Willow Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 Listen to Shearer here when Dummett bags the equalizer. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p03fbd8x After years of having to put up with the likes of Niall Quinn on Sky, it's nice to get some toon bias for once. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 12, 2016 Share Posted January 12, 2016 I love that man. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 http://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jan/12/louis-van-gaal-blames-manchester-united-players? Louis van Gaal blames Manchester United players for Newcastle draw Presumably so rare it's deemed suitable for the headline. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavMcEl Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Didn't bother reading previous comments before tbh don't give a fuck back home now and I have to tell ye protest ive been about a result since the 4-4 against them dirty North London cunts, and I'll tell ye what I don't know if it's the pints talking but way the singing of shelvey im excited fucking bring it on to fuck you cunts Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavMcEl Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Proudest I've been not protest fuck auto correct lol Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 You alright there? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nufcjb Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 It's funny what having a shot at goal from the edge of the penalty box can do. So many times our players seem so reluctant to have a shot at goal from a decent position and distance this season. They would rather pass it sideways to the player out wide to cross the ball in yet the cross would be miserable. Dummet hit that and luckily it hits Smalling and goes in. Hope they aren't afraid to shoot especially since Jonjo will take that job from Tiote. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Aye, wish Wijnaldum had taken the shot on right at the end instead of trying to pass it through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Same re Gini, enjoyed seeing Colo's shot (typed shit there! Force of habit...) as well, great effort. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I know it's been our mantra most games to say this but there was a lot of positives in last nights game, despite dropping 2 points. We have to be bold enough to change things at the 60 min mark if they aint working. If Perez or Mitro don't look like they are in it, they should get replaced with De Jong or Thauvin. Perez I love but despite some nice link up play he was a bit flat so someone else should have got a crack. Adding Saviet and Shelvey will be very interesting. Jack Colback has to be a bench player to bring on when your 2 up for the last 10 mins. Pack out the midfield and and strangle things with the extra man as I think he's fairly ok at doing that for brief spells, he should never get 90 mins unless we have serious amount of injuries. Need that striker, Berahino would be interesting but Remy on loan would do. We still need a centre back, shipping three at home just underlines this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I know it's been our mantra most games to say this but there was a lot of positives in last nights game, despite dropping 2 points. We have to be bold enough to change things at the 60 min mark if they aint working. If Perez or Mitro don't look like they are in it, they should get replaced with De Jong or Thauvin. Perez I love but despite some nice link up play he was a bit flat so someone else should have got a crack. Adding Saviet and Shelvey will be very interesting. Jack Colback has to be a bench player to bring on when your 2 up for the last 10 mins. Pack out the midfield and and strangle things with the extra man as I think he's fairly ok at doing that for brief spells, he should never get 90 mins unless we have serious amount of injuries. Need that striker, Berahino would be interesting but Remy on loan would do. We still need a centre back, shipping three at home just underlines this. Colback should be sent back deep into the bowels of the Earth with his fucking Morlock kin. No place for that fucking bloodless eel on the Earth's surface. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I know it's been our mantra most games to say this but there was a lot of positives in last nights game, despite dropping 2 points. We have to be bold enough to change things at the 60 min mark if they aint working. If Perez or Mitro don't look like they are in it, they should get replaced with De Jong or Thauvin. Perez I love but despite some nice link up play he was a bit flat so someone else should have got a crack. Adding Saviet and Shelvey will be very interesting. Jack Colback has to be a bench player to bring on when your 2 up for the last 10 mins. Pack out the midfield and and strangle things with the extra man as I think he's fairly ok at doing that for brief spells, he should never get 90 mins unless we have serious amount of injuries. Need that striker, Berahino would be interesting but Remy on loan would do. We still need a centre back, shipping three at home just underlines this. Colback should be sent back deep into the bowels of the Earth with his fucking Morlock kin. No place for that fucking bloodless eel on the Earth's surface. Well of course, but as that's never going to happen you have to adjust to something more realistic. How many games are we two up with 10 to go? - I'm only advocating a rare situation where he should ever get time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Same as the Liverpool and Spurs games, we need to build on this. Everyone said we needed to kick on after those games and that beating Villa was still the most important thing. We went and drew with Villa, then lost the next 3 league games, 1-0. On that performance and on chances created, against a team that doesn't concede many. I really hope it's a turning point. Should be a good feeling and a bit of a buzz in the squad. We've not been cut adrift with our poor run of form and we've just signed two players. I was really impressed, though. At 2-0 down, we could have folded like a cheap deck of cards. I thought we would have done, TBH. But if anything, for long spells, we were the better side and we didn't stop fighting. Bodes well. I just hope it won't lead to another string of results where we play well, but don't get the result. Last night was a bit like that. We could/should have won. I'm sure Man U fans will be saying the same, but we just as easily could have won. Especially when you factor in the blatant penalty and the fact Fellaini should have been off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Man U are so poor. If we score and the crowd gets excited they will crumble. Vote Kaka worst football poster 2016. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 All I can say is that we are an odd side. Never know what we are going to get from week to week. Hopefully shelvey will come in versus west ham and we will have an extra boost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I hope this is us turning a corner as far as goalscoring is concerned. As a collective unit the team played well with the exception of Perez (who I'm a massive fan of) who was completely anonymous and sluggish when he did have the ball. Anyway, the biggest plus for me was how more assured and confident we were in the final third instead of just sending Wij, Mitro and Perez there against 6 defensive players behind the ball and hoping for the best. I'm still wary though of the typical nature of our team to raise their game against the 'big teams' despite the fact Man Utd are completely s*** and we still couldn't beat them. McClaren was talking about the teams character and I'm unsure if it's down to the 'play against the big team' mentality we occasionally adopt, whether they're lifted by the new signings or they actually have turned a bit of a corner and look ready for a fight. Only time will tell though. Edit: Also loved Mitro's Ketsbaia impression after scoring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 We played further up the pitch as a unit, which was good to see. Also Wijnaldum in his best position. As much as Mitrovic has missed some chances he does occupy defenders and cause chaos when the ball comes up to him. We have the mobile midfielders to capitalise if they're alive to the situation and it's in the game plan. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 The one time we knocked the ball up to him, he played in Gini for our first. Think we need to mix our play up more often. I know long ball is a sin word but if we can get bodies around Mitro in the box people will score. Perez against spurs for example. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 That's not really long ball anyway as I think of it, the bad long balls are the ones just humped up from defence with no thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Fair point but it was still our first effort at something different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Good to see Jenas back us up after the Man U love in, even had Scholes agreeing with him after LVG said they could have scored 6 Scholes said we could have too. Just hope this isn't another one of those "top teams on TV" matches that are a flash in the pan. No excuse not to take that performance into West Ham on Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teasy Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Yeah Coloccini obviously looked for Mitrovic with that ball, nowt wrong with a high ball as long as it has genuine purpose. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 The one time we knocked the ball up to him, he played in Gini for our first. Think we need to mix our play up more often. I know long ball is a sin word but if we can get bodies around Mitro in the box people will score. Perez against spurs for example. Long ball is only a sin when you've got FSA and Pardew hammering hit and hopes forward. Played correctly it's a good tactic, look at Coloccini, something like 96% pass completion last night and he knocked a few long ones forward to good effect. I don't mind a bit of direct play, just can't stand watching hoofball. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
STM Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 Remember smalling clattering mitro in the second half. That is where using a tactical long ball comes in handy. We won a free kick and relieved the pressure on our defensive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 As Colback and Tiote are such horrific forward passers of the ball and in general sometimes a long ball is totally necessary. In fairness to Colo his punts forward are normally in the right areas for one of our players to get on and his passing range is better than any of our CM's with the exception of Shelvey now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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