happy howe's masters of the early goal, wembley bound warriors v misery moyesy's relegation haunted , olympic stadium squatters

[wykikitoon 16718]

Bellamy produced..............

 

The thing with ASM is our fans have been crying out for him to start.  The same fans that are saying 'trust eddie' but then moan when ASM isn't starting.  He showed yesterday why he isn't starting. 

[Renton 17817]

44 minutes ago, thebrokendoll said:

 

widely thought coventry had our eyes out when robson brought him in for £6.5m

was impressed with gordon when he came on yesterday, looked anything but a headless chook. excited to see how he develops, would certainly be starting before your mate asm next weekend.....

 

Yeah, but we missed out on Francis Jeffers iirc. I guess that piece of Robson serendipity was more than  evened out by us ending up with fucking Hugo Viana rather than Ronaldo. 

Edited February 5, 2023 by Renton

[RobinRobin 9239]

15 hours ago, Rosco said:

As already mentiond some players are looking jaded/knackered plus all teams go through a sticky patch during a season......next game start Gordon & Isak and give Bourmouth a good hiding ,biggest problem yesterday was midfield lost posseion so many times nobody stamped their authority on the game

Stamping his authority was the problem 

[OTF 6188]

6 hours ago, RobinRobin said:

Stamping his authority was the problem 

[Alex 30442]

19 hours ago, Renton said:

 

Yeah, but we missed out on Francis Jeffers iirc. I guess that piece of Robson serendipity was more than  evened out by us ending up with fucking Hugo Viana rather than Ronaldo. 

Zenden was meant to be the first choice ahead of Robert too iirc 

[PaddockLad 14616]

19 hours ago, Renton said:

 

Yeah, but we missed out on Francis Jeffers iirc. I guess that piece of Robson serendipity was more than  evened out by us ending up with fucking Hugo Viana rather than Ronaldo. 

We signed Viana the year before Ronaldo went to Man Utd but yeah..both from Sporting Lisbon… I’d never connected that before  

[The Fish 9006]

I love a moody French Winger, I think my record on that is manifest.. however, for this manager, in this team, with our current situation, we need to be starting Gordon in the next game.

 

The way we're set up, the way we savage opponents with our intelligent pressing, it just doesn't work if the left side is not 100% on it. Saint-Maximin needs confidence, a run of games and to see a lot of the ball in those games and without Bruno on form and on fire in the middle, we don't create the right kind of possession to get the most out of ASM. Way better as an impact sub right now. But, when he is introduced as an impact sub, we have to actually use him to make an impact. Last few games he's come on with 25 minutes to go and not really impacted the game because we're not releasing the balls to the flank quickly enough. We're still looking to play it through the centre first then out wide, or trying to hit through balls for the central striker. Neither get the most out of him. He needs to receive the ball closer to the half way line, so he can commit defenders, drag them out of their shape and create opportunities with a pass, or for himself. 

 

Instead he's receiving the ball high up the pitch when the opponents are entrenched in their area. 

 

Honestly think we've been unfortunate that we've never really had a run of games with ASM, Bruno, Isak and Wilson all fit and available at the same time. 

[Dr Gloom 19834]

3 minutes ago, The Fish said:

I love a moody French Winger, I think my record on that is manifest.. however, for this manager, in this team, with our current situation, we need to be starting Gordon in the next game.

 

The way we're set up, the way we savage opponents with our intelligent pressing, it just doesn't work if the left side is not 100% on it. Saint-Maximin needs confidence, a run of games and to see a lot of the ball in those games and without Bruno on form and on fire in the middle, we don't create the right kind of possession to get the most out of ASM. Way better as an impact sub right now. But, when he is introduced as an impact sub, we have to actually use him to make an impact. Last few games he's come on with 25 minutes to go and not really impacted the game because we're not releasing the balls to the flank quickly enough. We're still looking to play it through the centre first then out wide, or trying to hit through balls for the central striker. Neither get the most out of him. He needs to receive the ball closer to the half way line, so he can commit defenders, drag them out of their shape and create opportunities with a pass, or for himself. 

 

Instead he's receiving the ball high up the pitch when the opponents are entrenched in their area. 

 

Honestly think we've been unfortunate that we've never really had a run of games with ASM, Bruno, Isak and Wilson all fit and available at the same time. 

 

agreed. there were signs that he was linking up well with isak when they played together. i also think he would look better with targett behind him than burn, who doesn't overlap in the same way. 

 

it doesn't defend his performance on saturday, which was piss poor. 

[Alex 30442]

On 04/02/2023 at 21:17, wykikitoon said:

🤣

 

 

Not often you see a CDM spending the whole match stood on the left wing 👍🏻

[Isegrim 8873]

 

[PaddockLad 14616]

PROCEED WITH CAUTION: the following article contains a reference to the metric known as “xG” and may be unsuitable for those of a nervous disposition 😱

 

https://theathletic.com/4156312/2023/02/06/saint-maximin-gordon-newcastle/

[wykikitoon 16718]

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trying to make team-mate Joelinton laugh

 

Try make Joe cheer when you do something decent on the pitch eh?