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Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:54 am
by Original Dub
Never noticed amongst all the happiness of beating the cunts that we now also have the tightest defence as well as the sharpest attack.
Nice. Kompany has gotten back to his old self and clichy shouldn't be rested in an important game again.
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:31 am
by Tokyo Blue
Four clean sheets on the trot.
You won't see that statistic trotted out by the media very much because of course clean sheets only matter when we can't manage them.
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:32 am
by Beefymcfc
Tokyo Blue wrote:Four clean sheets on the trot.
You won't see that statistic trotted out by the media very much because of course clean sheets only matter when we can't manage them.
You being paranoid ;-)
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:34 am
by Dameerto
Original Dub wrote:Never noticed amongst all the happiness of beating the cunts that we now also have the tightest defence as well as the sharpest attack.
Nice. Kompany has gotten back to his old self and clichy shouldn't be rested in an important game again.
Amen to that, I wondered why there was a cloud of dust down our left flank when it was so rainy, then realised it was Clichy busting a gut to get back into position after an attack broke down into a Scouse counter attack.
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:37 am
by Tokyo Blue
Beefymcfc wrote:Tokyo Blue wrote:Four clean sheets on the trot.
You won't see that statistic trotted out by the media very much because of course clean sheets only matter when we can't manage them.
You being paranoid ;-)
I know. I should give my head a wobble.
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:40 am
by Beefymcfc
Tokyo Blue wrote:Beefymcfc wrote:Tokyo Blue wrote:Four clean sheets on the trot.
You won't see that statistic trotted out by the media very much because of course clean sheets only matter when we can't manage them.
You being paranoid ;-)
I know. I should give my head a wobble.
Just a wibble mate, everyone needs pencils and underpants sometimes.
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 2:42 am
by Ted Hughes
Dameerto wrote:Original Dub wrote:Never noticed amongst all the happiness of beating the cunts that we now also have the tightest defence as well as the sharpest attack.
Nice. Kompany has gotten back to his old self and clichy shouldn't be rested in an important game again.
Amen to that, I wondered why there was a cloud of dust down our left flank when it was so rainy, then realised it was Clichy busting a gut to get back into position after an attack broke down into a Scouse counter attack.
Really had a great game tonight. Kolarov at his best is a class above Clichy offensively but defesively he's not fit to lace Clichy's boots (or Ben Thatcher's for that matter, or next door's cat's if it had any ).
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:41 am
by DoomMerchant
Tokyo Blue wrote:Four clean sheets on the trot.
You won't see that statistic trotted out by the media very much because of course clean sheets only matter when we can't manage them.
you won't see it trotted out by the media because we don't have four clean sheets on the trot. Just yknow sayin.
cheers
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 7:17 am
by CityGer
Media Bastards. If it was utd they would disregard Sunderland and credit them with four clean sheets.
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 9:12 am
by Im_Spartacus
DoomMerchant wrote:Tokyo Blue wrote:Four clean sheets on the trot.
You won't see that statistic trotted out by the media very much because of course clean sheets only matter when we can't manage them.
you won't see it trotted out by the media because we don't have four clean sheets on the trot. Just yknow sayin.
cheers
saved me the trouble, ta
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:11 pm
by Sister of fu
It was three clean sheets on the bounce and then we let that shit one in at Sunderlland. JH has never kept 4 clean sheets on the bounce in the prem. We do seem to have become better in the last few weeks at the back and I think coinsides with JH being back to his very best.
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:20 pm
by DoomMerchant
Sister of fu wrote:It was three clean sheets on the bounce and then we let that shit one in at Sunderlland. JH has never kept 4 clean sheets on the bounce in the prem. We do seem to have become better in the last few weeks at the back and I think coinsides with JH being back to his very best.
never kept four in a row? interesting stat...i'd have thought either last season or at Birmingham that he'd done that if i was pressed to guess. We are tight at the back. Do you like us better tight at the back?
cheers
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:24 pm
by Piccsnumberoneblue
I noticed early in the commentary that our defence was described as "shaky". Whereas they wanked themselves off over Scouse's back line.
Hmmm?
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:35 pm
by Beefymcfc
The thing is with the Scouse, if the media start to dispell the myth that they have a solid back-line, what've they got left to praise Dalglish and Liverpool for?
Spunked a fortune and still no closer to the once so normal CL spot. I'm so glad that the powers that be dumped them like a ton of bricks when they were going through the Hicks & Gillett problem.
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 12:44 pm
by feedthegreek
there was a phone in on talkshite this morning scousers phoning in, one guy said look where we were last season and look where we are now, i thought 6th and still 6th they are unreal, of course brazil and irani agreed with the caller in kenny they trust.
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 1:35 pm
by sandman
Richards was excellent, he only came forward when it was necessary to do so but when he did he got straight back to defend.
Lesson learnt recently.
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:09 pm
by DoomMerchant
Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:I noticed early in the commentary that our defence was described as "shaky". Whereas they wanked themselves off over Scouse's back line.
Hmmm?
think about it though..it was amazing that they only let us put 3 past them. It could have been 5 or 6 if we'd been allowed to really play up to our potential. It's all relative.
cheers
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 3:38 pm
by Blue Blood
sandman wrote:Richards was excellent, he only came forward when it was necessary to do so but when he did he got straight back to defend.
Lesson learnt recently.
Richards is always excellent. Always.
How the fuck he is not an England starter I will never understand.
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:16 pm
by 13021J
Blue Blood wrote:
Richards is always excellent. Always.
How the fuck he is not an England starter I will never understand.
I agree but Downing did have a few opportunities early on in each half, and Micahs positioning for Downings one on one chance was poor, down to lack of concentration methinks. Hope the lad sharpens up for the Derby. Class still though.
Re: Tightest defence in the league

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Wed Jan 04, 2012 4:25 pm
by freshie
DoomMerchant wrote:Piccsnumberoneblue wrote:I noticed early in the commentary that our defence was described as "shaky". Whereas they wanked themselves off over Scouse's back line.
Hmmm?
think about it though..it was amazing that they only let us put 3 past them. It could have been 5 or 6 if we'd been allowed to really play up to our potential. It's all relative.
cheers
If we had a neutral referee you mean?