Happy Face 29 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Are any of our current team individually as bad as Tight Arse, O'Brien or Griffin? Goes to show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Are any of our current team individually as bad as Tight Arse, O'Brien or Griffin? Goes to show. I don't think they were that bad but they wouldn't get into our best back four imo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charvski 0 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Are any of our current team individually as bad as Tight Arse, O'Brien or Griffin? Goes to show. goes to show how important the use of pace is in the team mate. im not saying these were the fastest, but that team had pace in it, in most parts of the pitch. the team was also well balanced. you know like right winger on the right wing, left winger on the left. we had proper full backs and didnt have to use a central defender there etc etc could go on and on and on Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Face 29 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Are any of our current team individually as bad as Tight Arse, O'Brien or Griffin? Goes to show. goes to show how important the use of pace is in the team mate. im not saying these were the fastest, but that team had pace in it, in most parts of the pitch. the team was also well balanced. you know like right winger on the right wing, left winger on the left. we had proper full backs and didnt have to use a central defender there etc etc could go on and on and on Wasn't that pacy a team apart from Bellamy though was it? Shearer, Speed, Solano, Robert...even Jenas didn't have a great deal of pace. There's just no-one as skillful as any of those first four in our whole team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Robert had pace. Dyer played a lot and he had pace. Jenas had legs, as did Speed. Shearer had neither Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Are any of our current team individually as bad as Tight Arse, O'Brien or Griffin? Goes to show. goes to show how important the use of pace is in the team mate. im not saying these were the fastest, but that team had pace in it, in most parts of the pitch. the team was also well balanced. you know like right winger on the right wing, left winger on the left. we had proper full backs and didnt have to use a central defender there etc etc could go on and on and on It's not just about having pace though, you need to have pace that has purpose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty 4 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Basically, it was all down to the attacking side of things. Bellamy, Shearer, Robert and Solano. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevie Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 People always underestimate Dyer's contribution. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 People always underestimate Dyer's contribution. Hear, hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooj 17 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 People always underestimate Dyer's contribution. Him and Solano together were amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charvski 0 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 well compared to our team we have now it seemed pacey. that is maybe because the team we have now is the slowest i have ever seen Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Besty 4 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Forgot about Dyer. Thinking about it, it was just our defence that was shite tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ketsbaia 0 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 People always underestimate Dyer's contribution. The most irritating thing about Dyer is that you always felt he was never playing anywhere near 100%. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JawD 31 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Link up with Nobby on the right and Dyer CM was brilliant at times. Nobby still one of the best crossers of the ball I've seen. Wasn't the fastest but knew how to use the ball. Him and Robert often had some of the highest assists in the league iirc. Pretty useful when we had Shearer on the other end of them. Then of course Bellamy up front being his usual irritating self. Also, we had Speed then in the centre. We would have him here now as he was then ahead of Butt etc eh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5941 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Forgot about Dyer. Thinking about it, it was just our defence that was shite tbf. No, Dyer was too. He had one good game in ten, couldnt finish, couldnt cross, didnt know when to pass and was a cunt to boot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6434 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Forgot about Dyer. Thinking about it, it was just our defence that was shite tbf. No, Dyer was too. He had one good game in ten, couldnt finish, couldnt cross, didnt know when to pass and was a cunt to boot. Quite satisfying to boot tbf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
charvski 0 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 i agree with stevie and dyers contribution is under rated Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tinofbeans 86 Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 dyer was a frustrating player. couldn't pass accurately over 15 yards, often dissapeared from games but gave use a bit of speed through the middle. would have been shit on the wing because he was too slight. oh and his good games were pretty rare. he never dominated the midfield, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevie Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 In 2001/2002 he was absolutely class, people will much rather see him in a negative light though. If Dyer was fully fit and here now he would be by a distance our best player, something few would admit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest alex Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 (edited) I'm not going to turn around and say Dyer was brilliant for us or, indeed, that he's a great player and he never fulfilled what appeared to be wonderful potential. But he was an integral part of Robson's side (when fit!) and he had a very good understanding with Solano. Both him and Bellamy gave a lot of legs and pace to the side and they were both willing to run beyond defenders - something which is sadly lacking in the current side. To say he was shit is bollocks. Inconsistent perhaps but his form probably went downhill due to injuries and playing in poorer sides more than anything else. Edited March 14, 2009 by alex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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