (sadly true) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 Maybe Vurnon can talk with Siem De Jong and convince him and his brother to sign for NUFC. Would love to see some more Ajax total football playing for us. "you'll love it here, one of the most comfortable benches i've ever sat on. fantastic view of people of inferior capability doing your job instead of you." They played James Perch over me... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 There's definitely A Vurnon Anits meme to made there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 There's definitely A Vurnon Anits meme to made there. Would basically be bad luck Brian Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wil Posted January 14, 2014 Share Posted January 14, 2014 Had a simply excellent game sunday, and should have stayed on. Really admire his resilience this season, in the face of what seems to be a lack of full backing by his manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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