Tino asprilla 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 (edited) good result tbh, this everton side work well and to get a draw with ten men was good. would have been a win if nolan hadnt got himself sent off. s taylor was suprsingly good getting forward but of course there was no end product and he didnt have the legs to get back so we got countered with a man down catching his breath. best shola moment had to be when he headed the ball on knowing there were no men further up than him...what a donkey! Edited February 23, 2009 by Tino asprilla Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Strangely, I don't think the red card made any difference to the result. Everton were still fairly content with a draw after it and we struggled to break them down when we had 11 men (Lovenknrands' chance apart). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottish Mag 3 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Strangely, I don't think the red card made any difference to the result. Everton were still fairly content with a draw after it and we struggled to break them down when we had 11 men (Lovenknrands' chance apart). Just watched it there for the first time since at the game. FFS how did he miss? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Strangely, I don't think the red card made any difference to the result. Everton were still fairly content with a draw after it and we struggled to break them down when we had 11 men (Lovenknrands' chance apart). Just watched it there for the first time since at the game. FFS how did he miss? Bad body alignment at moment of strike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Say what you like but I think the asst. manager is as stupid as the manager when it comes to Ameobe. With Loverkrands, Martins, Smith, and Viduka available Ameobe would be at the bottom of my pecking order. And furthermore, when you are down to 10 men for the entire 2nd half Ameobe is not the kind of player I would want on the pitch, I would want someone who would work like he knew we were down to 10 men.Hughton was Kinnearesque in his starting eleven and substitutions Of all the scoring chances on both sides the one Lovenkrands missed was the easiest, simplest, and best and perhaps would have won the game for us. ...and was created by Ameobi who shouldn't have been on the pitch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Strangely, I don't think the red card made any difference to the result. Everton were still fairly content with a draw after it and we struggled to break them down when we had 11 men (Lovenknrands' chance apart). Just watched it there for the first time since at the game. FFS how did he miss? Bad body alignment at moment of strike. Hit the ball wide of the goal as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Strangely, I don't think the red card made any difference to the result. Everton were still fairly content with a draw after it and we struggled to break them down when we had 11 men (Lovenknrands' chance apart). Just watched it there for the first time since at the game. FFS how did he miss? Bad body alignment at moment of strike. Hit the ball wide of the goal as well. Schoolboy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
donaldstott 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 That said, Martins was a fucking disgrace when he came on and didn't get an ounce of stick. Not defending Shola's display for a second but loads of the fans are myopic when it comes to having a pop at some players at the match and actually enthusiastic when it comes to others. Exactly. I'm not actually sure what people are expecting from Ameobi, he's not going to run past people, he's not going to play on the shoulder of the last defender. He's a target man, not a fantastic one, but the only fit one we have and at the moment we don't have the players to play any other way. And he actually created the best chance of the game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I think the reason Shola gets more abuse is because he's so fucking lazy. There was that bit where he scuffed a cross and the def just picked the ball up and started running away with it and Shola (5 yards away) just watched. Like a Cheetah (or the legendary Zarian carnivorous Giraffe) he's got to save his energy for when he needs it, if he doesn't score within the first 7 seconds of getting the ball, he has to slink off into the long grass to rest and patiently await more prey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 One more thing - Bassong Played well again but I had Enrique down as better than him. Enrique seems to need to do something decent at the start of a game to go on and play well. If he has a dodgy start then he's fucked but if he puts in a good tackle early doors he almost always seems to go on and have a good game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4748 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 One more thing - Bassong Played well again but I had Enrique down as better than him. Enrique seems to need to do something decent at the start of a game to go on and play well. If he has a dodgy start then he's fucked but if he puts in a good tackle early doors he almost always seems to go on and have a good game. lack of self confidence perhaps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1245 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 One more thing - Bassong Played well again but I had Enrique down as better than him. Enrique seems to need to do something decent at the start of a game to go on and play well. If he has a dodgy start then he's fucked but if he puts in a good tackle early doors he almost always seems to go on and have a good game. lack of self confidence perhaps Was thinking that as I typed it. Thinking about it futher, I can't really remember any of the (how many is it now five or six?) managers who we've had since Enrique has been here ever really giving him much praise (in public at least). Perhaps that might do him good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 I think the reason Shola gets more abuse is because he's so fucking lazy. There was that bit where he scuffed a cross and the def just picked the ball up and started running away with it and Shola (5 yards away) just watched. Like a Cheetah (or the legendary Zarian carnivorous Giraffe) he's got to save his energy for when he needs it, if he doesn't score within the first 7 seconds of getting the ball, he has to slink off into the long grass to rest and patiently await more prey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 One more thing - Bassong Played well again but I had Enrique down as better than him. Enrique seems to need to do something decent at the start of a game to go on and play well. If he has a dodgy start then he's fucked but if he puts in a good tackle early doors he almost always seems to go on and have a good game. lack of self confidence perhaps Was thinking that as I typed it. Thinking about it futher, I can't really remember any of the (how many is it now five or six?) managers who we've had since Enrique has been here ever really giving him much praise (in public at least). Perhaps that might do him good. I thought Enrique did very well but I think Bassong is class in general. Another good display from him as well though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Enrique will get more consistant as he gets older. Remember he's still only a bairn and he hasn't had the easiest of rides so far. He's impressed me over the past few games though so hopefully he's gettng a bit more confident. Bassong is lush though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 7027 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 He looks faster and stronger every game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevie Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 He looks faster and stronger every game It says in the paper "Both sets of fans created a rousing atmosphere", I thought I'd ask a random armchair supporter, how it came across on telly, because even though I've lost me voice, in general I thought the atmosphere wasn't that great and we could've done more, particularly with 10 men. Re: Shola, that flick on to nobody in the second half and his general lazyness, I can honestly say I have a degree of sympathy with him for the abuse he receives, but 90% of it is completely justified. Balls flashed across the box, and he is just so lethargic and laid back, without sounding racist he would be better suited in temperament selling watches on a Jamaican beach with a big spliff in his mouth, than playing in the high octane Premiership. I have now without question reached the end with Shola. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Park Life 71 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 He looks faster and stronger every game It says in the paper "Both sets of fans created a rousing atmosphere", I thought I'd ask a random armchair supporter, how it came across on telly, because even though I've lost me voice, in general I thought the atmosphere wasn't that great and we could've done more, particularly with 10 men. Re: Shola, that flick on to nobody in the second half and his general lazyness, I can honestly say I have a degree of sympathy with him for the abuse he receives, but 90% of it is completely justified. Balls flashed across the box, and he is just so lethargic and laid back, without sounding racist he would be better suited in temperament selling watches on a Jamaican beach with a big spliff in his mouth, than playing in the high octane Premiership. I have now without question reached the end with Shola. Stop before the white stuff spurts out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 He looks faster and stronger every game It says in the paper "Both sets of fans created a rousing atmosphere", I thought I'd ask a random armchair supporter, how it came across on telly, because even though I've lost me voice, in general I thought the atmosphere wasn't that great and we could've done more, particularly with 10 men. Re: Shola, that flick on to nobody in the second half and his general lazyness, I can honestly say I have a degree of sympathy with him for the abuse he receives, but 90% of it is completely justified. Balls flashed across the box, and he is just so lethargic and laid back, without sounding racist he would be better suited in temperament selling watches on a Jamaican beach with a big spliff in his mouth, than playing in the high octane Premiership. I have now without question reached the end with Shola. Tbf, all he could do was flick that on. Aye, there was no one there but if he hadn't gone for it the crowd would have had a go too. Hardly the worst aspect of a pretty inept performance. Re: the crowd, their fans in particular were terrible I thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevie Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 He looks faster and stronger every game It says in the paper "Both sets of fans created a rousing atmosphere", I thought I'd ask a random armchair supporter, how it came across on telly, because even though I've lost me voice, in general I thought the atmosphere wasn't that great and we could've done more, particularly with 10 men. Re: Shola, that flick on to nobody in the second half and his general lazyness, I can honestly say I have a degree of sympathy with him for the abuse he receives, but 90% of it is completely justified. Balls flashed across the box, and he is just so lethargic and laid back, without sounding racist he would be better suited in temperament selling watches on a Jamaican beach with a big spliff in his mouth, than playing in the high octane Premiership. I have now without question reached the end with Shola. Tbf, all he could do was flick that on. Aye, there was no one there but if he hadn't gone for it the crowd would have had a go too. Hardly the worst aspect of a pretty inept performance. Re: the crowd, their fans in particular were terrible I thought. No way. He could've taken a step back chested it and kept possession, it was embarrassing, you'll have to watch that again to see how poor it was. Shearer would've kept it 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 He looks faster and stronger every game It says in the paper "Both sets of fans created a rousing atmosphere", I thought I'd ask a random armchair supporter, how it came across on telly, because even though I've lost me voice, in general I thought the atmosphere wasn't that great and we could've done more, particularly with 10 men. Re: Shola, that flick on to nobody in the second half and his general lazyness, I can honestly say I have a degree of sympathy with him for the abuse he receives, but 90% of it is completely justified. Balls flashed across the box, and he is just so lethargic and laid back, without sounding racist he would be better suited in temperament selling watches on a Jamaican beach with a big spliff in his mouth, than playing in the high octane Premiership. I have now without question reached the end with Shola. Tbf, all he could do was flick that on. Aye, there was no one there but if he hadn't gone for it the crowd would have had a go too. Hardly the worst aspect of a pretty inept performance. Re: the crowd, their fans in particular were terrible I thought. No way. He could've taken a step back chested it and kept possession, it was embarrassing, you'll have to watch that again to see how poor it was. Shearer would've kept it 100%. Thought it was too high to do that tbf. I'd have to see it again. He was abysmal though, don't get me wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingKev 0 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 (edited) Agree with the view on Ameobi - booing him off won't help him in terms of confidence, and at least he cares about playing for this club. Having said that, he's still crap. Edited February 23, 2009 by KingKev Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4748 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Agree with the view on Ameobi - booing him off won't help him in terms of confidence, and at least he cares about playing for this club. Having said that, he's still crap. you know this because he tries so damn hard? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 21622 Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 He looks faster and stronger every game It says in the paper "Both sets of fans created a rousing atmosphere", I thought I'd ask a random armchair supporter, how it came across on telly, because even though I've lost me voice, in general I thought the atmosphere wasn't that great and we could've done more, particularly with 10 men. Re: Shola, that flick on to nobody in the second half and his general lazyness, I can honestly say I have a degree of sympathy with him for the abuse he receives, but 90% of it is completely justified. Balls flashed across the box, and he is just so lethargic and laid back, without sounding racist he would be better suited in temperament selling watches on a Jamaican beach with a big spliff in his mouth, than playing in the high octane Premiership. I have now without question reached the end with Shola. I think he just has a very slow football brain confounded by an odd loping gait which makes him look lazy. He's not a premiership player but it's not his fault he was selected. If anyone deserved pantomime boos it was Nolan for nearly ruining someone's career and giving us a mountain to climb. I just don't like the negativity, especially when individual players are singled out. The abuse of Shola around me was constant and nonstop, it was boring apart from anything else. Then there was the double standards when Martins didn't do much better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevie Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 He looks faster and stronger every game It says in the paper "Both sets of fans created a rousing atmosphere", I thought I'd ask a random armchair supporter, how it came across on telly, because even though I've lost me voice, in general I thought the atmosphere wasn't that great and we could've done more, particularly with 10 men. Re: Shola, that flick on to nobody in the second half and his general lazyness, I can honestly say I have a degree of sympathy with him for the abuse he receives, but 90% of it is completely justified. Balls flashed across the box, and he is just so lethargic and laid back, without sounding racist he would be better suited in temperament selling watches on a Jamaican beach with a big spliff in his mouth, than playing in the high octane Premiership. I have now without question reached the end with Shola. I think he just has a very slow football brain confounded by an odd loping gait which makes him look lazy. He's not a premiership player but it's not his fault he was selected. If anyone deserved pantomime boos it was Nolan for nearly ruining someone's career and giving us a mountain to climb. I just don't like the negativity, especially when individual players are singled out. The abuse of Shola around me was constant and nonstop, it was boring apart from anything else. Then there was the double standards when Martins didn't do much better. Wasn't paying much attention to Nolan's tackle on MOTD2 cos me chinkies arrived but I'm sure I heard someone say Anichebe's leg bent and went back to normal, didnt think that was possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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