Good morning.
Far from as bad as it has been. That would be my overall sweeping statement type analysis. Certainly far more positives than negatives so let’s have kick off with the bestest bit.
What a goal. Churlish of some to dismiss such a sensational strike as simply anuvver couple of mil on his transfer fee. The boy has class. Defoe is one dimensional and crucially did not score last night. My argument in support of Pav ends with anyone looks good playing alongside Adebayor.
And so to the Gomes business. Has the rest done him good or is he a man playing well beneath his pay grade due to a bad case of perception? The answer is, ‘We’ll never know.’ He will be sold is my prediction.
The stand out thought about the back four is that Raging Kaboul looks like someone we could probably massively rely upon in the future. Bassong was horrible and demonstrated why we couldn’t even flog him for buttons in the last window.
Livermore was of course out of position and that showed. But Walker and Rose weren’t up to scratch. The Rubes were a decent enough outfit – and it was only Pav’s goal that separated the two sides – but they were pretty wet when it came to our 18 yard area. Had we been playing someone with fewer competency issues in that dept we would have been undone.
Carroll is drawing plaudits from every quarter. My verdict is that he’s alright. Dos Santos is an accomplished player but didn’t seem to really find his groove last night. Azza Blud gave what has sadly become the norm – yet another – ‘just back from injury’ performance. Dull in the first half, fizzled out in the second.
Sandro was in a similar boat ring rustiness wise, but he looked more resilient and I would expect his next Premiership showing to be better still.
Defoe did little aside from make much of Pav’s unwillingness to pass to him which possibly made me laugh louder than a good Steptoe & Son. Defoe is one of the most supremely selfish footballers on planet Earth. He only ever passes if he can’t shoot. Pav outside of the goal didn’t do much himself. My defense of this would be to ask you to take a look at the team behind him.
The attendance was low. A little over 24,000 Client Reference Numbers on the premises and from this figure we must deduct 1,500 freebies for looter victims. Levy & Co missed a trick on the pricing here. They were up against the game being televised on a terrestrial channel, it not being a season ticket game and perhaps the first genuine cold snap of the Autumn.
The reality is that too many players are being fielded in these Europa games that aren’t worth the current price of admission. You want to tell me that these guys are young? Thanks for that information. You want to dispute what they are worth, don’t bother. I base my observation on the fleeing fans at previous games and the gate last night.
These games are of appeal to a slightly different demographic than those who attend Premiership games. And the charge needs to reflect that. The money that the Europa generates is less too, so the model just needs scaling down and a scratch over 20,000 can be pretty easily have seen 10,000 added to the figure.
Blimey, 139 posts in and no sign of a scrap between eastanglianspur and essexian76. Are they ill?
No,they just came to an amicable agreement on who gets custody of the poodle.
or the cat
I just thought about the love and peace Hartley’s spreading and just let EAS do his own, and look how well he’s doing! insert smiley
Also I’ve been working on a design for lead football boots for Azza Blud!
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You know it makes sense…… :angel: :daumen:
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A note on Walker….
We all assumed we’d have a very good left back in Bale, there were no suggestions of him becoming the attacking wide man we know and love. Likewise I am suprised no-one is looking at Walker as the successor to Lennon. He has the pace, the flair and his delivery is better, his football brain is better and he’s clearly hungrier and has a far better attitude than Lennon. We might be better looking for a new full back rather than a new winger!
Certainly time for Azza to get a grip of his career or his suitcase.
With all due respect Finn, I think you’ll find there’s a few of us who’d be interested in seeing a Corluka/Walker combo on the right flank.
Respect always appreciated :daumen:
I apologise if I’ve missed your posts on that, no plagiarism intended. I’ve been skimming of late to avoiod the handbags and stuff coming out of Lower Wash and Upper Clacton.
carefull Finn,dont want them ganging up on you ,they even called one or the other a gooner!
Finn
Agreed on each point re. Lennon and Walker. Is Townshend right or left footed? If the former, I’d have him start instead of Azza. Those two could make the right side dynamite.
pav will shine if he partners adeboy. It’s never been tested. it would be 1 hell of a crackin partnership. mark my words.. pls give this a try harry
Pav isn’t fit to lace my boots.
Oooh, a striker we should sign.
Oh yeah, I remember now.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OoNIbObrqL0&feature=related