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Post by mickmacc on Feb 4, 2018 12:57:14 GMT
Damned out of your own mouth. Just proving your dumb agenda. He’s proved you wrong again and again and again. Crack on though I love Crouchy to bits. But when TP reverted to him and went away from mobility up front, he got sacked. When Hughes reverted to him and went away from mobility up front, he got sacked. He's a good player and has his uses but whenever he's played regularly it's resulted in absolutely atrocious slow football. If we had mobile good forwards I might agree. If we had creative players that could thread a pass through to those forwards I might agree. We don’t. Unfortunately we also don’t have players that can play to Crouch’s strengths and cross a ball.
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 4, 2018 12:52:55 GMT
You’re right. He was good yesterday but there’s a reason managers look at our striking options and turn to him. Whisper it but the others aren’t good enough
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 4, 2018 12:48:54 GMT
Crouchy is not a problem. He's just doing as he's told, as he always does. Lambert must learn how to get the best out of his tired old legs. Sixty minutes was enough for him yesterday and he's a great last-twenty-minute-man to have on the bench. OS. Crouch has been a problem since we signed him. Damned out of your own mouth. Just proving your dumb agenda. He’s proved you wrong again and again and again. Crack on though
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 4, 2018 12:29:10 GMT
‘Beanpole’ ‘Lampost’. And you’re not agenda driven? Why not insult our black players? Is Charlie ‘a fat bastard’ according to you? Wow! Let yourself down and showed your true colours No agenda, just an opinion. When was last time we won a game when he started? When was the last time we looked an effective team when he started? When was last time he scored when he started? At least if we go down he'll be useful in the championship. He's been referred to as a beanpole striker throughout his career. Crouch is effective if the ball, be it at his head or feet, is with a foot of him. If he has to move, he's totally ineffective. I still blame the manager. I blame the manager that signed him, the previous manager that used him as a comfort blanket and the current manager for reverting to him after 2 fucking weeks. Crouch is wank. We are wank and our manager is wank. Just watched Goals on Sunday. Commentator ‘ Crouch having a great game’.
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 4, 2018 12:27:54 GMT
‘He’s nowhere near good enough to fulfill that role’. Yes 22 goals for England , playing in a Champions League final , winning an Fa Cup medal and scoring the best goal ever seen at the Bet 365 would of course indicate you are correct
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 4, 2018 11:06:17 GMT
He didn’t track back and protect Oieters enough
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 4, 2018 11:05:24 GMT
A planned warm down. No drama. No punishment
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 4, 2018 9:59:09 GMT
‘Beanpole’ ‘Lampost’. And you’re not agenda driven? Why not insult our black players? Is Charlie ‘a fat bastard’ according to you?
Wow! Let yourself down and showed your true colours
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 4, 2018 8:57:16 GMT
Peter Crouch is one of my favourite people in football. I am not bashing him. But playing him up front from the start of a football match is absolute madness. I would say the same thing if Stoke picked my mum up front, I honestly would. He’s one of my favorite players and I agree it’s ludicrous that people defend that shit. I get loyalty and experience all that, but all match? Starting? Come the fuck on! Glen Murray 34 starting every game for Brighton who are getting out of trouble
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 4, 2018 8:50:03 GMT
The Crouch slating on here is agenda driven by some who just don’t like him never have and try to use daft logic to justify that prejudice.
What they don’t get is why managers use target men
A team like ours needs an out ball when the defence or Jack are under pressure particularly away from home.
People on here are obsessed with pace. Are Diouf or Berahino going to win headers from A Ryan clearance or a Jack goal kick?, No it would come straight back.
You hold it up and bring others into play. It worked great in the first half yesterday with Choupo-Moting and Shaqiri particularly running off Crouch.
You then have the set piece threat. Crouch hit the bar from one. You then have the aerial defensive ability. Crouch cleared numerous corners away .
It’s why Conte used Pelle for Italy and why he got Giroud.
It’s why Brighton use Glen Murray who is 34 by the way.
Of course if you have pace and height like Lukaku or Aubameyang it’s ideal. But they’re £70 million. Drogba was a great example.
We don’t have that and Diouf and Berahino aren’t really quick and have awful touch.
I fully understand why Diouf was dropped yesterday. Unless he scores he offers the team nothing.
Crouch does
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 4, 2018 8:36:30 GMT
It's fine margins. Had his header gone in rather than hitting the bar then the decision could be said to be justified. This forum loves a scapegoat and now its Crouch's turn. Trouble is there are not many alternatives. Diouf tries hard but has the technique of a baby elephant and Saido is a busted flush. At least N'Goy scored today! Scape goat? Have we won a game he's started this season? Agenda
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 4, 2018 8:34:51 GMT
He should never start another PL game up front on his own for us. Agenda
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 4, 2018 0:15:48 GMT
Such a shame that we lost today. Yes we were woeful for the last 20 but what came before was very promising. When the team was selected I thought fair play he's addressed the weaknesses from Watford however the dropping of Dioufy was a 50/50 call but I can see why he did it because Crouchy holds it better. A bad mistake and the woeful defending of a free kick and we lose. Yes you could say there were mistakes with the timing of the substitions but the biggest problem we have is the lack of fitness and the fact we're playing catch up to get to an acceptable level that'll carry us through the full 90. Today he could have taken off most of our CM and forward 6 as they all looked burnt out. We have better players than Bournemouth but they beat us because they're a fitter side. This week is a big week to get us up to speed for Brighton then we have 2 weeks off to really push on. Sensible post
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 23:20:55 GMT
I think the majority on this thread think your the one think your the one that talks shite. You aint got a clue mate, carry on with your knitting. Clueless
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 23:20:19 GMT
Said stoke were brilliant really impressed....Ndaye was brilliant Especially in the first half But we lost? I havent seen the game I hate all this shit. We lost the game. Performances dont matter. Points do. SGS I hate all this negative shit
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 23:19:41 GMT
Said stoke were brilliant really impressed....Ndaye was brilliant Especially in the first half But we lost? I havent seen the game He’s right
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 22:31:31 GMT
If you were at the game and thought the first 20 minutes was the worst you’ve seen I give up. Read what I wrote dickhead and I never miss a game. By the way apology accepted. Still talk shite though
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 21:21:40 GMT
Wrong. Excellent first half. Ran out of steam after 70 mins and gave away a daft goal from a set piece. Lambert did not get it ‘totally wrong ‘ at all Well he achieved our worst ever premier league result at Bournemouth so he didn’t get much right , at the peak of his enthusiasm he has taken 1 point From two games we took 4 out of last year , regression like self sufficency is alive and well Nd make no mistake the two go hand in hand You didn’t go the game did you Benjamin?
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 20:59:54 GMT
Well you got that totally wrong Lambert Crouch should have be n off at half time You left it way too late Get what the fuss is about yet Mr Coates Wrong. Excellent first half. Ran out of steam after 70 mins and gave away a daft goal from a set piece. Lambert did not get it ‘totally wrong ‘ at all
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 20:31:36 GMT
We need some passion in the crowd from the off, but not sure it will return The away support was nothing short of magnificent today. It was !
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 20:30:24 GMT
I was being facetious bayern, but I genuinely think if he manages to keep us up he could do ok. Nobody can do anything under these owners and the shit show they've engineered. We've been overtaken by Bournemouth... fucking Bournemouth. No ambition, no know-how, no hope... clueless. Bournemouth who beat Chelsea away 3-0 last week?
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 20:27:02 GMT
How can you say we ran out of steam and then not criticise a single player. How can a very experienced bunch be so woefully short of what is required to see out a game of football? Fitness, we are a very unfit team, simple as that. That is why we are in the bottom 3 along with our last managers tatics. Lambert will sort it out. He identified that the day he arrived
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Badou
Feb 3, 2018 20:25:32 GMT
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 20:25:32 GMT
I agree
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 20:22:08 GMT
I think he knows the limitations of the squad in terms of talent and wants us to work hard harry and press to get results.
Personally I think he’s right and in a few games it will show.
Today bizarrely imho was better than Watford
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Badou
Feb 3, 2018 20:19:23 GMT
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 20:19:23 GMT
Badou carries the ball well really well but looked a bit bewildered st the pace and ferocity which is totally understandable.
He’s also aggressive. Good signs
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 20:17:28 GMT
Ah but it was Butlands fault according to some on here!
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 20:15:55 GMT
Fair enough onlooker I just can’t understand the moaning at this stage... What good can it do??? As long as the support stays strong at the games, and i'm sure it will, then a bit of moaning on here won't do any harm. It's a good place to let off steam every now and then - recharge and go again next week. Speaking of which, my 5 year old lad will be going to his first ever game next week. I can't wait. Great. Because he’ll see a win
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 20:13:58 GMT
If you haven't got the fitness levels to maintain it, not sure how playing a game that leaves them all completely knackered by half-time is a sensible tactic? Ha ha. I've said exactly the same on another thread How do you want us to play? Slow it down a la Stokealona? Well that worked didn’t it? Lambert has correctly identified we need to press and work harder to stay up. What the hell is wrong with that?
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 19:40:06 GMT
Benjamin - you have berated every manager we’ve had since promotion - including the most succesful we’ve had in decades. If you’d been pro-Pulis you might have more credibility. Berating every regime means your views are meaningless. They are meaningless - and absolutely clueless
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Post by mickmacc on Feb 3, 2018 19:38:32 GMT
At the game. The effort and pressing in the first half was excellent. Could have been more than one up against a side that beat Chelsea 3-0 last week. Great performance. Second half just ran out of steam but couldn’t criticise a single player or the manager. Shame we conceded to a badly defended set piece . Otherwise really good signs today and unlucky to lose I never call for a manager to be sacked wether I think they should or not. I refuse to boo my team for poor displays or single out players for criticism but you sir are talking absolute uninformed rubbish. The performance of our team after the first twenty minutes was probably the worst I've seen in a long long time other than the acceptance of Coventry. I love my team, our team, but we were more than poor and didn't know how to deal with Bournemouth as they didn't know how to deal with us for twenty minutes unfortunately we stopped. We didn't run out of steam and if we did then that's a criticism of their fitness. If you were at the game and thought the first 20 minutes was the worst you’ve seen I give up.
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