Yesterday, 23:00
I think it was after about 3 games that I called Alan Pardew a clown.
On this evidence, Eric Ramsay is going to give Pards a run for his money...
Fair enough, he can't be blamed for the goalkeeping error and us being behind. But the performance is just dour. Watching paint dry would be more exciting.
Is this our game plan in every game now? Playing every man behind the ball and trying to score from a set play? It's pathetic.
We did this under Pulis away at Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City and we moaned about his negativity. At least then we were underdogs. Doing it against Derby in the Championship. It's embarrassing.
I don't think we're ever going to score from open play with this set up. We just aren't getting any bodies forward.
All he has to do is move Price into midfield and revert to a back 4 and at least we'll have another body in forward positions. It's not rocket scientist. But I can already tell he's stubborn by selecting the same formation after the Norwich debacle.
I hope we turn it around in the second half and i'm wrong about Ramsey, but I can already feel that he's another Pardew. The mistakes are glaring and you can tell from his arrogant face that he's not going to change anything.
On this evidence, Eric Ramsay is going to give Pards a run for his money...
Fair enough, he can't be blamed for the goalkeeping error and us being behind. But the performance is just dour. Watching paint dry would be more exciting.
Is this our game plan in every game now? Playing every man behind the ball and trying to score from a set play? It's pathetic.
We did this under Pulis away at Liverpool, Chelsea and Man City and we moaned about his negativity. At least then we were underdogs. Doing it against Derby in the Championship. It's embarrassing.
I don't think we're ever going to score from open play with this set up. We just aren't getting any bodies forward.
All he has to do is move Price into midfield and revert to a back 4 and at least we'll have another body in forward positions. It's not rocket scientist. But I can already tell he's stubborn by selecting the same formation after the Norwich debacle.
I hope we turn it around in the second half and i'm wrong about Ramsey, but I can already feel that he's another Pardew. The mistakes are glaring and you can tell from his arrogant face that he's not going to change anything.