I thought some of the lads played well apart from
 Butt,(He Stank again)
N'Zogbia (Does he ever pass the ball ?)
Rozehnal was asleep most of the game.
Owen (back too soon if you ask me)
Viduka had 2 left feet.
The passing to the forwards was well off target.
Lua Lua seemed to be the only one with pace.
Taylor,and Given were good again though.
I don't know about you lads, I want to give fat Sam a chance but he
makes me nervous.
I don't think we have a choice but to stick with him, I hope things
improve soon.
Lets hope we don't have another Birmingham embarrassment at home.

--Ikie

On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:50:01 +0000, Ikie Cabolacov 
wrote:

>I thought some of the lads played well apart from
> Butt,(He Stank again)

he wasn't great, but he was far, far, far better than alan smith, who
had yet another shocker.

what i was asking was why the merry fuck was nicky butt the only one
of the two central midfielders who was getting forward in attacks?

the bloke playing alongside him is rumoured to have once been a
striker!

>N'Zogbia (Does he ever pass the ball ?)

harsh to criticise him, as he looked good in the first half, but never
got going in the 2nd. but i do agree, he does hold onto the ball for a
few seconds longer than he really should.

>Rozehnal was asleep most of the game.

rozenhal was awful, by far our worst player. ok, i know he's not a
rightback but when was the last time you ever saw a defender shit out
of so many tackles? he was getting embarassing towards the end of the
game, proper liability.

>Owen (back too soon if you ask me)

yup, didnt look sharp really, but yet again, the service he got was
poor to non-existent.

>Viduka had 2 left feet.

he had a few good moments, but like owen, there was no service for him
to feed off.

>The passing to the forwards was well off target.

their was passing to the forwards? i suppose the long ball hoofs could
count as passes...

>Lua Lua seemed to be the only one with pace.

well, he looked alright i guess, duff had faded right out of the game
(probably knackered, i bet if milner had've been fit, duff wouldve
been on the bench and not starting) and lua lua did offer something
different. still young mind, and it showed as he too held onto the
ball a bit too ,long on the few runs he had.

but then his older brother was exactly the same...

>Taylor,and Given were good again though.

Faye was MoM for me, closely followed by taylor.

tells you a lot when our two central defenders were our best
players...

>I don't know about you lads, I want to give fat Sam a chance but he
>makes me nervous.

you're not the only one. i don't think we should sack him, but he
needs to get some creativity into that midfield, because duff and
smith, on today's showing will offer you absolutely fuck all in that
respect.

>I don't think we have a choice but to stick with him, I hope things
>improve soon.
>Lets hope we don't have another Birmingham embarrassment at home.
>
hopefully at home we'll do a bit better, but i mean it wasn't an awful
performance, there were a few glimmers of hope in there, but the
puzzle is still missing a few pieces in my opinion.

>
>>I don't think we have a choice but to stick with him, I hope things
>>improve soon.
>>Lets hope we don't have another Birmingham embarrassment at home.
>>
> hopefully at home we'll do a bit better, but i mean it wasn't an awful
> performance, there were a few glimmers of hope in there, but the
> puzzle is still missing a few pieces in my opinion.

Even so, now we got to face Arsenal, twice :( No 'kin chance

On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 02:49:01 GMT, Chris F
 wrote:

>On Mon, 07 Jan 2008 00:50:01 +0000, Ikie Cabolacov 
>wrote:
>
>>I thought some of the lads played well apart from
>> Butt,(He Stank again)
>
>he wasn't great, but he was far, far, far better than alan smith, who
>had yet another shocker.
>
>what i was asking was why the merry fuck was nicky butt the only one
>of the two central midfielders who was getting forward in attacks?
>
>the bloke playing alongside him is rumoured to have once been a
>striker!
>
>>N'Zogbia (Does he ever pass the ball ?)
>
>harsh to criticise him, as he looked good in the first half, but never
>got going in the 2nd. but i do agree, he does hold onto the ball for a
>few seconds longer than he really should.
>
>>Rozehnal was asleep most of the game.
>
>rozenhal was awful, by far our worst player. ok, i know he's not a
>rightback but when was the last time you ever saw a defender shit out
>of so many tackles? he was getting embarassing towards the end of the
>game, proper liability.
>
>>Owen (back too soon if you ask me)
>
>yup, didnt look sharp really, but yet again, the service he got was
>poor to non-existent.
>
>>Viduka had 2 left feet.
>
>he had a few good moments, but like owen, there was no service for him
>to feed off.
>
>>The passing to the forwards was well off target.
>
>their was passing to the forwards? i suppose the long ball hoofs could
>count as passes...
>
>>Lua Lua seemed to be the only one with pace.
>
>well, he looked alright i guess, duff had faded right out of the game
>(probably knackered, i bet if milner had've been fit, duff wouldve
>been on the bench and not starting) and lua lua did offer something
>different. still young mind, and it showed as he too held onto the
>ball a bit too ,long on the few runs he had.
>
>but then his older brother was exactly the same...
>
>>Taylor,and Given were good again though.
>
>Faye was MoM for me, closely followed by taylor.
>
>tells you a lot when our two central defenders were our best
>players...
>
>>I don't know about you lads, I want to give fat Sam a chance but he
>>makes me nervous.
>
>you're not the only one. i don't think we should sack him, but he
>needs to get some creativity into that midfield, because duff and
>smith, on today's showing will offer you absolutely fuck all in that
>respect.
>
>>I don't think we have a choice but to stick with him, I hope things
>>improve soon.
>>Lets hope we don't have another Birmingham embarrassment at home.
>>
>hopefully at home we'll do a bit better, but i mean it wasn't an awful
>performance, there were a few glimmers of hope in there, but the
>puzzle is still missing a few pieces in my opinion.


You are definitely right about Smith He was so crap I forgot he was
playing.
How he could be considered to wear the captains armband is beyond me.
He is supposed to lead by example.No wonder we are lacking.
What did you think of Givens attempt at being a starfish?
Me and my 2 lads were howling,how the hell he managed a save like that
I don't know.He doesn't seem to be affected by gravity at all.

--Ikie