KaKa Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Interesting couple of lines in the Journal today in an article about Anita. "Twelve months ago the jury was out on him, not least among Newcastle's coaching brains trust. The Journal understands that one of the reasons James Perch was sold despite Pardew's exhortations to hand him a new contract was because Mike Ashley had been advised that Anita was being under-used." You see ... so if Perch stays we never see the Anita we do today, and everyone would be claiming he was shit or not suited to the premier league. This is why I refuse to accept the crap on Ben arfa or Marveaux, because I don't believe in our manager at all. He's a clown. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 "Coaching brains trust" You've got to laugh, like. I know we aren't all clued up on the ins and outs of PL coaching but we just look woefully short in numbers and standard It just seems so amateur. Similar to that article not that long ago when they said the coaches reckoned bigi wouldn't make it, but had no reason for it. Laughable Aye crackers. Wouldn't mind knowing who's the inside informant, like. Dirty rat Probably just the journal trolling us, first Bigi, now Anita, they'll be saying Krul has never practiced kicking in training next Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Interesting couple of lines in the Journal today in an article about Anita. "Twelve months ago the jury was out on him, not least among Newcastle's coaching brains trust. The Journal understands that one of the reasons James Perch was sold despite Pardew's exhortations to hand him a new contract was because Mike Ashley had been advised that Anita was being under-used." You see ... so if Perch stays we never see the Anita we do today, and everyone would be claiming he was s*** or not suited to the premier league. This is why I refuse to accept the crap on Ben arfa or Marveaux, because I don't believe in our manager at all. He's a clown. That was my interpretation as well - that Anita would not have got his chance had Perch stayed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Who was advising him? The £5m we spent on him. Exactly. Too many purples. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I know Douglas really rates Anita and i sure as hell do too but the Cabaye comparisons do a disservice to all concerned. Anita is not Cabaye and he never will be and same vice versa, what needs to happen is we need to buy a proper attacking midfielder to replace Cabaye to play infront of Anita and Tiote. Highly doubtful that will happen though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I know Douglas really rates Anita and i sure as hell do too but the Cabaye comparisons do a disservice to all concerned. Anita is not Cabaye and he never will be and same vice versa, what needs to happen is we need to buy a proper attacking midfielder to replace Cabaye to play infront of Anita and Tiote. Highly doubtful that will happen though. Yep. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 It will happen. Just a matter of a big WHEN. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Interesting couple of lines in the Journal today in an article about Anita. "Twelve months ago the jury was out on him, not least among Newcastle's coaching brains trust. The Journal understands that one of the reasons James Perch was sold despite Pardew's exhortations to hand him a new contract was because Mike Ashley had been advised that Anita was being under-used." You see ... so if Perch stays we never see the Anita we do today, and everyone would be claiming he was shit or not suited to the premier league. This is why I refuse to accept the crap on Ben arfa or Marveaux, because I don't believe in our manager at all. He's a clown. Precisely. Bang on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 If that's true about Perch/Anita, it's hilarious. The owner insisting we sold a vastly limited player so the manager would be forced to play the far more technically adept and talented Dutch International instead. Brilliant. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 No chance of that being true, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Makes sense, Pardew fucking loved Perch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Not a doubt in my mind that Perch would be getting Anita's minutes this season if he were still here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Remember Anita's volley against Brugge Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Perch was being played ahead of Anita before he left! And I do remember Pardew wasn't keen on selling Perch. Anita definitely wouldn't have gotten as many opportunities as he has to play since, and therefore wouldn't have continued to improve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Whole sell Perch to play Anita is bollocks, like. Perch offered good cover in a variety of positions and did a decent job. I do think Anita would have less minutes this season though and even that would be wrong in itself but no way does Pardew think Perch is better than Anita, not a chance in hell. They got pretty much the exact same game time last season i would say and that's with Anita adapting to the league. Anita has forced his way into the side with good performances and other players should look up to him (not literally) for doing so when he could have easily taken a huff when first dropped for Tiote after being class in his absence. Regardless who was here, his performances would have forced his way in to a starting berth imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Whole sell Perch to play Anita is bollocks, like. Perch offered good cover in a variety of positions and did a decent job. I do think Anita would have less minutes this season though and even that would be wrong in itself but no way does Pardew think Perch is better than Anita, not a chance in hell. They got pretty much the exact same game time last season i would say and that's with Anita adapting to the league. Anita has forced his way into the side with good performances and other players should look up to him (not literally) for doing so when he could have easily taken a huff when first dropped for Tiote after being class in his absence. Regardless who was here, his performances would have forced his way in to a starting berth imo. he definitely preferred perch as a player without a shadow of a doubt. Hence him picking him over Anita. 1/10 troll attempt Not having that, like. He picked Anita ahead of Perch as well though I bet they both got about the same amount of time on the pitch? No way was it a landslide win for Perch even though he did cover every fucker in a defensive position Perch put in some excellent performances, tbh more so than Anita last season but most knew Anita would come on leaps and bounds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Perch was fucking shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Perch was dreadful last season tbh. Did well in 11/12 season not last season though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I've never know a player to be more hated by fans to be more respected. Abuse Perch got was horrendous, a lot by me as well tbf but i respected how he kept his head down and turned things around into an average squad player. Got to remember, Anita got a lot of stick on here as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Perch had 2 more appearences than Anita. Knew it wasn't a landslide for Perch over him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Perch had 2 more appearences than Anita. Knew it wasn't a landslide for Perch over him. 2 too many That is right, but if Perch was still here no way would he have been in alongside Tiote on Saturday. Just no chance of it. Anita has earned his spot on hard work and merited performances. If you show that, you'll earn a place in the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Perch had 2 more appearences than Anita. Knew it wasn't a landslide for Perch over him. 2 too many That is right, but if Perch was still here no way would he have been in alongside Tiote on Saturday. Just no chance of it. Anita has earned his spot on hard work and merited performances. If you show that, you'll earn a place in the team. False. Anita was our best performer during that awful Nov-Dec run last season and was dropped as a result of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Good one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 I thought Bigi was brilliant alongside him as well, even Perch played well in that as well. We still weren't in fine form results wise though. On the whole I thought Anita was on the learning curve ready for this season. Perch I just assumed was a mere squad player and it's hard to think Pardew thought other than that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted March 5, 2014 Share Posted March 5, 2014 Maybe happy face can draw out some stats on Perch's appearances in defence and how many times he played ahead of Anita in CM. I'm guessing it wasn't too many. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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