The Fish 10964 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 Well, have they and in what way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rayvin 5296 Posted December 9, 2014 Share Posted December 9, 2014 I'm pleasantly surprised that our youngsters aren't rubbish, but if not for that, we'd be deep in it. Â Still, if the coaching staff were aware of this quality then I guess fair enough. If they weren't, then they're very fortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aimaad22 4222 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Yes. Aarons, Abeid, Sammy, Perez and Obertan have become important squad players which you wouldnt have thought at the start of the season. Thats 5 players so obviously I now feel we've got a stronger squad than I did at the start of the season. Â There's still gaping holes in the CB and attacking departments though. When Cisse or Coloccini are out you can see how much we struggle. Slightly less in Cisse's case because Perez has been able to perform but it will become harder for him in the second half of the season as the rest of the league starts to 'figure him out'. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Gloom 22149 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Still weak as piss for forwards and defenders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 I think we've got more options than last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Fish 10964 Posted December 10, 2014 Author Share Posted December 10, 2014 Just so long as Pardew isn't credited with unearthing these players. It's not like Tiote was playing poorly so Pardew gave Abeid a shot. Â I still think we're poor at centre forward and centre half, but the hope is that Pardew realises that we now have the opportunity to try different formations or to make tactical substitutions instead of "errrrr lets' throw on our only flair player for 15 minutes"/"look it's time to swap the left back, and that's that" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Kelly 1260 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 We look better then we thought we did at the start of the season given that Abeid, Sammy, Dummett and Obertan have contributed well when we had all pretty much written them off. Perez has also probably contributed more than we would have expected at this stage. Â I suppose the flip side of that is that SDJ, Riviere, Cabella and Chucky have all done less than we would have hoped. Overall though I think we have more options than we had this time last year even though we don't have any players as good as Cabaye and Remy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 Definitely more options. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClubSpinDoctor 0 Posted December 10, 2014 Share Posted December 10, 2014 We've got more capable players than we had, but fewer high quality players/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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