Aesthetic Relic 301 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 We have 41 points and they have 36. If they win their next 2 they will have 42 points. How's that possible ? :S2 x 3 points = 6 points + 36 points = 42 points Yes.............. I am indeed being a smartarse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted December 29, 2007 Author Share Posted December 29, 2007 The Shit won't beat City tomorrow. I think that game has 1-1 written all over it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue_army 2 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Thank god we won but we were running around like headless chickens for the second half . Avrams lost the plot it wasnt a handful booing his decision to take off joey it was half the ground same with the dont know what youre doing chant , the thing is we are right anyone could win the games he has with the talent at his disposal even with injurys, the bloke just is tatically inept where as you could trust mouriniho to turn it around like spurs at home last year in the cup or reading away this year, i can only trust grant to fuck things up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Layla 0 Posted December 29, 2007 Share Posted December 29, 2007 Cant imagin Grant pulling off a win over Liverpool with just 10 men as we've done under Jose.I duno not looking forward to the games against the big 3 at home,least we can still come back from being goals down.And Hillaro wasnt so hillarious today Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluto 0 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 3 points welcome but pretty shambolic performance, even with the absentees.Israeli weakest links more than evident now -Ben Haim, and Grant. Both liabilities , but Grant is finding it harder to hide his cluelessness.Kalou offside but ...great..about time we had a dodgy decision in our favour.Grant's general lack of tactical nous and lack of leadership qualities is starting to gradually be uncovered as we move into the thick of things.When we were beating all the relegation and in crisis clubs those deficiencies were hidden but now you're starting to see his managerial qualities as time goes on - and it seems to amount to standing their looking lost and open mouthed hoping that something anything happens to resolve the situation without him having to make a decision.He got lucky today, if we had drawn I sense the fans would quickly have turned on him, even with the good run of results since his takeover, he is still skating on thin ice, he has no reservoir of good will from the fans at all to tide him over. It only takes one or two poor results and the heat is on him immediately. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pluto 0 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Thank god we won but we were running around like headless chickens for the second half . Avrams lost the plot it wasnt a handful booing his decision to take off joey it was half the ground same with the dont know what youre doing chant , the thing is we are right anyone could win the games he has with the talent at his disposal even with injurys, the bloke just is tatically inept where as you could trust mouriniho to turn it around like spurs at home last year in the cup or reading away this year, i can only trust grant to fuck things up.That's what scares me, against low key opposition Grant is fine because the team can operate almost on automatic pilot so his lack of tactical knowledge and abitity to risk take is not a liability to us.However, when we are facing tougher opposition he just looks ineffective, he reacts to events already happened rather than being proactive like Mourinho would do.Under Mourinho you felt he would make instant decisions almost before the game turned to avoid certain scenarios or make a change instantly when something happened - take a risk to change the game.Grant for all his talk about bold attacking footbal seems to be me very docile as a manager and ironically no where near the risk taker with his subs that Mourinho was.Mourinho was not scared to change a game even if it meant it could go wrong, Grant looks lost most of the time when we are struggling.Short term he has not been found out but long term I think he is a liability.Good enough to beat Derby, Bolton, Wigan and Newcastle et al but not good enough to outwit the likes of Wenger, Moyes, O'Neill or Fergie and as for Liverpool they had their reserves out almost so jury still out for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCFC 45 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Not a convincing performance yesterday,how we won,god only knows.The media are today slamming Mike Riley for allowing Kalou's goal.Yes,it was offside but if the boot was on the other foot would they make such hooh hah over it?.And are Newcastle going to face punishment for their players barracking Mike Riley and the linesman for allowing Kalou's goal?.I seriously doubt it Hilario done ok,pulled off some good saves but another defensive error led to their goal and from there i really thought they were going to go on to win the game.Grant is losing the plot very quickly,and to think Roman is about to trust Grant with his money as we enter the transfer window is very scary indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismada9 1,948 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 I just have a bad feeling Avram Grant will try to buy all the wrong kind of players Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
changingman2000 35 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Not a convincing performance yesterday,how we won,god only knows.The media are today slamming Mike Riley for allowing Kalou's goal.Yes,it was offside but if the boot was on the other foot would they make such hooh hah over it?.And are Newcastle going to face punishment for their players barracking Mike Riley and the linesman for allowing Kalou's goal?.I seriously doubt it Hilario done ok,pulled off some good saves but another defensive error led to their goal and from there i really thought they were going to go on to win the game.Grant is losing the plot very quickly,and to think Roman is about to trust Grant with his money as we enter the transfer window is very scary indeed.I think (hope) that RA will go to Clark and Ten Cate for advice on players rather than the Grinch, surely? please? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted December 30, 2007 Author Share Posted December 30, 2007 Well RA sacked Ranieri and then Mourinho, so don't hold your breath. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
changingman2000 35 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Well RA sacked Ranieri and then Mourinho, so don't hold your breath.I know, I know. You trying to make me feel better then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismada9 1,948 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Mourinho wasn't sacked, he just left us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeCFC 45 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Mourinho wasn't sacked, he just left usI'm sure you've said this already. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Layla 0 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 And dont think he really wanted to leave us...Meh offside goal,we had one discounted against BB that cost Jose big and we need the points lol and we scored for them anywayso meh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliott 7 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 In the end we were lucky to win. We should have buried the game before they equalised, we had enough chances, but our finishing was poor and Given had a decent game. Our actual winning goal was miles offside and we got out of jail there. First half we played pretty well though, Ballack ran the midfield effectively.Ratings:Hilario: 7 - Did well, made a few savesBelletti: 5 - His passing was awful at times, had a bit of an off dayBridge: 8 - Very good performance from Bridgey I thoughtAlex: 7 - Missed a few great chances, defended decentlyBen Haim: 6 - Never looks convincingMikel: 6 - I thought he did alright in the first half, but in the second half it died offEssien: 7 - Got the goal, played alrightBallack: 8 - He was great first half, but his performance dipped in the secondWright-Phillips: 8 - Shauny had a very good game, was very effective up the wing, but he showed his height with two poor attempts as headers.Joe Cole: 6 - I wasn't that convinced with Joe, I can't really think of what he didKalou: 7 - First half he did pretty damn well, second half his performance dropped with the team's.Subs:Pizarro: 5 - Awful. No touch, no vision.Sinclair: 6 - Showed promise, but didn't get anywhere reallySidwell: 6 - Didn't get the time to do anything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrismada9 1,948 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 I'm sure you've said this already.Yeah I did because two people said in different threads that he was sacked when he wasn't Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Layla 0 Posted December 30, 2007 Share Posted December 30, 2007 Yeah I did because two people said in different threads that he was sacked when he wasn't And again say doubt he really wanted to leave Scott Sinclair sub wtf?!If we were 3-1 up would make sense but not when we're 1-1,pushing for a win and Ballack isnt performing to badly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bombayblue™ 55 Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 ballack could hardly run in the second half and clearly looked like he wasnt fit for 90 mins.. i just thought sidwell would come on for ballack.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Layla 0 Posted December 31, 2007 Share Posted December 31, 2007 Or Sidwell he came on for like a minute lol.Mean if hes gana be used when we're missing play6ers in ACN as it seemed was the plan give him more then a minute run and as said before send Sinclair out when we're many goals up.He hasnt really played against a prem team only Man you and Liverpool and both sides werent at their strongest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueLion. 21,491 Posted December 31, 2007 Author Share Posted December 31, 2007 Jose would not have walked out. "Mutual consent" by arse, he was sacked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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