nemtizz Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Cisse is undoubtedly frustrating, but fucking hell. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikenewcastle Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I appreciate he has flaws, but still don't get how anyone could dismiss Papiss. Still a very important player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Fair play thats why I said goal threat. If he is scoring goals then it doesn't really matter what else he offers. It does to a point if we are not creating chances for him with regularity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Fair play thats why I said goal threat. If he is scoring goals then it doesn't really matter what else he offers. It does to a point if we are not creating chances for him with regularity. We created a lot less when he went off than what we were creating with him on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Coincidence tbh, mainly due to the fact we sat deep due to Tiote coming on etc etc. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Little other than a goal threat. I fucking despair at times. We need Luke De Jong back to give us some nice layoffs to Obertan by the corner flag. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flip Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Still so disappointed we didn't win. Forgot how it felt to really support this club. Felt so good today for a long time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Still so disappointed we didn't win. Forgot how it felt to really support this club. Felt so good today for a long time. I shouted out loud when Wijnaldum scored Can't remember the last time i did that, it felt really good to actually enjoy a game of football that isn't some super team in the CL. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 If you don't think Cisse's sheer charisma makes up for his considerable faults as a footballer then f u tbh Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I am smile Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marmoset Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Think we'll struggle from setpieces and crosses all season, however well drilled we get. Janmaat's usually decent in the air for a rb and Mbemba seems to have a good leap, but you wouldn't bet your house on him and Colo against a decent big striker with good supply (which won't be uncommon unless Haidaira can improve or he gets more help than he did today). Colback, Wij, Anita, Aarons and Perez aren't going to be much use coming back to defend free kicks or corners either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Not sure Haidara was told or ever cottoned to the fact that Tadic was going to dip back on to his left 9 times out of 10. Reminds me when we showed Recoba inside on to his left v Inter only for him to pearl it in the top bin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Think we'll struggle from setpieces and crosses all season, however well drilled we get. Janmaat's usually decent in the air for a rb and Mbemba seems to have a good leap, but you wouldn't bet your house on him and Colo against a decent big striker with good supply (which won't be uncommon unless Haidaira can improve or he gets more help than he did today). Colback, Wij, Anita, Aarons and Perez aren't going to be much use coming back to defend free kicks or corners either. It's not as if we were beaten for height, You can have 6'4 centre halves that will concede if they aren't in positions to even challenge for headers. Hopefully it's a sharpness thing and will come but the amount of free headers they had in the box was frightening. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Haidara's mistakes are things that can be easily worked on and ironed out in training. Now we have actual coaches I expect them to work with him and not to see those mistakes (not closing quick enough/showing the attacker on his weaker foot) again. Calls for a new LB are a bit premature imo. Given a run in the side I think he can definitely be a solid player for us and hold his place. He has great ability to whip a ball in the box in attack too Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Who's that 12 year old sat next to McLaren in the upstairs seat? Looks like he's on work experience. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Who's that 12 year old sat next to McLaren in the upstairs seat? Looks like he's on work experience. Cathro. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Who's that 12 year old sat next to McLaren in the upstairs seat? Looks like he's on work experience. Cathro? One of his two assistants. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 the right back they brought on at HT looked rapid Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 This commentator sound really freaking wierd Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 This challenge. :lol: I like the cut of his jib. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Fucking Shane long man Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 f***ing Shane long man Didn't realise at the time how bad Janmaats defending was for that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 Don't remember the last time we had more possession than the opposition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 I am smile Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted August 9, 2015 Share Posted August 9, 2015 When i think about today's match, I think we lost 2 points at around 60 minutes or so. At that point, Obertan should have come off as he was beginning to look clumsy and back to his non-confident 5-10 mins self. This was right around the time he couldn't capitalize on the 3 v 2 I believe and passed it back to our defense, a critical mistake in not getting something of a corner or chance on goal. Thinking further - we scored in the 48th and gave up the equalizer some 30 minutes later. Obertan should have come off in the 60-ish minute time when we were still pushing on for that 3rd. Aarons should have came on at that point and given their fullback sub problems. It would have forced Southampton to spend more time worrying about Aarons running at them constantly who I'd imagine does give a cause for any opposing manager some concern due to his unpredictability and left foot. So we didn't make that sub, in the 60-ish minute. At that point, McClaren had another opportunity to do it in the 68th when Anita went down. Instead, in the 68th minute, Anita gets stretchered off and McClaren IMO should have pushed Colback into Anita's role, Gini as the box-to-box, Obertan off for Aarons to keep the width and pace fresh, and Perez as the #10 to keep the technical nature and drifting/more mobile team. Those 2 moves would have kept us firmly in control IMO. Colback is Colback, but he has played for more in preseason to at least be capable of playing far deeper, starting attacks and letting Gini do the work. Mind you for the 2 Colback blocks and the Mane miss, we had 2 hand balls in their box, a Davis block on Gini, and another trickling shot cleared off the line. So I'm going to cancel those out. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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