Unbelievable Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Man Utd, Man City, Arsenal, Spurs all regularly play 2 games a week and their match preparation is still consistent. Probably because they have a style of play they've all been trained to play in the first place and concern themselves more with asserting their superiority on teams and not countering the strengths of other teams. Aye, the obvious difference in quality and quantity between their squads and ours has nothing to do with it.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Man Utd, Man City, Arsenal, Spurs all regularly play 2 games a week and their match preparation is still consistent. Probably because they have a style of play they've all been trained to play in the first place and concern themselves more with asserting their superiority on teams and not countering the strengths of other teams. Aye, the obvious difference in quality and quantity between their squads and ours has nothing to do with it.. Odd that was overlooked.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiLvOR Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 The point that we're far too focussed on stopping other teams as opposed to going out and playing our own game still stands though.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 The point that we're far too focussed on stopping other teams as opposed to going out and playing our own game still stands though.. It's a related point though - it's far easier to impose your style on an opponent when you have far more/better players than they do. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 This 'we didn't use Europe as an excuse for bad results in the past' isn't entirely true either. Bobby did. Granted shepherd wouldn't move the games back 24 hours in order to get the sky £ (we had expected champs league) but the excuse was trotted out regularly all the same. Bobby wasn't moaning about Europe, he was moaning about playing wolves on the Saturday morning, less then 48 hours after playing Basle on the Thursday. Bobby wanted the game played on Sunday, not Saturday lunch time. Edit, we drew with Wolves on Saturday lunch time 1-1, after playing on Thursday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 The point that we're far too focussed on stopping other teams as opposed to going out and playing our own game still stands though.. It's a related point though - it's far easier to impose your style on an opponent when you have far more/better players than they do. It's an excuse. They still have the same amount of time as us to prepare for each match. Having a better squad doesn't magically gift them more time to prepare. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 The point that we're far too focussed on stopping other teams as opposed to going out and playing our own game still stands though.. It's a related point though - it's far easier to impose your style on an opponent when you have far more/better players than they do. It's an excuse. They still have the same amount of time as us to prepare for each match. Having a better squad doesn't magically gift them more time to prepare. It is an excuse, but a valid one IMO. There's a reason the teams playing in Europe regularly have far bigger squads. Bit of a vicious circle for teams like us though - you need the money from Europe to afford more/better players, and you need those players to do well in Europe - increase your squad size and cost to compete well in Europe then don't qualify and you're fucked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 The point that we're far too focussed on stopping other teams as opposed to going out and playing our own game still stands though.. It's a related point though - it's far easier to impose your style on an opponent when you have far more/better players than they do. It's an excuse. They still have the same amount of time as us to prepare for each match. Having a better squad doesn't magically gift them more time to prepare. It is an excuse, but a valid one IMO. There's a reason the teams playing in Europe regularly have far bigger squads. Bit of a vicious circle for teams like us though - you need the money from Europe to afford more/better players, and you need those players to do well in Europe - increase your squad size and cost to compete well in Europe then don't qualify and you're fucked. I don't disagree that the squad isn't equipped to handle as many games. However I also find Pardew has shown his limitations this season as a manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Pardew said he was happy with the squad. Can't keep changing your mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sicko2ndbest Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Well done AP Tough decision 2nd half Keep going for it Soak up Please choose option 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Well done AP Tough decision 2nd half Keep going for it Soak up Please choose option 1 I'd say go for the 3rd goal. Then shut it up. Then do the Mourinho celebration in front of the Sir Alex Ferguson stand. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Go for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Well done AP Tough decision 2nd half Keep going for it Soak up Please choose option 1 Keep going for it. never sit back against man Utd, Never. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Just keep playing like we have. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Keep going for it! We'll lose if we don't keep going. Happy with Pard's positive approach, sooo far.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovejoy Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 This 'we didn't use Europe as an excuse for bad results in the past' isn't entirely true either. Bobby did. Granted shepherd wouldn't move the games back 24 hours in order to get the sky £ (we had expected champs league) but the excuse was trotted out regularly all the same. Bobby wanted the game played on Sunday, not Saturday lunch time. Edit, we drew with Wolves on Saturday lunch time 1-1, after playing on Thursday. That was one example, yeah, there were plenty others, hence shepherd piped up. The wolves result also brought many moans and groans iirc, was a poor result at time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Hopefully now Pardew has enough faith in his players ability to go out and give teams something to think about going forward, rather than sitting back defending clean sheets. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ishmael Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I think he got lucky with Jonas getting injured. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Not seen the match, but not heard anything but plaudits from how we played today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Thumbs up from me Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Can't criticise him today, keep the team passing and attacking and the results will come. 4-3-3 all the way for me and Marveaux needs to stay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 No more negatives here please, tons of shits outside already Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Bringing Sammy on was an absolutely batshit decision but you can't blame him for having to play Williamson every week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Finally made every right decision there was to be made. Hopefully we don't see Jonas running into the team anytime soon. With Ben Arfa and Cabaye and Tiote this team can only get much better. Very good performance. Rightback and central defender needs to be bought fastly though even if Danny and Willo weren't bad today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Sammy hit the post, like, so that's harsh. Taking both strikers off was weird though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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