Tiotes Witch Doctor Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 From what I've seen and heard in pre-season and based off performances from last season I can safely say I want Jonas, Tiote and Shola nowhere near the starting lineup this season. Got concerns about Debuchy also but its still fairly early days I suppose so best to give him time, it's mainly just the fact that everytime M'biwa has been used at fullback hes looked twice the player of both Debuchy and Santon, even young Dummett today looked head and shoulders above them both also. Think a 3 man midfield of Anita, Sissoko and Cabaye could work wonders, worried about Cabaye's impact too though, was non existent and like so many occasions last season just looked out to hurt people rather than perform. Still think we'll do better than last season, but mainly due to the fact that last season couldn't get much worse. Fully expecting a bang average 11-13th placed finish and going out of the cups pretty much straight away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 From what I saw of that it was just more of the same shit. A general lack of ideas save for the odd moment of decency from our better players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I'm still looking forward to the season - the highs and lows are now a normal for us and getting wound up weekly or having pure joy when we have a brilliant goal or match or something. Bring it all on - my expectations are so tempered right now I'm just ready to get on with it now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I'm still looking forward to the season - the highs and lows are now a normal for us and getting wound up weekly or having pure joy when we have a brilliant goal or match or something. Bring it all on - my expectations are so tempered right now I'm just ready to get on with it now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 I've seen nothing to get excited about today, we were poor first half and less poor during the second. Most things were far too predictable, none more so than the starting 11. Even the substitutions were a bit daft as bringing on Sammy ahead of Marveaux shown how much of a tool Pardew is, Sammy Ameobi isn't better than Marveaux you absolute bastard cretin. I can't remember my expectations ever being this low for decades, probably before Sir John bought the club. I know Remy will come into the team and remove Shola or Jonas but we're still not going to be good enough to do anything other than struggle just below mid-table, at best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 The one thing that stood out, it's still our lack of movement, we're still moving in straight lines instead of trying to pull the other team out of shape. We're far too easy to defend against. That too but its never going to change under Pardew and if you saw Remy in for Shola, Cabaye in for Tiote and someone who isn't Jonas/Sammy on the LW on a regular basis i think we could still do decent. Nothing great but better than last season for sure, a lot of it relies on getting a decent winger in though as none of ours offer anything. The real plus i see, we are definitely not hoofing it. Our play is not exactly great, piss poor movement, not creating chances. But we aren't hoofing it and we were doing all those things and hoofing it last season. It's a start, along with the set penises. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAK Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 New coaching staff required as Pardew and his side kicks don't have it in them to coach & formulate an attacking game plan. That dutch bloke Rene Meulensteen who left Man U for Anzi was sacked by them recently just two weeks in to the job. We should hire him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest strongbow69 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 awful to watch, best bit for me was not having adblocker turned on but we did score from a corner Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 The real plus i see, we are definitely not hoofing it. Our play is not exactly great, p*ss poor movement, not creating chances. But we aren't hoofing it and we were doing all those things and hoofing it last season. It's a start, along with the set penises. We didn't hoof it because we didn't have to, Braga at home in a friendly is nothing like the Premiership and the game had no intensity. Maybe we have moved away from hoofing it, a pre-season friendly isn't going to prove that one way or the other. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 The real plus i see, we are definitely not hoofing it. Our play is not exactly great, p*ss poor movement, not creating chances. But we aren't hoofing it and we were doing all those things and hoofing it last season. It's a start, along with the set penises. We didn't hoof it because we didn't have to, Braga at home in a friendly is nothing like the Premiership and the game had no intensity. Maybe we have moved away from hoofing it, a pre-season friendly isn't going to prove that one way or the other. Tbf we haven't really hoofed it all pre season, Mick dont snatch away the straws i'm clutching, please Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Tbf we haven't really hoofed it all pre season, Mick dont snatch away the straws i'm clutching, please I hope we have moved away from hoofing it and we may have done, we'll have a better idea in a couple of weeks time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 And Shola being rubbish wouldn't change that. The passing and movement needs to be better. Like the last 2.5 seasons. But this season will be different Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 The game became scrappy as Braga grew in confidence but it was the Portuguese League Cup that grabbed the lead to take in with them at half-time. We couldn't even beat an inanimate object ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack Flash Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 The game became scrappy as Braga grew in confidence but it was the Portuguese League Cup that grabbed the lead to take in with them at half-time. We couldn't even beat an inanimate object ffs. Neither could they. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Thought we were OK, created a couple of decent chances in the first but lacked fluidity, we improved in style in the second with better balance but didn't create as much. I'm not going to judge too much until the proper season starts. They were a horrible team, diving about and wasting time in a friendly is pretty desperate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 HBA was good today at least. Looked sharp. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Tbf we haven't really hoofed it all pre season, Mick dont snatch away the straws i'm clutching, please I hope we have moved away from hoofing it and we may have done, we'll have a better idea in a couple of weeks time. We moved away from hoofing it last 1/3 of last season. Our results got worse tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 If we're going to go 4-4-2 then a proper left winger is an absolute necessity. I also thought Tiote was a real killer in terms of momentum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 If we're going to go 4-4-2 then a proper left winger is an absolute necessity. I also thought Tiote was a real killer in terms of momentum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Just read a few pages. Sounds like same old problems facing us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Jonas picked up buttock injury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Proper embarrassed by the coaches reactions on the bench to scoring from that corner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Jonas picked up buttock injury. Too much bumming from Pardew. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted August 10, 2013 Share Posted August 10, 2013 Just read a few pages. Sounds like same old problems facing us. Aye, it's seemed fairly obvious from reports of the other pre-season games as well. It's worrying. For some anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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