Crocked Defenders

Always knew we could depend on you.

 

I doubt Colo's injury is a s bad as some are making it out. I would not be surprised to see him starting against Everton as expected. Same with Johnson and Sunderland. He'll be in their first XI against the bin dippers despite his 'knock'

 

nufc.com aren't really a news source, they just report **** that everyone else is.

 

They do give updates on availability of tickets.

Ticket update:
Everton (a) ST holder sale now - 0 points
Norwich (h) Member sale now
Reading (a) ST holder sale now - 25 points

 

Actually, I trust nufc.com over most other websites.

 

Colo is out for the season, unlucky chaps

 

****ing fantastic.

 

Oh calm down.

It appears to be a muscle strain. Hysteria does no one any good

 

Not what we needed but we still have Perchinio, Willo and Saylor for CB. Imagine Curtis Good and Remi Streete will be working very hard in training to try and impress.

 

I hope the owner and the manager feel ****ing embaressed.

We should have learned from last season, that we get no luck with injuries, and we should have just made a better offer for Debuchy. The bloke was literally ****ing over this move, and wanted to come here so badly. But we decided to be tight bastards, and wait for a better deal.

This is what I was trying to say to all the ****ing ******s saying "The club are doing the right thing, we should be sensible and if the right players aren't available for the right price, we shouldn't spend cash".

It's not a realistic or sensible strategy to be this tight with our cash, when we're in the position we're in. We will NEED to spend money sometimes.

We don't need to be silly and spend above our means, but instead just not expect a cheap deal every time!

Debuchy is class, and anything £7/8 mil or below would have been well worth it. He wanted to come here, he'd fit right in, and he'd be fantastic for our style of play. But even these factors couldn't lead us to putting a better offer in.

 

I don't think Pardew has any reason to feel stupid - - it quite clearly wasn't his choice that nobody else came in.

It's frankly Douglas or A. N. Other that I miss at the moment rather than Debuchy.

 

Bring back Titus bramble

 

Who's this knob jockey?

Anyway's, I wouldn't worry about Colo, looks to be a similar injury as Johnson's and if they miss the scouser games then I would certainly expect them back for the week after

 

Who the **** are you?

 

I just realised the other day that Blackburn managed to spend more than Newcastle. I know it's not just about the dollar, but again it just raises questions over the point of it all. If finishing 5th and Europa League essentially amounts to no more than finishing 17th in terms of progressing, then I just don't understand it. We only really needed maybe two or three tops to take a huge step forward and really give us a chance to crack on. But what we get is uncertainty, and from that we also then get this doubt creeping in. De Jong went to Monchengladbach and if you re-read his quotes, it was the only place he was going. So why bid? And if we had that much cash, why was there no plan b? Douglas I think said on two or three occasions that he was going nowhere, and we also went back to a club whom we previously raped (Cabaye) and bid a derisory amount for their right back. They were so convinced we were playing cat & mouse that they actually brought in a replacement, but it turns out we were actually just playing silly buggers. So in the whole world, we seemed to have three targets.

 

I'm ok with a Perch and Saylor combo . We are stretched but a back four of Perch, Saylor, Santon and Anita is fine. We still and have Tav, Fergie and Willo also. All part and parcel of a season and the not buying will only come back to bite if Perch slips backwards or we lose another couple.

 

Anita looks good as a RB, but the lad specifically said he wanted to be a midfielder for us, and not have to play RB too often. I'd rather play Perch RB, but I guess we have no other choice.

 

Anita like every other squad member will have to adapt and play where he is needed at times. He seemed relaxed about it on arrival, far from the prima donna the press painted. Most modern players accept and understand it. He'll be smart enough to look at us losing Raylor/Simpson, and realise right now Pardew needs him to fill in. It'll actually be a less stressful way to get used to the pace of the game here which he is clearly struggling with. He has found himself under intense pressure in the middle and has resorted to just firing the ball anywhere at times. Having seen him for Ajax we all know he's better than that.

We are not in a position to have the Man U/Man C/Chelsea type squads where we have 2 players for every position. We have to utilise a few utility men who cover several roles.

 

I completely agree, but we should have signed another fullback so Anita could have played in his better position.

Anita is only a makeshift fullback, he isn't an out and out one. He did a decent job vs Villa, but defensively, I'm not so sure I fancy him up against a stronger winger. Most his good play was in attack.

 

Anita will only be asked when two are out. If we'd signed Debuchy then we'd have sold Simpson. Debuchy is injured so Anita still would have been required to fill in now. I agree I'd worry about him more against a top winger, but I worry even more about him in midfield where he is struggling. Everyone just needs to be patient with him, he'll get it eventually.