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Post by mikeyb99 on Mar 4, 2008 7:47:29 GMT
Don't know what Mama has done to get such a hate-squad after him. Just like Diao, he's getting blamed for every defeat, every misplaced pass, every wayward shot at goal.
Never thought it would be me saying this but get behind the team. Pulis will not drop Mama - deal with it. And take off those ludicrous glasses that obviously make you see Mama and Diao as the root of all evil.
For what its worth I think we should now surely, belatedly, see the end of Cresswell at left-wing. Gally deserves a serious run in that position IMO. And let's not mince around with captain (FFS why?) Griffin who absolutely cannot play as a right-back, he gets ripped to shreds by any decent left-winger we come up against and its really costing us at the moment. And how about non-scoring goal-scorer Fuller? I don't blame him for not scoring in the QPR debacle but I'm getting sick of this complete lack of consistency, and sometimes effort, that he shows towards games. We need a Nugent or the like to force him to up his game. 1 good game in every 3 or 4 is not what is required from the special one, who can be oh so special if he actually wants to.
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Post by vodkastoke on Mar 4, 2008 7:51:03 GMT
IMO Fuller has been poor in recent games. I would even go as far to say that i would drop him ahead of mama
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Post by Davef on Mar 4, 2008 8:28:37 GMT
Isn't it a bit early to be on the pop?
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Post by vodkastoke on Mar 4, 2008 8:32:48 GMT
We are one dimensional when Fuller plays. I know Mama is no world beater but he can play in a variety of roles. Although Fuller can make a goal out of nothing which Mama can't.
Dont shoot me down im just adding a different slant on things.
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Post by Davef on Mar 4, 2008 8:36:51 GMT
Fair enough, but if you think the manager should drop Fuller and retain Sidibe in the team, then you can forget not only about automatic promotion, but the play offs as well.
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Post by vodkastoke on Mar 4, 2008 8:43:59 GMT
Why?? With Gally & Cresswell on the books we can start with a combo of Mama & Gally or Cresswell with Fuller on the bench.
I think Gally is a better players to start the game and the impact Fuller would have coming on from the bench would be terrific. We need options & different strategies and it will give the opposition something to think about.
In the games we are expected to win we are far far too predictable. And Gally does not have the same impact coming on as a sub as Fuller would do imo.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 4, 2008 8:50:11 GMT
I think Gallagher and Fuller up front is a combination to explore.
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Post by mermaidsal on Mar 4, 2008 13:50:53 GMT
Sorry I missed this last night, mumf - I think you're spot on both with problems and answers. 100% agree with you Now come on that's got to be worth a Woodbine.
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Post by FullerMagic on Mar 4, 2008 13:55:34 GMT
Well, if he's seriously considering a very expensive deal for Nugent (and it looks very much like he is) surely it's Goodbye Mama for the run-in.
If Parkin would've stayed this time last year, I think it would've been then too?
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Post by jezzascfc on Mar 4, 2008 14:01:12 GMT
Grapey, there is no doubt we are thinking about getting Nugent in - if we lay out the best part of half a mill for ten games, one thing you can be certain of is he will play 90 minutes of every single one of them unless injured.
Even allowing for the drinking of a whole bottle of vodka this morning by a bloke further up the thread, surely no one can seriously think it will be Fuller that will make way for Nugent if he signs?
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Post by okeydokeystokie2 on Mar 4, 2008 14:33:20 GMT
Regardless of Nugent, TP has options.
A smart bit of mam management would be to get his preferred 11 together (Mama up front, Cressie left) and tell them he's under pressure to make changes, but he believes in them etc, we've come this far, prove me right etc.
Then he tells Gally on his own that when he goes on its his chance to nail a starting place. Then he gets the team fired up, and can keep his options open about who he changes, Mama or Cressie.
I agree with Coll who said earlier that we should look at the front 2 as a pair, and Ric and Mama together look the strongest pair. I think this is one of the reasons that keeps Mama in the side.
Finally, as we haven't got a genuine left winger, and Fuller runs so well with the ball, I'd like to see him swap with Cressie/Gally during games. So Ric comes deep and left, (bringing a central defender and midfielder with him?), looking to pick it up and run them. Meantime, Cressie/Gally have drifted inside, hopefully dragging a fulback wih them. Might just mix things up a bit, as Ric is sometimes heavily marked and crowded out.
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Post by anarchicalan on Mar 4, 2008 16:44:23 GMT
Fuller wants Sidibe in the team.
What Fuller wants, Pulis gives him.
Besides, Fuller wants to be the only star, another decent forward alongside him might take the shine of him, especially if Cresswell was allowed a proper positional start.
Just a thought.
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Mar 4, 2008 16:48:05 GMT
Cresswell has been allowed several proper positional starts and has, with the exception of Palace away and Preston at home, looked fairly average there.
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Post by anarchicalan on Mar 4, 2008 16:52:17 GMT
rvd, to be fair, I think Cresswell hasn't had his strengths played to at all. He's a poacher, not really a target man. Plus, it's easy to get out of the habit of being up front when you're played as a winger so often. A decent run in his proper position might alter that and improve the team. I live in hope.
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Post by mumf14 on Mar 4, 2008 16:53:43 GMT
Vodka man....So you'd drop Fuller would you....?
Are you sure your not that maniac Sfance....
You must be stark raving mad...!!.
A lunatic.!!!
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Post by The Toxic Avenger on Mar 4, 2008 16:56:21 GMT
Alan, I agree that we don't play to his strengths, and I think it's highly unlikely that we're going to start doing so at this late stage, which is why I'd advocate persevering with Mama - he isn't the reason we're having this hiccup.
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Post by anarchicalan on Mar 4, 2008 16:59:58 GMT
I agree there rvd. It's unfair to lay the blame at Mama's feet/head/knee/arse or whatever he tries to use. The tactic is to use him in this way, so the fault lies with the tactician.
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Post by scfclifer on Mar 4, 2008 17:06:52 GMT
Simmo Griffin -------- Shawcross --------- Riggott --------- Dickinson Lawrence --------- Whelan ---------- Delap ----------- Gallagher Fuller --------- Cresswell Subs: Hoult Sidibe Pugh Wilkinson Diao that would be my side for saturday. [glow=red,2,300]WHELAN IS SUSPENDED[/glow]
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Post by okeydokeystokie2 on Mar 4, 2008 17:21:49 GMT
The other thing with Cressie on the left is that so much of our attacking play goes through Liam, that Cressie can drift into the box when the ball is on the right. He becomes like a 3rd striker then, picking up the bits, and his poaching instincts bring him a few goals.
Think Gally would give the opposition one more to worry about, and take a bit of pressure off Fuller, who seems to have 2 or 3 around him all the time now.
Still think at this moment Gally is first change though - but that change is getting earlier and earlier!
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Post by mumf14 on Mar 4, 2008 17:40:14 GMT
According to Eatsleepsport ....NUGENT looks like he's on his way...
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Post by vodkastoke on Mar 4, 2008 23:10:53 GMT
Vodka man....So you'd drop Fuller would you....? Are you sure your not that maniac Sfance.... You must be stark raving mad...!!. A lunatic.!!! Its not a case of dropping mate.... But yes i would consider using him as a substitute especially for away games where i feel he would have more of an impact coming off the bench.
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