Good afternoon?
Well I’ve had worse I suppose. The game itself wasn’t our finest hour nor was it quite self harming territory. The bottom line is that this competition was the last of our priorities. Nice to win a pot but for those believing we ought to have gone all out …I’ve two names for you. McLeish & Dalglish.
The appearance of Bale was a welcome surprise and had he not featured it’s a cheerless exercise to dwell on how we would have performed. He was the spark, the drive, the creative.
The young guys given a chance did their best. Falque is an interesting chap. There’s a raw energy there. A fast paced mind at work. But he needs managing training and guiding. I look at him, Livermore, Townsend and Walker all whom are ‘products’ of our academy or whatever it’s trading as this week and worry.
Are we producing footballers or people who simply look like footballers, impressionists?
Maybe I imagined it, but Livermore looked to have more about him when he debuted. Now we have this Jenasesque fella that looks like he’d be more at home in one of those partially naked calenders that firemen do for charity. Walker looks like a rep for a company that services gym equipment. Falque like an assistant manager at Toni & Guy.
My point is why are their footballing IQ’s so low? Falque took two maybe three corners and the ball didn’t beat the first man once. In fact the damn thing was smacked in a light speed at knee height. Jake concedes the most cheap and hopelessly unnecessary fouls. Walker’s dive for the penalty was the work of an impressionist.
This was pretty much a Norwich B team vs a Spurs B team for want of a better description. I’m just saying I would have hoped for more given the opposition.
We went a goal up and then proceeded to act as as if the thing was won. Slowed the game, passed as if we were playing the time out. A child could have predicted this wasn’t a very good plan. Any child able to use a clock or a watch.
Our traveling firm were great value. ‘Norwich City, your sister’s your mum’ followed by a Grant Holt’s arrival prompting a chorus of ‘Grant Holt, he eats when he wants.’
Norwich scored twice and we missed a penalty. This beast on Twitter was quick to voice her support direct to Clint on Twitter. Despite being at the game in person!
I take the view that if people are on Twitter they have to take their chances, maybe not everyone thinks you’re as wonderful as your mother repeatedly told you you were. But why would you Tweet Dempsey that? Jeez, he knows that he missed. My best guess is he didn’t do it on purpose.
Is there a moral to last night’s story? Probably not. But we do need a striker and we need Moussa Dembélé. Like a rose needs rainwater, like a leopard needs its partner in the jungle, like… I don’t know what like.
***** has had his loan extended.. :-)
Thought we might bring him back to play alongside Livermore. Good idea ?
No, but a swap sounds good.
Wonga.com?
:-D
Alright Steveo, good to see you survived last nights debacle.
Are the natives still revolting ?
Some say Lloris made an error, some don’t, personal choice, but what can’t be denied is he dropped 2 simple crosses against Panathaniakos, one of which against a better side would have resulted in a goal. He threw the ball out, basically to the opposition at White Hart Lane which again should again have resulted in us conceding.
Improvement required.
Friedel has never dropped a cross has he? Never come for one mind.
And he only kicks the ball to the opposition
Hoooooooooooooooof!!!
HARSH!
We would be a different side if Ade was playing as the loan striker. He would bring Demp and Demb into play as he holds up the ball so well. Worry that AVB cannot recognise this.
True enough…
…but…
…you can’t play someone who’s not fit, so I can’t see how this can be pinned on AVB…
…every time he gets a run out he seems to develope a new knack of some sort…
Probably true enough
Loan striker? I thought we signed him outright.
I think AVB sees him as Ledleys replacement
Ade has been proven to dip in form with every club he has been at.
I read some interesting performance stats on him a couple of weeks ago where he starts strong and then his goal scoring ratio, assists and pass completion tail off after the first season of every club he has played at.
I hope that he proves this analysis wrong but more importantly I hope he starts earning his wages like soon.
We need some teeth and direction.
I mouthed off last night about AVB (dangers of drink blogging) but in real terms he is making the best of a bad situation.
Can we strengthen in January? yes but where in the squad do I think we need to bolster? With Parker, the moose and Ade back we could still do with more up front, but for me it’s another attacking midfielder and a suitable replacement for Dawson at the very least.
Parker is key and I feel his presence is far too underestimated.
Sober blogging….it’s a whole lot safer (and coherent)
Parker is good but he is a defensive mid fielder. I think he will struggle to get back into the team with Dembele and Sandro both playing well. What we need more than Parker is a creative player in the Modric mould. That is why our performances look so bland, there is no creativity from mid field. We miss Modric more than most people want to admit, we also miss VdV, neither have been replaced adequately.
I don’t think it’s gone unnoticed. Dembele is very good though and we’ve certainly missed him massively since he’s been out. He fills a hole for me. [For want of a better way to put it]. But we need another top midfielder, and as the approach for Moutinho suggests, we can assume management know this and I’m expecting an AVB signing or two in Jan. But it’ll be a tight, one out one in thing, throughout the chain of clubs, due to the 25 man rule. But proper, mysteriously unknown, sexy sounding, AVB signings from abroad. Lush.
How has sir les escaped any sort of criticism…?
From what I saw he was the purest shite on the night.
What did he do wrong? I mean that in earnest – I can’t remember much about his performance. Wasn’t the sort of game that required much defending, was it?
It’s important to be earnest.
Lay off, I’m just trying to sound extra posh for ldn hackney.
Or to be at ‘er nest. I mean does save a bloke buying breakfast.
Er Habib…. I just realised you made a joke there.
You’re better at being a proven strong football analyst. ;-)
Tough crowd :-(
He created the throw in that led to their first goal…when he panicked and belted the ball into the sky. Is that the kind of player we really need?
He with cuddles make a good pair …a good pair of carthorses.
Hmm. Couldn’t you argue that Jan ‘created’ it by heading an off-target shot into his own goal? Dunno, seems a little harsh.
Jan would have been a little gobsmacked at daws blunder,the so called clearance that was in truth an unguided missile aimed at the oppo, or so it seemed to me…would like to see a replay of the full sequence of events.
Aren’t we 4th in the league? Not bad for such a bad team playing so badly under a poor coach…. Stop moaning and get behind the team and manager! COYS!