joeyt Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Sissoko returned to his usual self Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SLK Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 A number of issues that contributed to this horrible result: 1. The team looked lethargic and many of the players were 2nd best. Shola, Cabaye, Sissoko, Santon, Colo and Krul were below par. 2. Missed golden chances to score the first goal although the Swansea keeper made a world class save. We could also have scored if Ameobi had taken that chance. 3. Wrong subs. You don't bring on Obertan when the team is 2 goals behind. Yes I think it was right to sub Shola but his replacement should have been Cisse or HBA. 4. Two poor goals conceded mainly due to errors by Krul. Bit difficult to bring on HBA or Cisse like. A number of issues that contributed to this horrible result: 1. The team looked lethargic and many of the players were 2nd best. Shola, Cabaye, Sissoko, Santon, Colo and Krul were below par. 2. Missed golden chances to score the first goal although the Swansea keeper made a world class save. We could also have scored if Ameobi had taken that chance. 3. Wrong subs. You don't bring on Obertan when the team is 2 goals behind. Yes I think it was right to sub Shola but his replacement should have been Cisse or HBA. 4. Two poor goals conceded mainly due to errors by Krul. I should also add: 5. Thanks to Howard f***ing Webb we were denied 2 panalties. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I don't agree with anyone saying Swansea were positive or attacking like. They created nothing in the first half until the (fortunate) goal and were happy just to cycle the ball around the back line without ever trying any kind of interesting pass. Second half was just classic counter attacking, although again with a massive kimbo slice of luck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I don't agree with anyone saying Swansea were positive or attacking like. They created nothing in the first half until the (fortunate) goal and were happy just to cycle the ball around the back line without ever trying any kind of interesting pass. Second half was just classic counter attacking, although again with a massive kimbo slice of luck. It's strange that luck only goes against us and never for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I love how Ronaldo comes on NO straight after a bad performance and basically states how he was right all along about Colo and Tiote.. Neither, especially Tiote didn't even give a horrible performance. Nonsense, man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 One home win in six, no strikers. Too afraid to attack them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 I don't agree with anyone saying Swansea were positive or attacking like. They created nothing in the first half until the (fortunate) goal and were happy just to cycle the ball around the back line without ever trying any kind of interesting pass. Second half was just classic counter attacking, although again with a massive kimbo slice of luck. It's strange that luck only goes against us and never for us. I will be all ears if you could highlight some instances where we've been particularly lucky tonight? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 hahahaha what the fuck happened here? Just seen the score. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 hahahaha what the fuck happened here? Just seen the score. We shit ourselves and got dicked. Pretty standard stuff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 This performance Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TaylorJ_01 Posted December 4, 2013 Share Posted December 4, 2013 Shelvey is such a minging, ugly fud. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 hahahaha what the f*** happened here? Just seen the score. We s*** ourselves and got dicked. Pretty standard stuff. Any post-game comments from Alan Pardew? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I will be all ears if you could highlight some instances where we've been particularly lucky tonight? I wasn't referring to tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 hahahaha what the fuck happened here? Just seen the score. What you would expect to happen when one Premier League side asks another Premier League side to attack them without fighting back, happened. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 hahahaha what the f*** happened here? Just seen the score. We s*** ourselves and got dicked. Pretty standard stuff. Any post-game comments from Alan Pardew? Aye, he's even more worried about Man Utd than he was before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I will be all ears if you could highlight some instances where we've been particularly lucky tonight? I wasn't referring to tonight. Shame you're posting in tonight's post match thread then really isn't it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I don't agree with anyone saying Swansea were positive or attacking like. They created nothing in the first half until the (fortunate) goal and were happy just to cycle the ball around the back line without ever trying any kind of interesting pass. Second half was just classic counter attacking, although again with a massive kimbo slice of luck. It's strange that luck only goes against us and never for us. I will be all ears if you could highlight some instances where we've been particularly lucky tonight? Debuchy not being sent off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Shame you're posting in tonight's post match thread then really isn't it. Christ, not everything has to be taken in isolation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I don't agree with anyone saying Swansea were positive or attacking like. They created nothing in the first half until the (fortunate) goal and were happy just to cycle the ball around the back line without ever trying any kind of interesting pass. Second half was just classic counter attacking, although again with a massive kimbo slice of luck. It's strange that luck only goes against us and never for us. I will be all ears if you could highlight some instances where we've been particularly lucky tonight? Debuchy not being sent off. First viewing looked worse than it actually was IMO. One-footed, not particularly off the floor, and from straight on. He just overstretched, mistimed it and was rightly booked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 hahahaha what the f*** happened here? Just seen the score. We came to counter but our organisation and energy was crap, cue a formation change after 12 minutes. They had the majority of possession but looked largely toothless until Krul made a poor clearance and our sleepy defenders didn't react to Dyer standing alone in the box. We came out well enough in the second but were far too open, they looked dangerous on the counter and got a flukey goal out of it. Our heads dropped completely, mix that in with some daft subs and you've got a third goal, which Krul could've done better with. Our lot looked generally sluggish on the night and our gameplan after going behind was a load of shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sifu Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I could see what our gameplan was (to attack Swansea on the break) but we executed it rather badly. Pardew's attempts to change things around didn't work either (for instance, the swapping the wingers around tactic again was a waste of time) and our play lacked that extra bit of urgency. We gave Swansea too much time on the ball and gave them too much respect and that cost us in the end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 hahahaha what the f*** happened here? Just seen the score. We came to counter but our organisation and energy was crap, cue a formation change after 12 minutes. They had the majority of possession but looked largely toothless until Krul made a poor clearance and our sleepy defenders didn't react to Dyer standing alone in the box. We came out well enough in the second but were far too open, they looked dangerous on the counter and got a flukey goal out of it. Our heads dropped completely, mix that in with some daft subs and you've got a third goal, which Krul could've done better with. Our lot looked generally sluggish on the night and our gameplan after going behind was a load of s***. Our game plan before going behind was a load of shite, that's why we went behind. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 hahahaha what the f*** happened here? Just seen the score. We came to counter but our organisation and energy was crap, cue a formation change after 12 minutes. They had the majority of possession but looked largely toothless until Krul made a poor clearance and our sleepy defenders didn't react to Dyer standing alone in the box. We came out well enough in the second but were far too open, they looked dangerous on the counter and got a flukey goal out of it. Our heads dropped completely, mix that in with some daft subs and you've got a third goal, which Krul could've done better with. Our lot looked generally sluggish on the night and our gameplan after going behind was a load of s***. Our game plan before going behind was a load of s****, that's why we went behind. Going to Swansea with a counter approach is not shit, it's what got us the win there 2 years ago. We've got players that are well-suited to it and it can lead to some excellent and effective football. Executing it is a different matter, both on the attacking and defending fronts, we were poor, especially the latter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 hahahaha what the f*** happened here? Just seen the score. We came to counter but our organisation and energy was crap, cue a formation change after 12 minutes. They had the majority of possession but looked largely toothless until Krul made a poor clearance and our sleepy defenders didn't react to Dyer standing alone in the box. We came out well enough in the second but were far too open, they looked dangerous on the counter and got a flukey goal out of it. Our heads dropped completely, mix that in with some daft subs and you've got a third goal, which Krul could've done better with. Our lot looked generally sluggish on the night and our gameplan after going behind was a load of shit. This is pretty much spot on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mick Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 Going to Swansea with a counter approach is not s***, it's what got us the win there 2 years ago. We've got players that are well-suited to it and it can lead to some excellent and effective football. Executing it is a different matter, both on the attacking and defending fronts, we were poor, especially the latter. It was shit, we let them get at us when in reality we should have had a go at them as they had nobody to worry about up front. If you invite players on to you, you'll make mistakes and you will pay for those mistakes more often than not and we did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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