AyeDubbleYoo Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Our set pieces have been superb this season in general, especially corners. Nearly all of them seem to at least land in dangerous position. Ah, for the days of loading it up to Big Mike at the back post... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
OCK Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Alan Pardew set plays still haunt me to the point I STILL expect nothing to come from them other than a counter attack from the opposition leading to a goal. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NG32 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I know highlights are hard to guage but i thought we looked good. We need to put those chances awsy mind as we are playing on fine margins. Stoke had some decent chances but meh you got to take them like i said. We just need 31 more points. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Loved it when Sobhi beat Yedlin about 5 times only to run the ball out of play unchallenged. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Incognito Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Remember Mark Hughes got subbed on for Blackburn at SJP, got a yellow card for not retreating 10 yards for a freekick on the halfway line and got subbed back off. Also got sent off in that 5-1 game and he took his jacket off and just dropped it to the floor. Can't stand him. Cracking player in his day by all accounts though He was one of the best back to goal forwards I've seen. Strong little fucker. Scored worldies for fun yet would miss sitters too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Used to really like Hughes. Best of the PFMs by a mile too overall. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I think he's a complete and utter fraud personally. Fuck knows what that mess of a system he was playing yesterday was supposed to be. Mame Diouf as a fucking wingback Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Remember Mark Hughes got subbed on for Blackburn at SJP, got a yellow card for not retreating 10 yards for a freekick on the halfway line and got subbed back off. Also got sent off in that 5-1 game and he took his jacket off and just dropped it to the floor. Can't stand him. Cracking player in his day by all accounts though He was one of the best back to goal forwards I've seen. Strong little f***er. Scored worldies for fun yet would miss sitters too. Was thinking if you did a 5 or 6 a side team of managers currently in a job I wonder if Hughes would be in it. Struggling to think of a keeper but I'd guess Cannavaro, Koeman, Guardiola, Zidane and Hughes would be a canny team but I'm probably missing someone obvious. Too young to have seen much of Ancelotti as a player Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Not really many goalkeeper managers. Can only think of Lopetegui and Zenga (who's currently unemployed). Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Not really many goalkeeper managers. Can only think of Lopetegui and Zenga (who's currently unemployed). That Preud'homme guy but he's out of work. Dino Zoff hasn't worked for ages Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I think he's a complete and utter fraud personally. Fuck knows what that mess of a system he was playing yesterday was supposed to be. Mame Diouf as a fucking wingback Think that he's a right cunt like. It's never his fault when his team loses and this whole myth of Stoke playing some sort of tika-taka stuff because he's signed a couple of diminutive attacking midfielders is totally bollocks. Last season he was still playing Glenn Whelan and Jon Walters ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I think he's a complete and utter fraud personally. Fuck knows what that mess of a system he was playing yesterday was supposed to be. Mame Diouf as a fucking wingback Think that he's a right cunt like. It's never his fault when his team loses and this whole myth of Stoke playing some sort of tika-taka stuff because he's signed a couple of diminutive attacking midfielders is totally bollocks. Last season he was still playing Glenn Whelan and Jon Walters ffs. They played a back 3 system in the most boring way possible yesterday. So much possession for the back 3 and little going forward from the wing-backs. He's from the Pards school of thinking he's a modern, progressive manager when the evidence suggests otherwise. At least wankers like Pulis admit they're there to destroy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Not really many goalkeeper managers. Can only think of Lopetegui and Zenga (who's currently unemployed). Nuno at Wolves and formerly Valencia. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Village Idiot Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Conversely, I have always found interesting that midfielders are so over-represented in management. If you look at Europe's top clubs: - Atlético (Simeone): midfielder - Barça (Valverde): forward - Real Madrid (Zidane): midfielder - Sevilla (Berizzo): defender - Man City (Guardiola): midfielder - ManU (Mourinho): not much of a playing career - Chelsea (Conte): midfielder - Spurs (Pochettino): defender - Liverpool (Klopp): defender/forward (according to wiki, not familiar with his playing career) - Bayern (Ancelotti): midfielder - Dortmund (Bosz): midfielder - PSG (Emery): midfielder - Juventus (Allegri): midfielder - Roma (Di Francesco): midfielder - Napoli (Sarri): no playing career Rafa was a midfielder too, even if his playing career was pretty unremarkable. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 It's because defenders are generally as thick as mince and forwards are prissy little ego driven prima donnas. Midfield is the thinking mans position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LRD Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Contrast that with the previous generation of forwards - Cruyff, Ferguson, our own Keegan and Bobby Robson. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilikenewcastle Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I think he's a complete and utter fraud personally. f*** knows what that mess of a system he was playing yesterday was supposed to be. Mame Diouf as a f***ing wingback Think that he's a right c*** like. It's never his fault when his team loses and this whole myth of Stoke playing some sort of tika-taka stuff because he's signed a couple of diminutive attacking midfielders is totally bollocks. Last season he was still playing Glenn Whelan and Jon Walters ffs. Agree with this, can't stand the man. I hate the way the media goes on about what a good job he's done and how he's changed the way Stoke play. They're still a midtable nothing club as they were under Pulis (who made a far greater impact on Stoke City then Hughes ever will). I'm just glad there weren't any slightly dodgy ref decisions that went against them yesterday or we'd never hear the end of it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Really like the commentator on the highlights that are on YouTube. Up there with the venomous guy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Lawro's prediction table is funny, obviously doesn't like both clubs, has Stoke bottom with zero wins and us third bottom with zero wins. Love these experts, where would we be without them. http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41243874 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 When was the last time Lawro predicted a Liverpool loss? Every time I see one of those tables, Liverpool are without defeat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 When was the last time Lawro predicted a Liverpool loss? Every time I see one of those tables, Liverpool are without defeat. His predictions had them unbeaten last year iirc. Already been said but the atmosphere was quality yesterday. Kudos to the singing section at the back of the Gallowgate, they've really bumped the atmosphere up a notch this year. Already buzzing for Liverpool. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I think he's a complete and utter fraud personally. Fuck knows what that mess of a system he was playing yesterday was supposed to be. Mame Diouf as a fucking wingback Same here. He talks like he's Alex Ferguson, in reality his teams look like a poor man's version of Tony Pulis. At least Pulis doesn't try and pretend he's anything other than an old fashioned British manager. Nothing wrong with it either if you get the basics right, it's not pretty but it will keep you in the division. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 I think he's a complete and utter fraud personally. f*** knows what that mess of a system he was playing yesterday was supposed to be. Mame Diouf as a f***ing wingback Same here. He talks like he's Alex Ferguson, in reality his teams look like a poor man's version of Tony Pulis. At least Pulis doesn't try and pretend he's anything other than an old fashioned British manager. Nothing wrong with it either if you get the basics right, it's not pretty but it will keep you in the division. Yup. Listening to his interview he erms and stutters when talking about the technical side of the game, the same way pardew did. Pseudo-intellectual guff. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Lawro's prediction table is funny, obviously doesn't like both clubs, has Stoke bottom with zero wins and us third bottom with zero wins. Love these experts, where would we be without them. http://www.bbc.com/sport/football/41243874 Your not always Mr positive when it come to us. Would expect you would have predicted us to be around the bottom end. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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