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Post by agingerstokie on Mar 14, 2015 16:54:54 GMT
Would have much preferred Diouf to start and Walters in the middle with Arnie on the right.
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Post by clarkeda on Mar 14, 2015 16:55:31 GMT
Would have much preferred Diouf to start and Walters in the middle with Arnie on the right. Me and everyone I've spoken to has said exactly this.
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Post by chamberlain on Mar 14, 2015 16:57:52 GMT
Got to agree ,not a lot of threat with no pace
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Post by AlbertTatlock on Mar 14, 2015 16:58:55 GMT
I would have loved to been born with the gift of hindsight. Gouranga.
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Post by S.O.N.S. on Mar 14, 2015 16:59:03 GMT
Would have much preferred Diouf to start and Walters in the middle with Arnie on the right. Agreed. Crouch off the bench.
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Post by scfcno1fan on Mar 14, 2015 16:59:16 GMT
Fully agree with this.
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Post by jonnybravo on Mar 14, 2015 16:59:46 GMT
Hughes played right into pulis's hands today, Walters crouch and Adam against a pulis side never going work
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Post by redwhite on Mar 14, 2015 17:00:33 GMT
Crouch and Walters should not be in a team together especially away from home. Arnie should've started - his freekick aside I thought he was just about the only player who looked dangerous today.
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Post by trickydicky73 on Mar 14, 2015 17:01:09 GMT
How can you compete against Jesus Pulis? You can't, because he's the greatest ever manager and today has proved it. Sunderland should sack Poyet and get Pulis in now, sandals and all.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 14, 2015 17:02:31 GMT
Crouch and Adam did well against Everton but were the wrong decision today. It feels Hughes picked the XI based on last week, not looking at today's game being different in terms of opposition. Which is annoying.
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Post by nonameface on Mar 14, 2015 17:04:18 GMT
Our problem was giving a Tony Pulis team a goal to defend quite early on; a terrible mistake from Bardsley. Surely we know better than most how difficult it is to break them down in these situations.
WBA team sat deep, Diouf starting would have been even worse than the decision to bring him on. Crouch and Walters were the right forwards to have on.
As for Moses, he needs to understand he should use his pace to go down the line WAY more and to cut in FAR less - Arnie made us a slightly better attacking team today.
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Post by Olgrligm on Mar 14, 2015 17:08:06 GMT
I strongly suspect Crouch was in the team to defend set pieces.
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Post by mtrstudent on Mar 14, 2015 17:11:12 GMT
Our problem was giving a Tony Pulis team a goal to defend quite early on; a terrible mistake from Bardsley. Surely we know better than most how difficult it is to break them down in these situations. WBA team sat deep, Diouf starting would have been even worse than the decision to bring him on. Crouch and Walters were the right forwards to have on. They didn't sit back all that much in the first half. As soon as we got near the half way line they were all over us. There was space behind the defence and some pace could have exposed that. Maybe Hughes was betting on Tone's reputation and assuming they'd sit back and we could just grind up the pitch and whack it in to Crouch? And then when they scored, he just assumed they'd do that as soon as we changed things? I think he messed up today.
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Post by reddipotter on Mar 14, 2015 17:11:21 GMT
Our problem was giving a Tony Pulis team a goal to defend quite early on; a terrible mistake from Bardsley. Surely we know better than most how difficult it is to break them down in these situations. WBA team sat deep, Diouf starting would have been even worse than the decision to bring him on. Crouch and Walters were the right forwards to have on. As for Moses, he needs to understand he should use his pace to go down the line WAY more and to cut in FAR less - Arnie made us a slightly better attacking team today. Moses will continue to do this as long as he plays on the left when he is right footed.
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Post by mtrstudent on Mar 14, 2015 17:12:54 GMT
I strongly suspect Crouch was in the team to defend set pieces. There's a fair argument for that, but if he's in the team then one of the other slowpokes has to go.
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Post by trickydicky73 on Mar 14, 2015 17:13:46 GMT
Our problem was giving a Tony Pulis team a goal to defend quite early on; a terrible mistake from Bardsley. Surely we know better than most how difficult it is to break them down in these situations. WBA team sat deep, Diouf starting would have been even worse than the decision to bring him on. Crouch and Walters were the right forwards to have on. As for Moses, he needs to understand he should use his pace to go down the line WAY more and to cut in FAR less - Arnie made us a slightly better attacking team today. Moses will continue to do this as long as he plays on the left when he is right footed. So buy Bolassie and swap them around next season!
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Post by stokeoptimist on Mar 14, 2015 17:14:05 GMT
Wouldn't have made any difference, the other team were better today, end of!
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Post by elystokie on Mar 14, 2015 17:17:18 GMT
I strongly suspect Crouch was in the team to defend set pieces. Indeed, and (before the unforeseen forced substitutions) possibly bring Diouf on later to use his pace against tired legs.
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Post by bayernoatcake on Mar 14, 2015 17:17:57 GMT
It was one of them that the world and his wife can see but the bloke paid millions doesn't. Very frustrating.
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Post by nonameface on Mar 14, 2015 17:20:25 GMT
Our problem was giving a Tony Pulis team a goal to defend quite early on; a terrible mistake from Bardsley. Surely we know better than most how difficult it is to break them down in these situations. WBA team sat deep, Diouf starting would have been even worse than the decision to bring him on. Crouch and Walters were the right forwards to have on. They didn't sit back all that much in the first half. As soon as we got near the half way line they were all over us. There was space behind the defence and some pace could have exposed that. Maybe Hughes was betting on Tone's reputation and assuming they'd sit back and we could just grind up the pitch and whack it in to Crouch? And then when they scored, he just assumed they'd do that as soon as we changed things? I think he messed up today. Yeah I see your point in that their front three were pressing our back line, but their centre midfielder's were glued to their centre backs and their centre backs were near to the edge of the box every time. Each time our defenders had the ball, they would play it to the centre midfielder's who couldn't see any space in front of them to play a ball. For me, today would have been a great day to have had Bojan in the team, probably more than any other game.
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Post by mtrstudent on Mar 14, 2015 17:22:05 GMT
For me, today would have been a great day to have had Bojan in the team, probably more than any other game. Even on crutches?
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Post by kavinoz on Mar 14, 2015 17:34:22 GMT
For me, today would have been a great day to have had Bojan in the team, probably more than any other game. Even on crutches? Probably!
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Post by stokemanusa on Mar 14, 2015 17:37:02 GMT
Why start Adam??? Why? When has starting Adam ever panned out? He's too F'n slow to begin with... Why he didn't have Arnie or Cameron start at CAM then bring on Adam is baffling, just baffling...
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Post by stokiet90 on Mar 14, 2015 17:39:28 GMT
Hughes played right into pulis's hands today, Walters crouch and Adam against a pulis side never going work exact words I said when I saw the team sheet! Was never going to work.
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Post by davejohnno1 on Mar 14, 2015 17:53:31 GMT
Crouch and Walters should not be in a team together especially away from home. Arnie should've started - his freekick aside I thought he was just about the only player who looked dangerous today. You need to add Adam into that mix as well. The 3 of them in the same starting 11 consistently doesn't work.
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Post by stokeoptimist on Mar 14, 2015 18:02:06 GMT
Crouch and Walters should not be in a team together especially away from home. Arnie should've started - his freekick aside I thought he was just about the only player who looked dangerous today. You need to add Adam into that mix as well. The 3 of them in the same starting 11 certainly doesn't work. HHmmm It did against Everton!
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Post by davejohnno1 on Mar 14, 2015 18:07:45 GMT
You need to add Adam into that mix as well. The 3 of them in the same starting 11 certainly doesn't work. HHmmm It did against Everton! Did it? In the game I watched we were being totally overrun, we were leading courtesy of a superb header and it took the introduction of Arnie and diouf to take the game away from them. Play those 3 together from the start of every game and we'd quickly find ourselves at the wrong end if the table, like we were until February last season and the 2 seasons before that.
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Post by mywaydesolzan on Mar 14, 2015 18:10:23 GMT
I would have loved to been born with the gift of hindsight. Gouranga. So would I. But hindsight wasn't needed here, that's why it is so disappointing
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Post by bayernoatcake on Mar 14, 2015 18:11:44 GMT
I would have loved to been born with the gift of hindsight. Gouranga. So would I. But hindsight wasn't needed here, that's why it is so disappointing Spot on!
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Post by Titan Uranus on Mar 14, 2015 19:52:59 GMT
How can you compete against Jesus Pulis? You can't, because he's the greatest ever manager and today has proved it. Sunderland should sack Poyet and get Pulis in now, sandals and all. You know I heard someone this afternoon mention about Sunderland trying to tempt Pulis.. Everybody laughed Is it so silly?? Is it plausible?m
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