Interpolic Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Anita and Ben Arfa on the bench. This is a joke right? i understand HBA, i really do, but when anita is on the pitch we're a much better passing team and can hold the ball better which is important against teams like spurs...if we turn possession over to them too often they'll bury us early imo no sense leaving anita out, none whatsoever Not sure what Anita needs to do tbh, he won us the game last week. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Not sure what Anita needs to do tbh, he won us the game last week. Grow a couple of inches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 "We've upped our squad in terms of depth this year." Have we? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Anita and Ben Arfa on the bench. This is a joke right? i understand HBA, i really do, but when anita is on the pitch we're a much better passing team and can hold the ball better which is important against teams like spurs...if we turn possession over to them too often they'll bury us early imo no sense leaving anita out, none whatsoever Not sure what Anita needs to do tbh, he won us the game last week. It's Pardew. He's (Anita) going to leave in January, it's a World Cup year and he is definitely in consideration for the dutch squad as long as he gets playing time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 See if he gets any credit for these last two games. From the intreview you coulkd see there was a clear plan that worked Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 As much as I think Pardew is woefully poor, I'm beginning to think he actually understands how to play 4-4-2 and little else. Like we are pressing well which we don't ever do in another formation, the shape is better and we gnerally look more cohesive. Shame our target man is Shola! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 See if he gets any credit for these last two games. From the intreview you coulkd see there was a clear plan that worked It's 25 minutes in ffs, don't jinx it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Sorry like but this "will he get some credit after this performance" craic is dire and it has been for some time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 "We've upped our squad in terms of depth this year." Have we? In terms of having a class new striker and the January signings starting to settle, most definitely. Doesn't excuse the summer like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 So far so good, long time to go yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 So far so good, long time to go yet. Unfortunately, we got a goal and he reverted back to his favourite tactic. Defend at all costs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 As much as I think Pardew is woefully poor, I'm beginning to think he actually understands how to play 4-4-2 and little else. Like we are pressing well which we don't ever do in another formation, the shape is better and we gnerally look more cohesive. Shame our target man is Shola! Aye, I've said this a few times in the last couple of years. The 5th place season was based on a foundation of 4-4-2 with Ba and Best up front and two settled banks of four. The 4-3-3 was nice for a while but we were riding the crest of a wave by that point. The problem is that we don't buy players that suit the needs of the team. If we buy them at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 We get a goal, the opposition attack a bit more. Nothing unusual in that, see how it pans out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 We get a goal, the opposition attack a bit more. Nothing unusual in that, see how it pans out. We stopped pressing completely. We were actually for once pressing them. Stopped completely after the goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 As much as I think Pardew is woefully poor, I'm beginning to think he actually understands how to play 4-4-2 and little else. Like we are pressing well which we don't ever do in another formation, the shape is better and we gnerally look more cohesive. Shame our target man is Shola! Aye, I've said this a few times in the last couple of years. The 5th place season was based on a foundation of 4-4-2 with Ba and Best up front and two settled banks of four. The 4-3-3 was nice for a while but we were riding the crest of a wave by that point. The problem is that we don't buy players that suit the needs of the team. If we buy them at all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 So far so good, long time to go yet. Unfortunately, we got a goal and he reverted back to his favourite tactic. Defend at all costs. How is that we made two good chances. You mean the home team are attcking and playing better. People get confused by that a lot! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 So far so good, long time to go yet. Unfortunately, we got a goal and he reverted back to his favourite tactic. Defend at all costs. How is that we made two good chances. You mean the home team are attcking and playing better. People get confused by that a lot! Read my post in the beginning of this page. It's the pressing bit, nothing has changed form the past weeks if you disregard form the first 15 minutes where we were pressing and trying to stop their passing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Don't get me wrong, we're playing far better today than against Chelsea. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 We get a goal, the opposition attack a bit more. Nothing unusual in that, see how it pans out. We stopped pressing completely. We were actually for once pressing them. Stopped completely after the goal. Just had two nearly very good chances. They are the home side and the better team. We will be under the cosh at times. It doesn't mean we are being negative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Good chance there as we are prob trying to counter but offside. But being 1-0 up away and defending well but also looking good on the break is purrrrrrrrrrrfect Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Annother good chance off side hate this denfending s*** Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Annother good chanc office. hate this denfending s*** Good, have you heard of counter-attacking? A defensive team can still create chances on counter-attacks, still we're back to pressing a bit, might have just been a fitness thing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Real-time opinion updates in this thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Look at us and all our negativity All joking aside, I have been very critical about Pardew's cowardice but if you can deem this performance (so far) as him being overly cautious then you're not really watching the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted November 10, 2013 Share Posted November 10, 2013 Look at us and all our negativity All joking aside, I have been very critical about Pardew's cowardice but if you can deem this performance (so far) as him being overly cautious then you're not really watching the game. Like I said, I felt for 20 minutes there that we were sitting a bit and trying to counter. This first half has been very good, very impressed with the fact that he actually got us pressing quite high in the beginning which got us a goal. I just don't think we've been excellent, and the fact that they couldn't create that many chances when we were sitting is evidence of that (as they're having a terrible game, Dembele and Walker are having nightmares) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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