Football Banter

(23-11-2012 23:54 )Rammyrascal Wrote:  harry redknapp going to be qpr manager tonight according to sky news. also rafa benitez says frank lampard and ashley cole will be leaving chelsea next summer

delay was due to agreeing financial terms for 'Arrys DOG

Wasn't the timing of Mark Hughes sacking devilishly brilliant on the eve of a return to Man.Utd .

Highly convenient timing wasn't it? But seriously, this is another thing that's wrong with the game. Players who've been elevated to a position of celebrity whom fans can't relate to anymore is one thing, another is not playing for a manager - then suddenly lifting their game after he's gone and his successor is watching in the stand. OK so they lost in the end, as many will against United, but for an hour they held their own. If Mark Hughes was watching, he'd have every right to be seething and asking the question - why couldn't you play like that for me?

Jack Charlton had the Philos ophy as a manager :
Year 1:evaluate your inheritance.
year 2:improve team with "your" players .[/align]
year3:now its "your team"
year4:make it your last season with these players 'cos they will have heard every variation of your team talk .Either you go or they go 'cos you struggle to motivate them .I believe Fergie has a similar viewpoint.Only his "trusted"players-giggs ,scholes,g.Neville etc.were retained by him 'cos he knew they will/would never doubt him.Very few modern day players "care"about their clubs 'cos they're just looking for the next big pay day signing fee.Same with modern day managers.Too much money too soon .

Well after getting through most of my college work, I thought I would make a comment hear and there about the situation Newcastle are in.

It is fucking dire, I see relegation fight brewing if we are not careful.

That 8 year contract has been a curse on Newcastle and has made Pardew complacent and too secure in his job.

We are not getting good results and besides QPR have probably performed the worse this season.

These are the problems that concern me and need solving by Pardew.

1. The formation is wrong. 4-4-2 clearly doesn't get the best out of this squad and its showing. Lots of teams these days play with 3 centre midfielders and we are getting mobbed in midfield, which means we can't hold possession and its difficult to get back.

2. Ba and Cisse should not play up front together. They clearly don't compliment each other as a strike partnership and again its evident. They are just too similar for it to work. Sometimes Pardew tries playing Ba behind Cisse, but that doesn't work either unless you have someone like Suarez in that position. Pardew needs to accept that they simply can't together and has to drop one of them preferably Cisse.

3. This long ball game of football we are playing has to stop. In the first 20 minutes of the game I think we hit 30 long balls and were so easily dealt with by Fonte. When Krul had the ball, he would just boot it up field aimlessly and there weren't any defenders demanding the ball. When we attacked we made 3 passes down the wing and then Ferguson or Gutierrez would hit a shit ball into the penalty area. What's the point? We don't have the players to play this way and we played our best football last season on the ground. I have no objection to hitting long balls, but it doesn't if (a) You do it constantly and it becomes predictable that the opposition easily deal with it and (b) We haven't had enough time to practice a long ball game, its not like Stoke and West Ham, who have managers, who have been using that tactic throughout their managerial careers. It baffles me why we bothered trying to sign Debuchy and Douglas, because they thrive on a passing game and would be useless in a long ball type of game.

4. Williamson is a donkey in defence and Krul has got complacent because he doesn't have serious competition in his position.

5. There is a lack of creativity in the team, we desperately need someone like Wes Hoolahan in the team.

Good to have ya back dan g 27,sorry about the circumstances which led to your welcome return.
Newcastle were a bit woeful,welcome to my club 'Team Frustration'

(25-11-2012 22:47 )The Truth Wrote:  Good to have ya back dan g 27,sorry about the circumstances which led to your welcome return.
Newcastle were a bit woeful,welcome to my club 'Team Frustration'

A bit woeful is very kind.

At least Liverpool are on the rise again, so you should be happy.

I can't bear the thought of Championship football if our form continues.

(25-11-2012 22:52 )dan g 27 Wrote:  

(25-11-2012 22:47 )The Truth Wrote:  Good to have ya back dan g 27,sorry about the circumstances which led to your welcome return.
Newcastle were a bit woeful,welcome to my club 'Team Frustration'

A bit woeful is very kind.

At least Liverpool are on the rise again, so you should be happy.

I can't bear the thought of Championship football if our form continues.

I wouldn't worry about that happening,I think you guys will be alright,but then again,What do I know???? Take a look at my last few 'Prem Predictions' dan g 27 be concerned...be very concerned

West Ham fans doing a good job in making Chelsea fans look like saints.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/footbal...itler.html

Also my predictions revised for the season.

1. Man City.
2. Man United.
3. Chelsea.
4. Everton.
5. Arsenal.
6. Tottenham.
7. Liverpool (Strengthen in January and they will finish top 6.
8. West Brom (Strengtehn in January also and they can get a Europa League spot, but Mulumbu will be a loss for them for African Cup of Nations, which I believe he is going to).
9. Swansea.
10. West Ham.
11. Fulham.
12. Stoke City.
13. Norwich.
14. Newcastle (Again if we sign players in January and change tactics, we may get a top 10 finish, but very doubtful).
15. Sunderland.
16. Aston Villa.
17. Southampton.
18. Wigan.
19. Reading.
20. QPR.

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