Yorkie 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 ? No, your view is realistic. Against Stoke, none of the front six were comfortable on the ball. Tonight, we had one - Marveaux. That's still not enough. Just don't agree with that at all. Someone's already said; no one had less than 80% pass completion. It wasn't perfect but the passing and movement was much better, from all of the front six. Both our full-backs had good games too, which really helped. A lot of the passing was conservative - backwards or sideways to retain possession rather than open things up. I'm pleased and relieved we won, but we were given far more time and space than is normal in the Premiership, and that's because we were playing at home, against a lower half of the table side, who had 10 men for 75 minutes. A team that were forced into having 10 men by some incisive forward passing from us early in the game. It was conservative in the second half when the match was already won, and we were conserving energy for two pretty epic away trips coming up. We still attacked and scored in the second half, anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 A pleasing night all round. Sure it wasn't perfect but it feels so good to experience a win again. It was such an important win! Really have to build on this now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nufc1892 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 seen a few people mention a great atmosphere, thought it was pretty standard to be honest... Wish someone would sniper all the retards in L7 who sing 'Your support is f***ing s**t' and 'where you park your mini bus' Cringeworthy, childish and makes NUFC fans look like pricks Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jagten Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Vastly improved performance. First time this season I've enjoyed watching us, even if we were unnecessarily, if not predictably, defensive in the second half. Anita was superb along with Marveaux, whilst Jonas really is finished, sadly. More of the same pls, Pardew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 "We just need a win!!" *get a win* "We didn't do it right!" There's just no pleasing some Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20587957 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
womblemaster Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 thought we played like england in second half...conc on ball retention and not much actual attacking threat..... marveaux and bigi, sparkled in parts. overall 5.5...slow improvement Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alberto2005 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Sammy was brilliant according to pardew Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20587957 Really like the Anita comments. All good in general though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JH Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 He seemed a tad defensive, but relieved. Hope we can kick on from here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spudil Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 "We just need a win!!" *get a win* "We didn't do it right!" There's just no pleasing some Who are you referring to? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Krul 6 - not a lot to do. Simpson 7.5 - good going both ways. Williamson 6 - a couple of shaky moments but on the whole OK Colo 6.5 - got done a couple of times by Kone but solid enough Santon 7.5 - great going forward and missed massively when he departed Tiote 6 - tidy enough Anita 8 - best performance to date Jonas 6 - not the best but worked well with Santon Marveaux 7 - playing with a bit of bite, much better Cisse 7 - a constant thorn and worked his socks off Ba 8 - great movement and finishing, top notch SUBS: Ferguson 6 - liability at the back but good going forward Bigi 7.5 - superb, great goal Sameobi 5 - did nowt Pardew 8 - more or less spot on aside from being a little bit defensive in the second but understandable given the need for the 3pts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Just thought I'd say that was much, much better. A performance I didnt expect at all. Hopefully this finally kickstarts our season. I thought Marveaux and Anita in particular were excellent and Bigi's goal was lush. The kid's gonna be a star! Good night Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexthegreat Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Can't recall one Williamson hoof - what a difference that made. I suspect we will see at least a dozen of them v Fulham. They will put pressure on our back 4 in a way that Wigan weren't able to - Krul won't be able to nudge it 5 yards to Williamson, who can then roll it to Anita, who can take as much time as he likes to find a decent pass. However, it is pleasing that this team can play some decent football when theres some decent passes from the back. I really think today showed that another defender who can play football could make a huge difference. Marveaux also showed he can make things happen and he can also see the runs of other players. Having Ba and Cisse up front together looks a lot more workable in a footballing side with Marveaux and Anita behind them. After watching that I think one or two good signings in January and another couple of players finding form and fitness could see our season take off, unfortunately I suspect normal service will be resumed for the time being against Fulham - I just think some of our players won't be able to play that way if they aren't given the time (some because they're not ready yet, some because they can't). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest nufc1892 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Simpson 7.5 - good going both ways. Tulisa said the same thing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 Krul 6 - not a lot to do. Simpson 7.5 - good going both ways. Williamson 6 - a couple of shaky moments but on the whole OK Colo 6.5 - got done a couple of times by Kone but solid enough Santon 7.5 - great going forward and missed massively when he departed Tiote 6 - tidy enough Anita 8 - best performance to date Jonas 6 - not the best but worked well with Santon Marveaux 7 - playing with a bit of bite, much better Cisse 7 - a constant thorn and worked his socks off Ba 8 - great movement and finishing, top notch SUBS: Ferguson 6 - liability at the back but good going forward Bigi 7.5 - superb, great goal Sameobi 5 - did nowt Pardew 8 - more or less spot on aside from being a little bit defensive in the second but understandable given the need for the 3pts. Agreed apart from Jonas who was abysmal tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted December 3, 2012 Share Posted December 3, 2012 People complaining? Fucking idiots. Didn't see a second of that, but couldn't contain myself and punched the air, whilst having dinner with clients. Fuck the details, 3-0 home win and we're onwards and upwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Professional performance, though need to back it up with similar performance level v Fulham. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 People complaining? Fucking idiots. Pathetic attempt again by yourself to have a go at others as usual. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 People complaining? f***ing idiots. Didn't see a second of that, but couldn't contain myself and punched the air, whilst having dinner with clients. f*** the details, 3-0 home win and we're onwards and upwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest icemanblue Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 People complaining? Fucking idiots. Pathetic attempt again by yourself to have a go at others as usual. Nighty nigh't, sad lad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
binnsy Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Krul 6 - not a lot to do. Simpson 7.5 - good going both ways. Williamson 6 - a couple of shaky moments but on the whole OK Colo 6.5 - got done a couple of times by Kone but solid enough Santon 7.5 - great going forward and missed massively when he departed Tiote 6 - tidy enough Anita 8 - best performance to date Jonas 6 - not the best but worked well with Santon Marveaux 7 - playing with a bit of bite, much better Cisse 7 - a constant thorn and worked his socks off Ba 8 - great movement and finishing, top notch SUBS: Ferguson 6 - liability at the back but good going forward Bigi 7.5 - superb, great goal Sameobi 5 - did nowt Pardew 8 - more or less spot on aside from being a little bit defensive in the second but understandable given the need for the 3pts. Agreed apart from Jonas who was abysmal tonight. Would give Tiote more than 6, thought he bossed the middle of the park in the first half and as a result enabled Anita and Marv to get on the ball and create. He makes such a difference to us, even with 10 men when he was missing in the 2nd half they were getting on top at times and keeping possession without creating much. With Cheik in the first half we had a better control of the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Earlier gubbins Agreed apart from Jonas who was abysmal tonight. Would give Tiote more than 6, thought he bossed the middle of the park in the first half and as a result enabled Anita and Marv to get on the ball and create. He makes such a difference to us, even with 10 men when he was missing in the 2nd half they were getting on top at times and keeping possession without creating much. With Cheik in the first half we had a better control of the game. Fair comment although I do think we sat back a little bit but as you say Tiote missing would contribute to that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 Thought Ronnie Stam looked alreet for them He got confused a couple of times about throw-ins like. One of the linesmen was fucking tiny. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted December 4, 2012 Share Posted December 4, 2012 The first half proves tactics and formations aren't as important as some claim when you just keep it simple and short. Worked a treat and we looked as good as we have all season. Second half playing for 2-0 is fairly inexcusable considering the circumstances. Still good enough to limit them completely but we should have had 4 or 5 tonight. :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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