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Re: Game Against The Scouse

Post by BWFC_Insane » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:22 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
lovethesmellofnapalm wrote:@ Tango (mainly!)
i admire your loyalty to the present squad but still believe it's a tad misplaced/complacent.
we had a good win yesterday (btw i predicted we would and that we would beat Everton) but we could very easily go on a 5-6 match utter gash, energy-less, organisation-less, spineless run of defeats. we are that inconsistent.
if potentially better players become available (not a gimme that) or the two from the US are deemed to be better than what we have then they should go straight in.
we have lost too many points this season by sticking to the old guard (e.g. Klasnic,SKD,Robbo et all) based on isolated good results -Wigan Stoke for instance
It isn't loyalty to the present squad LTSOFN, it's what I saw yesterday: Effort, comittment, organisation - the things you list above as lacking in previous games- and a renewed energy and confidence about the side. I'm as eager as the next man to see new talent coming in,but to bang them straight in means taking somebody out. We changed a losing side and got a winning one, but more importantly,we changed our methods and it worked well. Three of our next five games are Arsenal, Chelsea and Man City. Do we really want to experiment with those? After them, hopefully, our chances of points will be much more realistic, at least in principle.

That's all well and good but say Wheater gets injured who comes in? Same with Ricketts or NRC or Muamba etc...

Same with loss of form.

We need reinforcements, desperately for numbers, quality and most other reasons...

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Re: Game Against The Scouse

Post by TANGODANCER » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:25 pm

BWFC_Insane wrote: That's all well and good but say Wheater gets injured who comes in? Same with Ricketts or NRC or Muamba etc...
Same with loss of form.
We need reinforcements, desperately for numbers, quality and most other reasons...
Quite so, but starting XI right now was the topic?
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Re: Game Against The Scouse

Post by thebish » Sun Jan 22, 2012 5:31 pm

TANGODANCER wrote:
BWFC_Insane wrote: That's all well and good but say Wheater gets injured who comes in? Same with Ricketts or NRC or Muamba etc...
Same with loss of form.
We need reinforcements, desperately for numbers, quality and most other reasons...
Quite so, but starting XI right now was the topic?
nahh - the topic was the game against the Scouse...

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Re: Game Against The Scouse

Post by Verbal » Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:01 pm

Can I just make it clear that I f*cking hate Liverpool. Loved every minute of that yesterday. Every bloody minute.

Well apart from the one in which Bellamy scored. Obviously.
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Re: Game Against The Scouse

Post by Vertigo » Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:30 pm

Fabrice seems to have been working hard on his passing! A record number of completed passes for him yesterday no doubt?

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Post by Gail Platz » Sun Jan 22, 2012 6:41 pm

Funniest post I've seen on RAWK so far:
That piece of play from Andy in the second half, from Downing's cutback was sublime. He faked to shoot by taking a massive clod-hopping wallop of the ball with his left foot then deftly flicked it with his right, unfortunately the rest of our team just weren't on his wavelength (few are) and the ball dribbled away back into Bolton possession. In the hands of a lesser player, Messi for example, that moment would've looked amateurish but Andy pulled it off with the grace and assurance that has characterised his time at Anfield.

I can't believe we got him for just £35 million. Frankly, I'm tempted to go up to Newcastle myself and give them my life savings as well, purely out of gratitude. Truly a joy to behold.

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Re: Game Against The Scouse

Post by TKIZ! » Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:06 pm

Gail Platz wrote:Funniest post I've seen on RAWK so far:
That piece of play from Andy in the second half, from Downing's cutback was sublime. He faked to shoot by taking a massive clod-hopping wallop of the ball with his left foot then deftly flicked it with his right, unfortunately the rest of our team just weren't on his wavelength (few are) and the ball dribbled away back into Bolton possession. In the hands of a lesser player, Messi for example, that moment would've looked amateurish but Andy pulled it off with the grace and assurance that has characterised his time at Anfield.

I can't believe we got him for just £35 million. Frankly, I'm tempted to go up to Newcastle myself and give them my life savings as well, purely out of gratitude. Truly a joy to behold.
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Re: Game Against The Scouse

Post by truewhite15 » Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:10 pm

Vertigo wrote:Fabrice seems to have been working hard on his passing! A record number of completed passes for him yesterday no doubt?
Fabrice Muamba is a top class player. If he's not given any time to actually think about what he's doing, and acts on instinct. As soon as he engages his brain, he forgets everything to do with football. Fortunately, very often, he has to rely on instinct, which is why he's one of my favourite players.

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Re: Game Against The Scouse

Post by Turkish Trotter » Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:23 pm

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Vertigo wrote:Fabrice seems to have been working hard on his passing! A record number of completed passes for him yesterday no doubt?
Fabrice Muamba is a top class player. If he's not given any time to actually think about what he's doing, and acts on instinct. As soon as he engages his brain, he forgets everything to do with football. Fortunately, very often, he has to rely on instinct, which is why he's one of my favourite players.

Fab is also one of my favourites, always gives 100%, leave him to do what he does best, breaks up play and give the simple ball, Gerrard hardly in game yesterday, mainly down to Fab. Don't expect alot of creativity from him, but getting up and down the pitch, being a nuisance and breaking up the opposition play, there's not many better.
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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:30 pm

One other thing besides what I said during the game. Sparky's game wasn't just about tippy-tapping I the opponents' third; he was also diligent and dedicated defensively, getting back as that third central midfielder. Top lad. Against a good team I would still worry about his suitability in the middle of a 442, but then against a good team I would worry about the suitability of 442. Thankfully it seems the gaffer now agrees, and we look far the better for it. Note how well the midfielders - all of them - integrated with the ever-willing Ngog. It's a far more attacking formation than isolating two blokes up top miles away from the others.

Interesting games coming up. Swansea and Arsenal both play a similar system to ours so it'll be intriguing to see how the sides match up. They're both winnable games, too. Roll on.

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Re: Game Against The Scouse

Post by bobo the clown » Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:33 pm

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Vertigo wrote:Fabrice seems to have been working hard on his passing! A record number of completed passes for him yesterday no doubt?
Fabrice Muamba is a top class player. If he's not given any time to actually think about what he's doing, and acts on instinct. As soon as he engages his brain, he forgets everything to do with football. Fortunately, very often, he has to rely on instinct, which is why he's one of my favourite players.
Fab is also one of my favourites, always gives 100%, leave him to do what he does best, breaks up play and give the simple ball, Gerrard hardly in game yesterday, mainly down to Fab. Don't expect alot of creativity from him, but getting up and down the pitch, being a nuisance and breaking up the opposition play, there's not many better.
Agreed ... yet Coyle has spent the first half of this season ostracising him & seemed to have selected him on sufference ... and he's out of contract this summer.

I hope to fck he can mend those bridges.
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Post by Dave Sutton's barnet » Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:38 pm

bobo the clown wrote:Agreed ... yet Coyle has spent the first half of this season ostracising him & seemed to have selected him on sufference ... and he's out of contract this summer.
You sure? Thought we tied him to a long 'un in OC's first summer.

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Post by Owen_Coyle » Sun Jan 22, 2012 7:57 pm

Excellent performance and we fully deserved the win. Liverpool were only crap because that is all we allowed them to be.

And that was the first time this season that I thought that we have a chance of escaping relegation.

Keep it up boys, something to shout about at last.

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Re: Game Against The Scouse

Post by bobo the clown » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:03 pm

Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:Agreed ... yet Coyle has spent the first half of this season ostracising him & seemed to have selected him on sufference ... and he's out of contract this summer.
You sure? Thought we tied him to a long 'un in OC's first summer.
I'd be delighted to be wrong, but I did think he was.
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Re: Game Against The Scouse

Post by TANGODANCER » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:52 pm

Gail Platz wrote:Funniest post I've seen on RAWK so far:
That piece of play from Andy in the second half, from Downing's cutback was sublime. He faked to shoot by taking a massive clod-hopping wallop of the ball with his left foot then deftly flicked it with his right, unfortunately the rest of our team just weren't on his wavelength (few are) and the ball dribbled away back into Bolton possession. In the hands of a lesser player, Messi for example, that moment would've looked amateurish but Andy pulled it off with the grace and assurance that has characterised his time at Anfield.

I can't believe we got him for just £35 million. Frankly, I'm tempted to go up to Newcastle myself and give them my life savings as well, purely out of gratitude. Truly a joy to behold.
Give the Scousers their due, humour is one thing they do well. :lol:
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Re: Game Against The Scouse

Post by Verbal » Sun Jan 22, 2012 8:56 pm

bobo the clown wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:Agreed ... yet Coyle has spent the first half of this season ostracising him & seemed to have selected him on sufference ... and he's out of contract this summer.
You sure? Thought we tied him to a long 'un in OC's first summer.
I'd be delighted to be wrong, but I did think he was.
Be delighted then. Signed a four-year deal in August 2010

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Re: Game Against The Scouse

Post by bobo the clown » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:17 pm

Verbal wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:
Dave Sutton's barnet wrote:
bobo the clown wrote:Agreed ... yet Coyle has spent the first half of this season ostracising him & seemed to have selected him on sufference ... and he's out of contract this summer.
You sure? Thought we tied him to a long 'un in OC's first summer.
I'd be delighted to be wrong, but I did think he was.
Be delighted then. Signed a four-year deal in August 2010

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/footbal ... 894660.stm" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
:laugh: me being happy ..... :) :) :) :) :) :)
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Post by irie Cee Bee » Sun Jan 22, 2012 9:54 pm

Feels so great to win a football game. Still in a mellow mood more than 24 hrs. later. Great team performance but NRC was fantastic! also, having 2 good full backs makes us look so much better as a team...no disrespec to Robinson and Boyata who did their best.

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Post by Gail Platz » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:11 pm

Don't really understand this but it made me laugh regardless:

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Re: Game Against The Scouse

Post by Odelay » Sun Jan 22, 2012 11:14 pm

Gail Platz wrote:Don't really understand this but it made me laugh regardless:

http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lx8u5 ... o1_500.gif" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

That's QWOP. God that game is annoying...

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