nufc4eva Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 The 5th place finish bollocks is started to do my head in now, we finished pretty much where we should have given the strength of our squad and the failures of Liverpool and Chelsea, it was an achievement of a manager merely doing his job, something he's failed to do ever since. In that season we pressed high up pitch, chased everything down and counter attacked brilliantly at times. Since then he has abandoned all of that ethos and resorted to a dormant footballing style aimed at boring the opposition into submission and nullifying threats, however it often results in the opposition looking pumped up on steroids and us a retarded kid that has had a stroke. I don't remember us doing that at all. The football was mostly f***ing crap too, by the way. 2nd half of season we counter attacked to great effect in away games. 1st half we had Cabaye chasing everything down as was Demba, always looked to close down opposition especially at home. We certainly didn't play great but had some core principles developing that are long forgotten and have been replaced by a half arsed approach to getting the ball back, coupled with humerous defending and a total inability to attack. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Our goal difference was shocking for a team that high up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 The 5th place finish bollocks is started to do my head in now, we finished pretty much where we should have given the strength of our squad and the failures of Liverpool and Chelsea, it was an achievement of a manager merely doing his job, something he's failed to do ever since. In that season we pressed high up pitch, chased everything down and counter attacked brilliantly at times. Since then he has abandoned all of that ethos and resorted to a dormant footballing style aimed at boring the opposition into submission and nullifying threats, however it often results in the opposition looking pumped up on steroids and us a retarded kid that has had a stroke. We had the highest line ever conceived the season before, I think we dialled it back a bit in 2011-2012 His ethos has remained the same for me, we've just learned that it wasn't sustainable especially when we realised we'll never be as lucky with injuries as we were the first dozen games or so of that season. Where as before we looked confident in our rigid formation, difficult to break down with a striker we could rely on up top, we now look like we haven't got a clue, nobody looks like they have any confidence in themselves or the players around them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 The 5th place finish bollocks is started to do my head in now, we finished pretty much where we should have given the strength of our squad and the failures of Liverpool and Chelsea, it was an achievement of a manager merely doing his job, something he's failed to do ever since. I hate the 5th place now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 The 5th place finish bollocks is started to do my head in now, we finished pretty much where we should have given the strength of our squad and the failures of Liverpool and Chelsea, it was an achievement of a manager merely doing his job, something he's failed to do ever since. I hate the 5th place now. It's a dirty number. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 The 5th place finish bollocks is started to do my head in now, we finished pretty much where we should have given the strength of our squad and the failures of Liverpool and Chelsea, it was an achievement of a manager merely doing his job, something he's failed to do ever since. In that season we pressed high up pitch, chased everything down and counter attacked brilliantly at times. Since then he has abandoned all of that ethos and resorted to a dormant footballing style aimed at boring the opposition into submission and nullifying threats, however it often results in the opposition looking pumped up on steroids and us a retarded kid that has had a stroke. I don't remember us doing that at all. The football was mostly f***ing crap too, by the way. Yep - very much a containment type team. Kept it tight, then one of Cabaye, Ba, HBA or Cisse scored the goals. Players like Best, Raylor, Marveaux, Guthrie and even Shola played well at times too. We haven't been terrible for 2 years tbf. We can't just forget we where top 6 at Christmas last year. Alan Pardew's very much a "team-spirit" manager. Dig in, work hard, foster a good team spirit and hope the more talented lads can win the games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufc4eva Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 The 5th place finish bollocks is started to do my head in now, we finished pretty much where we should have given the strength of our squad and the failures of Liverpool and Chelsea, it was an achievement of a manager merely doing his job, something he's failed to do ever since. In that season we pressed high up pitch, chased everything down and counter attacked brilliantly at times. Since then he has abandoned all of that ethos and resorted to a dormant footballing style aimed at boring the opposition into submission and nullifying threats, however it often results in the opposition looking pumped up on steroids and us a retarded kid that has had a stroke. I don't remember us doing that at all. The football was mostly f***ing crap too, by the way. Yep - very much a containment type team. Kept it tight, then one of Cabaye, Ba, HBA or Cisse scored the goals. Players like Best, Raylor, Marveaux, Guthrie and even Shola played well at times too. We haven't been terrible for 2 years tbf. We can't just forget we where top 6 at Christmas last year. Alan Pardew's very much a "team-spirit" manager. Dig in, work hard, foster a good team spirit and hope the more talented lads can win the games. Which has been the thing with people like Remy, Ba, Cabaye and Cisse first season helping push us on and to be fair some very resilient away performances in that time. It's just not sustainable though and we now don't have that stand out player that will drag us through unless De Jong or Cabella turn out to be that player - maybe even Aarons. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ronaldo Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 The 5th place finish bollocks is started to do my head in now, we finished pretty much where we should have given the strength of our squad and the failures of Liverpool and Chelsea, it was an achievement of a manager merely doing his job, something he's failed to do ever since. In that season we pressed high up pitch, chased everything down and counter attacked brilliantly at times. Since then he has abandoned all of that ethos and resorted to a dormant footballing style aimed at boring the opposition into submission and nullifying threats, however it often results in the opposition looking pumped up on steroids and us a retarded kid that has had a stroke. I don't remember us doing that at all. The football was mostly f***ing crap too, by the way. 2nd half of season we counter attacked to great effect in away games. 1st half we had Cabaye chasing everything down as was Demba, always looked to close down opposition especially at home. We haven't ever played pressing football under Pardew. You're making that up. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 We've played lots of depressing football. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanSkÃrare Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 3 minutes ago AP: "We went to Spurs last season and put in a fantastic performance. We will go back there with good memories." #nufc LUL Krul made 14 saves Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Those are the good memories. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 We've played a lot of 'on the back foot, defensive football' dressed up as the 'front-foot, attacking football' that Pardew wants us to believe we play. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 3 minutes ago AP: "We went to Spurs last season and put in a fantastic performance. We will go back there with good memories." #nufc LUL is that real? we got fucking dicked, they just couldn't score Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueStar Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Alan's fucking dream game that one, on the back foot all the time but just got that "bit of luck, bit of magic." Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 3 minutes ago AP: "We went to Spurs last season and put in a fantastic performance. We will go back there with good memories." #nufc LUL Krul made 14 saves aye was that not a PL record or something? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 The 5th place finish bollocks is started to do my head in now, we finished pretty much where we should have given the strength of our squad and the failures of Liverpool and Chelsea, it was an achievement of a manager merely doing his job, something he's failed to do ever since. In that season we pressed high up pitch, chased everything down and counter attacked brilliantly at times. Since then he has abandoned all of that ethos and resorted to a dormant footballing style aimed at boring the opposition into submission and nullifying threats, however it often results in the opposition looking pumped up on steroids and us a retarded kid that has had a stroke. I don't remember us doing that at all. The football was mostly f***ing crap too, by the way. 2nd half of season we counter attacked to great effect in away games. 1st half we had Cabaye chasing everything down as was Demba, always looked to close down opposition especially at home. We haven't ever played pressing football under Pardew. You're making that up. Agree with Ronaldo here, we never look to press high up the pitch. Lots of teams come up to St James' and do it to us though with their wide men and central midfielders, which makes you realise how little we do it ourselves. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Fantastic performance vs spurs last season at the Lane. They had 31 shots Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Fantastic performance vs spurs last season at the Lane. They had 31 shots It says it all about him and his mentality. More than happy to nick one and rely on luck to see us through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Fantastic performance vs spurs last season at the Lane. They had 31 shots If that counts as a fantastic performance I dread to think what a bad one would look like. Fantastic result aye, but the performance was one of the worst of the season, and that's saying a lot. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Fantastic performance vs spurs last season at the Lane. They had 31 shots If that counts as a fantastic performance I dread to think what a bad one would look like. Fantastic result aye, but the performance was one of the worst of the season, and that's saying a lot. The Vill away game, the season before was just as bad. We scored 2 i think and then stopped. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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loki679 Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Quality Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wallace Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 It is what Pardew does though. He repeats something until it becomes accepted as fact. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 Wonderful. Strong work. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted October 24, 2014 Share Posted October 24, 2014 3 minutes ago AP: "We went to Spurs last season and put in a fantastic performance. We will go back there with good memories." #nufc LUL We got twatted and Krul had the game of his life. Yeah, good memories. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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