Yep, position not looking too good at the mo Kev n Montey but I think they'll stay in the division. For me, Wolves look pretty poor as do West Ham and possibly Wigan. I can see you lot getting good points from the teams in the bottom half.
As for Blackpool, I'm stunned. They're doing what I wanted the Clarets to do last year and fair play to them. Liverpool are in trouble and todays result just wasn't what I was expecting. Meanwhile, Chelski just keep rolling on... can't see anyone stopping them from taking the title again.
I swear someone should have checked the ref's car parks space and seen if a new car was waiting for him.
- When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.
- If youre paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes fit in a doghouse? None! Icecream doesn't have bones!!!
An outcome that by the end of the match I was very relieved to achieve.
Hughton made some fundamental errors with his team selection this week which gave Wigan exactly what they needed to open us up.
Putting Guthrie on the right wing was a massive error and was the direct cause of n'Zogbia getting his two goals. As much as Perch really struggles at times, he's no Jose Enrique thats for sure, he's an adequate FB when he has someone in front of him to control the right wing. The problem was that every time Perch got the ball there was no one on the right wing to distribute to, leaving Perch to have to run down the wing to start an attacking move. This meant that whenever a turnover occurred Perch was massively out of position and n'Zogbia could just run free on the Wigan left.
Guthrie's drifting to the center not only screwed our right wing and left Perch massively over exposed, it also totally messed up our midfield formation by crowding Barton and Tiote. There were many times when Barton and Tiote were overlapping with Guthrie causing us to have a chocked center field. This meant that we literally had midfield players running in to each other at times whilst on the ball.... real high-school stuff.
A lot of supporter angst has focused on Perch's poor performance, but I think whilst he had a bad game (a nightmare to be honest) a large contributor to why he had such a bad game was how bad Guthrie was. The final proof was when Guthrie came off and Routledge replaced him, suddenly we had shape and movement down that right wing, n'Zogbia hardly had any opportunity to get forward, Perch was more solid and our midfield dominated the play, hence we scored 2 goals.
Guthrie should never be allowed near the first team again, he should be tied to a seat with a cattle prod on his balls that zaps him everytime a goal is conceded. He can then be used as an example to the rest of the squad as to what happens to players who don't do what they're supposed to.
- When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.
- If youre paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes fit in a doghouse? None! Icecream doesn't have bones!!!
- When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.
- If youre paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes fit in a doghouse? None! Icecream doesn't have bones!!!
Johnny X wrote:Nice result... even if it was against 10 men
I don't think the sending off had much to do with the result of the game.
Titsup was sent off after 53 minutes, by which time the Mackems were already down 3-0.
- When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.
- If youre paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes fit in a doghouse? None! Icecream doesn't have bones!!!
Sunderland just never showed up for this game. Newcastle beat them everywhere with the only blemish that late goal by Bent (the only person capable of scoring other then O.G.)
Other game i watched for the weekend was Arsenal v West Ham. Hammers did well with Robert Green showing that he is world class between the sticks.
Johnny X wrote:Nice result... even if it was against 10 men
I don't think the sending off had much to do with the result of the game.
Titsup was sent off after 53 minutes, by which time the Mackems were already down 3-0.
I know Montey, I was being a bit tongue in cheek, hence the big grin smiley It's about time they gave Hughton some recognition, he's doing a good job and obviously has the team on his side.
As of right now we are holding 4th position in the league (but will probably be 5th once Man' City win.
Un-Frickin-Believable!!!!!
- When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.
- If youre paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes fit in a doghouse? None! Icecream doesn't have bones!!!
It was a disappointing performance. It does seem the team doesn't cope well with counter-attacking teams, especially ones like Allardyce produces that just aim to shut down the game and deprive us of movement.
Johnny X wrote:Just when you think Barton has got his act together...... There may be trouble ahead for that young man
I suspect your correct, It's a pity the tackle against Ben Arfa couldn't be looked at after the match.... such hypocrisy!!!
- When trouble arises and things look bad, there is always one individual who perceives a solution and is willing to take command. Very often, that individual is crazy.
- If youre paddling upstream in a canoe and a wheel falls off, how many pancakes fit in a doghouse? None! Icecream doesn't have bones!!!
It's about time they gave Hughton some recognition, he's doing a good job and obviously has the team on his side.
@ Chelski