Big Geordie Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Well, that was little short of a disgrace. 15 shots on goal, none on target and totally devoid of any creativity whatsoever. We are in trouble, fellas - make no mistake about it. Oh and also 4 home games without a goal now too. Well played Ashley, Kinnear, Pardew and the players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 According the the beeb we were lucky to get a point, didn't watch it so don't know: "Newcastle, who were awful, pick up their first point of the season. The Hammers remain unbeaten but will feel they deserved more." They had 3(I think) clear cut chances, we had 1. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Wasn't an easy chance for Gouffran at all that like, an unpredictable bounce off the post like that requires almost f***ing bullet-time reactions to guide it precisely. Could've went anywhere. This. Gouffran is the last person i'm blaming for this. He had our best chance about 10 minutes earlier which was blocked. Still he gets in the positions to be fair to him, unlike Cisse nowadays Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Gouffran: £1.5m of pure quality. Very harsh. Since he came on he worked his arse off for the team and chased down every ball. Ron's a wum of the first order. I'm a wum for wanting strikers who score goals up front? Aye, OK. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Obviously the 3 up front of Sammy, Shola, and Gouffran, while none of them particularly great, were a much better bet going forward than the "partnership" of Shola and Cisse. Turgid turd shit on the whole though. Fucking disgraceful really to see that piss-poor attacking threat. Fortunate to get a point in the end - when you don't have a single shot on target you always are. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 According the the beeb we were lucky to get a point, didn't watch it so don't know: "Newcastle, who were awful, pick up their first point of the season. The Hammers remain unbeaten but will feel they deserved more." Like f*ck they did, they had one shot on target. ( one more than us mind but still nobody deserved anything) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Gouffran: £1.5m of pure quality. Very harsh. Since he came on he worked his arse off for the team and chased down every ball. So he should. I didn't question his effort. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 16 attempts from us and none on target? How is that even possible. Pretty fucking easy when every shot is from 5 miles out. We had 16 shots, but none of them were in decent positions. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexf Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Once the rain came pouring down and the game got stretched the game suited us far better. Marv was taken off far too early. Gouff brought on far too late. Anita and Sissoko were decent in the middle, quite liked how they complemented eachother. Problems still remain. Need an out an out left winger and badly need a new striker who can hold up the ball and bring others into play (move more than Shola) 0 on target is shocking. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheHoob Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Guess at least half of our shots were HBA long rangers. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Wake up call for Mike and Joe. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 We looked much better with Sammy, Shola and Gouffran it has to be said.... Sick of having strikers who contribute f*ck all to the team. Drop Cisse and Shola and watch the performances magically improve. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bimpy474 Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Krul : Nowt to do 7 Debuchy :much improved 7 Santon : Got 90 minutes, played ok 6 Colo : Did the usual, but oh his marking at times 6 Mapou : Excellent 8 Ben Arfa : Tried too hard, 90 minutes under his belt 6 Anita : So much better than Tiote 7 Sissoko : Brought the ball forward well, not creative though 6 Marveaux : Tidy, took off when he was playing his best 6 Cisee : Just awful hold up and movement 4 Shola : What's the point ? 0 Gouffran : Very good but that miss 7 Sammy : Did quite well 6 Pardew : 5 for non hoof, 0 for Shola on for 90 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Wake up call for Mike and Joe. As if Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucaAltieri Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Not a terrible game. Santon, Debuchy, Sammy, Hatem, and (in patches) Sissoko all looking good going forward. Some decent passing from midfield. Particularly liked Anita's contribution. The glaring problem is obviously up front. We know all about Shola but worse is that our main goal threat, our No 9, the guy who looked so dangerous when we signed him, can't play in the system Pardew is implementing. Long balls, with or without a Shola flick-on, are not what he wants and he keeps on showing it. He can't play that way. You either play to his strengths or get rid of him and replace him with the kind of player you want. The way things are going it's making everyone look shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 There were moments when every player going forwards bar Anita made huge errors. Sissokos control was awful in key moments, Ameobi just ruined play, Ben Arfa made poor decisions/kept failing on his right, Gouffran missed our best chances. The problem is the longer we dont create chances, the more they all bottle it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roke Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I thought things were a bit better going forward in the second half. Marveaux saw more of the ball and seemed okay (until he got subbed off) while Santon and Debuchy seemed to be further forward and got involved.I would have liked to see Debuchy make an overlapping run when Ben Arfa had the ball out wide on the right to maybe take a defender away. I also thought Anita played well enough to never have Jonas start ahead of him again, but that's not saying much and with Pardew at the helm it's probalby not going to happen. Despite me being fairly positive about the result, no shots on target and although there were plenty of attempts they were pretty much all low-percentage long-distance shots. That's just not good enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Five o Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Some people here saying it was not bad, improvement etc. Jesus fucking christ guys, wake up. This is how we played last season, and its how we will play this season. No plan, no offensive drive. We do not create shit, nothing, nada. If you can not see it by now, you never will. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 The team today picked itself. It was so f***ing obvious. Pardew chooses his usual s****. It started decent enough as a 442. 2 decent looking banks of 4, but Marveaux and Ben Arfa came inside too much and Debuchy and Santon didn;t drive the team forward down the sides. Anita and Sissoko looked good, tidy on the ball, finding other players. Once Sissoko gave the ball to someone our wide players needed to allow him to run on to support Cisse and put the ball in from the sides. It's blindingly f***ing obvious. Ben Arfa was poor today. He has more responsibility than to blast it from miles away now. Pardew just cannot dictate to a player how they should be playing. Such a weak c***. Would rather have themed days at the training ground. If you're going to play 442 then you use the full backs and the wide midfielders, otherwise what's the f***ing point. Only Sammy really embraced this. Bottom half football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alijmitchell Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 I actually thought Sammy did well when he came on. Shola was the fucking pits, I hate him. My opinion on Cisse is changing as well, was bone fucking idle today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris_R Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Gouffran isn't brilliant, but he's decent and works hard. Miles better than shola who is neither decent or hard working. Cisse has bags of talent but is also quite lazy. None of our forward are brilliant but I don't mind Gouffran. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
captainhaircut Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Remy and a striker who can hold the ball could have transformed that performance. As it was, it was shit. Sammy did well when he came on. Anita and Sissoko looked promising. Debuchy poor, Marv disappointing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Desperately need a bit of guile up front. Someone to hold it up and pick a pass. Shola is shit & Cisse seems to have developed downs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Much better, especially in the second half. Still had some negatives, mainly Shola. But West Ham are strong at the back and kept shape well, if we play like we did in the second half against Fulham then we'll win. How was that better? West Ham were the better team. We had one good chance and it was in the last minute Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Toon Posted August 24, 2013 Share Posted August 24, 2013 Anita was the only redeeming thing about the match. A real player who keeps the play moving, passes well and always looks for the ball. He should play every match. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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