Bimpy474 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Sky persistently take a negative slant on us. Appreciate they think they need an angle on any game, rather than just reporting with minimal opinion/interpretation what actually occurred (God forbid), but the angle they seem to prefer in our games is as negative as they come. Banging on about being lucky to not concede another pen as I type. Fucking mentalist reasoning or just plain biased. Utterly biased, Souness spouting his nonsense beforehand says it all. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
1964 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 I know it’s cliched but there is no way that decision is given against Man City, Man Utd, Chelsea or Liverpool. It is just so inconsistent Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyt Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Who was that linesman? What was his agenda against us there... clearly something fishy with his overreaction to a 50/50 bit of shirt pulling. Was he the turbononce that pardew shoved? Been biding his time, probably. Peter Kirkup? https://www.premierleague.com/news/605035 I guess not, he was at the Burnley / Man City match Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varadi Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Happy with the draw in the end. Need Kenedy to get his match fitness up as we need a good 90 minutes from him - no coincidence we tightened up after he went off, he was absolutely knackered. Hope Diame isn't too badly injured, been our best midfielder lately. Slimani needs to hit the ground running and I hope this new keeper is a dominant, vocal type as Darlow causes us a lot of uncertainty back there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 We held on quite comfortably. Tell it to my heart. It's no good for your health, this. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigfella Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 This ref is f***ing unbelievable. How the f*** was that not a foul on Merino!? This. It's hard enough on our s*** team to defend for their lives, let alone when they seem to be one of the only defences that don't get protection/benefit of the doubt from the ref. I'm happy to admit I'm firmly on the side of conspiracy against NUFC. Refs are bent. The reason I'm kinda on board with this is its been easy for officials to f*** us over for the last 10 years as theres no ambition or will to win from the top of the club, it creates the conditions where its accepted This. And Sky are a big part of it. The bias in the commentary is laughable. They were willing Palace on at times. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinkeye Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 God I hope Slimani is good for us.... Gayle offered precisely nothing through that game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Have Sky completely forgot we've just played Palace? Aye, if the Liverpool v Tottenham game had been the early kick off they would never have cut to our game like this. Aye, because they're good teams and the teams that neutrals actually want to watch Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 We held on quite comfortably. Yep, never felt a goal was imminent tbh. They came at us but we always had the bodies back to defend. Never really stretched to much. To be fair Zaha basically had everyone on toast, he was by far their best outlet. Can't tackle him or read which way he's going to go, all our players get back to cover. He changes the game on his own, superb player. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nobody Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Hayden and Merino changed the game back to something reasonable, good subs by Rafa. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest firetotheworks Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 We held on quite comfortably. Yep, never felt a goal was imminent tbh. They came at us but we always had the bodies back to defend. Never really stretched to much. You can't be serious here, like. We had 2 or 3 goal saving blocks, tackles, and saves from in and around the 6 yard box. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Our defenders tug more than others imo. I've been noticing it all season especially with Clark, he got away with a blatant one Vs Liverpool for example. I'm surprised it took this long for one to be given against him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 We held on quite comfortably. Yep, never felt a goal was imminent tbh. They came at us but we always had the bodies back to defend. Never really stretched to much. To be fair Zaha basically had everyone on toast, he was by far their best outlet. Can't tackle him or read which way he's going to go, all our players get back to cover. He changes the game on his own, superb player. Yes and despite his dominance and that he had Yedlin beaten every single time, they didn't worry us that much really. They were pretty toothless upfront when chances fell their way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Figures 1-0 Football Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Never a penalty in a million years but thick as fuck from Clark to give the officials a decision to make. Darlow should have saved it too. But, a point is okay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Kenedy has been involved in all 4 clear chances we've had in the last two games now, hopefully him coming off today was due to fitness again. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Hayden and Merino changed the game back to something reasonable, good subs by Rafa. Agreed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Hayden and Merino changed the game back to something reasonable, good subs by Rafa. Nah they were DISGRACEFULLY wrong! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 We held on quite comfortably. Goal line scrambles and last ditch tackles are the hallmark of comfortable defending. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Hayden and Merino changed the game back to something reasonable, good subs by Rafa. Rafa didn’t know what he was doing, so they said. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ponsaelius Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 That second half was one of the worst I've seen from a top flight team. It's hard to argue with the fact we have the worst team in the division, and would fully deserve to be relegated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hog Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Who was that linesman? What was his agenda against us there... clearly something fishy with his overreaction to a 50/50 bit of shirt pulling. Was he the turbononce that pardew shoved? Been biding his time, probably. Peter Kirkup? https://www.premierleague.com/news/605035 I guess not, he was at the Burnley / Man City match Simon Beck or Richard West then, looks like Beck to me... the cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Defence played well on the whole. We had no out ball for the final 50 minutes or so of the game, so it just kept coming back and they were constantly under the kosh. The pen was very soft and also should have been saved, but never mind. Credit our defence with saving the point. Without the momentum swing from the pen, we might well have held out for the win, given CP's play in the actual danger area. Some strange decisions regarding the team, Ritchie over Murphy, Kenedy off, and Hayden over Merino, especially since we didn't have an out ball. It looks like our hopes are all riding on Slimani. Having the ball stick up front will be massive. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Absolutely desperate for a presence up front Most important message from today. Whatever tactical wizardry was occurring beyond my understanding, we did well to cut off supply to their forwards. They were basically at full strength today, which I hadn’t expected. If we’d had more to worry them through the middle, we’d have beaten them comfortably, IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 Comfortable I think that 2nd half shaved years off my life, man. Was horrible to go through. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jayson Posted February 4, 2018 Share Posted February 4, 2018 We held on quite comfortably. Yep, never felt a goal was imminent tbh. They came at us but we always had the bodies back to defend. Never really stretched to much. To be fair Zaha basically had everyone on toast, he was by far their best outlet. Can't tackle him or read which way he's going to go, all our players get back to cover. He changes the game on his own, superb player. Yes and despite his dominance and that he had Yedlin beaten every single time, they didn't worry us that much really. They were pretty toothless upfront when chances fell their way. Clark cleared two off the line in the space of 10 seconds, Id call that stretched really. Zaha could've done better with a couple chances himself. I think we actually defended decently in numbers beyond that though yeah. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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