Flip Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Except for the Shola sub (I know Cisse offers nothing and Remy was having an off day, but Remy still in a bad day offers more) he had everything spot on. Really thought we'd give another s*** 2nd half, but came out on top still and then got even better with Ben Arfa. I dont think it is a bad idea to let Remy rest at that moment Could've easily put Benny on and moved Gouff at the time then, not complaining just saying Shola rarely offers anything. He won a penalty and set up Cabaye for a one on one. Sounds like your nitpicking for the sake of it. Which is why I put rarely. I'm just saying at the time of the sub I don't know if it seemed like the right one, but Pardew got everything spot on today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 We need to always play the 3 in midfield, so much better posession We always need Anita there, that's for sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 30 points before Christmas. Great job Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 More like this game please. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 30 points before Christmas. Great job Never expected that, fair play to the whole squad and staff. Hope we can keep this up. We got the players to do it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 30 points before Christmas. Great job Aye. Fair play. Thought we started poorly today and tried to match them with the long ball stuff, but we did well to step it up and keep the ball down when it became obvious they were absolute rubbish. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 30 points before Christmas. Great job Never expected that, fair play to the whole squad and staff. Hope we can keep this up. We got the players to do it. Would love to think we could get a decent forward in January to keep it going. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 30 points before Christmas. Great job Aye. Fair play. Thought we started poorly today and tried to match them with the long ball stuff, but we did well to step it up and keep the ball down when it became obvious they were absolute rubbish. Aye took ten minutes to get to grips with the game, after that we were in total control. Could have easily been five Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 30 points before Christmas. Great job Yep. I've not been happy with some of the performances against the poorer sides but when you look at how we utterly outclassed Palace today I think that view explains itself. We can play excellent, attacking football and Pardew should take credit for that. We're just too negative too often, needlessly. But yeah, you can't argue with our points tally at this point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Could have had another three this half, and the first genuinely comfortable win we've had in fucking ages. Well done Pardew. It's funny that we were discussing that Portsmouth 3-0 in the relegation season was our last big away PL win the other day. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Could have had another three this half, and the first genuinely comfortable win we've had in fucking ages. Well done Pardew. It's funny that we were discussing that Portsmouth 3-0 in the relegation season was our last big away PL win the other day. Aye I thought that. Maybe he does read here after all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 http://replygif.net/i/1118.gif http://s2.quickmeme.com/img/1f/1f413599e442cfb451e3e6fa4062f9be41546cf53f1c854986b5325fd706bbac.jpg Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 30 points before Christmas. Great job Yep. I've not been happy with some of the performances against the poorer sides but when you look at how we utterly outclassed Palace today I think that view explains itself. We can play excellent, attacking football and Pardew should take credit for that. We're just too negative too often, needlessly. But yeah, you can't argue with our points tally at this point. Good post Dave, I agree with what you are saying here. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Could have had another three this half, and the first genuinely comfortable win we've had in fucking ages. Well done Pardew. It's funny that we were discussing that Portsmouth 3-0 in the relegation season was our last big away PL win the other day. Same time of the year too iirc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I think he's edging towards something more 'free' in the second half of the season. He's not been perfect but this has been a good first half of the campaign. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
David28 Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Could have had another three this half, and the first genuinely comfortable win we've had in fucking ages. Well done Pardew. It's funny that we were discussing that Portsmouth 3-0 in the relegation season was our last big away PL win the other day. Same time of the year too iirc. 14th December. Owen's birthday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Roger Kint Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Could have had another three this half, and the first genuinely comfortable win we've had in fucking ages. Well done Pardew. It's funny that we were discussing that Portsmouth 3-0 in the relegation season was our last big away PL win the other day. Same time of the year too iirc. 14th December. Owen's birthday. Aye a stupidly early ko for a Sunday game Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippity Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 30 points before Christmas. Great job Yep. I've not been happy with some of the performances against the poorer sides but when you look at how we utterly outclassed Palace today I think that view explains itself. We can play excellent, attacking football and Pardew should take credit for that. We're just too negative too often, needlessly. But yeah, you can't argue with our points tally at this point. Aye, all of this, basically. Frustrates the feck out of me when we're so negative if we take the lead, especially at home...but, there are enough positives for me to live with the frustration! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 "Palace have their tails up and it's a sweet feeling. I don't think many will come here and win 3-0." He's spot on there. They are a poor side but they are very capable of grinding out results and making life tough for you. We did superbly well to make that as comfortable as it was given their recent revival. Feels nice just to have 90 minutes of controlled football under our belt. Hopefully we can have these games more often. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I'm not sure they are that capable of grinding out results tbh, they are poor, but we gave them very few chances, dominated possession and punished them, perfect away performance. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdckelly Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I'm not sure they are that capable of grinding out results tbh, they are poor, but we gave them very few chances, dominated possession and punished them, perfect away performance. dunno only other time they conceded 3 or more was vs Liverpool and Fulham (which was a fluke) so they're not a side that easily gets hammered and Everton only got a draw there. Really thought beforehand it would be a scrappy draw after their performance vs Chelsea where they were unlucky Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Really hope he doesn;t play Shola versus Stoke instead of Tiote Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Really hope he doesn;t play Shola versus Stoke instead of Tiote I think he probably will tbh - seems to like 2 up top at home. Overall think he deserves great credit for the situation we're in - seems to be working on his previous weaknesses too, which is a positive sign. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I thought he was in danger of making the usual mess of things at half time, and the Shola sub was a daft one, but once we got Ben Arfa on it got us back on track. Some of the football was lovely as well, although we are missing something up front, and all the supply is coming down the right hand side where Moussa and Debuchy are a real threat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skirge Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11678/9084152/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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