Quote from: Smirker on March 16, 2013, 05:04:21 PMQuote from: paul_e on March 16, 2013, 04:59:05 PMIt's also probably the nail in their coffin. Which will be a real shame...Are you serious? I can't wait for them to fuck off back to the Championship.Whoosh!
Quote from: paul_e on March 16, 2013, 04:59:05 PMIt's also probably the nail in their coffin. Which will be a real shame...Are you serious? I can't wait for them to fuck off back to the Championship.
It's also probably the nail in their coffin. Which will be a real shame...
Westwood today - 88 touches, 97% pass accuracy
I actually died during that last 5 minutes and this is my ghost typing. Fucking brilliant, up the Villa! *wooooooooooooooh*
Southampton and ourselves have dragged pretty much the bottom half of the table into the relegation battle now. If Newcastle manage to get any kind of result against Wigan they should cruise to safety. But after their game midweek, Wigan winning would be far from a surprise. I like Chris Hughton so hope Norwich do Sunderland, Norwich are struggling for goals though. you could make a case for any of the sides above us to go down to be honest. the safety points mark is likely to rise unfortunately.back to the game, started well but QPR werent long making mince of our back 4. Guzan made 2 outstanding stops. Benteke beaten like a child in the air for the first, second seemed to be offside but still a serious save. Another chronic individual error for an opposition goal, this time Bennett. We looked to have lost our way totally up front in the first half with the three of them getting in each others way. The goal when it did arrive was more down to gutless goalkeeping from Cesar than any great play on our behalf. Second half, Gabby and Weimann started targeting their full backs, Fabio in particular, which paid rich dividends. We again looked really decent going forward during the second half. even more so when Nzogbia came on but Sylla coming off instead of Bannan was a terrible substitution. We all pretty much said it on the match thread, we needed to score our third then. Lowton missed a great chance. They equalised out of nothing but Tarrabt was making a big difference at that stage. The lack of a defensive midfielder was terribly obvious, we missed Delph something shocking today. Weimann was huge for us, his goal was a decent shot but again Cesar was more at fault. But his undeniable spirit was key to our winner, an unbelievable assist for Benteke's winner. For one horrible moment I thought Benteke was going to miss it. We were a shambles trying to defend the last few minutes. Clint Hill's shot was less than a foot wide. Thankfully luck went in our favour. Certainly feels like we are safe but might take 8 more points so far from out of it yet.Guzan 8 - 2 outstanding saves in the first half. Dominant in the air again and passed it more into midfield than usual. been a big find for us this season and likely to be our keeper for many yearsLowton 4 - An assist and should have had a goal. One great block in the second half. In between all that he was horribly out of his depth. His form of late is in the same vein as Hutton or De La Cruz. Physically weak, positionally awful and beaten for pace throughoutVlaar 5 - doesnt look fully fit. His organisation skills are desperate, definitely a follower rather than a leader. was the best of our back 4 but that wasnt saying much if anythingClark 4 - woeful really. Same as Lowton decent on the ball but lots of the same weaknesses, physically weak, slow and rash. Not good enough I'm afraid and I had high hopes for himBaker 5 - there is brave and then there is reckless. Baker falls in the later category and the injury he picked up was a result of putting himself in a position where he could have got seriously injured. Poor defender in any caseSylla 5 - positionally seemed a bit all over the place today. definitely still very raw but his strength and mobility was badly lacking following his subsitution.Bannan 4 - good game last week but hopeless in this one. the decision to replace Sylla and not him could have cost us the game. His limitations without the ball are pretty obvious but was very disappointed with him today with the ball. Thought the occasion got to him and certainly he didnt get on the ball as much as he should have.Westwood 8 - despite his best efforts, without the ball he is almost as ineffective as Bannan. Was part of a midfield destroyed on the counter attack at time. However with the ball I thought he was excellent today. Always looking to get on the ball, great positioning and football intelligence about picking the right pass. He was involved in all our best football. Needs Delph next to him.Weimann 8 - not in the game at all in the first half. But what leadership he showed in the second half. Another goal but his assist was our best play of the season. The contrast between the guts he showed and the lack that his direction opponent Fabio did was strikingGabby 8 - shite in the first half, he needed to target Boswinga but instead floated around doing nothing. But the goal woke him up and with Benteke misfiring badly, he showed great leadership in the second half.Benteke 5 - beaten up a stick by Samba today. Terrible defending on the opening set piece and offered us very little going forward. Still scored the winner and will have learned more today than the last couple of games where he was outstanding.Bennett 5 - horrible start. tidy player on the ball certainly but too physically weak to be a defender at this levelNzogbia 7 - slow enough start but soon found space and was involved in the winner with a good pass to Weimann. Bit unlucky to be out of the side at the momentBowery - not on long enough
Did you see Redknapp twitching at the end? Like he was having electro convulsive therapy!
Disagree on Benteke and Vlaar. You can't give Benteke a 5 when he scores a vital winning goal and Vlaar was excellent in the second half overall.
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