Popular Post wazzap24 Posted August 23, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted August 23, 2014 Lamberts tactics and line up management is s****. Counter attacking football at home is S****. Starting Richardson on the right of midfield S****. Playing Weiman and or Gabby on the same team S****. Finally moving Richardson to his natural left side of midfield and working well with Cissohko but ultimately taking off the width to bring on Bent S**** Lambert still in charge S**** 'Fans' slating the manager, two games into a new season, after taking 4 points from games we lost last season and keeping two clean sheets 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
packoman Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 People saying that it'll be better when the strikers are back. I don't get it, Kozak is just a finisher like bent, without service he won't score either. Yes Benteke has got that flash of brilliance, but he isn't going to hit top form straight away following his long absence. But the service was there. Plenty of decent crosses into the box today and last week but no one getting on the end of them. Kozak will also work hard unlike Bent. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 The modern football fan isn't pleased unless we're scoring 10 at home it seems. wow........ hyperbole at its best....it seems. we never had a shot on target ( fact) at home 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForfarVillan Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 I think Newcastle will be really strong this year so I'm very happy with the draw. Bit toothless up front but the abuse the top two are getting is crazy. Short memories Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRO Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 (edited) its fair to say in total isolation.... 2 clean sheets is encouraging...particularly against teams we usually get bullied by. Edited August 23, 2014 by TRO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 If we had two strikers who didn't let the ball bounce of them and who didn't give it away far too easily, we would have won that game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KSV Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 (edited) I hope we sign a wide forward. Gabby and Wiemann are poo.I think eventually Grealish will break into the side and stay there.. Benteke and Kozak will return.. Cole will start playing here and there. We will be a different side in attack. In defence we looked solid and with Sanchez still to bed in. Its looking promising.Lambert thought it was a good game and we were entertaining. 0 shots on target isn't very entertaining for a side at home.. or away for that matter. Edited August 23, 2014 by KSV Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Let's not forget as well that Sanchez will allow Delph and Westwood to get forward more, and he doesn't look too bad in creating stuff himself either. Our attack is where the problem lies - once Kozak and Benteke come back we'll be scoring a lot more. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobzy Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 To be fair i think we can expect to at least have a shot on target at home to Newcastle (or any team for that matter) There's no difference between a really tame shot that the keeper saves (Riviere's effort that Guzan stopped) or a screamer that goes narrowly wide (Janmaat's effort). The lack of creativity/cutting edge is a concern, but I wouldn't get too hung up on "shots on target". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sne Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 To be fair i think we can expect to at least have a shot on target at home to Newcastle (or any team for that matter) There's no difference between a really tame shot that the keeper saves (Riviere's effort that Guzan stopped) or a screamer that goes narrowly wide (Janmaat's effort). The lack of creativity/cutting edge is a concern, but I wouldn't get too hung up on "shots on target". If you hit the target there is at least a minute chance to score. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dodgyknees Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Let's not forget as well that Sanchez will allow Delph and Westwood to get forward more, and he doesn't look too bad in creating stuff himself either. Our attack is where the problem lies - once Kozak and Benteke come back we'll be scoring a lot more. I completely agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wainy316 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 People saying that it'll be better when the strikers are back. I don't get it, Kozak is just a finisher like bent, without service he won't score either. Yes Benteke has got that flash of brilliance, but he isn't going to hit top form straight away following his long absence. There is better service now though. Some good balls in from The full backs and Delph. Should've scored first half. We also have Joe Cole in reserve. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pacbuddies Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Any idea apart from Bowery why we are loaning out every one of Lambert's cheap failures rather than selling them? Luna, Bennett, Sylla, Helenius and Tonev.. doesn't make sense why not just sell them? Maybe because they are crap and nobody wants to buy them. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeyp102 Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 People saying that it'll be better when the strikers are back. I don't get it, Kozak is just a finisher like bent, without service he won't score either. Yes Benteke has got that flash of brilliance, but he isn't going to hit top form straight away following his long absence. There is better service now though. Some good balls in from The full backs and Delph. Should've scored first half. We also have Joe Cole in reserve. In my opinion Cole or Grealish should've come on today, with 20 mins to go we were screaming out for someone like that to give us more impetus. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DCJonah Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 Grealish was going to come on but then cissokho got injured. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 My post was addressed to no one in particular but I see its aroused a little bit of passion from some. Probably because it's pathetic to accuse fellow fans of being "sheep" just because they're content with a 0-0 draw against a decent team while our two best strikers are out. Not saying that I agree with the OP but, Newcastle also had their best striker out and we were the home side - without a shot on target. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mantis Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 My post was addressed to no one in particular but I see its aroused a little bit of passion from some. Probably because it's pathetic to accuse fellow fans of being "sheep" just because they're content with a 0-0 draw against a decent team while our two best strikers are out. Not saying that I agree with the OP but, Newcastle also had their best striker out and we were the home side - without a shot on target. Did they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Villarocker Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 (edited) Our problems are being addressed. Our defence now looks organised and decent. We now have one major problem, and to be fair it's existed since MON, a creative midfielder. I am sure that Lambert has tried to sort that problem out with the signing of Joe Cole. In his absence, Richardson has been deployed there. In recent times we have seen many players tried in that position - N'Zogbia, Gabby, Weimann to name a few. But, we still haven't solved that problem. I think the answer lies in taking a chance on Grealish. Yes he's young but, the lad is capable of drawing defenders out to him and that will open up spaces in behind for our attacking players to exploit. As long Grealish's only remit is to run at players, play through balls, take shots and, put himself about the central defenders, I can't see it being a problem playing this lad each week. Edited August 23, 2014 by villarocker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArteSuave Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 My post was addressed to no one in particular but I see its aroused a little bit of passion from some. Probably because it's pathetic to accuse fellow fans of being "sheep" just because they're content with a 0-0 draw against a decent team while our two best strikers are out. Not saying that I agree with the OP but, Newcastle also had their best striker out and we were the home side - without a shot on target. Did they? I'm assuming he means Papiss '10 goals in his last 60 league games' Cisse. Hardly their best striker but that doesn't fit with the narrative that we only kept a clean sheet because of who they were missing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StefanAVFC Posted August 23, 2014 Share Posted August 23, 2014 The modern football fan isn't pleased unless we're scoring 10 at home it seems. wow........ hyperbole at its best....it seems. we never had a shot on target ( fact) at home Hyperbole fully intended. It's blooming ridiculous for fans to be angry with 2 clean sheets, 4 points and a much improved showing at the back after 2 games. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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