matta Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Cisse ALWAYS runs a meter offside when we are on the break up the field. Pisses me off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelunchbox Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Colo can cut out some of those Hollywood balls as well. When you're being pressed you have to play it long sometimes, should be f***ing obvious. Obviously not. Obviously I was talking about the times he was not pressed, thought that would be obvious. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Just about every pass came off from him anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
littlelunchbox Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Sure apart from every Hollywood ones. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Looking forward to see the highlights later on but so, so happy we won. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wilson Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Other than Cabaye and Cisse, everyone played well. Krul was dodgy too at times. I swear, I watch different games to some people at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Cabaye didn't do much. He's eminently replaceable in the team. We need someone with more mobility in there because Anita does a fine job of recycling the ball, Sissoko is a powerhouse and our best CM but some more mobility would mean that we could control more of games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Seen it now. Well done to the lads. With no injuries to the obvious players (all 11 on the pitch yesterday probably) we're in for a good season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Cabaye didn't do much. He's eminently replaceable in the team. We need someone with more mobility in there because Anita does a fine job of recycling the ball, Sissoko is a powerhouse and our best CM but some more mobility would mean that we could control more of games. Cabaye worked his socks off for me, He wasn't involved too much in the actual build up play but we were pretty direct today and got the ball forward quickly to try and exploit space in behind villa. bar Krul, I've got no complaints about any of our lads yesterday they all put in a shift and Krul can be forgiven he's one of the best keepers in the league. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Cabaye does bring the threat of goals from midfield which is fairly valuable for us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 It felt like a very important win, given all the negativity. A fresh start is what we need. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Krul 6 little to do Debuchy 7 much better Colo 8 class again Mbiwa 8 see above Santon 7 is improving his defensive game Anita 7 kept the ball well Sissoko 6 good but at fault for the goal Hatem 10 unplayable Cabaye 7 worked hard Remy 8 brings needed pace Cisse 6 looks lacking confidence Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Krul made 2 mistakes that should've led to 2 goals. If you'll give him a pass for that you may as well just not bother. Great keeper but was poor yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 A deserved win - much better movement from the players and they seem fitter now. HBA was star of the show, really taking their defence apart at times ; to their credit, Villa rarely resorted to fouling him but there is no doubt that some of the top teams WILL do so if he causes them similar problems, because they know they can get away with it...look at what happened at Man City with de Jong... Debuchy much better today but he wasn't subject to too much pace and that is what undoes him..Sissoko and Remy also did well, the latter giving us some danger down the left to match HBA on the other side. Wonder about Remy's fitness over the medium term though, and we are stuffed if HBA gets injured because Cisse is doing nothing - looks like a striker whose confidence is shot to pieces and we are going to rue the fact that the club failed to get a decent forward in the summer. Colo and MYM were good at the back apart from losing Benteke for their goal as was Santon who did not have to come forward as much because Remy was attacking that side. A win that was encouraging in that the players looked up for it and moved far more fluently off the ball....now vital to get a win against Hull because tougher tests lie ahead. Sissoko was marking Benteke and totally lost him after some great movement by Benteke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Forgot the corner fair enough. I assume you are talking about the punch? If so, I dont blame him as much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Cabaye does bring the threat of goals from midfield which is fairly valuable for us We also always seem to press higher up the pitch when Cabaye is playing. His pressing and defending generally is imo underrated due to the silly Paul Scholes tackles. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExiledGeordie Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Cisse does look shot to pieces. I guess Pardew is hoping he gets a goal and his confidence gets up but he looks completely out of it to me. I wouldn't be adverse to seeing Goufrfran come in for him as he's just offering nothing at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Krul made 2 mistakes that should've led to 2 goals. If you'll give him a pass for that you may as well just not bother. Great keeper but was poor yesterday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Consortium of one Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 I thoroughly enjoyed watching that game. What a pleasant surprise. Krul distributed well to the back line, the club was patient and played the ball on the carpet until they felt there was a good chance to strike. When Cisse gets his confidence back, this can be a very incisive offensive club. HBA was fabulous but Remy's pace on the other side was important, too. Speed kills and I think Pardew demonstrated that he understood that when he subbed Gouffran and Sammy in. I also thought Tiote's subbing added a more physical presence when it was needed. The back four played very well as a unit and individually and, if not for Krul's bad read, we would have had another clean sheet. That was fun to watch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 A deserved win - much better movement from the players and they seem fitter now. HBA was star of the show, really taking their defence apart at times ; to their credit, Villa rarely resorted to fouling him but there is no doubt that some of the top teams WILL do so if he causes them similar problems, because they know they can get away with it...look at what happened at Man City with de Jong... Debuchy much better today but he wasn't subject to too much pace and that is what undoes him..Sissoko and Remy also did well, the latter giving us some danger down the left to match HBA on the other side. Wonder about Remy's fitness over the medium term though, and we are stuffed if HBA gets injured because Cisse is doing nothing - looks like a striker whose confidence is shot to pieces and we are going to rue the fact that the club failed to get a decent forward in the summer. Colo and MYM were good at the back apart from losing Benteke for their goal as was Santon who did not have to come forward as much because Remy was attacking that side. A win that was encouraging in that the players looked up for it and moved far more fluently off the ball....now vital to get a win against Hull because tougher tests lie ahead. Sissoko was marking Benteke and totally lost him after some great movement by Benteke. Maybe so - but Benteke is one of their main central forwards so it should have been one of the CDs marking him.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 A deserved win - much better movement from the players and they seem fitter now. HBA was star of the show, really taking their defence apart at times ; to their credit, Villa rarely resorted to fouling him but there is no doubt that some of the top teams WILL do so if he causes them similar problems, because they know they can get away with it...look at what happened at Man City with de Jong... Debuchy much better today but he wasn't subject to too much pace and that is what undoes him..Sissoko and Remy also did well, the latter giving us some danger down the left to match HBA on the other side. Wonder about Remy's fitness over the medium term though, and we are stuffed if HBA gets injured because Cisse is doing nothing - looks like a striker whose confidence is shot to pieces and we are going to rue the fact that the club failed to get a decent forward in the summer. Colo and MYM were good at the back apart from losing Benteke for their goal as was Santon who did not have to come forward as much because Remy was attacking that side. A win that was encouraging in that the players looked up for it and moved far more fluently off the ball....now vital to get a win against Hull because tougher tests lie ahead. Sissoko was marking Benteke and totally lost him after some great movement by Benteke. Maybe so - but Benteke is one of their main central forwards so it should have been one of the CDs marking him.. why ? it's often not the case, quite often you see forwards marking forwards from set pieces. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 A deserved win - much better movement from the players and they seem fitter now. HBA was star of the show, really taking their defence apart at times ; to their credit, Villa rarely resorted to fouling him but there is no doubt that some of the top teams WILL do so if he causes them similar problems, because they know they can get away with it...look at what happened at Man City with de Jong... Debuchy much better today but he wasn't subject to too much pace and that is what undoes him..Sissoko and Remy also did well, the latter giving us some danger down the left to match HBA on the other side. Wonder about Remy's fitness over the medium term though, and we are stuffed if HBA gets injured because Cisse is doing nothing - looks like a striker whose confidence is shot to pieces and we are going to rue the fact that the club failed to get a decent forward in the summer. Colo and MYM were good at the back apart from losing Benteke for their goal as was Santon who did not have to come forward as much because Remy was attacking that side. A win that was encouraging in that the players looked up for it and moved far more fluently off the ball....now vital to get a win against Hull because tougher tests lie ahead. Sissoko was marking Benteke and totally lost him after some great movement by Benteke. Maybe so - but Benteke is one of their main central forwards so it should have been one of the CDs marking him.. They'd have already decided who was marking who, you can hardly blame the centre halves for sissoko losing him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillClinton Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Maybe they put Sissoko on him because he is taller? There could have also been some confusion with Villa putting on a 4th striker during the corner.. I always thought Benteke was going to get one against us, but it was a shame to concede it like that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 Sissoko will be marking all the tall forwards I'd think. I also think it'll cost us goals, tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted September 15, 2013 Share Posted September 15, 2013 At the time I thought Sissoko was the main person at fault for the goal, a little shimmy and Benteke had completely lost him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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