Revolution Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Taking Cisse off was mental considering his confidence boom and natural ability in the box but I'm glad we went and attacked for once, letting the lads play it out without fear of consequences. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I don't think he did much wrong there mind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype 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. Was the right decision imo, putting as much pace on the pitch as possible. Man United weren't coming back to defend at all towards the end. it almost worked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
wormy Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I think no matter what happened we were going to be overrun as Man Utd turned the screw. A bit of energy from Sammy and a target in Shola. Don't blame him for wanting to freshen things up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie 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. We had virtually no control of the ball in their half for last 15 minutes. Cisse should 1 million % stayed on. I don't think it lost us the game but i still think it was a pretty gash decision. Relieved to see him put more faith in the players, though. He'll have a job on picking the lads up after this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo 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. Was the right decision imo, putting as much pace on the pitch as possible. Man United weren't coming back to defend at all towards the end. it almost worked. I thought so too, and we needed fresh legs to do the running. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtype 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. We had virtually no control of the ball in their half for last 15 minutes. Cisse should 1 million % stayed on. I don't think it lost us the game but i still think it was a pretty gash decision. Relieved to see him put more faith in the players, though. He'll have a job on picking the lads up after this. Having Cisse there wouldn't help us keep control of the ball at all. The plan was to invite them into our half and hit them on the counter with Sammy/Obertan/Marveaux, worked perfectly multiple times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I know it's crushing to lose like that but the positives we should take from that performance should push us on to have a far better 2nd half of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I cannot agree with Shola Ameobi being the only striker left on the pitch like, Cisse should have stayed on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpal78 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. Was the right decision imo, putting as much pace on the pitch as possible. Man United weren't coming back to defend at all towards the end. it almost worked. I thought so too, and we needed fresh legs to do the running. Except that Sammy did everything but run. There was that break towards the end when Sammy had the ball with a 3 on 3 and all he did was jog like a tortoise. I just don't get Sammy, he plays with the same lethargic style as Shola minus putting himself about that at least Shola tries to Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie 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. We had virtually no control of the ball in their half for last 15 minutes. Cisse should 1 million % stayed on. I don't think it lost us the game but i still think it was a pretty gash decision. Relieved to see him put more faith in the players, though. He'll have a job on picking the lads up after this. Having Cisse there wouldn't help us keep control of the ball at all. The plan was to invite them into our half and hit them on the counter with Sammy/Obertan/Marveaux, worked perfectly multiple times. Cisse traps the ball better than anyone in the team. I'd argue that his close control is the best in the side, too. We spent most of that last twenty minutes just bouncing the ball back to the opposition. The Obertan substitution was a good one and gave us the pace we needed; with Marveaux still on the pitch too. I don't want to lay into Pardew cos there's not a lot he could have done with that. I just think the constant subbing of Cisse is bloody infuriating. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JS Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 We've been absolutely shite at shutting up shop this season and parts of last, It was great to finally see us have a proper go at a team away from home and not revert to deep defending and ball hoofing whenever we went one up. Hope AP can keep up the same mentality for Arsenal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Was brave today. Needs to be brave in January and demand 2 defenders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Taking off our two best forwards was pathetic. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Seriously, he's got an absolutely mammoth job preparing the lads for that Arsenal game. All things included; the crushing victory and the injury to Anita - i can't see how that is going to do anything but absolutely crush morale. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I just hope today's loss doesn't discourage him from playing the same way. This is how we will get ourselves out of trouble. Not every team has sold their souls to the devil like Man Utd for jammy luck like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JS Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Taking off our two best forwards was pathetic. I agree the Cisse one is a little weird, but if he had kept them both on and they did nowt for the rest of the game you can guarantee that people would have complained about not bringing fresh strikers on. Sometimes you just can't win Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Seriously, he's got an absolutely mammoth job preparing the lads for that Arsenal game. All things included; the crushing victory and the injury to Anita - i can't see how that is going to do anything but absolutely crush morale. I wouldn't say that at all. In my experience valiant defeats can be pretty good for morale in the medium-term, especially if you can point to specific things you did really well. I would hope that the players would now believe they have more chance of getting something from Arsenal, not less. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Seriously, he's got an absolutely mammoth job preparing the lads for that Arsenal game. All things included; the crushing victory and the injury to Anita - i can't see how that is going to do anything but absolutely crush morale. You would hope that we can take positives into the Arsenal match from today but it'll be tough, it hardly helps that the cheating fuckers have had a massive rest either, where as we've just put in our most energetic performance of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Seriously, he's got an absolutely mammoth job preparing the lads for that Arsenal game. All things included; the crushing victory and the injury to Anita - i can't see how that is going to do anything but absolutely crush morale. I wouldn't say that at all. In my experience valiant defeats can be pretty good for morale in the medium-term, especially if you can point to specific things you did really well. I would hope that the players would now believe they have more chance of getting something from Arsenal, not less. They went to the absolute infinite degree and still got nowt, because certain players aren't good enough. I see your point and i hope you're right, but i wouldn't begrudge the lads feeling sorry for themselves after that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 I just hope today's loss doesn't discourage him from playing the same way. This is how we will get ourselves out of trouble. Not every team has sold their souls to the devil like Man Utd for jammy luck like that. If it does he's a nut case, like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Better today, deserves more from the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Seriously, he's got an absolutely mammoth job preparing the lads for that Arsenal game. All things included; the crushing victory and the injury to Anita - i can't see how that is going to do anything but absolutely crush morale. I wouldn't say that at all. In my experience valiant defeats can be pretty good for morale in the medium-term, especially if you can point to specific things you did really well. I would hope that the players would now believe they have more chance of getting something from Arsenal, not less. They went to the absolute infinite degree and still got nowt, because certain players aren't good enough. I see your point and i hope you're right, but i wouldn't begrudge the lads feeling sorry for themselves after that. http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ma3xc4uVYO1r3l66z.gif Seriously. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 Seriously, he's got an absolutely mammoth job preparing the lads for that Arsenal game. All things included; the crushing victory and the injury to Anita - i can't see how that is going to do anything but absolutely crush morale. I wouldn't say that at all. In my experience valiant defeats can be pretty good for morale in the medium-term, especially if you can point to specific things you did really well. I would hope that the players would now believe they have more chance of getting something from Arsenal, not less. Agree, but i might add. If he just tells the squad that Simpson and Williamson have been sent on loan to Gateshead, that might help a bit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted December 26, 2012 Share Posted December 26, 2012 A point today wouldn't have made a huge difference to our league standing so hopefully people aren't too negative because i thought we were brilliant today considering how poor we have been this season. Unfortunately we crumbled under the Man Utd pressure as so many others have done. I disagree with the "man u were crap anyone else would have beaten them" as we put them under so much pressure with our closing down and the system we were using was excellent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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