mr_nool wrote:I felt physically sick when they scored; saw it happening as soon as Kolo hoofed it.
But now when I've calmed down a bit, all though royally pissed off that we lost two points, I'm happy with the way we played in the second half. My only gripe is that we don't have enough people in the penalty area when attacking. I also thought it was painfully clear that Milner isn't half the footballer Yaya is. If you could just combine Milner's stamina, grit and work load with Yaya's football brain and technique ...
Blue2 wrote:Very unlucky today, think he got it right. We were excellent 2nd half.
Ted Hughes wrote:The main thing was, we were positive, getting players forward all the time & playing to win throughout. That's all I ask for.
Original Dub wrote:mr_nool wrote:I felt physically sick when they scored; saw it happening as soon as Kolo hoofed it.
But now when I've calmed down a bit, all though royally pissed off that we lost two points, I'm happy with the way we played in the second half. My only gripe is that we don't have enough people in the penalty area when attacking. I also thought it was painfully clear that Milner isn't half the footballer Yaya is. If you could just combine Milner's stamina, grit and work load with Yaya's football brain and technique ...
(As Doomy)
And also... Migrane? WTF?
Just saying...
Cheers
Yada yada.
mr_nool wrote:I felt physically sick when they scored; saw it happening as soon as Kolo hoofed it.
But now when I've calmed down a bit, all though royally pissed off that we lost two points, I'm happy with the way we played in the second half. My only gripe is that we don't have enough people in the penalty area when attacking. I also thought it was painfully clear that Milner isn't half the footballer Yaya is. If you could just combine Milner's stamina, grit and work load with Yaya's football brain and technique ...
Pretty Boy Lee wrote:mr_nool wrote:I felt physically sick when they scored; saw it happening as soon as Kolo hoofed it.
But now when I've calmed down a bit, all though royally pissed off that we lost two points, I'm happy with the way we played in the second half. My only gripe is that we don't have enough people in the penalty area when attacking. I also thought it was painfully clear that Milner isn't half the footballer Yaya is. If you could just combine Milner's stamina, grit and work load with Yaya's football brain and technique ...
Post of the week for me.
Like I said in the pay bracket thread, how so many undervalue YaYa is beyond me. He is clearly an intelligent footballer who has strangth and speed without using it to headless chicken affect.
Milner has been gash ever since he swapped shirts in my humble opinion. He and Jerome have been major let downs thus far.
DoomMerchant wrote:Pretty Boy Lee wrote:mr_nool wrote:I felt physically sick when they scored; saw it happening as soon as Kolo hoofed it.
But now when I've calmed down a bit, all though royally pissed off that we lost two points, I'm happy with the way we played in the second half. My only gripe is that we don't have enough people in the penalty area when attacking. I also thought it was painfully clear that Milner isn't half the footballer Yaya is. If you could just combine Milner's stamina, grit and work load with Yaya's football brain and technique ...
Post of the week for me.
Like I said in the pay bracket thread, how so many undervalue YaYa is beyond me. He is clearly an intelligent footballer who has strangth and speed without using it to headless chicken affect.
Milner has been gash ever since he swapped shirts in my humble opinion. He and Jerome have been major let downs thus far.
Milner hasn't hit his stride yet, but clearing one off the line like he did was pretty monumental today. Also, if he stayed in the match instead of being subbed for AJ i believe we'd have had 3 pts and not 1.
cheers
Pretty Boy Lee wrote:DoomMerchant wrote:Pretty Boy Lee wrote:mr_nool wrote:I felt physically sick when they scored; saw it happening as soon as Kolo hoofed it.
But now when I've calmed down a bit, all though royally pissed off that we lost two points, I'm happy with the way we played in the second half. My only gripe is that we don't have enough people in the penalty area when attacking. I also thought it was painfully clear that Milner isn't half the footballer Yaya is. If you could just combine Milner's stamina, grit and work load with Yaya's football brain and technique ...
Post of the week for me.
Like I said in the pay bracket thread, how so many undervalue YaYa is beyond me. He is clearly an intelligent footballer who has strangth and speed without using it to headless chicken affect.
Milner has been gash ever since he swapped shirts in my humble opinion. He and Jerome have been major let downs thus far.
Milner hasn't hit his stride yet, but clearing one off the line like he did was pretty monumental today. Also, if he stayed in the match instead of being subbed for AJ i believe we'd have had 3 pts and not 1.
cheers
I sincerely doubt Milner would have been at CB when they hit it long, Kolo had a brain freeze the midfield dint lose us the game.
DoomMerchant wrote:Pretty Boy Lee wrote:DoomMerchant wrote:Pretty Boy Lee wrote:mr_nool wrote:I felt physically sick when they scored; saw it happening as soon as Kolo hoofed it.
But now when I've calmed down a bit, all though royally pissed off that we lost two points, I'm happy with the way we played in the second half. My only gripe is that we don't have enough people in the penalty area when attacking. I also thought it was painfully clear that Milner isn't half the footballer Yaya is. If you could just combine Milner's stamina, grit and work load with Yaya's football brain and technique ...
Post of the week for me.
Like I said in the pay bracket thread, how so many undervalue YaYa is beyond me. He is clearly an intelligent footballer who has strangth and speed without using it to headless chicken affect.
Milner has been gash ever since he swapped shirts in my humble opinion. He and Jerome have been major let downs thus far.
Milner hasn't hit his stride yet, but clearing one off the line like he did was pretty monumental today. Also, if he stayed in the match instead of being subbed for AJ i believe we'd have had 3 pts and not 1.
cheers
I sincerely doubt Milner would have been at CB when they hit it long, Kolo had a brain freeze the midfield dint lose us the game.
You and i won't argue about Kolo's lumping it upfield...but i don't believe we'd have been in that position for some reason if Mancini hadn't substituted Milner. yes, Kolo could have literally stood on the ball instead of booting it upfield but i think had Mancini not substituted him and instead told Milner to shut up shop he would have been in or around the box for the goal kick back upfield and might have made a difference.
Regardless, Milner hasn't hit his stride yet but i really like his attitude and his potential. I'll be patient with him because i think he has a great demeanor and a lot of skill. it will happen for him.
cheers
DoomMerchant wrote:Pretty Boy Lee wrote:mr_nool wrote:I felt physically sick when they scored; saw it happening as soon as Kolo hoofed it.
But now when I've calmed down a bit, all though royally pissed off that we lost two points, I'm happy with the way we played in the second half. My only gripe is that we don't have enough people in the penalty area when attacking. I also thought it was painfully clear that Milner isn't half the footballer Yaya is. If you could just combine Milner's stamina, grit and work load with Yaya's football brain and technique ...
Post of the week for me.
Like I said in the pay bracket thread, how so many undervalue YaYa is beyond me. He is clearly an intelligent footballer who has strangth and speed without using it to headless chicken affect.
Milner has been gash ever since he swapped shirts in my humble opinion. He and Jerome have been major let downs thus far.
Milner hasn't hit his stride yet, but clearing one off the line like he did was pretty monumental today. Also, if he stayed in the match instead of being subbed for AJ i believe we'd have had 3 pts and not 1.
cheers
Ted Hughes wrote:DoomMerchant wrote:Pretty Boy Lee wrote:mr_nool wrote:I felt physically sick when they scored; saw it happening as soon as Kolo hoofed it.
But now when I've calmed down a bit, all though royally pissed off that we lost two points, I'm happy with the way we played in the second half. My only gripe is that we don't have enough people in the penalty area when attacking. I also thought it was painfully clear that Milner isn't half the footballer Yaya is. If you could just combine Milner's stamina, grit and work load with Yaya's football brain and technique ...
Post of the week for me.
Like I said in the pay bracket thread, how so many undervalue YaYa is beyond me. He is clearly an intelligent footballer who has strangth and speed without using it to headless chicken affect.
Milner has been gash ever since he swapped shirts in my humble opinion. He and Jerome have been major let downs thus far.
Milner hasn't hit his stride yet, but clearing one off the line like he did was pretty monumental today. Also, if he stayed in the match instead of being subbed for AJ i believe we'd have had 3 pts and not 1.
cheers
You could be right but Bob's thinking may have been that either Milner was carrying an injury, or that he wanted to make an effort to keep the team attitude positive & not fall back & go into the kind of cowardly desperate hoofing mode that we saw from Kolo.
DoomMerchant wrote:Ted Hughes wrote:DoomMerchant wrote:Pretty Boy Lee wrote:mr_nool wrote:I felt physically sick when they scored; saw it happening as soon as Kolo hoofed it.
But now when I've calmed down a bit, all though royally pissed off that we lost two points, I'm happy with the way we played in the second half. My only gripe is that we don't have enough people in the penalty area when attacking. I also thought it was painfully clear that Milner isn't half the footballer Yaya is. If you could just combine Milner's stamina, grit and work load with Yaya's football brain and technique ...
Post of the week for me.
Like I said in the pay bracket thread, how so many undervalue YaYa is beyond me. He is clearly an intelligent footballer who has strangth and speed without using it to headless chicken affect.
Milner has been gash ever since he swapped shirts in my humble opinion. He and Jerome have been major let downs thus far.
Milner hasn't hit his stride yet, but clearing one off the line like he did was pretty monumental today. Also, if he stayed in the match instead of being subbed for AJ i believe we'd have had 3 pts and not 1.
cheers
You could be right but Bob's thinking may have been that either Milner was carrying an injury, or that he wanted to make an effort to keep the team attitude positive & not fall back & go into the kind of cowardly desperate hoofing mode that we saw from Kolo.
yeah yknow i do feel like the lunacy of me being angry that Bob didn't call for shutting up shop vs. the rubgy side we faced today is hypocritical but realistically that's what the manager SHOULD have called for imho. Preserving a precious 3 pts away at Stoke was HUGE. Just huge. And he made two attacking substitutions -- tho to be fair Jo happened just after they scored, point being it was planned when we were still up 1-0 -- which contradicts everything i'd have been looking for him to do.
crazy talk i know...but it's just how i felt watching it.
Ted Hughes wrote:
It was surprising certainly, I commented on it at the time. Very unboblike. If we'd gone into our shell & they'd scored from a throw in after building pressure we'd probably all be moaning that he was too negative though. I was really impressed with us today for the simple reason that we were so shit & yet turned it round. Gutted by the crappy finish though. If we follow it up with a couple of wins, it'll look like a good point in the end.
mr_nool wrote:I loved Mancini's attitude after we scored. I was afraid we were gonna sit back, but when we started our possession game, I was really enjoying it. We looked world class, and it was the best possible way of defending a lead for 15 minutes against the likes of Stoke. Too bad we fucked it up in the last minute, but the method he chose was the right one nevertheless.
DoomMerchant wrote:mr_nool wrote:I loved Mancini's attitude after we scored. I was afraid we were gonna sit back, but when we started our possession game, I was really enjoying it. We looked world class, and it was the best possible way of defending a lead for 15 minutes against the likes of Stoke. Too bad we fucked it up in the last minute, but the method he chose was the right one nevertheless.
i hope it was a decision borne of confidence and not pressure if you know what i mean. I feel like it's the former because Bobby doesn't seem to give a fucl what you or I or the media think of his management approach, but...it just FELT like the wrong decision given the nature of the match at that point. Know what i mean?
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