Chicane Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 McClaren will probably be trying out various things in these games, if we don't look comfortable playing possession football against the likes of Gateshead then it's probably not worth implementing it during actual league games. I know these things take time of course, you can't expect a team to immediately be comfortable playing a new style (for many/most of our players) but I'd imagine you can get a pretty good idea quickly about who is and is not going to be able to play that way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Siem de Jong: "McClaren likes us to keep the ball, which is different to the previous set-up" Might be totally wrong, but i have a feeling that Anita will have an important role for us. Whatever some of you say i have a lot of belief in Anita as a player and in a functional football team with a manager who believes in him i have high hopes that he'll show that he's more than good enough! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Always liked that bloke. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Yes. There was lots of talk nearly every year about possession football and how we need to keep the ball better and because we did in pre season we thought it would translate to the regular season and it would get abandoned 5 mins in. When we keep the ball better in a league game i'll believe it. I saw us play possession football under Allardyce in pre-season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Siem de Jong: "McClaren likes us to keep the ball, which is different to the previous set-up" Might be totally wrong, but i have a feeling that Anita will have an important role for us. Whatever some of you say i have a lot of belief in Anita as a player and in a functional football team with a manager who believes in him i have high hopes that he'll show that he's more than good enough! agree about anita though i'm not sure he'll get as far as he should due to the surplus of midfielders we've got Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 It can be definitely be done, Pique isn't exactly fast. But as i said we need a quality CB regardless. And that's why we pair him with Mascherano. Masch gets such a bad rap as CB, but he's been integral to our success since Puyol's legs fell off. That said, Piqué is actually deceptively pacy. He just has a bad acceleration, so his burst response is bad. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Got to be honest I'm starting to come round a bit. I think the new coaching team makes a difference because the thought of Schteve with Carver and Stone was absolutely gipping. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I'm 100% on board with the coaches now, if not entirely with the manager. Best team we've had for years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Siem de Jong: "McClaren likes us to keep the ball, which is different to the previous set-up" Might be totally wrong, but i have a feeling that Anita will have an important role for us. Whatever some of you say i have a lot of belief in Anita as a player and in a functional football team with a manager who believes in him i have high hopes that he'll show that he's more than good enough! agree about anita though i'm not sure he'll get as far as he should due to the surplus of midfielders we've got Mclaren keeps referring to how we played in the west ham game and Anita was pivotal in that performance. That plus the Dutch football links and style of play, I agree he'll come in more now. Hope so anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I'm 100% on board with the coaches now, if not entirely with the manager. Best team we've had for years. We still seem light on coaching staff and I'm gutted we missed out on Steele and are stuck with woodman. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I'm 100% on board with the coaches now, if not entirely with the manager. Best team we've had for years. We still seem light on coaching staff and I'm gutted we missed out on Steele and are stuck with woodman. Are Palace not keen on Woodman? I could still see Steele coming in once Woodman has been moved on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 I'm 100% on board with the coaches now, if not entirely with the manager. Best team we've had for years. We still seem light on coaching staff and I'm gutted we missed out on Steele and are stuck with woodman. Are Palace not still keen on Woodman? I could still see Steele coming in once Woodman has been moved on. They are but the problem is Woodmans son who is also contracted to us. We are stuck with Woodman sadly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted July 11, 2015 Share Posted July 11, 2015 Happy Birthday Cathro! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 https://twitter.com/NUFC/status/620608462658138112 Did he die? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillClinton Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unbelievable Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJ_NUFC Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 We hired someone with a sense of humour to run the twitter account? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willow Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Sorry, that page doesn’t exist! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 What did we miss? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 If it's the same thing, it was a "player cut out" that you would use in a wall to practice freekicks. But somebody had stuck Andy Woodmans top over it. And @NUFC tweeted "New pre season diet is working wonders for AW" Or something to that effect. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrmojorisin75 Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 If it's the same thing, it was a "player cut out" that you would use in a wall to practice freekicks. But somebody had stuck Andy Woodmans top over it. And @NUFC tweeted "New pre season diet is working wonders for AW" Or something to that effect. Was that aye Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Steven Taylor “It’s a new style and everything we have done in the past will change. “The gaffer started doing that in the first week. “It’s been tough and a lot different to what we are used to. “It used to be old school like ‘run, run, run’ – but now it has been different and all of the lads have bought into. Pardew so sophisticated with it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Can't just be me that thinks Bishop has told the players to say shit like this because they know how unhappy the fans were with Pardew's playing style? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted July 14, 2015 Share Posted July 14, 2015 Doubt you would get a company "suit" going to the players and asking them to badmouth an ex coach. Can't see it myself Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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