CPL Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Obviously people will disagree but I made a combined XI with subs. NUFC/CPFC Combined XI Hennesey Yedlin Sakho Lascelles Van Aanholt Townend Cabaye Merino Zaha Shelvey Benteke Ratio NUFC: 4 CP: 7 Subs: Elliot Lejeune Schlupp Ritchie Loftus Cheek Puncheon Gayle Ratio NUFC: 4 CP: 3 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gdm Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Cabaye is done. No where near as good as he was with us Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Yeah, I disagree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPL Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Cabaye is done. No where near as good as he was with us Insert Loftus Cheek and push Shelvey further back I guess. U2: Care to elaborate? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Haven't seen MOTD yet, did they replay the Cabaye incident in the studio over and over again saying it should have been a red card? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 In my opinion they have about 3 maybe 4 players that would get in our team, Benteke (Joselu), Zaha(Either winger probably Atsu) and Probably Cabaye (Hayden) other than that I would rather keep what we have. Sahko has the odd good game and Townsend maybe based on his form when he was here would have a shout, but they're not definte upgrades to what we have at all. Loftus Cheek looks decent from what i've seen, but i wouldn't swap him for Shelvey or Merino. Forgot about Perez, Zaha can have his spot and then keep our 2 wingers Loftus-Cheek plays in Perez's position. You'd take Van-Aanholt over Dummett as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Haven't seen MOTD yet, did they replay the Cabaye incident in the studio over and over again saying it should have been a red card? They did tbf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1tche Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Haven't seen MOTD yet, did they replay the Cabaye incident in the studio over and over again saying it should have been a red card? All agreed it should have been a red and he was lucky. Think Phil Neville called it a leg breaker. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Fair enough. He can't be retrospectively banned though, presumably? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Yeah. Already given a yellow. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 That cabaye challenge was a disgrace. How the fuck the ref thought that was only a yellow while he booked 4/5 of our players as well ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Yedlins foot was planted and if Cabaye had caught him fully, it would have snapped his leg in half. Awful challenge from a player I used to love Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
U2 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Cabaye is done. No where near as good as he was with us Insert Loftus Cheek and push Shelvey further back I guess. U2: Care to elaborate? Just don't agree with half your picks. Townsend for example shouldn't be ahead of Ritchie. I take Dummett ahead of PvA every time. Cabaye is finished. Just loads I disagree with. Nothing malicious here, I just disagree. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CPL Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Cabaye is done. No where near as good as he was with us Insert Loftus Cheek and push Shelvey further back I guess. U2: Care to elaborate? Just don't agree with half your picks. Townsend for example shouldn't be ahead of Ritchie. I take Dummett ahead of PvA every time. Cabaye is finished. Just loads I disagree with. Nothing malicious here, I just disagree. That's fine was just wondering who your choices were. Probably agree with Cabaye. I probably picked Cabaye based on how he played for us but I wouldn't pick Dummett for the first XI Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1tche Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Obviously people will disagree but I made a combined XI with subs. NUFC/CPFC Combined XI Hennesey Yedlin Sakho Lascelles Van Aanholt Townend Cabaye Merino Zaha Shelvey Benteke Ratio NUFC: 4 CP: 7 Subs: Elliot Lejeune Schlupp Ritchie Loftus Cheek Puncheon Gayle Ratio NUFC: 4 CP: 3 All Pretty Average Yedlin Lejeune Clark Mbemba Ritchie Shelvey Merino Atsu Zaha Benteke Based on what ive seen from both side recently Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Combined XI is all a bit too RTG for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 The Cabaye tackle is a shocker. Knew exactly what he was doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 I think the squads are pretty evenly matched tbh, although on paper they probably have the edge. Swap the managers though and the result would've been very different - that was a Rafa masterclass in shutting down an away team with pacy players trying to break on you. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 Players just don't get sent off against us. Seems ridiculous, Bradley Johnson last player to get sent off against us in the Prem. That Cabaye tackle was a nailed on red. Scissor challenge. Knew it was nasty even from level 7 because he did nasty tackles like that all the time for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 If your combining an XI and putting 2 palace defenders in the back 4 you're mental. They've conceded 9 more goals than us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 The referee bottled giving Cabaye a red, he ran to the incident faster than any ref has ran before and was ready to pull a red out. The Palace players and Cabaye’s immediate apology calmed him down though. In all honesty the referee needs to be dropped just for that decision, in my opinion he failed to take adequate action to protect the safety of players. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy84 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 The referee bottled giving Cabaye a red, he ran to the incident faster than any red has ran before and was ready to pull a red out. The Palace players and Cabaye’s immediate apology calmed him down though. In all honesty the referee needs to be dropped just for that decision, in my opinion he failed to take adequate action to protect the safety of players. Definitely. In that moment as soon as the foul was made the ref decided it was a red, blowing the whistle like he did and the way he sprinted over, totally bottled it Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmonkey Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 I think the squads are pretty evenly matched tbh, although on paper they probably have the edge. Swap the managers though and the result would've been very different - that was a Rafa masterclass in shutting down an away team with pacy players trying to break on you. It never fails to amaze me how big a difference a good manager makes over one that is out of his depth. Benteke, Townsend, Zaha, Loftus-Cheek - that front 4 man for man is considerably better than what we have imo. All of them have a decent combination of pace, power, or skill. Stark contrast to our front four, who constantly lose the ball with pathetic/timid attempts at controlling a football, dribbling, exploiting space, or crossing. The lack of quality and pace from the front 4 is pretty awful, and results like this won't be sustained over the long term unless we improve on the personnel we have playing there. The reason why we scraped 3 points yesterday is because they played with no semblance of a gameplan or tactical/attacking drilling. Standard Pards style throw players forward and hope for individual brilliance (or diving) to produce something. As a team they looked disjointed, and it's easy to see why they're bottom of the league despite the players they have on paper. The fact that we're not down there with them is entirely due to Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GeordieDazzler Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 The referee bottled giving Cabaye a red, he ran to the incident faster than any ref has ran before and was ready to pull a red out. The Palace players and Cabaye’s immediate apology calmed him down though. In all honesty the referee needs to be dropped just for that decision, in my opinion he failed to take adequate action to protect the safety of players. That's Cabaye's thing though, he did it every time for us. Put in an awful challenge then pretends he's really sorry. Depressing to see the ref fall for it really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted October 22, 2017 Share Posted October 22, 2017 The referee bottled giving Cabaye a red, he ran to the incident faster than any ref has ran before and was ready to pull a red out. The Palace players and Cabaye’s immediate apology calmed him down though. In all honesty the referee needs to be dropped just for that decision, in my opinion he failed to take adequate action to protect the safety of players. That's Cabaye's thing though, he did it every time for us. Put in an awful challenge then pretends he's really sorry. Depressing to see the ref fall for it really. Aye, cabaye got away with a few like that when we played for us. Can't stand the bloke, soon as he refused to play that was a cardinal sin which you can't go back on. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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