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PNB Is John McClane: Ratings & Analysis

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I can’t recall such an unrewarding game having so many grating facets to it. 

Kenny Dalglish has taken the siege mentality to new depths. He used to be tight lipped, frequently blunt. He’s deteriorated into an obtuse Magic 8 ball with an increasingly threadbare array of wannabe clever dick comments.

He’s not only allowed the victim culture of Merseyside to permeate the football club, he’s wearing it as a badge of honour. I’d be fascinated to know just who, outside of that city he’s impressing. The twit that was waiving a green laser pointer in Benny’s face probably thinks King Kenny rocks.

Mind you, I’d crack up if I was beginning to look like a fat Paul McCartney.

Suarez trailed his hand to catch PNB in the face and then deliberately kicked him in the gut. Yet again only the watching millions and not one of the match officials managed to spot this. 

Martin Tyler’s commentary on this wasn’t biased, it was straightforward bizarre. His reaction to this blatant assault was to scoff that Parker had only just made a ‘miraculous recovery’ in relation to a nasty go Charlie Adam had just  on him.

Ratings then.

 8 Self assured, brave in fact all the things you look for in a goal keeper. Or a Lollypop Lady in a particularly rough area.

 7 He defended far far better than I can recall. His forward moves amounted to zip but we hired him to defend. 

 7 Coped with Carroll and just about anything else they had in his stride. It was his kind of game.

 7 As ever he added an air of certainty to the back four. 

 6 Not an amazing performance. The lumping it up turns possession into 50/50 balls. If we could lose those kicks and the crappy throw ins/corners from our game, we’d be in clover.

 6 We seem to be getting a different player every time he plays. Last night he didn’t actually do cery much. I’m still unconvinced by him. My fear is he goes from being Dozzell 2.0 to being J**** 3.1 let’s jope not.’ 

 9 “Come out to the coast, we’ll get together, have a few laughs…” He ended up covered in cuts with Bugs Bunny’s footprint for an appendix scar.

 The FedEX of Spurs. Distributed like a mother. 

 6 You need to stop diving Gaz and  the left wing ought to be your default setting. Naff game all round.

 6 Appears to have rediscovered his mojo somewhat but this wasn’t a game he really made a mark upon. 

 6 He appears have two or three players constantly wrapped round him. Arry needs to shake up our tactic to include him more. Struggling.

 4 Word is he won lots of headers. 

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186 comments

  • kojac says:

    i don’t really care about bales dive last night,we needed to stay in their half somehow,the authorities have ruined the game by giving freekicks for anything so may as well make the most of it and penalising people for good tackles and reacting to bad stuff,so who gives a f*ck anymore,i don’t

    the righteous lefties still whining i see,

    good job in the end seeing as we parked the bus,no goal threat whatsoever,shame bale couldn’t deliver the smash and grab from krankies pass

    anyway 50pts in the bag,Cl football is the main goal for me and hopefully third,i’m not even ruling out one of the mancs messing it up yet,as long as we can keep the pressure on

    another tough fixture with a confident newcastle,hopefully we are back banging down the door at the lane,we need to get ready for the scum

    sat 17:30 COYS

  • Yachtsman says:

    It’s sort of a devil’s bargain. Townshend stays with us and gets a chance every now and again, like last Monday. Or, he is out playing regularly and comes back next year (like Caulker I hope) improved and really does a job, really gives the manager (note my caution!) the ability to rotate – yup, ROTATE, in a way that does not weaken us…

  • Billy Legit says:

    ‘the righteous lefties still whining i see’

    Nobody whines more than you, yer bald-headed slapper!

  • Spurstacus says:

    :kissing:

  • Razspur says:

    Good luck to Harry in court today, if found guilty i hope he is made to pay all arrears plus interest and poss a fine of £40k. Let`s have this done and dusted and get back to the task in hand. 3 Points on Saturday.

    • Billy Legit says:

      Down with the Wigan, he’s going down with the Wigan, down with the Wiiiiigaaaan…….

      (repeat until you hear the sound of the cell door slam shut)

    • Kash says:

      Sorry for not getting back to you sooner Razzle. When training 7 year olds you have to go back to the Bill Shankly philosophy. KEEP IT FECKIN SIMPLE. We play with 7 players ( 1 GK ) and a 3 in defence 3 in attack. Like I say its good fun but it can be frustating when certain factors ( some of the kids are throwing a strop etc ). But i must say after watching thousands of goals in the Premiership, World Cup etc the best feeling is watching you kids score a goal. Second is any goal scored by the team in white and blue.

      • Razspur says:

        Keep bagging a few goals, i can imagine the excitement. I enjoyed the u14`s but even then they were beginning to develop mini-ego`s.

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