Give it to Ron

You didnt watch Spuds and Fulham last night then...Bale and Bentley. Shame you missed Huddersfield it was awesome and maybe why I feel like I do now. Width, skill, superb tactics and total domination. So why did we change that for Swindon and lose momentum we were terrible? As I said I like Pardew.....his substitutions compared to Burley are on a different planet. Also his transfer market dealings have been nothing short of superb.

Again where have I said that....again I will re-iterate my view as to why and thats because we go too narrow and too often like against Swindon and Hartlepool. Why did we start like that when in the previous games we had a great game plan, width and beating decent teams (Huddersfield was an absolute dream game and the best match I have seen in years) yet resorted to the narrow plan that fails us on too many occasions.

If you bothered to read my posts you would of seen I posted I like Pardew and want him to stay.....we were brilliant against Huddersfield and Leeds but that doesn't stop me worrying in some games he seems to get things wrong like Swindon. That's not heresey its just my opinion and the way I see it and post on a football forum. To respond to SOG....at least we now only moan about the football and not what happening in the boardroom or how many Klingons we have on the starboard bow.

But they didn't have any pacey wingers - both their goals came down our left side I seem to remember and Fish had a poor game. He hardly got forward and certainly didn't deliver many telling crosses like Dan does. I would prefer Wotton at right back than in midfield ;-) if it means Dan can play at left back - 1 weak poition rather than 2 like the other night. I think James is struggling so we may see Gillet....bit small for a full back though ;-)

WTF has science got to do with the 7 games I mentioned ....no-one expects us to win everygame - even the best get beaten by minnows who work twice as hard and get the breaks. But just maybe we get our tactics wrong on a few occasions like Swindon and the other night?

Sorry that is utter pants...no-one really thinks that anymore - I never go to SMS expecting us to do anything other than have a hard battle. I have seen us far to long to do anything else.

But thats exactly my point....why start him in the middle? He is probably our only player with pace and playing in a congested middle was never going to work when in so many games we scream for width. We were brilliant with it against Huddersfield. Sorry I disagree about the Harding to RB - he has been probably our best player in so many games this season but his threat is nullified playing on the right as he has to come into the congested middle to get on his left foot. He did Ok but IMO we had better options-Perry for example. Anyway we got away with it the other night against a very poor Hartlepool side - we may not on Sunday. Hopefully we can get James fit.

My lad plays Saturday morning so don't get the chance to go away much but based on recent home games like Swindon and Hartlepool we did drag the wide midfielders in. I am not suggesting we go back to the Paine/Sydenham era as its a totally different game now although what I would give for Big Ron again ;-). The other night especially we never had any space or for our centre midfield to pass to - I lost count in the first half Morgan looked up ready to spray wide but had to turn back or short sideways as we had no outlet or we resort to aimless hoof to Lambert. Teams come to St Marys and cram the centre - our first goal came from the first time Papa was actually wide and not through the centre - Hammond kept coming in the centre as well. We beat Leeds and Huddersfield playing wide....why did we change that against Swindon??? I like Pardew...want him to stay but am getting a bit worried about some of his tactics in games. Harding is our best left back and attacking option - dont move him to the wrong side move the player you are bringing in. Wotton or Perry could of even played right back against H'pool hardly world beaters - believe James is injured.

Do you disagree with his assessment though.. I don't its spot on.

No but then again I think it will be the peak of our season as we will not make the play offs as we have too many hard games left. Brighton away for one. Surely you get why some of us are so looking forward to it after all the crap we have watched in the last few seasons.

I can tell you have never played in that case.....would you rather play at **** heaps like Fratton or the chance to walk out and play at Wembley?? How many occasions will the likes of Lambert, Lallana, Fonte, Davis get to play there? One maybe two?

+1 If we play Harding at right back on Sunday we will get beat. Why move your best left back and the player who has been our best attacking option on the left? We got away with it last night because Hartlepool were shocking up front. We play narow enough as it is without having your full back having to always come inside making it even more narrow. I was never worried we would lose though as they were very poor going forward. Fonte was superb at the back snuffed evrything out before it happened. I think Morgan is key for us on Sunday as he was outstanding again in the first half.

Now at Boro with a few other old Strachan faithfuls

Have you ever seen him play?? You would keep him on the basis of a goal for the reserves...:confused: You missed off the smilies of this was meant to be ironic.

Don't know but apparently it was for the DOF role and the interview lasted 2 hours at a top hotel in Southampton.....as I said came from a taxi driver. ;-)

Heard Mark Hughes was interviewed.......it came from a taxi driver so must be true.

Me..I hate me on matchday...stupid bloody rituals and superstitions! What difference does it make what colour Tshirt I wear ...can't be the same as the away team. How does parking the car in the same place on a match day mean we are going to win? Loads of others...stupid mental idiot on matchday.

Whenever an away substitute is named...."Whoooooo?" thats because your an ignorant **** ! People that arrive 10 minutes late....leave 10 minutes before half time.....get back q10 mintues after half time....leave 10 minutes before the end and stand in the way watching as they go. Either get an intravenous drip of beer or get a colostomy bag. Middle aged wnkers who sit in block 34 making hand gestures at the away fans....brave ! Totally embarassing!

Spot on....how many times did Morgan get the ball look up and have the 2 wide men alongside him? Kelvin looked like an old man...well older than me going down for 2 of those shots he could of walked across and picked one up it was going that fast and he pushed it for a corner! What was the James substitution all about? Good idea bring on a ful back that pings it in from 40 yards out and cant beat the first man! Their goal came about after a shocking period of play yet we set and faffed about warming up players...why when they did that at half-time. We were clearly losing midfield and should of put Waigo wide right and James in the middle 4-5-1 with Lallana tucked in . Poor from Pardew last night IMO.

Thanks for that....in an age of technology you would think they could produce a childs ticket wouldn't you ;-)

Bought 4 together 2 x £34 and 2 x£17....tickets arrived 2 in one row 2 in another and 4 x £34 !

So you ignore all what was happening to Fonte??

Well you need to go to Specsavers....so why is it ok for Leeds defenders to be all over Lambert and Barnard yet as soon as Jaidi, Thomas, Fonte and Harding got anywhere within 5 yards it was a Leeds free-kick. Why would Barnard go down when through on goal? On several occasions the linesman was about 3 yards away never flagged but he can see a free-kick against us from 40 yards? He was atrocious! You are the only one posting on here and on the match thread to think otherwise. I have referee'd many games over the years so know how difficult it is and I try to give them the benefit of the doubt - this fool was totally incompetant .

Do you honestly believe that or are you posting for a reaction?