Ashley17 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 We've won and that's all that matters. Don't blame Pardew for not "going for it" as he was probably trying to save injuries, which worked out a treat... Good passing and movement though at times, much needed. Marveaux & Anita the star men for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I thought we were very good tonight, tbh - manager included. The game was won at half-time, we didn't need to go full pelt in the second half. We were more conservative but still created plenty of chances and passed the ball well. We picked up more injuries and have another away game in midweek; not going to criticise us for being more patient in the second half. We never looked like conceding imo so it's all gravy. There's just no way i'm going to lay into the lads tonight. Don't give a fuck if the opposition had ten men, we absolutely dominated the match from start to finish and there was a marked improvement from the past few games. I'm happy, but the overriding emotion is relief because after Stoke i didn't know where a win was going to come from. We won the midfield battle and had a semblance of an attacking gameplan, with fluidity, quick passing and movement. It was more like the us of last year and definitely the best performance of this season so far. Basically the way we played was the antithesis of what we've seen for most of the season so far. Gerrin. Onwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Great first half, misfiring second as would be predicted, abysmal refereeing. Ba and Anita superb, Cisse very good, Ferguson needs to learn how to defend. Absolutely massive 3 points, get the fuck in. My only worry is players going off with seemingly innocuos injuries, poor conditioning? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 So good! Loved the atmosphere. First half was really good, start of the second we seemed content to just sit back. After a bit we started going for their throat again a bit more and it was quality again. Encouraging signs. Bigirimana was excellent, lots of running and a cracking goal. We were behind the goal, got an amazing view of it. Feel really sorry for Cisse, he was running everywhere working his socks off but it just never really fell for him. Ba in comparison was a bit lazier but things came off for him (not that Ba was lazy, just didn't seem to be killing himself as much as Papiss was). No doubt that the goals will flow for him again, even if he did cut a really frustrated figure by the end. Shame Hatem wasn't playing, he would have had a field day. HBA-lite (Marveaux) looked awesome, skinning people time and again. Encouraging, will be a real asset if he can stay fit. Fergie was good too when he came on, embarrassed the fullback at the end. Williamson was shit, like embarrassingly shit at times. Just really basic mistakes. Ref was awful. Booking Sammy after he'd been on for about 2 minutes, straight after a Wigan player got away with a worse foul on him? Mental. All in all, loved it. Can't wait to go again. Shit, this was an awesome night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 It had nothing to do with the formation /Madras Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Chris P Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Time for a Biggi thread. haven't seen a goal like that since Beardsley. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Back from the match.......... Atmosphere was class (if a slightly smaller crowd than usual) and the crowd really got behind the team. Team got the crowd going too having started well but there was a really good vibe, like the players and fans were fairly in sync. Thankfully there weren't any of the boo brigade around me in the Gallowgate. I would've taken 3 points anyway but that was positive and something to build on. Pardew deserves credit for changing things. Marveaux gives us another great option. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I thought we were very good tonight, tbh - manager included. The game was won at half-time, we didn't need to go full pelt in the second half. We were more conservative but still created plenty of chances and passed the ball well. We picked up more injuries and have another away game in midweek; not going to criticise us for being more patient in the second half. We never looked like conceding imo so it's all gravy. There's just no way i'm going to lay into the lads tonight. Don't give a fuck if the opposition had ten men, we absolutely dominated the match from start to finish and there was a marked improvement from the past few games. I'm happy, but the overriding emotion is relief because after Stoke i didn't know where a win was going to come from. We won the midfield battle and had a semblance of an attacking gameplan, with fluidity, quick passing and movement. It was more like the us of last year and definitely the best performance of this season so far. Basically the way we played was the antithesis of what we've seen for most of the season so far. Gerrin. Onwards. I just hope to Christ that isn't Pardew or Ashley's view of the game. We still have a lot of work to do and changes to make. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Penalties and debatable red cards aside, it was just nice to see run out comfortable winners and deserve the 3 points. Should do us the world of good. Team celebrations after goals too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 It had nothing to do with the formation /Madras It'll be to do with the style of play, completely ignoring that when we play 4-3-3 we generally have a much more fluid passing style than in 4-4-2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 My uncle at half time was wanting us to go 442 at HT. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 My uncle at half time was wanting us to go 442. Should be the next driver of the deathbus tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I thought we were very good tonight, tbh - manager included. The game was won at half-time, we didn't need to go full pelt in the second half. We were more conservative but still created plenty of chances and passed the ball well. We picked up more injuries and have another away game in midweek; not going to criticise us for being more patient in the second half. We never looked like conceding imo so it's all gravy. There's just no way i'm going to lay into the lads tonight. Don't give a fuck if the opposition had ten men, we absolutely dominated the match from start to finish and there was a marked improvement from the past few games. I'm happy, but the overriding emotion is relief because after Stoke i didn't know where a win was going to come from. We won the midfield battle and had a semblance of an attacking gameplan, with fluidity, quick passing and movement. It was more like the us of last year and definitely the best performance of this season so far. Basically the way we played was the antithesis of what we've seen for most of the season so far. Gerrin. Onwards. I just hope to Christ that isn't Pardew or Ashley's view of the game. We still have a lot of work to do and changes to make. Undoubtedly, it wasn't the finished article. But we were comfortable and never in danger of coming away with anything less than three points. I've no idea what you can disprove in that original post? Better formation? Yes. Better passing? Yes. Better mentality? Yes. Won the midfield? Yes General improvement? Yes. Deserved the win? Yes. They've been fucking shit recently but give the team and manager some credit, because we absolutely pissed that match and it's great to see. As far as "just get a win, please"-type games go, that was pretty fucking formidable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 My uncle at half time was wanting us to go 442 at HT. Did you punch him on the trumpet ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I thought we were very good tonight, tbh - manager included. The game was won at half-time, we didn't need to go full pelt in the second half. We were more conservative but still created plenty of chances and passed the ball well. We picked up more injuries and have another away game in midweek; not going to criticise us for being more patient in the second half. We never looked like conceding imo so it's all gravy. There's just no way i'm going to lay into the lads tonight. Don't give a fuck if the opposition had ten men, we absolutely dominated the match from start to finish and there was a marked improvement from the past few games. I'm happy, but the overriding emotion is relief because after Stoke i didn't know where a win was going to come from. We won the midfield battle and had a semblance of an attacking gameplan, with fluidity, quick passing and movement. It was more like the us of last year and definitely the best performance of this season so far. Basically the way we played was the antithesis of what we've seen for most of the season so far. Gerrin. Onwards. I just hope to Christ that isn't Pardew or Ashley's view of the game. We still have a lot of work to do and changes to make. Undoubtedly, it wasn't the finished article. But we were comfortable and never in danger of coming away with anything less than three points. I've no idea what you can disprove in that original post? Better formation? Yes. Better passing? Yes. Better mentality? Yes. Won the midfield? Yes General improvement? Yes. Deserved the win? Yes. They've been fucking shit recently but give the team and manager some credit, because we absolutely pissed that match and it's great to see. As far as "just get a win, please"-type games go, that was pretty fucking formidable. Got to do similar v Fulham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 My uncle at half time was wanting us to go 442 at HT. was he still your uncle at full time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Would have been 10 times colder tonight had we lost Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 I thought we were very good tonight, tbh - manager included. The game was won at half-time, we didn't need to go full pelt in the second half. We were more conservative but still created plenty of chances and passed the ball well. We picked up more injuries and have another away game in midweek; not going to criticise us for being more patient in the second half. We never looked like conceding imo so it's all gravy. There's just no way i'm going to lay into the lads tonight. Don't give a fuck if the opposition had ten men, we absolutely dominated the match from start to finish and there was a marked improvement from the past few games. I'm happy, but the overriding emotion is relief because after Stoke i didn't know where a win was going to come from. We won the midfield battle and had a semblance of an attacking gameplan, with fluidity, quick passing and movement. It was more like the us of last year and definitely the best performance of this season so far. Basically the way we played was the antithesis of what we've seen for most of the season so far. Gerrin. Onwards. I just hope to Christ that isn't Pardew or Ashley's view of the game. We still have a lot of work to do and changes to make. Undoubtedly, it wasn't the finished article. But we were comfortable and never in danger of coming away with anything less than three points. I've no idea what you can disprove in that original post? Better formation? Yes. Better passing? Yes. Better mentality? Yes. Won the midfield? Yes General improvement? Yes. Deserved the win? Yes. They've been fucking shit recently but give the team and manager some credit, because we absolutely pissed that match and it's great to see. As far as "just get a win, please"-type games go, that was pretty fucking formidable. Got to do similar v Fulham. Without a doubt. Today's a great foundation for the rest of the month, but we need at least a point against Fulham cos the fixtures don't get any easier over Christmas. The performance (from players and manager) is clearly in there, we need to see it with some consistency now. There's been an incremental improvement from the abysmally bad Southampton, to the unfortunate Stoke game, to the comfort of tonight... need to keep it up at Craven Cottage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Liking Yorkie's positivity, lets hope the players are feeling the same after that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 just me thinking their passing was far superior to ours, as was their movement and (echo from their game down the road) had they stayed at 11 men were more likely to win ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Definitely played the ball on the floor a lot more tonight, hopefully we'll continue with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 My uncle at half time was wanting us to go 442 at HT. what did you say to your uncle at half-time when he said at half-time we should go 4-4-2 at half-time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 My uncle at half time was wanting us to go 442 at HT. what did you say to your uncle at half-time when he said at half-time we should go 4-4-2 at half-time? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 just me thinking their passing was far superior to ours, as was their movement and (echo from their game down the road) had they stayed at 11 men were more likely to win ? Agreed. Was alarming how little it looked like we had an extra man for long periods. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 just me thinking their passing was far superior to ours, as was their movement and (echo from their game down the road) had they stayed at 11 men were more likely to win ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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