midds Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Not sure how much Riviere is picking up each week but he'll earn his money this season. Pardew will dress it up as a 4-3-3 but it'll be 4-5-1 in reality once we start conceding possession and territory in the middle third. Riviere will be so isolated as to render him virtually redundant. Why should we expect anything different? Nothing's changed since the pigshit we all saw since January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belfast Mags Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 A routine bumming awaits. Anything less than 4 will be a moral victory. Yay, football is back Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted Maul Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Yup. Pardew doesn't know any other way of playing, which is why it's pointless bringing in players like cabella who are then forced to either submit to playing the grinding dirge or end up made a pariah like Ben Arfa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 A massive loss to put Pardew under pressure from the off would be alright. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 A massive loss to put Pardew under pressure from the off would be alright. He and the club remind us at every turn that we can't possibly compete with the likes of Man City, so why would a big defeat to them mean anything? Think it'll be 0-2 myself. They'll be smarting after today and ultimately have too much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deuce Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Krul Williamson Coloccini Janmaat Haidara Anita Colback Sissoko Cabella Gouffran Riviere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JS Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Have a weird feeling it'll be a draw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
midds Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Have a weird feeling it'll be a draw. For about 8 minutes, aye. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest JS Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Have a weird feeling it'll be a draw. For about 8 minutes, aye. Don't get me wrong, any other day I'd say hammered. Just wonder if city might have a slow start this year, and trust pardew to actually get a point against them to throw the ego into overdrive Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Anyone know a decent place in Brussels that shows football? Preferably nearer the north of town as we'll probably leave straight for the airport after. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest palnese Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 A massive loss to put Pardew under pressure from the off would be alright. He and the club remind us at every turn that we can't possibly compete with the likes of Man City, so why would a big defeat to them mean anything? Think it'll be 0-2 myself. They'll be smarting after today and ultimately have too much. Well, a 0-6 loss, or something like that, doesn't look very good on Pardew regardless of who we play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Well it happened about 14 months ago and he's still here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Defeated before we turn up. My assumption. They'll look deflated and disjointed the moment the whistle blows for kick off. The only hope rests solely on the likes to Riv, Cabella and De Jong. They'll by gave the pre programmed bumming instilled yet. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Defeated before we turn up. My assumption. They'll look deflated and disjointed the moment the whistle blows for kick off. The only hope rests solely on the likes to Riv, Cabella and De Jong. They'll by gave the pre programmed bumming instilled yet. This, mainly due to our arsehole manager spending the full week telling the world how amazing Man City are and how we can't compete with them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
aussiemag Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Krul Janmaat Williamson Mbiwa Haidara Anita Sissoko Cabella de Jong Aarons Riviere Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Pardew: "Cheick for sure I don't think is going to make it, outside chance that Siem could be involved" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezertron Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 We'll be 1-0 down within a minute and I'll enjoy it somewhat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest n4e Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Defeated before we turn up. My assumption. They'll look deflated and disjointed the moment the whistle blows for kick off. The only hope rests solely on the likes to Riv, Cabella and De Jong. They'll by gave the pre programmed bumming instilled yet. This, mainly due to our arsehole manager spending the full week telling the world how amazing Man City are and how we can't compete with them. With the tributes and whatnot prior to kick off I think the crowd and players will be really fired up for this actually, think we'll lose by a couple but don't think it will be the 0-5/0-6 bumming everyone seems to be expecting. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peppe Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 This game: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KDT Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I realise it's likely to make absolutely no difference in the end result but have Kompany etc played in any pre-season games? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Might put £250 on Man City -1. Buying money. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Keep it tight for 70 - 75 mins, then try and get a goal. Lose 0 - 4 :lol: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crumpy Gunt Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 De jong and tiote not in with the main group Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Only positive is City might not be fully up to speed. Fully expect a footballing massacre though. They are there to be beaten IMO, only not by us. After we give them a blow job I expect they'll lose the next one. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Quite glad I can enjoy the majority of the weekend of football before we get trounced Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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