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Post by Nyron Nonceworthy on Jan 30, 2013 9:03:01 GMT
For the first 50 minutes we were decent enough. For the remaining 40 minutes we were utterly fucking dogshit.
He doesn't seem to know his best formation or the players which best suit it. I don't mind the 3-5-2 BUT you need proper wing backs. Etherington is an attacking winger and Whitehead is a centre midfielder with limited ability. The only player on our books who could operate as a proper wing back is probably Ryan Shotton (as daft as that sounds). Although the back three didn't too bad individually, it just didn't seem to work as a collective unit, as shown with the two goals we conceded.
That said, going forward we looked dangerous for the first time in ages because Charlie Adam was playing where Charlie Adam should play. Wigan left themselves open on numerous occasions and I thought we managed to exploit that quite well - our second goal being a prime example.
On top of that, though, is the completely ineffective performance that came from the Crouch/Walters combination. They just do not work together. Crouch is too immobile and needs to stay up front rather than chasing back and Walters is too much of a busy bee to link up the play. He'll be there one minute then on the fucking wing another.
Another thing that is evident is the distinct lack of pace we have throughout the squad. Jerome and possibly Etherington aside, our pace is fucking rubbish. The amount of times that opposition players pass us by is laughable. Wigan's midfielders and attackers ran past us time and time again. Only N'Zonzi seemed able to keep up (and we went and fucking took him off). To play a wing-back system or even our usual 'system', the need for pace and movement is massive. Because we're so static with our back 6 players, the movement up front needs to be quick and incisive. Instead we get Crouch ambling around like a lame giraffe and Walters grafting like an African trying to earn his next meal.
What happened in those final 40 minutes was diabolical. The substitutions, the formation changes, the basic errors. Fucking hell. Adam had his best game for an age and he gets dragged off. He could've just taken Walters off but, no, let's flog him to death. He's not Lionel Messi, he's Jonathan frigging Walters. The indispensible, undroppable Jonathan Walters. To then take N'Zonzi off and bring Wilko on to go to 4-4-2 AFTER we'd been pegged back was just unforgivable. What the fuck was that all about?
Whelan absolutely bollocked the bench because nobody knew what they were supposed to be doing. It was garbage and I think the fans may've got to Pulis with the "You don't know what you're doing!" song. And I don't think I've EVER been to a game where we've not lost and got a reception like that.
Oh and we're always shit against Wigan anyway. And we didn't lose. And we're still in the top half. But it was wank.
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Post by Northy on Jan 30, 2013 9:55:40 GMT
sounds like another master balls up, I didn't see any of it .
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Post by Butters on Jan 30, 2013 15:54:23 GMT
I don't know why everyone is so upset. I thought it was compulsory to draw 2-2 against Wigan.
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Post by Time4aPINT on Jan 30, 2013 22:24:32 GMT
Just spoke to a mate (he's a bit of a dick really) and thought I'd share his match summary with you all.
It went something along the lines of:
The ref was a stupid cunt Pulis was a thick cunt The Players were useless cunts Wigan were diving cunts Infact everyone was a cunt.
He should be a pundit on match of a Day. The cunt!
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