Sunday, December 24, 2006
Scoreless at Fulham
That was a pretty decent result. I thought Fulham edged the match in general but we definitely had the better chances. The first 20 minutes or so were brilliant, and in particular I thought Mullins had a really good game. It's a long way to go yet and a win would have been much better but it's not too bad - and it's another clean sheet.
PLAYER RATINGS
Green 8 - First class again.
Konchy 7 - A really good game and the red was undeserved.
Ferdinand 7 - defended well but lost his man in the first half nearly resulting in a goal.
Dailly 6 - started off poorly but got into the game later. Good in the air.
Spector 7 - another fine performance.
Ethers 7 - A real threat. Work rate is good too.
Mullins 7 - More involved than usual and good positioning in general. I'm very pleased about his game.
NRC 7 - The pressure is having a positive effect. More please (performance, that is, not pressure)
Bowyer 7 - Worked hard and a key figure in our game.
Zamora 6 - Typical Z man performance. Worked hard but little came off for him.
Harewood 6 - Good but not as involved as I would have liked.
Yossi 6 - Tried, but has lost his fine footwork from last season.
Sheringham 6 - not much chance
McCartney 6 - filled in
PLAYER RATINGS
Green 8 - First class again.
Konchy 7 - A really good game and the red was undeserved.
Ferdinand 7 - defended well but lost his man in the first half nearly resulting in a goal.
Dailly 6 - started off poorly but got into the game later. Good in the air.
Spector 7 - another fine performance.
Ethers 7 - A real threat. Work rate is good too.
Mullins 7 - More involved than usual and good positioning in general. I'm very pleased about his game.
NRC 7 - The pressure is having a positive effect. More please (performance, that is, not pressure)
Bowyer 7 - Worked hard and a key figure in our game.
Zamora 6 - Typical Z man performance. Worked hard but little came off for him.
Harewood 6 - Good but not as involved as I would have liked.
Yossi 6 - Tried, but has lost his fine footwork from last season.
Sheringham 6 - not much chance
McCartney 6 - filled in
Posted by whubris at 1:30 pm
Melbournehammer said...
After 3 unexpexted points against ManU, anything but a loss was acceptable.
I was worried when I saw Dailly standing behind Robert Green as they walked onto the pitch but in retrospect it was a good move by Curbishley as his only other option would have been McCartney at CB.Dailly was solid and his experience was probably why Curbs chose to play him.
I agree with whubris except for Mullins and Etherington.While Mullins maybe have been stronger defensively, I thought he gave away the ball too easily when in control in the midfield.Etherington was Soft yesterday.I counted at least 2 50/50 balls he didn't challenge for.This season the defenders have worked him out and only need to clatter him up and he goes to pieces.
The game was just crying out for a classy player to make the difference.I hope Curbs was just saving Tevez for the next 2 home games against Portsmouth and Man City.
said...
A-ha.
Pardew to Charlton after all.
You read it here first.
http://whu-au.blogspot.com/2006/12/curbs-hired.html
said...
I'm worried that he might turn charlton around and could pull them out of the relegation zone. I was seriously basing all hopes on Charlton and Watford taking up 20th and 19th, leaving us with just one team to put in 18th which hopefully wasnt us.
Anyway Merry Christmas all
said...
I'm happy for Pardew and believe that sacking him, with the job at charlton looking free, was a bad move. He can do what curbs did at west ham and more, at charlotn and can and will change their season. unfortuneately this makes it harder fo us to get out of the position we are in.
Heard that Teves said in an interview how he was surprised that Pardew was not sacked earlier. nice to know that the players that Pardew supported felt so thankful to him!
said...
Tevez said that based on his experience with the frequency of coaching dismissals in Argentina. He said that there, they wouldn’t have waited so long. He wasn’t giving his own opinion on Pardew’s performance.
beggers said...
Thought we were ok against a Fulham side with a heap of regular players out injured. I'll take the away point as it's a start, but these are the type of games we need to win. We played a side seriously weakened and we never really got on top of them. The draw was probably a fair result although I thought we had the better chances. Some of those chances would have gone in last year but not now.
Ethers and Mullins were disapponting for me. Ethers did very little in attack and that's what he's in the team for. He's no use to us if he's not bombing forward. Mullins is to anonymous, offers very little going forward and does get back but not all the time. I've watched him on too many occassions give the ball away and jog back waiting for someone else to clean up his mess. I know this will not make many on here happy but like it or not he's a good Championship player but, on his best day, a mediocre Premier player. The up side for me was NRC actually looking like he was interested. Even saw him yelling at the players trying to get them motivated!!!
Would like the Argies to get a run to be honest. Tevez has looked our best player from what I've seen and Masher, well, haven't seen him play enough to judge really but he is in the starting lineup for the Argies and that says it all IMO. He can't even get in the 16 at our Club? I hope he gets a chance. I've got a feeling that we'll be looking at these two guys in a few years thinking we let something special slip through our fingers. Wouldn't be surprised to see both leave in Jan.
Having said all that it appears that Curbs is going for what he knows in an attempt to grind out results, so that's fair enough, only hope it works.
On a different note, I want Pards to do well but need Charlton to keep on losing? Conudrum anybody? Of course I'll go for the Charlton losing option it's a no brainer really.
beggers said...
Just read that NRC is suspended so Mascher might get his chance. Would like to see Masher and Bowyer in the middle with Yossi on the right and Ethers on the left.
Tevez and Marlon up front. Macca, Anton, who evers fit, Spector at the back.
Pls Santa a win would be nice.
said...
Given our impressive record of losing to former managers, it’s not looking good for the away trip to Charlton in two months time.
I hope we’re not on our knees when we pay them a visit.
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Melbournehammer said...After 3 unexpexted points against ManU, anything but a loss was acceptable.
I was worried when I saw Dailly standing behind Robert Green as they walked onto the pitch but in retrospect it was a good move by Curbishley as his only other option would have been McCartney at CB.Dailly was solid and his experience was probably why Curbs chose to play him.
I agree with whubris except for Mullins and Etherington.While Mullins maybe have been stronger defensively, I thought he gave away the ball too easily when in control in the midfield.Etherington was Soft yesterday.I counted at least 2 50/50 balls he didn't challenge for.This season the defenders have worked him out and only need to clatter him up and he goes to pieces.
The game was just crying out for a classy player to make the difference.I hope Curbs was just saving Tevez for the next 2 home games against Portsmouth and Man City.
said...A-ha.
Pardew to Charlton after all.
You read it here first.
http://whu-au.blogspot.com/2006/12/curbs-hired.html
said...I'm worried that he might turn charlton around and could pull them out of the relegation zone. I was seriously basing all hopes on Charlton and Watford taking up 20th and 19th, leaving us with just one team to put in 18th which hopefully wasnt us.
Anyway Merry Christmas all
said...I'm happy for Pardew and believe that sacking him, with the job at charlton looking free, was a bad move. He can do what curbs did at west ham and more, at charlotn and can and will change their season. unfortuneately this makes it harder fo us to get out of the position we are in.
Heard that Teves said in an interview how he was surprised that Pardew was not sacked earlier. nice to know that the players that Pardew supported felt so thankful to him!
said...Tevez said that based on his experience with the frequency of coaching dismissals in Argentina. He said that there, they wouldn’t have waited so long. He wasn’t giving his own opinion on Pardew’s performance.
beggers said...Thought we were ok against a Fulham side with a heap of regular players out injured. I'll take the away point as it's a start, but these are the type of games we need to win. We played a side seriously weakened and we never really got on top of them. The draw was probably a fair result although I thought we had the better chances. Some of those chances would have gone in last year but not now.
Ethers and Mullins were disapponting for me. Ethers did very little in attack and that's what he's in the team for. He's no use to us if he's not bombing forward. Mullins is to anonymous, offers very little going forward and does get back but not all the time. I've watched him on too many occassions give the ball away and jog back waiting for someone else to clean up his mess. I know this will not make many on here happy but like it or not he's a good Championship player but, on his best day, a mediocre Premier player. The up side for me was NRC actually looking like he was interested. Even saw him yelling at the players trying to get them motivated!!!
Would like the Argies to get a run to be honest. Tevez has looked our best player from what I've seen and Masher, well, haven't seen him play enough to judge really but he is in the starting lineup for the Argies and that says it all IMO. He can't even get in the 16 at our Club? I hope he gets a chance. I've got a feeling that we'll be looking at these two guys in a few years thinking we let something special slip through our fingers. Wouldn't be surprised to see both leave in Jan.
Having said all that it appears that Curbs is going for what he knows in an attempt to grind out results, so that's fair enough, only hope it works.
On a different note, I want Pards to do well but need Charlton to keep on losing? Conudrum anybody? Of course I'll go for the Charlton losing option it's a no brainer really.
beggers said...Just read that NRC is suspended so Mascher might get his chance. Would like to see Masher and Bowyer in the middle with Yossi on the right and Ethers on the left.
Tevez and Marlon up front. Macca, Anton, who evers fit, Spector at the back.
Pls Santa a win would be nice.
said...Given our impressive record of losing to former managers, it’s not looking good for the away trip to Charlton in two months time.
I hope we’re not on our knees when we pay them a visit.
