Guest Howaythetoon Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Loads of bairns there today in wongaless tops, all excited to watch their beloved Championship club... We have the most stupidest yet most fucking unbelievable in a good way set of fans in the game! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 my 2 boys been going a while but took my 5 and 11 year old girls along today and they loved it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Lots of happy people today mind, it's actually quite surreal given we are demoted team. Rafa is hugely popular and up there with KK in terms of fans trusting him it would seem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Have we played in the new home top yet? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NUFCDoog Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Nah - thats debuting against Huddersfield. U21s might have played a friendly in it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 30, 2016 Share Posted July 30, 2016 Lots of happy people today mind, it's actually quite surreal given we are demoted team. Rafa is hugely popular and up there with KK in terms of fans trusting him it would seem. The last relegation was quite an eye opener for me really, for fans there are much more important things than what division your team happens to be in. Proving it again now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
newsted Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Thought shelvey and saveit were the best central midfield pairing today. Saveit sat which allowed shelvey to get forward. Love the Warriors av, the spelling not so much. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shintonsghost Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 that away top was lush mind. i might invest for the first time in 20 odd years Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Longer highlights Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Janmaat did very well for the first goal. Didn't pick up on that first time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Spectacularly bad defending for their first. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypnufc Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Shame those highlights miss out possibly some of the nicest football I've seen us play. Basically pinging it around out of defence, constantly looking for a forward but quick ball resulting in a one on one for Perez. Must have been a 30 pass move or so. It was sublime. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Logic Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Aye, and the second time I've seen unmarked players wide open in these friendlies. Slightly worrying when you add that Janmaat was apparently asking the bench who was supposed to be marking who after Vitesse's subs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocker Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Shame those highlights miss out possibly some of the nicest football I've seen us play. Basically pinging it around out of defence, constantly looking for a forward but quick ball resulting in a one on one for Perez. Must have been a 30 pass move or so. It was sublime. Aye that went down a treat in the Gallowgate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Something I noticed was that we played a high pressing game, even pressurising the keeper. It was mostly Gayle doing it, but a couple of others also did. I hope it wasn't just Gayle doing it on his own and others taking his but I hope it was instructed and continues into the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Janmaat's header for their second goal I know i'll head this....hmmmm let me think....i know my own penalty spot. You're a defender you lovely haired fuckwit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John P Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Aye, and the second time I've seen unmarked players wide open in these friendlies. Slightly worrying when you add that Janmaat was apparently asking the bench who was supposed to be marking who after Vitesse's subs. A tough thing to account for in friendlies though when there are so many changes made and probably a few players coming on who've barely played for them before etc. I wouldn't worry too much about it, it won't be a problem during the season as we'll have done our homework on the opposition more than we will for friendlies. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Janmaat's header for their second goal I know i'll head this....hmmmm let me think....i know my own penalty spot. You're a defender you lovely hairded fuckwit. The guy seemed disinterested all game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Zonal marking an all, it was how Liverpool under Rafa were vunerable at set pieces. Not a fan of zonal me, zonal marking is too static and opposition players a have a run on you. Much prefer a bit of both, Shearer used to stand on the edge of the 6 yard box and head away bucket loads of corners. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Janmaat's header for their second goal I know i'll head this....hmmmm let me think....i know my own penalty spot. You're a defender you lovely hairded fuckwit. The guy seemed disinterested all game. All i know is, he's a poor defender, he simply doesn't sniff danger and plays like a attacking wing back than a defensive right back. In todays game i know you have to do both but he's so poor on the part he should be best at. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 It actually was shown to work better than man marking iirc just that it got highlighted whenever Liverpool conceded from a set piece. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 It actually was shown to work better than man marking iirc just that it got highlighted whenever Liverpool conceded from a set piece. Not for me, you can pick out certain times when either are better, any said game will show one to be better than another. Call me old school but if marking a player is my job, that's my job, zonal is much more vunerable imo. Although man to man is too if your players are not good either to be fair, hence why you buy better ones. I think a mix of man to man and zonal is far better and i think Rafa did a bit of that last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shays Given Tim Flowers Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 As in I think it was a Liverpool fan posted the goals conceded from set pieces and Rafas liverpool were the best in the league at defending them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 I don't think zonal marking necessarily means you stand still and let the defenders get the run on you. If you have a space to defend you can still attack the ball when it comes in. If anything man marking is more likely to get caught out because the players don't know where the ball is. Either one can work I guess, if done well. At the end of the day not many goals are scored from corners. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted July 31, 2016 Share Posted July 31, 2016 Spectacularly bad defending for their first. I just can't get my head around this one. Apart from the guy on the post, there's three of our players without a man to mark just hanging around. That right hand side of the goal area is so open and the flick on was perfect to exploit it. I'm sure Rafa has torn them a new one over it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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