Pilko Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Positives: Gamez after the first 20 mins or so. Merino is absolutely class. Joselu, he'll get goals and his all round game is good. Lascelles not a foot wrong. Elliot's kicking much better and some canny stops. Sanches being shit and Abraham doing nowt bar the 1 chance. Negatives: Hayden poor in possesion. Manquillo backing off too much. Murphy weak as water and a bit lost apart from tracking back. Diame being the usual waste of a shirt. Really good overall away showing though. We definitely edged it and they looked quite ordinary. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Next 2 are Stoke (h) and Brighton (a), looking forward to them now. Get good results in both and who knows what can happen going into Liverpool. What a difference some wins make. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 A Benitez team is always set up to get this type of away win. We held our shape and our nerve, and it's paid off. The players look so well drilled, its a far-cry from the teams put out by the clowns of recent years gone by. Lascelles MOTM for two clutch moments. With Merino it feels like we have an extra man in midfield as he does the work of two players. Starting to think he and Shelvey together against the weaker teams just might work. Hayden got booked early and that just took him out of the game. Not a red for Ritchie as he didn't catch the opposition player in the f***ing face running full pelt and head-on. Yellow a correct decision. Have to give Jones credit for not letting the blood rush to his head given the furore over yesterday's incident. Didn't use Yedlin, Lejeune and Shelvey which gives them a chance to be fresh for Stoke. Renato Messi Ronaldo Suarez is the best player in the world and I'm surprised he could still walk off when subbed considering the massive BSkyB tongue lodged firmly up his arsehole. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Diame did fine when he came on ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lenny Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Positives: Gamez after the first 20 mins or so. Merino is absolutely class. Joselu, he'll get goals and his all round game is good. Lascelles not a foot wrong. Elliot's kicking much better and some canny stops. Sanches being shit and Abraham doing nowt bar the 1 chance. Negatives: Hayden poor in possesion. Manquillo backing off too much. Murphy weak as water and a bit lost apart from tracking back. Diame being the usual waste of a shirt. Really good overall away showing though. We definitely edged it and they looked quite ordinary. Diame was fine in the limited time he was on the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe_F Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Ian Wright absolutely fuming on 505 because Clement just said in an interview there was no issue with the Ritchie challenge and the ref got it right. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 wrighty now having a whinge about diving. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 There was absolutely fuck all wrong with Elliot today ffs. Don't think that's all that outrageous. He doesn't have any command of his area. It's a worry. In the context of a fantastic result just thought it needed some balance. Maybe shit is too harsh but it's a weak link. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nemtizz Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Excellent attitude that. A lot of likeable players in this squad on a personal level, IMO. Lascelles and Ritchie are always honest and introspective, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlies Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Wright sounds like he needs the Samaritans here Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Not a single Toon player was poor. Some maybe could have done better in a couple of situations but none of them were a 'waste of a shirt' today ffs. Some must just love being negative. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Wright was literally on MOTD last night defending Mané the ridiculous cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 There was absolutely fuck all wrong with Elliot today ffs. Don't think that's all that outrageous. He doesn't have any command of his area. It's a worry. In the context of a fantastic result just thought it needed some balance. Maybe shit is too harsh but it's a weak link. Everyone knows he's not good enough, including the manager. I'm going to save the moaning for when he costs us points, it won't be too long. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 There was absolutely f*** all wrong with Elliot today ffs. Don't think that's all that outrageous. He doesn't have any command of his area. It's a worry. In the context of a fantastic result just thought it needed some balance. Maybe s*** is too harsh but it's a weak link. He's probably the "best" weak link we've had in recent squads considering we've had to contend with Colback and Dummett for the past few years stinking up the place. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cp40 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Wright sounds like he needs the Samaritans here he does Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Cheers Jamaal. ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 There was absolutely fuck all wrong with Elliot today ffs. Don't think that's all that outrageous. He doesn't have any command of his area. It's a worry. In the context of a fantastic result just thought it needed some balance. Maybe shit is too harsh but it's a weak link. Everyone knows he's not good enough, including the manager. I'm going to save the moaning for when he costs us points, it won't be too long. Fair enough. I wasn't moaning as such just it worried me most during the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twinport53 Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 There seems to be a lot of confidence in Rafa making a silk purse out of a cows ear, come on, really. Pretty much exactly what he's doing. Jesus Gamez mugging Swansea off today ffs I'm happy for other fans to think we have a championship team. West Ham thought the same, Swansea now. Stoke probably will, apart from a fear of Joselu returning with a goal against them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 There seems to be a lot of confidence in Rafa making a silk purse out of a cows ear, come on, really. Boom Si for me like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Very pleased with the performance, we dug in and got the win. There were plenty of times when the game wasn't going our way, be it decision, ball falling to their players, missed chances, world class save, and their chances. After each scenario our players picked themselves up and went again, something that wouldn't have happened with previous managers (looking right at Pardew here), in fact them having the majority of possession would have been enough for our players to hide away. At the 65th-70th minute mark I said to my friend that we looked tired, yet just after that we picked ourselves up, and created the goal. Even after the goal the attitude the players had showed, Lacelles was telling everyone to keep calm by the time the Sky camera's had cut to him, and after KO everyone of our players wanted the ball where in the past they would have been happy to sit in front of goal and hope the opposition didn't score. If we can dig in to games like this and keep the positive attitude and concentration then we can have a respectable season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Shame to have a great win and then have to decide whether I tolerate putting up with Alan Pardews utter tripe before Paco's interview. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Away Day Gadgie Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Good result and performance, we could've actually won by more if we hadn't wasted so many counter attacks. Elliott - Didn't have too much to do but did it well. Manquillo - Poor in the 1st half but much better in the 2nd and used the ball well. Lascelles - Matchwinner! Clark - Solid Gamez - Some clever bits of forward play, not too much to do defensively. Pleasantly surprised. Hayden - Very poor, one of his worst displays for us. I was calling for him to be hooked about 5-10 mins before he was. Merino - Bossed it. Shameful dive though! Murphy - Pretty poor but confident he'll get better. Ritchie - Class workrate again, had some good moments and got another assist. Perez - Shite in the 1st half, better in the 2nd, should have scored! Joselu - Very good hold up play, unlucky not to score and managed to stay involved. Pissed me off with his weak attempt from the edge of the box though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted September 10, 2017 Share Posted September 10, 2017 Just bare in mind when criticising Hayden. He was on a Yellow after one challenge and after around 5mins. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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