TRon Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 It's not just words though, the training details I've heard and read, Caulkin for example, have mentioned ball retention. Why bother making it a focus if you're not that bothered about it and it goes against what you want to do in the regular season? Great, I look forward to the new attempt at playing passing football this season. My view is though it's one thing talking about it, but another knowing how to implement it. For some managers it comes naturally, like Dario Gradi who was (is?) at Crewe, Martinez and Keegan. Pardew is a long ball man, and when the pressure comes it's what he'll revert to when the heat is on IMO. We'll see. But we have played passing football under Pardew before, it seems logical to suggest he knows how. He didn't revert to long ball when the heat was on last year either. Happy Face posted on here that post-January, there were 14 teams that played more long balls a game than us iirc. I don't dispute that he didn't revert to defensive football though. Yes we have attempted to play passing football at times but the most successful period was when the right players ended up in the same line up and did everything pretty much off the cuff. We tried it again last season but without any forward movement it sunk like a stone. There's nothing from the last two seasons which suggests that Pardew understands that movement is vital to passing otherwise I doubt we'd have seen such a static team during his time here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Just come out of a meeting with Faye Downey? http://i3.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article5116540.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/14-5116540.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Just come out of a meeting with Faye Downey? http://i3.chroniclelive.co.uk/incoming/article5116540.ece/ALTERNATES/s615/14-5116540.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 :lol: or had a bag of Scampi Fries. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 he'll be texting her that picture tonight Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 We have played passing football, usually when the opposition let us, as soon as they put pressure on and the game then need our manager to adjust things. He does this by bringing on Shola and hoofing it 60 yards to the plank. Pardew's full of shite. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Guus Hiddink now looking for work... hmmmmm we wish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 :lol: or had a bag of Scampi Fries. Really fancy some of these now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 How come Pardew was only focusing one day a week for attacking if he believes in it so much? How is this line still being trotted out? If it has been proven incorrect then obviously I'm not aware of that. If not then it would still be relevant to the context of a discussion about Pardew's intentions to play positive football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/23411365 If only.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Something just occurred to me. Every negative , long ball merchant team I can think of in history, all had a weapon that they fell back on. They all had great, profitable set-pieces. When you don't create much, the set-piece/penis is always the most potent weapon of a team. Bassett's Wimbledon, Graham's Arsenal, Taylor's Watford even JFK's Wimbledon side all were all highly dangerous from set-pieces. Which makes us staying up, all the more remarkable. We had the worst of both world's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Whereas Pardew's the worth of boast worlds. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Whereas Pardew's the worth of boast worlds. Liking that . Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted July 22, 2013 Share Posted July 22, 2013 Everyone drop your tools, Kate's had a baby b....lah blah blah blah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samag Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Let's hope he does well this season. If he is sacked, I would hate to think who Kinnear would pick to replace him. Very worrying sad times ahead , Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shayno Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Current situation reminds me of the Seinfeld episode "The Voice". Instead of George Costanza faking a disability, Alan Pardew has faked being a premier league quality manager and now the boss (Ashley) is doing everything he can to get him to quit. May have to climb through the vents to get back into his office after he gets back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kasper Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Let's hope he does well this season. If he is sacked, I would hate to think who Kinnear would pick to replace him. Very worrying sad times ahead , Dont be silly. Kinnear would make a great wife for William. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Ah fuck, I'm falling for the PR again, especially when the main topic is Hatem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 A positive feel to him considering all the behind the scenes shit going on. Fully expected him to be down and out before the season has even started. Seems Faye is doing a cracking job. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Wait until he's actually got results to account for Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I did think part of that Rio Ave loss was probably down to them working their bollocks off in training and being tired once the match came round. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lotus Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 Tbh, i wouldn't be positive at all until we get the striker situation sorted. Because if we don't, we'll be kicking around the bottom 5. He must know that something is imminent. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 I did think part of that Rio Ave loss was probably down to them working their bollocks off in training and being tired once the match came round. Got to take that into account. The friendly games in Portugal are really just an extension of the training camp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 First 10 games Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted July 23, 2013 Share Posted July 23, 2013 “I am more confident than I was a year ago when I felt apprehensive about the Europa League because it was a leap into the unknown, and little did I know that we would suffer injuries as well that compounded our problem. “But this year, without that distraction, it feels as if there is no mystery to the season. We know what we’ve got in front of us. “We got Premier League games, a League Cup programme and a FA Cup programme and we can cope with that easily with the squad we have.” If by coping he means getting knocked out of both cups and struggling in the bottom half of the Premier then he's right. With our main striker downing tools and no replacements looking likely avoiding relegation will be the major goal this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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