Tom 14013 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 In the same manner we can't have any complaints when we inevitibly have centre half issues later in the season. If they can't finish their chances they don't deserve to score them & they had every opportunity. They simply weren't good enough, we were gifted a goal but we took our chance when it came. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6785 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I'd say they had "one of those days" I've haven't seen us get ripped apart like that for a while from such a sub-standard team. Luck was on our side yesterday. Thankfully. Still, im loving looking at the league table. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Yeh definitely, it was horrible watching the match & I felt they would be more likely to get the win for a long time or at least the draw. I don't think the second goal really mattered in the end, we could have been playing untill the early hours I couldn't see Blackburn scoring with the luck they were having. Twice Krul was caught in no mans land iirc. The league tables looking great but we really need to get people back from suspension/Africa & get a full strength team together to really push on. Is it just me by the way or have the last 3 penaltys we've conceeded been a little dubious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manc-mag 1 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Went there with just about the weakest midfield, forward line (and therefore not unsurprisingly, bench) we've assembled this season for me so 2-0 is a great result. Performance was always going to be secondary to the result itself, but we overall improved as the game progressed, with substitutions etc, so that has to be seen as a good thing, as it's one of the things Pardew usually takes a slating for. For all the talk about Blackburn being hopeless in front of goal and not taking their myriad chances (which is indisputable, albeit we had a couple of creditable defensive performances ourselves in amongst that), they're a bottom of the table side and theres more of them shit sides than there are the clinically ruthless sides who would have 'punished us any other day'. A Modeste strikeforce with much to be modest about. So you can say we had luck but it has to be in that context. Theres loads of teams capable of missing those chances and we do it ourselves when we haven't got our best strikers on the pitch. In fact our second string is so bad they don't even create the chances to start with. Bit of perspective needed tbh. Teams that win the majority of their matches don't always dominate and create a dozen times as many chances as their opponents per fixture won. You have to find ways of winning when you're below par. That's the first time we've done the double over Blackburn since 1991 apparently; an utterly horrendous statistic we should be thoroughly embarrassed about as a club, despite the '5th best for 15 years' rhetoric. It shows how consistent we've been for all but a couple of seasons in the top flight. What was most gratifying was we didnt chuck it away at the end having got ourselves in a position to take all three points. Disappointing to see the latent criticism of Ben Arfa lurking in CT's posts etc (plain as day iyam). Basically, anyone Norwegian who thought he would run every game was comically naive, but at the same time it's beyond stupid to write his toon career off on the back of a couple of poor games as CT obviously wants to do while also heralding Obertan on the back of half a season's shit, just because he bagged a goal yesterday in the last minute when Blackburn were no longer defending. Ben Arfa will win matches and do things only he can do and at the same time will be utterly appalling and counter productive for us this season. It is 100% about getting his deployment in games spot on and getting the good performances to outweigh the bad. That takes managerial judgment. A couple of Norwegians calling Pardew a mong just because he doesnt play him doesnt change that fact. So far Pardew's neither succeded or failed in that judgment, it's been a real mixed bag, but I hope we've at least heard the end of the Norwegian mong chorus. Football is simple when you're a team of world beaters, but if you're not it takes a lot more thought. Touted for relegation at the start of the season, still a wafer thin squad, but 5th in Feb. Lets try and re-establish ourselves with results before we start demanding to be on a par with Tottenham, 5 points off top spot. Blackburn and Bolton who we're allegedly competing with are 20 points behind us btw. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Great post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brock Manson 0 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 Agree with every sentiment there, Grey Man. Top post! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46065 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 The grey man failing to offer up an opinion yet again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14060 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 If we had 11 Coloccinis, we'd be the best team on the planet. What a player. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McFaul 35 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 If we had 11 Coloccinis, we'd be the best team on the planet. What a player. He's as good if not better than Puyol. He never dives in, and just picks forwards pockets all the time with ease. His usage is usually faultless too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 7084 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I don't think Blackburn can have any complaints tbh. You've obviously never been there Tom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14060 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 If we had 11 Coloccinis, we'd be the best team on the planet. What a player. He's as good if not better than Puyol. He never dives in, and just picks forwards pockets all the time with ease. His usage is usually faultless too. Was times in the first half where he was basically holding back the tides himself with some of his blocks and headers. That new deal can't come quick enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holden McGroin 6785 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 I'm skeptical whether he'll sign it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22179 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 (edited) The grey man failing to offer up an opinion yet again. shut up. you backed souness etc Edited February 2, 2012 by Dr Gloom Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Howay 12496 Posted February 2, 2012 Share Posted February 2, 2012 If we had 11 Coloccinis, we'd be the best team on the planet. What a player. He's as good if not better than Puyol. He never dives in, and just picks forwards pockets all the time with ease. His usage is usually faultless too. Was times in the first half where he was basically holding back the tides himself with some of his blocks and headers. That new deal can't come quick enough The play where he completely misread the ball and the Blackburn player had it and began to run with it had me worried but Colo just calmly forced him wide before dispossessing him cleanly and passing it onto Santon, such a calming presence at the back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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