Wallsendmag Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 Footballers in general need absolutely loads of instruction or the game would be chaos. Not only that, but most of them are basically clueless about tactics. Think criticising them for not suddenly departing from the game plan is a bit harsh. Tbf you've just made all that up. What a daft generalisation! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 There's no way McClaren would have told Anita to only pass it short, back and sides for those first six games. The only reason I can think for doing that is to try and ensure in future games that the short pass is the first option, rather than the longer ball being the first option. Let's see how it goes anyway, hopefully he keeps on mixing up his passing more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted September 28, 2015 Share Posted September 28, 2015 I'm sure it was the general team ethos to play "possession football" in the first few games, and I'm sure Anita was candidate #1 for the KISS treatment. Of course possession football doesn't tend to work when you've got an underconfident team who generally stand still & who are scared to pass the ball until they've touched it 100 times first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted September 29, 2015 Share Posted September 29, 2015 I'm sure it was the general team ethos to play "possession football" in the first few games, and I'm sure Anita was candidate #1 for the KISS treatment. Of course possession football doesn't tend to work when you've got an underconfident team who generally stand still & who are scared to pass the ball until they've touched it 100 times first. i'm sorry but vurn really should have just made shit happen, thrown out all the preparation with the coaching team and done whatever he wanted to make something happen, unlike every cunt else on the who are apparently able to piss about hiding from the ball no wonder TCD is such a fan of AP AP: "make something happen vurn" VA: "what does that mean boss? i need specific instructions on how to play, what the tactical plan is, where i should position myself, where others are going to position when i've got the ball, how we're going to move the ball and so on" AP: "you can work it out on the fucking bench son" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 May seem odd, if you're smarting from the score line/only seen highlights, but I thought Anita was excellent in the first half yesterday, and continued working/kept his head-up in the second. I was near the back of the away section (way up high) which gave a great view of the shape and who was doing what off the ball. Really impressed by how much work he did closing down and supporting defence: left and right. Really covered the distance and put in some crunching tackles. Credit where it is due; well played the lad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallsendmag Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Thought he was totally anonymous once more and the game just seemed to pass him by and of the 3 newspapers I have read today his merit marks were 3/10, 3/10, 4/10 so the reporters seemed to be in agreement with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Thought he was totally anonymous once more and the game just seemed to pass him by and of the 3 newspapers I have read today his merit marks were 3/10, 3/10, 4/10 so the reporters seemed to be in agreement with that. I thought he was garbage yesterday. Normally like him Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted October 4, 2015 Share Posted October 4, 2015 Him and Gouffran are close to the 2 weakest players we have and someone there in a midfield 2 together. Even more bizarrely it worked for 45 minutes Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 May seem odd, if you're smarting from the score line/only seen highlights, but I thought Anita was excellent in the first half yesterday, and continued working/kept his head-up in the second. I was near the back of the away section (way up high) which gave a great view of the shape and who was doing what off the ball. Really impressed by how much work he did closing down and supporting defence: left and right. Really covered the distance and put in some crunching tackles. Credit where it is due; well played the lad. Seems very odd as he was utter gash. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Him and Gouffran are close to the 2 weakest players we have and someone there in a midfield 2 together. Even more bizarrely it worked for 45 minutes it's not that bizarre, we've had players who clock out after 45 minutes since Pardew was here. Collectively they just don't care enough and that's down to the recruitment policy mostly, but the manager has to take some responsibility eventually. It's what he's paid for. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Oh it's not bizarre it fell apart, it's the fact we weren't pummeled from the first minute thay surprised me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 May seem odd, if you're smarting from the score line/only seen highlights, but I thought Anita was excellent in the first half yesterday, and continued working/kept his head-up in the second. I was near the back of the away section (way up high) which gave a great view of the shape and who was doing what off the ball. Really impressed by how much work he did closing down and supporting defence: left and right. Really covered the distance and put in some crunching tackles. Credit where it is due; well played the lad. Seems very odd as he was utter gash. He was fine first half, man. It's tough doing the job of two people as Gouffran happens to be miles worse than even his regular ginger partner in crime. I don't recall The Gouff even touching the ball the entire fucking game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 May seem odd, if you're smarting from the score line/only seen highlights, but I thought Anita was excellent in the first half yesterday, and continued working/kept his head-up in the second. I was near the back of the away section (way up high) which gave a great view of the shape and who was doing what off the ball. Really impressed by how much work he did closing down and supporting defence: left and right. Really covered the distance and put in some crunching tackles. Credit where it is due; well played the lad. Seems very odd as he was utter gash. He was fine first half, man. It's tough doing the job of two people as Gouffran happens to be miles worse than even his regular ginger partner in crime. I don't recall The Gouff even touching the ball the entire f***ing game. Christ, here we go again, this old chestnut comes out every time. always someone else's fault. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 May seem odd, if you're smarting from the score line/only seen highlights, but I thought Anita was excellent in the first half yesterday, and continued working/kept his head-up in the second. I was near the back of the away section (way up high) which gave a great view of the shape and who was doing what off the ball. Really impressed by how much work he did closing down and supporting defence: left and right. Really covered the distance and put in some crunching tackles. Credit where it is due; well played the lad. Seems very odd as he was utter gash. He was fine first half, man. It's tough doing the job of two people as Gouffran happens to be miles worse than even his regular ginger partner in crime. I don't recall The Gouff even touching the ball the entire f***ing game. Christ, here we go again, this old chestnut comes out every time. always someone else's fault. Hold onto your own chestnuts, Caitlyn. Just saying Anita had a decent first half where he was shoring up Gouffran's invisibility. He was just as gash as everyone else in the second half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Yep he did. He just seems to bring the Pardew out in people. All we are waiting for now is the Notting Hill Carnival and Science to be blamed for the full house. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 Yep he did. He just seems to bring the Pardew out in people. All we are waiting for now is the Notting Hill Carnival and Science to be blamed for the full house. He's definitely one that splits the old opinion right down the middle. Refreshing from the usual "he's fucking shite" reaction most of our players elicit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 He's been far too anonymous for most of his time here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted October 5, 2015 Share Posted October 5, 2015 May seem odd, if you're smarting from the score line/only seen highlights, but I thought Anita was excellent in the first half yesterday, and continued working/kept his head-up in the second. I was near the back of the away section (way up high) which gave a great view of the shape and who was doing what off the ball. Really impressed by how much work he did closing down and supporting defence: left and right. Really covered the distance and put in some crunching tackles. Credit where it is due; well played the lad. Seems very odd as he was utter gash. He was fine first half, man. It's tough doing the job of two people as Gouffran happens to be miles worse than even his regular ginger partner in crime. I don't recall The Gouff even touching the ball the entire f***ing game. Christ, here we go again, this old chestnut comes out every time. always someone else's fault. They said the same thing about Colo for a long time. B.b..but other people. It took Colo to say he wanted to go back to San Lorenzo for most to wake up and small the shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted October 6, 2015 Share Posted October 6, 2015 Hold onto your own chestnuts, Caitlyn. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thenige Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Just don't think there's a single thing he does well. About half a dozen errors in the first fifteen minutes. We need two CM's in the next transfer window. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I like him but he was crap today. He's never going to look good when have 30% possession. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Just don't think there's a single thing he does well. About half a dozen errors in the first fifteen minutes. We need two CM's in the next transfer window. nothing highlighted this point more than today, even if we have to fucking loan 2 athletic CM's then we need to do it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 He's like a tiny 16 yearold who's getting thrown in because we have no one else. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
George Bailey Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 Utterly anonymous and bobbins today... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted November 7, 2015 Share Posted November 7, 2015 I've never seen three midfielders who compliment each other less than Colback, Tiote and Anita. Only a complete pillock would keep putting them in the same side. Over to you Steve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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