Darth Crooks Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 This cant detract from the abysmal season he's been liable to have largely put us through. I hope this game is part of the sharp learning curve he needs to take many lessons from going into next season. (massiveassumptionwearesafe) His biggest downfall is his stubborn attitude. Yet again we have had to learn the hard way by waiting near a whole season to play proper football just because he was so damn sure his negative tripe would grind out results like last year when we got super lucky most games. No different starting Ben Arfa, Santon and Marveaux. Desperately needs to stop trying to save face when its blatant he is wrong. Can't fault his passion though. I've got the same passion he has as have all That's not a criticism btw. I agree with what you've just said and its good to see; he got almost everything right today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bish Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 made the changes needed to get the win as for Shola sub, who else was there who could get a goal? Shola for Gouffran??? Shola who didn't do too badly really. It was still a bad sub though, considering Gouffran isn't playing mid-week and still looked like he had plenty of energy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Have we played a lesser amount of long balls in a game this season? Not saying we didn't, but for the most part our attacks came on the ground and it was fun to watch and very effective in generating chances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 The only criticism is the Shola sub because we definitely tried launching it to him a few times before we reverted to passing it on the ground. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Why couldn't we play the first half like the second? Crowd really helped in the second half, we were pushing them way back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 He's still shit, regardless of the win Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Are we really that unfit? We won 3 games in injury time over the last month or so. Winning matches right at the end and fitness levels very closely related imo. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnes23 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Credit to Pardew to set the team up finally to attack , tbh his 4-4-2 setups are has far more pattern in its play. We should revert back to it if its the type of football he plays. Still a below average manager Beautiful scenes after the goal. Deserves kudos for actually setting us up properly for the second game in a row. Maybe he might convince himself we can win playing proper football instead of negative grind. Wasn't convinced by the subs at all, if anything they nearly cost us the game. Nice to see Adam get a run out. More of the same please Alan. The way you're going on we played some scintillating stuff at times which we certainly didn't. We got the three points which at this stage of the season is very much needed but don't try and gloss over the fact it we weren't exactly brilliant today. I agree. Improved performance from the turgid stuff we've seen all year but it had to be. Still no real urgency until the end of the game and limited showing in terms of attacking play (lack of movement/not enough players going forward and supporting play still being our most obvious weaknesses). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 He's still shit, regardless of the win Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dyeyzzon Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 "Alan Pardew celebration" on Dailymotion. 36k views already Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 One dodgy change (Shola) that turned out ok in hindsight, one good positive sub. We were obviously flagging the last 20 minutes but we kept at them and looked solid enough. Can't complain at all with 4 first teamers out and losing Santon early. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 One dodgy change (Shola) that turned out ok in hindsight, one good positive sub. We were obviously flagging the last 20 minutes but we kept at them and looked solid enough. Can't complain at all with 4 first teamers out and losing Santon early. Shows to a certain degree that this injuries stuff is smoke and mirrors. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 You can't knock Pardew's passion for football. Really enjoyed him jumping into the crowd Today was a more attacking minded approach than usual from him mind which was refreshing to see. Yes, we struggled to convert our chances but we kept going and going. If only we played like this every week... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 I'm so relieved he realised the necessity to win this game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 We needed a win, and we got it. Really positive changes with what little we had. Can't really complain today - get us through the EL now please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toontownman Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Performances will only grow in confidence and get more fluid. IF we still to playing like football should be played. Hardly a surprise we looked rusty considering it has been so long playing negatively and hoofing. Still so much to work on though. Set pieces might be a start. Also hard to determine whether it was a very sub par Fulham performance or if we really did control the game through intent. We certainly wanted it more than normal today. We looked good against Benfica in the first half because they didnt close us down. The likes of Sissoko, Guti and Marv were actually creating and running through players today in spite of opposition closing down which was good to see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 "Alan Pardew celebration" on Dailymotion. 36k views already Amazing, thank you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 I'm so relieved he realised the necessity to win this game. Yup, and you can tell by his celebration, which although probably a bit deliberately OTT, that it was a really vital win as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 One dodgy change (Shola) that turned out ok in hindsight, one good positive sub. We were obviously flagging the last 20 minutes but we kept at them and looked solid enough. Can't complain at all with 4 first teamers out and losing Santon early. Shows to a certain degree that this injuries stuff is smoke and mirrors. Yeah, setting up with a positive mindset (we had to win really so he was forced into it) and we look decent and were unlucky not to score at least another. A couple of additions with the continuation of that mindset and we could be a real force. We can only hope he sees this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JJ7 Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Lucky boy Pardew today. It was pretty poor again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 I'm just glad he finally put out a starting 11 without two defensive midfielders for once. Although the fact it took him this long is hardly a ringing endorsement. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Five o Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Lucky boy Pardew today. It was pretty poor again. Poor, unlucky your choice. Tbf to Pardew, did not do much wrong today, we could simply not score until 93 min. I do not like Pardew as a manager, but today i will not criticize him. Maybe just for the Shola sub, just a little bit for that yeah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 What team does he put out for Benfica now? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 Played okay today IMO, another day it would have been far more comfortable. Went for the win and eventually got it, and we were deserved winners too. Loved that reaction like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted April 7, 2013 Share Posted April 7, 2013 What team does he put out for Benfica now? If we'd not won today I think he'd have been justified in making wholesale changes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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