Happy Face 29 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Keep reading that we're without our first 2 CB's.... but Mbiwa was the most expensive starter we had today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ayatollah Hermione 14053 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Amazing what happens when you seize the initiative and attack for a change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10966 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Keep reading that we're without our first 2 CB's.... but Mbiwa was the most expensive starter we had today. Are people not simply saying we're without our first choice partnership? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Had a class day out. I was expecting a sound beating so I'd had a few before I even got in the ground. Had a mint time in the ground obviously & ended up out till quite late. Pretty much singing constantly. Class performance, glad I didn't have to watch it on BT Sport, I bet they were gutted. Now I'm rough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 4222 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Just watched the MOTD highlights. That was class from Anita in the build up to our second. Didnt know he had that in his locker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Are people not simply saying we're without our first choice partnership? Aye, but I don't agree because Steven Taylor is gash. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Was Mbiwa more expensive than Anita or Debuchy? Great second half after a first half in which I was wondering why I'd bothered going. No passion from the players or the crowd. Thankfully everything picked up about ten minutes into the second half. As others have said Debuchy, Sissoko, Remy, Gouffran and Anita all played really well and I think Tiote was having another good game. Think Mbiwa deserves a mention though because I thought he was also excellent in the second half after being a bit shakey in the first. What the fuck was Pardew doing bringing squidward on though. I seriously wouldn't have him in the reserve squad. And when we'd had Gouffran busting a gut to help Santon the last thing we needed was that gutless twat fucking things up. As soon as he came on they put Ivanovic up front. They knew they didn't need to have a defender against him because he's so bad. He even nearly managed to fuck up things up for the second goal. The ball came to him and he nearly fell over trying to get it under controll. I've seen some terrible players have games here over the years (Fumaca & Rob McDonald being the two standouts) but never has someone so bad managed to drag out his ineptness into three seasons. Staggering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 He played really well off Anita & contributed to the second goal tbh. He's not all that bad - he just needs to get his confidence up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4827 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Just watching MOTD. Quite amazing that Pardew intervention for the free kick. Interesting facial expressions between him and Cabaye, almost as though he's told him to do something, Cabaye looks at him as though he's a prick and the Pardew wags his finger as if to say "just do it"! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christmas Tree 4827 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Loving Anita more and more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Aye he's class, that's generally what you get when you buy from Ajax these days. They are the footballing equivalent of a puppy farm. (yet still manage to win trophies year on year) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 He played really well off Anita & contributed to the second goal tbh. He's not all that bad - he just needs to get his confidence up.He's fucking hopeless. He's got the heart of a pea. He'll never have the confidence to make him a decent player because he has no bottle. He never wants the ball and he's frightened to take a man on. I'd give him a free transfer now just to make sure I never have to see him play for us again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4857 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 He played really well off Anita & contributed to the second goal tbh. He's not all that bad - he just needs to get his confidence up. I dunno like, should've been able to run in a straight line with the ball unchallenged without leaving it behind Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 I'm not writing him off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4857 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 I am players tend to suddenly come good after I do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 He should have written off years ago. He's not even league one standard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Was Mbiwa more expensive than Anita or Debuchy? Debuchy £5m, Mbiwa £6.7m...Anita didn't start but his fee was kept more quiet...apparently about the same as Mbiwa though. http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=1823&comp_id=1&teamTabs=transfers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Debuchy was class yesterday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 He was oustanding, both defensively and offensively. I love his passion and his energy.Can't believe people ever doubted him. With that said if he's got Ben Arfa in front of him then he has to work harder because Hatem doesn't track back enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anorthernsoul 1221 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 He was oustanding, both defensively and offensively. I love his passion and his energy. Can't believe people ever doubted him. With that said if he's got Ben Arfa in front of him then he has to work harder because Hatem doesn't track back enough. The reason people doubted him was because of his dreadful performances, he was defensively inept and had a solid run of shocking displays, to the point where he went missing. He has picked up in recent games, hopefully he has turned a corner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
essembeeofsunderland 811 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Obertans was not only on the bench,he came on so PARDEW OUT PARDEW OUT. I wonder if Pardew had noticed that Chelsea push out for fee kicks in positions like the one for the goal so he told Cabaye to whip it over top and run onto the ball Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Renton 22002 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 He played really well off Anita & contributed to the second goal tbh. He's not all that bad - he just needs to get his confidence up. I think he's utter gash and always will be, but curiously has his uses as a late sub. Yesterday is an example why its hard to give up going. The weird thing is a lot of our performances are really entertaining. Contrast that to the Souness era when every game was utter shit. It got to the stage I wanted us to lose to get rid of the fucker, I don't feel like that about Pardew though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10966 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 Aye, but I don't agree because Steven Taylor is gash. No, I'm saying Colo plus Mbiwa is first choice partnership and we were missing that (even though we have 50% of it.) It's clear that Colo adds so much to whomever he plays with, but when he's alongside Mbiwa, the boost he gives is more noticeable. To me any way. I mean, Williamson is one of those players that no matter the league he played in, you'd say he was average for that level. Taylor could have been a top class centre half, had it not been for poor coaching and zero stability. I think Mbiwa will be quality, he's got the tools to be a Colo, definitely. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 14013 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 I think he's utter gash and always will be, but curiously has his uses as a late sub. Yesterday is an example why its hard to give up going. The weird thing is a lot of our performances are really entertaining. Contrast that to the Souness era when every game was utter shit. It got to the stage I wanted us to lose to get rid of the fucker, I don't feel like that about Pardew though. There's a lot of people - mostly on message boards & twitter who do feel that way about Pardew & that's in spite of this seasons improvements. I'm not sure these people go to games like because I've only ever heard a few people calling for his head & that was when Liverpool were slotting their sixth in. He's frustrating at times but I can't find proper hatred for him because I do believe he wishes to succeed and he's not totally incompetent as he's proven a few times. If they sack him I can't imagine them being arsed to replace him properly & there's the issue that his replacement would do and say exactly the same things about 'Mike' & 'Joe' because it's part of the remit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5297 Posted November 3, 2013 Share Posted November 3, 2013 There's a lot of people - mostly on message boards & twitter who do feel that way about Pardew & that's in spite of this seasons improvements. I'm not sure these people go to games like because I've only ever heard a few people calling for his head & that was when Liverpool were slotting their sixth in. He's frustrating at times but I can't find proper hatred for him because I do believe he wishes to succeed and he's not totally incompetent as he's proven a few times. If they sack him I can't imagine them being arsed to replace him properly. This for me - he desperately wants to succeed so you can't really say he's just coasting. I was going to liken him to WIlliamson who is limited but always tries (and so can't really be disliked), but he's actually better than that, and strives to succeed more visibly. He isn't perfect and definitely costs us points on occasion, but sometimes I wonder if anyone could come in and do a job with this team given the limitations of the senior management structure. For all we know, Pardew could have been asking for better coaches for months but has simply been ignored. My great fear is that he's a decent manager undermined by those above him, and when he goes we'll see a crap manager being undermined with a much more damaging outcome. I think if we replaced him with someone like Mourinho, who seems to be the current PL benchmark for capable management for one reason or another, we'd still not see a significant upturn in fortunes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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