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Post by klr on Jan 28, 2012 14:02:56 GMT
Thank God that's over. That was awful, absolutely awful, we were so wooden, you might have well just thrown a few chairs out on to the pitch for all the difference it would have made.
I wasnt bothered about the result when I woke up this morning & I'm not now, but the "performance" ?! in a local derby ?! in an FA cup match at home ?!
The players should all be embarrassed by that "performance"
I was actually umming & aahing about going on thursday, thank God I didnt, I wouldnt be too happy if I paid out £40 quid to watch that, dear oh dear.
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Post by RoryTheRanger on Jan 28, 2012 14:05:25 GMT
Agreed, absolutely awful. That's the weakest team you will see us put out this season.
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Post by greeksuperhoop on Jan 28, 2012 14:07:00 GMT
No one gave a flying one out there today, i think pl is our main priority, i mean hulse came on so i think he was just giving everyone a go. not too bothered, although a better showing wouldve been nicer. Chelsea but shite as well, if it wasnt for that ridiculous penalty it wouldve ended 0-0. IMO chelsea were poorer than us for not putting 5 past us, there was no venom in their attack and our defence was organised and held out 'most' of their attacks. poor game though. both teams sucked.
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Post by FloridaR on Jan 28, 2012 14:07:47 GMT
KLR.
What worries me is the distribution from the back & the continued use of Joey (thetwat) Barton on deadball kicks. Something has to change here. So many times Chelsea's 1 man up front put so much pressure on our defense. The right side of the pitch has holes in it... to be fair Chels played shit as well but we were far shitter imo.
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 28, 2012 14:08:01 GMT
Ah but if this had been Neil Warnock's team, the screams of outrage by some...
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Post by FloridaR on Jan 28, 2012 14:09:29 GMT
Ah but if this had been Neil Warnock's team, the screams of outrage by some... i nearly forgot...Neils dream team is still with us ; ) |
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Post by RoryTheRanger on Jan 28, 2012 14:10:25 GMT
Once Taiwo and Onouha gets in the team the distribution from the back will improve.
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Post by FloridaR on Jan 28, 2012 14:11:18 GMT
Once Taiwo and Onouha gets in the team the distribution from the back will improve. i really hope so Rory. |
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Post by greeksuperhoop on Jan 28, 2012 14:12:33 GMT
Young is hot and cold sometimes. dont know whats going on there.
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Post by greeksuperhoop on Jan 28, 2012 14:14:36 GMT
Dont judge this performance, players' body language was different to the wigan game, no one cared, even hughes said in the pre match that this would be a bonus win and would be used for a morale boost. Roll on Villa, youll see a different hoops there as you did against wigan after that apalling showing against MK Dons. See the pattern...
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Post by FloridaR on Jan 28, 2012 14:15:51 GMT
I feel if Mark can get the backline right, then we will see some decent distribution allowing the frontline to use the full L+W of the pitch.
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Post by FloridaR on Jan 28, 2012 14:17:54 GMT
Dont judge this performance, players' body language was different to the wigan game, no one cared, even hughes said in the pre match that this would be a bonus win and would be used for a morale boost. Roll on Villa, youll see a different hoops there as you did against wigan after that apalling showing against MK Dons. See the pattern... If no one cared that's Joey Bartons fault. He's supposed to there to gee people up  |
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Post by greeksuperhoop on Jan 28, 2012 14:18:05 GMT
im not too worried, im not looking at that performance, we wanted to get knocked out, we played even worse against mk dons and were lucky to win, then 5 days later we smash wigan. I am just dissapointed because it didnt live up to the hype and football was shite along with the decision making.
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Post by greeksuperhoop on Jan 28, 2012 14:19:10 GMT
Dont judge this performance, players' body language was different to the wigan game, no one cared, even hughes said in the pre match that this would be a bonus win and would be used for a morale boost. Roll on Villa, youll see a different hoops there as you did against wigan after that apalling showing against MK Dons. See the pattern... If no one cared that's Joey Bartons fault. He's supposed to there to gee people up He didnt even care, and hes too busy tweeting the new george orwell quote he discovered that twat |
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Post by FloridaR on Jan 28, 2012 14:22:38 GMT
If no one cared that's Joey Bartons fault. He's supposed to there to gee people up He didnt even care, and hes too busy tweeting the new george orwell quote he discovered that twat haha ... I can honestly say that Joey Barton is one of my most disliked players every. |
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Post by nomar on Jan 28, 2012 14:45:16 GMT
Both teams were poor, but we were shockingly bad.
0-0 would have been the right result.
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Post by eusebio13 on Jan 28, 2012 14:45:19 GMT
I think you have to give Chelsea some credit....they got sucked into a battle last time and lost, so AVB clearly sent them out to ensure they retained possession early and didn't get caught in a scrap...they didn't look that much more likely to score than us. I think Faurlin was a huge miss from the other game as Buzz reverted to ineffectual type (he didn't even take the freekicks today)
As I said last week "one swallow...", and today just confirmed what we already knew, we need reinforcement all over the place but it seems they're coming...it'll be great to welcome Taiwo, Traore, Taarabt & Onuoha into the team.
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Post by powerpump on Jan 28, 2012 14:52:45 GMT
Yes we looked like we were not bothered and the trouble with that its' an attitude that could catch on.
I thought we played like a below average championship side.
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Post by londonranger on Jan 28, 2012 14:54:10 GMT
Just saw Young almost tie it up at the death. How did they get to 8 mins of overtime, I slept thru most of it.
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 28, 2012 14:55:04 GMT
A Chelsea player was injured for five minutes was the major reason
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Post by eusebio13 on Jan 28, 2012 14:55:42 GMT
Just saw Young almost tie it up at the death. How did they get to 8 mins of overtime, I slept thru most of it. Bad injury to Ramires (i think) he got stretchered off |
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Post by alfaranger on Jan 28, 2012 15:01:28 GMT
I dont want to set KLR off again but I am beginning to come round to his way of thinking on SWP (with slightly less vehemence). His weekly take home is half the price of a small house up here. I can see where he's coming from.
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Post by eusebio13 on Jan 28, 2012 15:06:29 GMT
Just seen penalty on TV....bullshit
Thought Ferdinand was huge today and thought Barton played better than the Wigan game. Next couple of weeks
Kenny
Young
Onuoha
Ferdinand
Taiwo
SWP
Barton
Diakite
Traore
Taarabt
Rodallega
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Post by klr on Jan 28, 2012 15:18:30 GMT
The problem we have & the reason our play is so limited & stifled is the width, Mackie & Shaun Wright-Phillips in a 4-4-2, playing against a team like Chelsea, playing in The Premier League, you need better than that, I'm not going to get on a massive downer about it, because I have no doubts that Traore & Taarabt will come in soon in wide midfield positions, maybe we will stick to 4-4-2, or maybe with players of more ability like Taarabt & Traore we will be able to try something a little bit more, no point having a big argument about it, but that Mackie & Shaun Wright-Phillips on the wings really is p!ss poor.
Even the best strikers in the world would struggle to do anything when there is nothing, literally nothing coming from wide midfield positions.
Really was embarrassed by that "performance" all I can say is that I hope all of the players feel the same otherwise we really are in trouble.
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 28, 2012 15:22:22 GMT
Do know we could be terrible creating and midfield...But if we could make something from our Freekicks...As anyone recalls the Venables era: That's where a lot of our goals came from...Take Beckham for a couple of months before the Olympics..
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Post by hitman34 on Jan 28, 2012 15:25:01 GMT
Ah but if this had been Neil Warnock's team, the screams of outrage by some... two months without a win would have been 3 months if we kept your beloved warnock. what a stupid comment that was mac. warnock fc is over, move on and support your club. |
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Post by Macmoish on Jan 28, 2012 15:29:44 GMT
If today's game/result had been played today with Warnock as our manager, and the team would have been the same; and the result and play had been the same: YOU, mr hitman34 would have been screaming at how useless Warnock, etc, etc, etc.
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Post by eusebio13 on Jan 28, 2012 15:32:11 GMT
Ah but if this had been Neil Warnock's team, the screams of outrage by some... two months without a win would have been 3 months if we kept your beloved warnock. what a stupid comment that was mac. warnock fc is over, move on and support your club. actually you have nothing to back that up with...we've beaten Wigan & MK Dons at home and all that shouting that it was the Warnock factor losing us games was blown away today....Buzz/Smith/Hall etc all looked mediocre no reason to believe Hughes will get anymore out of them than Warnock....I'll support Hughes but we will soon realise that he can no more make silk purse out of a sow's ear than Warnock could. |
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Post by klr on Jan 28, 2012 15:39:55 GMT
Buzsaky was p!ss poor today.
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Post by steveb66 on Jan 28, 2012 15:55:57 GMT
Strange game, we lacked the passion I thought we would play with, given the pre match hype?
Defensively overall, we look more solid, we are definitely more oganised but our final ball was poor and we lack penetration up front. A difficult game to summarise although I dont feel as downbeat as some others on here. We still have rollouts pending for our two new signings and Traore/Taraabt coming back in to the fold plus any additions pre Tuesday deadline.
I just hoped we might have played with a bit more intensity given all the big talk about dressing room confidence and morale? I was disappointed in Buzsacky who was so influential last weekend but ineffective today.
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