aussiemag Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Ryder saying Coloccini should be under pressure and on merit perhaps MYM and Williamson should be the starters. Well I f***ing never, I actually agree with something ol' window licker says. Mbiwa and Williamson is the best we have. MYM just needs to get his confidence up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Mbiwa and Williamson is the best we have. MYM just needs to get his confidence up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Krul Williamson Coloccini Janmaat Haidara Ti te C lback Sissoko Cabella de Jong Riviere That's the nailed on lineup for me, barring injuries. Me too. Looking forward to seeing De Jong though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 His confidence is usually at it's best when Willo is next to him. Willo is a shouter, organizer and I bet he's actually a good leader on/off the pitch. Shame his physical abilities don't match the hard work the guy puts into it. I'll never, ever, question his commitment and work ethic. He's seemingly WORKED himself to be where he is today, even though I'd love to replace Colo, Saylor and Him for better/younger players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Williamson is a very good character indeed. He makes every single one of our defenders look better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 6, 2014 Share Posted August 6, 2014 Just a shame that him and whoever he partners end up costing us ridiculous amounts of goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Realistically I'd like to see this against City and going forward provided De Jong is fit. Krul Janmaat Williamson MYM Haidara Anita Sissoko De Jong Cabella Riviere Aarons Would like another CF and CB obviously, Tiote can come in for Anita for certain matches. I know Aarons is untried but I'm just sick of Gouffran offering absolutely nothing, at least he threats the opposition instead of passing backwards all day long. The key I took a way from today is (if we didn't know it already) is Gouffran should never start on the wing and Sissoko must always start in the middle preferably in a midfield 3. We all know what Pardew will do, so it's not much more than a pipe dream but just some thoughts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Agree with all of that apart from Colo instead of MYM. If De Jong is still injured then probably have to play Colback. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Not sure how it can be realistic if you think Pardew's going to drop our captain Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Not sure how it can be realistic if you think Pardew's going to drop our captain When I said realistic I meant from players available. For example no Hatem. Fair enough though it's obviously not gonna happen. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pata Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 This Tiote protecting the defence stuff doesn't really work though, does it? We've had him 'protecting the defence' for couple of seasons and have shipped goals left and right. Chuck Anita in there instead and see if maybe keeping the ball and troubling the opposition might be better than picking up yellows and hoofing into the gallowgate at every opportunity. Protecting the defence is hardly everything Tiote does. He gets significantly more touches and completed passes (with higher success rate) than Anita per game which makes the 'Anita keeps us ticking' in every post about him just ridiculous. Tiote is always available for the ball and never hides, we just simply look worse when he isn't playing. I like Anita but he has to be a lot more active and aggressive off the ball before he could realistically replace Tiote and personally I just can't see him being that type of player. Tiote obviously has his faults too and over confidence is IMO his biggest flaw. He can pull the tricks he does 9 times out of 10 but that one time often results in a dangerous chance for opposition. Just have to hope he is humble now after costing Ivory Coast one crucial goal in the WC. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Troll Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 What i want: Krul; Janmaat, Moke, MYB, Santon; Sissoko, Anita, De Jong; Ben Arfa, Striker (haven't seen the new ones yet), Cabella. What we'll get: Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Krul Williamson Coloccini Janmaat Haidara Tiote Colback Sissoko Cabella de Jong Riviere Swap Haidara for Dummett and I think you've got it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 That defence, man. We're going to ship goals for fucking fun yet again this season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Janmaat is new to the league, Coloccini looks uninterested and past it, Williamson is limited and Haidara is too raw and not ready. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Aye, any combination of that defence and we're screwed like. It doesn't seem that long ago that we got relegated with (on paper) the best defence we should have had in years. It's rare that we're solid everywhere. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Krul Williamson Coloccini Janmaat Haidara Tiote Colback Sissoko Cabella de Jong Riviere Swap Haidara for Dummett and I think you've got it. Doubt it, Haidara has started nearly every pre season game while Dummett has been getting minutes here and there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Obviously words aren't Alan's strong point but in today's Sky soundbite he did say something along the lines of 'If Siem and Cheikh are back then I'll have my strongest team available.' To me that means he sees the supposed 'strongest 11' as a 4-4-1-1 to which I'd guess Krul, Janmaat, Mike, Colo, Haidara, Sissoko, Tiote, Colback, Cabella, De Jong, Riviere. That is quite simply a terrible usage of the forward 6 players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Forgotten Santon already then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Colo seems to be in horrific form in pre season, he has been our best defender for years now but it looks like he could be on the downturn now Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Forgotten Santon already then. Haidara and even Dummett deserve a run of games before Santon gets back in. And the fact he has no fucking left peg to speak of. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Dummett Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collage Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Forgotten Santon already then. Haidara and even Dummett deserve a run of games before Santon gets back in. And the fact he has no f***ing left peg to speak of. Dummett is terrible, shouldn't be near a PL club. Santon still first choice for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mozy Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Surely you can agree Haidara deserves a chance to nail down the spot though? Santon has had a free run at it since coming into the club with no competition, and rarely looked exceptional. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 Any news of when Santon and Cisse are back btw? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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