Anderson Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Only had one of note I think, Cabella hit it into the wall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hithere Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 He's not cover for Tiote. He's better than Tiote. Where was this opinion when the combined XI threads were knocking about? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Only had one of note I think, Cabella hit it into the wall. Jack should be allowed to take our corners and in-direct free kicks, Cabella (or someone else) should be allowed to take our direct free kicks. His set pieces were dangerous (as have been in pre-season) so long as he hasn't been informed to hit it long towards Williamson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 set piece delivery was solid. worked hard and didn't give up. Feel Cabaye would have probably been booked against this lot for one of his snidey challenges late on. Not a 1 for 1 replacement, but not as horrible as expected either. You let him take free kicks? He took the long ones. The short, direct ones were Cabella's. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hithere Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 set piece delivery was solid. worked hard and didn't give up. Feel Cabaye would have probably been booked against this lot for one of his snidey challenges late on. Not a 1 for 1 replacement, but not as horrible as expected either. You let him take free kicks? He took the long ones. The short, direct ones were Cabella's. In all honesty I've always said he was a decent player and one with very good technique. Just surprising to see him doing that. Was his delivery decent? I never got a chance to see it what with Larsson lording over every set piece we've been given for the past three or four seasons Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 set piece delivery was solid. worked hard and didn't give up. Feel Cabaye would have probably been booked against this lot for one of his snidey challenges late on. Not a 1 for 1 replacement, but not as horrible as expected either. You let him take free kicks? He took the long ones. The short, direct ones were Cabella's. In all honesty I've always said he was a decent player and one with very good technique. Just surprising to see him doing that. Was his delivery decent? I never got a chance to see it what with Larsson lording over every set piece we've been given for the past three or four seasons Well, I watched the game again and tbh, his freekicks and corners were better than Cabella's. We atleast created half chances from his delivery. Would like to see how's he like taking direct freekicks though. Cabella hit his' right into the wall though the City wall were stepping over the magic spray line. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
merlin Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Our MOM today IMO and the fans (where I was anyway) responded really well to him...be interesting to see how Pardew accommodates Tiote when fit...not to mention De Jong who I think will be huge for us. Nice problem to have a just need a finisher!!! We need more than just a finisher...we need CBs who can stop OTHER teams' finishers... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 He's not cover for Tiote. He's better than Tiote. Where was this opinion when the combined XI threads were knocking about? I posted my opinion of him way before he signed. This is not a knee-jerk reaction to his debut. Go check the beginning pages of the thread. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hithere Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 He's not cover for Tiote. He's better than Tiote. Where was this opinion when the combined XI threads were knocking about? I posted my opinion of him way before he signed. This is not a knee-jerk reaction to his debut. Go check the beginning pages of the thread. My post was in jest tbf I think Colback is a good player. He's better than a lot of people give him credit for. Watching the lad in the youth team he stood out a mile, ahead of Henderson who's come on leaps and bounds and will be an England regular for years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 He's not as athletic as Henderson but he's better on the ball. Our team will be better with him sitting in the middle with Anita, starting counter attacks. We'll come up against slower midfields and defences and we'll do all right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 He's not as athletic as Henderson but he's better on the ball. Our team will be better with him sitting in the middle with Anita, starting counter attacks. We'll come up against slower midfields and defences and we'll do all right. Did you see the pass Henderson played yesterday for Sterling's goal? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Yes, I did. I think Colback is capable of that. He saw some passing lanes yesterday that were better than the average midfield clogger does. I don't expect him to burst into a counter attack like Henderson does but he's got talent on the ball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I too was shocked at how good he looked yesterday. Plays like that every week and we might get 40m for him next summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 He's a very consistent player, I don't expect his performance levels to drop. I've watched him through two loans spells at Ipswich and during his breakthrough at Sunderland, and he's a very good, assured player. People seemed more focused on taking potshots with playground jokes because I said I knew him and he was a canny lad. :-/ Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 Rightly so tbf Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I would argue that it's tainted your opinion of him as a player that's a starting midfielder for NUFC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 In fairness, I have said in the past he's a good option for the squad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 And FWIW, Henderson is a level above him although it wasn't always the case. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I talked loads of shit about him but his passing was quick, decisive and he put in some good tackles and effort. Some of his play switching was really good to see. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ste Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I talked loads of shit about him but his passing was quick, decisive and he put in some good tackles and effort. Some of his play switching was really good to see. Fair play Kanji. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan_Taylor Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 That Niall Quinn quote is delicious Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I talked loads of s*** about him but his passing was quick, decisive and he put in some good tackles and effort. Some of his play switching was really good to see. Fair play Kanji. I said in the match thread I thought he and Cabella looked the best out of our squad. If he continues to play like that and celebrate like a madman versus Sunderland if he scores, then, hey no problem with him. I'll always have my opinions of players, but the moment they step on the pitch and look like they give a shit + put in a good account of themselves, I'll always be OK with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 We got rid of Cabaye and have replaced him with Colback, it's fucking terrible for the club and Colback's still a dick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 He's better than Tiote so he'll start for us, and rightly so. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 18, 2014 Share Posted August 18, 2014 I hope he keeps it up like, he slotted in well, but he shouldn't be in our starting XI, it's a fucking tragedy that he is. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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