Guest Knightrider Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 He has came in for a lot of criticism this season, some justified, some not, but yesterday we saw what Parker is capable of - bossing a midfield containing such powerhouses as Gerrard and Sissoko - I thought he was brilliant overall, although he faded in the second half. Attacking, defending, keeping the ball, he did all those things really well and had a stormer. His season has been interupted but hopefully his niggly injuries are over with and he can carry on putting in such performances in the remaining games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kenton Magpie Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 I'll second that, if he can bare the brunt of the blame when we lose he deserves credit when we win and he plays well Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ally Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Thought he played well, although the usual critics - who I agree with on many counts - won't hold their hands up and say he did well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest smoggeordie Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Made loads of crunching tackles in the centre of the park. Showed the form we saw in the first half a dozen games of the season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Agreed,he took good use of the pitch and was really good at his tackleing,something we didnt see since he broke Bullards leg,he seemed to have returned to his former self in this game,he was also fantastic with the ball,the games before he lost it alot and seemed to make to many pointless moves,yesterday his touchs with the ball were fantastic and his passing was good,though he can improve it move Hopes he keeps it up,we need players like him in our side.. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 The thing that stood out most, from the norm, was his use of the ball...superb. Looked back to his best. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Knightrider Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 What pleased me most about his performance was his ball retention and tactical awareness, he was very much the Captain out there for us yesterday. I defy anyone watching that performance to claim Parker is not good enough for Newcastle. He put Gerrard to shame yesterday and that is more like the Parker we know exists, or at least I do anyway. Now he needs to get over his niggly fitness problems and start playing like that on a regular basis, to put in some consistent performances like he did last season. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnypd Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 i consider myself one of Parker's usual critics but he was excellent yesterday. Sissoko and Gerrard were crap, not sure if that is down to Parker or just cos they didn't feel up for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes1986 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 He was superb. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Monkey Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 He played well - better than the defenders some people are pretending were great. "Stevie G" and Sissoko were poor, but i think they appeared that way because Parker himself played so well. The trademark 8-yard, telegraphed, hideous sliding tackles were missing, which was nice. He played like the kind of player we thought he was, before he appeared to become 3-dimensional. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cajun Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 The stick he gets on here at times is crazy tbh, im sure those who give the most stick will do a "Wenger" in regards to this thread mind Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Knightrider Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 He played well - better than the defenders some people are pretending were great. "Stevie G" and Sissoko were poor, but i think they appeared that way because Parker himself played so well. The trademark 8-yard, telegraphed, hideous sliding tackles were missing, which was nice. He played like the kind of player we thought he was, before he appeared to become 3-dimensional. Aye, I think Parker's own performance subdued Gerrard's although the Liverpool man himself was clearly having a poor game, but much of that was down to Parker shadowing him and snapping away. Parker excelled as defensive midfielder yesterday and stemmed the flow a number of times, while also having the energy to get up in support of the forwards. An all-action display. No doubt some fill still try and find fault with his game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Monkey Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 He played well - better than the defenders some people are pretending were great. "Stevie G" and Sissoko were poor, but i think they appeared that way because Parker himself played so well. The trademark 8-yard, telegraphed, hideous sliding tackles were missing, which was nice. He played like the kind of player we thought he was, before he appeared to become 3-dimensional. Aye, I think Parker's own performance subdued Gerrard's although the Liverpool man himself was clearly having a poor game, but much of that was down to Parker shadowing him and snapping away. Parker excelled as defensive midfielder yesterday and stemmed the flow a number of times, while also having the energy to get up in support of the forwards. An all-action display. No doubt some fill still try and find fault with his game. He didn't score a 700-yard screamer, like Emre could if he wanted to. Sack the 50's hairdo-sporting cunt, tbh. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Knightrider Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Where was Butt yesterday? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Monkey Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Where was Butt yesterday? Don't start them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Kenton Magpie Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Thought he had a decent game did Butt Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Monkey Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Better than Fulham/last season, certainly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 He was excellent certainly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parky Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 He has came in for a lot of criticism this season, some justified, some not, but yesterday we saw what Parker is capable of - bossing a midfield containing such powerhouses as Gerrard and Sissoko - I thought he was brilliant overall, although he faded in the second half. Attacking, defending, keeping the ball, he did all those things really well and had a stormer. His season has been interupted but hopefully his niggly injuries are over with and he can carry on putting in such performances in the remaining games. He played well and seemed to actually be enjoying himself. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Monkey Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 He was excellent certainly. Who? Butt wasn't, imfo, but Parker was very very good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leazes1986 Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 Hope this gets pointed out on the Legends tomorrow. The silence is deafening when Parker has a great game and someone praises him. If MacDonald can't throw any criticism in about his performance then he just shuts up all together. I'm not one of those people who actually follow the thought that the reason we went on a run towards the end of last season was because of Parker being injured. Recently we've won games against the likes of Spurs and Liverpool with Parker in the team and we got a very good draw against Manure as well. An on form Parker is one of our biggest assets IMO. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johan Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 He was great, really like the way he and Taylor seems to really burn for the club and winning. Need to have more people like that. Given, Taylor, Solano, Parker and Martins to some extent really seem to have a bit more desire than the rest of them. Maybe Milner and Dyer could me mentioned too. Hopefully with a bit of success the rest will be motivated and if we add a few players something that resembles the bobby years could come and this time we win the league cup:) Or is that just me dreaming? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northern Monkey Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 He was great, really like the way he and Taylor seems to really burn for the club and winning. Need to have more people like that. Given, Taylor, Solano, Parker and Martins to some extent really seem to have a bit more desire than the rest of them. Maybe Milner and Dyer could me mentioned too. Hopefully with a bit of success the rest will be motivated and if we add a few players something that resembles the bobby years could come and this time we win the league cup:) Or is that just me dreaming? Afraid so, mate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SEMTEX Posted February 11, 2007 Share Posted February 11, 2007 i'll agree. Alot of the time this season he's got right on my titties for stifling (SP!?) any form of attacking momentum, but he was noticeably better vs the scum. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Johan Posted February 12, 2007 Share Posted February 12, 2007 He was great, really like the way he and Taylor seems to really burn for the club and winning. Need to have more people like that. Given, Taylor, Solano, Parker and Martins to some extent really seem to have a bit more desire than the rest of them. Maybe Milner and Dyer could me mentioned too. Hopefully with a bit of success the rest will be motivated and if we add a few players something that resembles the bobby years could come and this time we win the league cup:) Or is that just me dreaming? Afraid so, mate. Damn Newcastle United and all these false dawns. Always gets me hoping and then failure comes crashing down. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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