Jill Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Even though it's over I still keep expecting to refresh the thread and see 2-2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Chelsea are going to poop on our faces. I can see us playing the game we should have played today against Chelsea, when we're expected to lose we're like a cornered rabid dog going for the jugular, the irony being if we play like that in all our games we wouldn't be in this mess. We only fear the shit teams cuz we know what will happen if we lose against them. Thoroughly expect a sterling performance against them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 It was Jonas who made that block about 5 minutes from the end, wasn't it? Twitter seems to think it was MYM. That's right it was Jonas. Depends what you're talking about. Gutierrez blocked the first shot, Yanga-Mbiwa got the last ditch tackle in to stop the second shot. My thoughts on the match. Good first half, then the usual, poor refereeing decisions and Pardew doing his best to help Villa almost fucked us again. Very good result, but again I'm left worried if we can beat anyone else with Pardew sabotaging every match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Villa drop into relegation spot on goal difference, with Reading 1 point behind them with a game in hand. Excellent. Reading's game in hand is Chelsea tomorrow night, not exactly a game in hand. QPR won away at Chelsea you muppet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Thank f*** Awful, awful, awful second half tactics probably the same as the first but they never responded from the whistle in the second half. the players never responded to the higher pressure and tempo. Probably the same? Or looking at all of our other performances under Pardew, were they probably different? Given that we almost always concede initiative if we're winning. looking at today we didn't have the ball enough to see if we'd changed tactics. one thing for definite, cabaye and sissoko had nowhere near the movement looking for the ball and working in the second half, or was that pardews tactic, stand still 35yds out and don't even trail back ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Nah that was classic turning up to side out of form and finding them hit their stride in second half. Chelsea will turn up expecting to waltz over us and we may lose but we may fluke a goal. We shouldn't feel as much pressure and with St James behind us...still reckon we'll lose but think it'll oddly be an easier game than this one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Golfmag Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Can't ever remember the team EVER celebrating a victory like that. Incredible. And I don't ever seen a more tired team. They sweated blood tonight. Helped by a lot of time wasting btw. Second half was torture to watch, even live. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 No excuses for tonights performance. Just give over with that shit. We've seen it so many times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Villa drop into relegation spot on goal difference, with Reading 1 point behind them with a game in hand. Excellent. Reading's game in hand is Chelsea tomorrow night, not exactly a game in hand. chelsea's home forms gone to bits Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCormick Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 That second half, man. Relieved for the win but the capitulation after conceding a goal is a massive worry. We had eleven men on the field ffs ; yes Villa were fired up but surely with the players we have we could have hit them on the counter as they were committing loads of players forward. Instead we have every player in a black and white shirt scramble around in our half, sit deep, receive the ball, proceed to launch it forward to no-one, rinse and re-fucking-peat. We were treating the ball like a grenade ffs, it was tactical suicide and we're lucky not to be walking away with less points than 3. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Healthier things i could have done tonight: Stuck 500g of heroin up me arse while bathing in acid eating a deep fried kebab pizza smoking anthrax. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Pedro_de_geordieo Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 It feels good to put villa in to the relegation zone Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Thank f*** Awful, awful, awful second half tactics probably the same as the first but they never responded from the whistle in the second half. the players never responded to the higher pressure and tempo. Probably the same? Or looking at all of our other performances under Pardew, were they probably different? Given that we almost always concede initiative if we're winning. looking at today we didn't have the ball enough to see if we'd changed tactics. one thing for definite, cabaye and sissoko had nowhere near the movement looking for the ball and working in the second half, or was that pardews tactic, stand still 35yds out and don't even trail back ? Our holding players failed to control the tempo of the game, Cabaye in particular, just got away from them. They needed to be the ones to slow it down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Krul 9 Debuchy 5 Coloccini 7 Saylor 4 Santon 6 Sissoko 8 Cabaye 6 Perch. 6 Gouffran. 7 Jonas 1 Cisse 6 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Thank f*** Awful, awful, awful second half tactics probably the same as the first but they never responded from the whistle in the second half. the players never responded to the higher pressure and tempo. Probably the same? Or looking at all of our other performances under Pardew, were they probably different? Given that we almost always concede initiative if we're winning. looking at today we didn't have the ball enough to see if we'd changed tactics. one thing for definite, cabaye and sissoko had nowhere near the movement looking for the ball and working in the second half, or was that pardews tactic, stand still 35yds out and don't even trail back ? I think this is a point that needs to be understood. Obviously Pardew didn't manage to shore things up at all, but the game fragmented and turned into a situation where almost no gameplan was going to be implementable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Shitty mess in the end but I'll take the three points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Still shaking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmymag Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Really really worried about this squad. We are mentally extremely weak, we inevitably crumble at the first hint of trouble no matter how shit is our opponent. Squad with no balls=relegation. Pardew is an idiot, but these players have no bollocks. Fuck this shit, hating football again. They say a team reflects the manager, and Pardew is a clueless coward in footballing terms. Bringing Shola on, and moving Cisse to the wing so that he could revert to his favourite hoofball tactic just underlined the point. Our squad is now far too good for Pardew, and will never get anywhere near their potential with him as manager. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dinotheprehistoricgeordie Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Chelsea are going to poop on our faces. I can see us playing the game we should have played today against Chelsea, when we're expected to lose we're like a cornered rabid dog going for the jugular, the irony being if we play like that in all our games we wouldn't be in this mess. We only fear the shit teams cuz we know what will happen if we lose against them. Thoroughly expect a sterling performance against them. When have we turned it on this season? I'm feeling surprisingly down beat after our first away victory. Wish those two halves had been reversed, we'd all be buzzing right now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Shitty mess in the end but I'll take the three points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Klizsch Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Thank f*** Awful, awful, awful second half tactics probably the same as the first but they never responded from the whistle in the second half. the players never responded to the higher pressure and tempo. Probably the same? Or looking at all of our other performances under Pardew, were they probably different? Given that we almost always concede initiative if we're winning. looking at today we didn't have the ball enough to see if we'd changed tactics. one thing for definite, cabaye and sissoko had nowhere near the movement looking for the ball and working in the second half, or was that pardews tactic, stand still 35yds out and don't even trail back ? Our holding players failed to control the tempo of the game, Cabaye in particular, just got away from them. They needed to be the ones to slow it down. Nonsense, team went right into hoof-mode. So apparent, Krul gets ball and team instantly moves up. Team is drilled to respond to pressure with long balls. Half a season of games to support this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Thank f*** Awful, awful, awful second half tactics probably the same as the first but they never responded from the whistle in the second half. the players never responded to the higher pressure and tempo. Probably the same? Or looking at all of our other performances under Pardew, were they probably different? Given that we almost always concede initiative if we're winning. looking at today we didn't have the ball enough to see if we'd changed tactics. one thing for definite, cabaye and sissoko had nowhere near the movement looking for the ball and working in the second half, or was that pardews tactic, stand still 35yds out and don't even trail back ? I think this is a point that needs to be understood. Obviously Pardew didn't manage to shore things up at all, but the game fragmented and turned into a situation where almost no gameplan was going to be implementable. If you remove Gutierrez from the pitch at some point that could have gone a long way to sorting things out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheGuv Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 That win really showed what kind of manager Pards is. Those subs too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BONTEMPI Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Why does this feel like a loss? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tachikoma Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 Why does this feel like a loss? Most of you will wake up tomorrow and remember that we won. I have a whole day to be angry at the utter toss that Pardew served up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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