Tom 13840 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 That was a woeful second half from us. Why oh why do we not just attack, no we sit back and try and defend. Terrible tactics from Pardew. What? Did you watch the game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun 0 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I really don't think they're as good as people were making them out to be before the game. I reckon we can do these lot at home. Not the best result, but not the worst either with the away goal. Let's take the positives from this game lads and hope for 3 points first up, this Sunday. Definitely. They were no better than us and we looked far better for half an hour. I want to know why we stopped pressing they looked vulnerable every time we ran at them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NJS 3978 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 About what I expected but you're always disappointed by the details that lead to the results. Not game over but will need a brilliant performance to get through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13840 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 3-1 is better than 2-0 put it that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun 0 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 What? Did you watch the game? I wouldn't say woeful but he's right about us stopping the attack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I don't see how it should have been anything different than 3-1. Maybe, maybe not. I suppose we did gift them two of their goals, though at the same time we were very unlucky for both of Cissé's post shots. Benfica certainly didn't win it on their own merits though. Jorge Jesus' hair upset me the most this evening. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13840 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I wouldn't say woeful but he's right about us stopping the attack. Sitting back and being pegged back are two very different things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChezGiven 0 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 2-1 would have been a fair result. I think Taylor gets some unfair criticism at times but that was inexcusable tonight. Santon had an absolute mare too. Pair of idiots have cost us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun 0 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Sitting back and being pegged back are two very different things. We weren't pegged back, man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13840 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 We weren't pegged back, man. We were pegged back for a good 50 minutes man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Taylor annoys me, you just think he's maturing at long last then he does something stupid. He thinks he's better than he is, shouts at the rest of the team and blames everyone else when he fucks up and is dangerously exposed of his faults when he's not played next to an established, long term central defender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noelie 103 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 I don't see how it should have been anything different than 3-1. Yer joking aren't ye? Take away Santon's gifted to them back-pass and Saylor's deliberate penalty handball in the box, it could have been a 1 - 1 draw. Again I have to question Pardieu's substitutions, when you're trailing 3 - 1 what does he hope to achieve by putting Amoeba in. At least we have an away goal to build on next week. Bit too much sloppy play today which didnn't serve us well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loonyTOON 10 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 That was a woeful second half from us. Why oh why do we not just attack, no we sit back and try and defend. Terrible tactics from Pardew. I was waiting for someone to have a crack at Pardew. For once - not his fault at all! The tactics in place first half we perfect, should have been 2-0 but as soon as they scored, heads went down for some reason. Second half - the tactics may have been slightly more cautious, but Pards didn't pass that ball back, nor stick an arm out. Also have to take into consideration we're away from home, and have an away goal. No manager is going to send out a squad like ours to attack unnecessarily. I fully believe we can win 2-0 at home. Everyone in that stadium though has to sing for 90 minutes to get the players up for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ewerk 26305 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Maybe, maybe not. I suppose we did gift them two of their goals, though at the same time we were very unlucky for both of Cissé's post shots. Benfica certainly didn't win it on their own merits though. Jorge Jesus' hair upset me the most this evening. You can say we were unlucky with our chances but ultimately Cisse's efforts just weren't good enough and two of our players ballsed up to offer Benfica gilt edged chances. If all three of those players hadve been slightly better then we would've won but sadly they weren't that good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6434 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 3-1 at home, out on pelanties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Dynamite 5904 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 If we end up going out at this stage at least we have 6 games to focus on keeping ourselves up. Winning the Europa League isn't worth doing a Blackburn for Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianMag 0 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Chins up lads! It's the Quarters of the Europa League, we're playing the leaders of the Portuguese League and we still have a chance to make it to the semi-finals. We can do this in the second leg! Let's not be so pessimistic, today's result isn't the end of the world, especially since we played decently against a good side. I'd be a lot more worried however if we didn't pick up 3 points this Sunday. That's an absolute must. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monkeys Fist 38744 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Had to make bait at half time , so I've been watching about 5-10 minutes behind. Fucking furious at their 2nd and 3rd goals. Both absolutely avoidable. We'll need to put in one of our seasons best performances to win this now, but its not beyond us yet. I've ordered this for the next leg , CT. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun 0 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 We were pegged back for a good 50 minutes man. We invited them on to us like we have done all season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMoog 0 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 On the other hand we can look at it that the chances of having European footy next season have pretty much all but disappeared so in the long run we might have a better chance of winning something domestic and finishing higher up the league due to not having as many games... of course there's always the downside to that in the possibility of some of our decent players wanting European footy and going elsewhere. At the end of the day we can still blame Ashley and Llambias for this season's fuck-ups for not strengthening when we had the chance to build on things. Hey ho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13840 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 We invited them on to us like we have done all season. Possession team + high line + pressing play. Aye we invited them. Jesus Christ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monroe Transfer 0 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 (edited) Sums up our season that match. Generally not good enough, defensively sloppy, full of injuries, no luck, avoidable mistakes, referee decisions going against us, moments of quality etc... Edited April 4, 2013 by Monroe Transfer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loonyTOON 10 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 On the other hand we can look at it that the chances of having European footy next season have pretty much all but disappeared so in the long run we might have a better chance of winning something domestic and finishing higher up the league due to not having as many games... of course there's always the downside to that in the possibility of some of our decent players wanting European footy and going elsewhere. At the end of the day we can still blame Ashley and Llambias for this season's fuck-ups for not strengthening when we had the chance to build on things. Hey ho. One thing comes into question though - are these players good enough to be playing European football? Because if they are, they should be performing a lot better than they are. Tonight, there were 7-8 internationals in our side, and only Krul showed a glimpse of that. When you hear that Tiote/Cabaye/Santon/Krul are all wanted by other clubs, only Krul would be massively missed based on recent performances. The rest really need to up the anti and pull together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveTheBobby 1 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 (edited) If anyone's still watching itv4, Carlito's Way - the bathroom/chainsaw scene's coming up now . . Scarface Edited April 4, 2013 by LoveTheBobby Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom 13840 Posted April 4, 2013 Share Posted April 4, 2013 Yep Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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