Disco Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 The state of Shola when he came on man, he's off in the summer (fingers crossed) - what is the fucking point? Painful. Made me laugh when Benny played a nice little reverse ball through to him down the channel. Watching him try to run to catch up to it like a drugged elephant Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 The state of Shola when he came on man, he's off in the summer (fingers crossed) - what is the f***ing point? Painful. Made me laugh when Benny played a nice little reverse ball through to him down the channel. Watching him try to run to catch up to it like a drugged elephant That was painful to watch, looked like slow motion from the Leazes End. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Just checked the stats as well, Tiote had 155 touches with 121 passes complete at 91% accuracy. f***ing hell, love that. He wasn't even particularly good today but he's always involved, love that too. Shame the shot that hit the crossbar didn't go in. Might scroll the thread back to the moment he was taking the freekick as I didn't watch the game live. Must have been epic. :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 All of them were long range before the formation change. Get a life. This is probably the most mincing reply to anything ever. Well done. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Just checked the stats as well, Tiote had 155 touches with 121 passes complete at 91% accuracy. f***ing hell, love that. He wasn't even particularly good today but he's always involved, love that too. Shame the shot that hit the crossbar didn't go in. Might scroll the thread back to the moment he was taking the freekick as I didn't watch the game live. Must have been epic. :lol: It's just that involvement from a central midfielder that I love, I appreciate Palace would hardly have been pressing us high up. 155 touches is insane. The stats are eerily similar to an article I read raving about Cabaye for PSG against Leverkusen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Biggest crime being it should have been YoCabs having those touches today. Today and last week show how much we miss him/his ilk. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 the passing stats are so one sided, we completed 625 of 705, while they completed 171 of 245. As well as having 73% possession. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Just checked the stats as well, Tiote had 155 touches with 121 passes complete at 91% accuracy. f***ing hell, love that. He wasn't even particularly good today but he's always involved, love that too. Shame the shot that hit the crossbar didn't go in. Might scroll the thread back to the moment he was taking the freekick as I didn't watch the game live. Must have been epic. :lol: It's just that involvement from a central midfielder that I love, I appreciate Palace would hardly have been pressing us high up. 155 touches is insane. The stats are eerily similar to an article I read raving about Cabaye for PSG against Leverkusen. Anita's stats anywhere? I thought he was outstanding today as well - he was really driving and trying to make something, anything happen. He and Tiote were my standout players for the 90 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Just checked the stats as well, Tiote had 155 touches with 121 passes complete at 91% accuracy. f***ing hell, love that. He wasn't even particularly good today but he's always involved, love that too. Shame the shot that hit the crossbar didn't go in. Might scroll the thread back to the moment he was taking the freekick as I didn't watch the game live. Must have been epic. :lol: It's just that involvement from a central midfielder that I love, I appreciate Palace would hardly have been pressing us high up. 155 touches is insane. The stats are eerily similar to an article I read raving about Cabaye for PSG against Leverkusen. Anita's stats anywhere? I thought he was outstanding today as well - he was really driving and trying to make something, anything happen. He and Tiote were my standout players for the 90 minutes. 119 touches, 96 passes, 89% completion. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Just checked the stats as well, Tiote had 155 touches with 121 passes complete at 91% accuracy. f***ing hell, love that. He wasn't even particularly good today but he's always involved, love that too. Shame the shot that hit the crossbar didn't go in. Might scroll the thread back to the moment he was taking the freekick as I didn't watch the game live. Must have been epic. :lol: It's just that involvement from a central midfielder that I love, I appreciate Palace would hardly have been pressing us high up. 155 touches is insane. The stats are eerily similar to an article I read raving about Cabaye for PSG against Leverkusen. Anita's stats anywhere? I thought he was outstanding today as well - he was really driving and trying to make something, anything happen. He and Tiote were my standout players for the 90 minutes. 119 touches, 96 passes, 89% completion. His passes are noticeably higher up the pitch on average than Tiote's as you would expect, more passes in the final third than any other player (37 attempts, 28 completed) and 62 of this attemped passes were going forward (compared to Tiote's 66) . those two beginning to look good together, well, apart from the absolute lack of creativity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Ball by Sissoko to create that chance on his left foot for Cisse was class. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Bard of Byker Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Makes a change to see a decent post-match interview. Pardew's interviews are always awful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Just checked the stats as well, Tiote had 155 touches with 121 passes complete at 91% accuracy. f***ing hell, love that. He wasn't even particularly good today but he's always involved, love that too. Shame the shot that hit the crossbar didn't go in. Might scroll the thread back to the moment he was taking the freekick as I didn't watch the game live. Must have been epic. :lol: It's just that involvement from a central midfielder that I love, I appreciate Palace would hardly have been pressing us high up. 155 touches is insane. The stats are eerily similar to an article I read raving about Cabaye for PSG against Leverkusen. Anita's stats anywhere? I thought he was outstanding today as well - he was really driving and trying to make something, anything happen. He and Tiote were my standout players for the 90 minutes. 119 touches, 96 passes, 89% completion. His passes are noticeably higher up the pitch on average than Tiote's as you would expect, more passes in the final third than any other player (37 attempts, 28 completed) and 62 of this attemped passes were going forward (compared to Tiote's 66) . those two beginning to look good together, well, apart from the absolute lack of creativity. Where are those stats from, out of interest? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
maybe_next_year Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Got the info from FourFourTwo's stats zone app on my phone , they get their stats from Opta. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Got the info from FourFourTwo's stats zone app on my phone , they get their stats from Opta. Cheers man, web link here: http://www.fourfourtwo.com/statszone/8-2013/matches/695207 Good little resource that, along with Whoscored. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Vurnon's stats are excellent as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 All of them were long range before the formation change. Get a life. pure rinsed Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Very poor stuff - negative, boring and safety-first football against a poor side. Passing sideways, backwards is always the preferred option for many in the side...only Anita and to a lesser degree, Tiote, tried to get the forwards any service at all and the lack of movement off the ball was chronic. NUFC are a side going through the motions. Cisse missed at least 3 gilt-edged chances before he finally scored and the goal was actually timed as almost 4 minutes into injury time when we should only have had 3...no sympathy for Pulis but we would have complained bitterly if this had happened to us at OT when Ferguson was in charge..... We shouldn't be surprised....no Cabaye, no Remy(and unlikely to be next season)and no Debuchy...we looked what we are, a side with little real class and pedestrian. Those who didn't renew their STs have made a good decision.... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 3 minutes is a minimum tbf. Pulis can shove his whinging up his arse. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrettNUFC Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Seen a few people picking up on timing on the goal. The 4th official had a mare anyways with just the 3 minutes, all subs were used and Speroni was constantly taking forever and a day on goal kicks. It's refs decision to play what time he sees fit, in this case that 3 minutes wasn't enough. Anyone who feels Palace were hard done by are wrong, so wrong. They deserved to take nothing from that game, absolutely nothing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 I've packed my season ticket in this season so I only have 4 homes games left, and I wont go back until Ashley and Pardew are gone. My thoughts as I sat there yesterday were that I wont miss it one bit, the atmosphere in the whole ground is just not there any more and it just seems that fans just turn up now as a sense of duty rather than to support the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Seen a few people picking up on timing on the goal. The 4th official had a mare anyways with just the 3 minutes, all subs were used and Speroni was constantly taking forever and a day on goal kicks. It's refs decision to play what time he sees fit, in this case that 3 minutes wasn't enough. Anyone who feels Palace were hard done by are wrong, so wrong. They deserved to take nothing from that game, absolutely nothing. Do you know the rules of football? It's the referee that decides the added on time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fugazi Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 Might be Giggs, but someone got hit by a car on Strawberry Place just after the match, ridiculous how many people try to drive along there just before 5pm. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 My main gripes and praise: Dummet - Seems to have gone from a marauding left back in hus initial performances to a tentative, anxious ba ball crosser. get him off corner duty ffs! (is this you percy?) Colo & Willo - Really loking comfy bringing the ball out, but yesterday they were getting the run around by Jerome... Jeezus! Anita & tiote - Both are trying to be more creative but they aren't that type pf player. they are both playing well and close to their capabilities so praise here. Sissoko & gouff - both are playing tucked in and we are getting no width, makes us harder to play against but frustrating in an attacking sense. Luke de Jong - Holds ball up well, end of... Gash! Do not want on permanent at all. Cisse - Deja Vu / Flashback ? That was the Cisse of old yesterday... Please!!! Ben Arfa - Changed the game, made only one bad pass/decision which could have had a bad ending but apart from that he was great.Why we didn't get more ball out to him I'll never know. Shola - Great servant to the club... Best of luck in the summer! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted March 23, 2014 Share Posted March 23, 2014 On reflection we deserved to win, but the quality of the game was absolute garbage from both sides and a side with more belief would had scored against us (I thought both CB's were shaky). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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