View From The Top Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Think it's safe to say it won't be a Stoke player so with the home fixtures done who for the opposition was impressed you most this season. For me the standout player was Lakaku. Reminded me of Drogba. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Think it's safe to say it won't be a Stoke player so with the home fixtures done who for the opposition was impressed you most this season. For me the standout player was Lakaku. Reminded me of Drogba. don't know, our defence was so poor on Saturday that you just can't judge any opponent on that game. West Brom's 3 pronged attack was just too good for our defence though. As have been most serious multi-player attacks this season. It should be the first thing we address once the season has ended. Maybe it's been done already who knows but we just cannot afford to start next season with either Fox or Hooieveld in our side or even as first change players. Need a CB and a LB, a real one not a 17 year old kiddy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sour Mash Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Think it's safe to say it won't be a Stoke player so with the home fixtures done who for the opposition was impressed you most this season. For me the standout player was Lakaku. Reminded me of Drogba. Said the same. Not too many others stand out. Scholes and Van Persie, Bale maybe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smirking_Saint Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 don't know, our defence was so poor on Saturday that you just can't judge any opponent on that game. West Brom's 3 pronged attack was just too good for our defence though. As have been most serious multi-player attacks this season. It should be the first thing we address once the season has ended. Maybe it's been done already who knows but we just cannot afford to start next season with either Fox or Hooieveld in our side or even as first change players. Need a CB and a LB, a real one not a 17 year old kiddy. We press high up the pitch, essentially if you can get the ball forward to a significant number of players against us you will do ok as it takes time to readjust and get players back into position. The high pressing game is effective but taxing, and can leave you short if your not careful. This is usually made worse when the FB go forward aswell. That said, Lukaku looked v v good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 We press high up the pitch, essentially if you can get the ball forward to a significant number of players against us you will do ok as it takes time to readjust and get players back into position. The high pressing game is effective but taxing, and can leave you short if your not careful. This is usually made worse when the FB go forward aswell. That said, Lukaku looked v v good. In fact one of my biggest beefs with Fox is that he doesn't get forward enough and to be honest from what I saw on Saturday we were hoofing far too much, Jos and Fox in particular. Morgan was dropping far too deep to get the ball because if he didn't Jos just hoofed it towards Lambert who had a bad day. We weren't pressing high with anywhere near the intensity we have in other matches of late. When Gaston came on it looked better because he added a bit of oomph (ok maybe a bit too much) and a bit of physical presqence. Personally I would like to see us go back to the Lallanaless side because for me he adds precisely zero to our pressing game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom28 Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Lukaku. Easily. He was immense. Break the bank to sign him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Scholes when he came on back in August, ran the game. Hazard was very good in the cup too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pingwing Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Hazard scared the life out of me when he came on in the league game, if he had been on 5 mins earlier it would have gone a lot worse as he would have gotten past everyone one too many times and set someone up a treat. Lukaku looked great, against a very bad day at the office for both our CB's (as Long looked decent beating them both for the 3rd). Sandro was really good against us as well... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Yeah Hazard, Lukaku and Bale were probably the most impressive. Was actually very impressed with Sandro when we played Spurs - that feels like a lifetime ago! Ah just seen Sandro mentioned above! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Cat Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 The above mentioned plus Tettey for Norwich. He did nothing spectacular but was like a wall in midfield. We couldn't get the ball past him without launching it over his head. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperMikey Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Lukaku by far. Incredibly dangerous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 The above mentioned plus Tettey for Norwich. He did nothing spectacular but was like a wall in midfield. We couldn't get the ball past him without launching it over his head. Tettey had a good day at SMS but other than that he's pretty average, don't think he's even a regular starter for Norwich now. Any player can play out of his skin once in a while but only true class brings consistency. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Lukaku by far. Incredibly dangerous. Still think that's more to do with our defence than Lukaku's brilliance. Good player though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Still think that's more to do with our defence than Lukaku's brilliance. Good player though. We certainly contributed to his brilliance ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lighthouse Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Remember Huddlestone running the midfield for Spuds. Not Bale though, after he scored his goal he was very quiet. Pretty much anonymous in the second half. Lukaku would get my vote though, absolute monster. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Charlie Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Hazard, Bale, Lukaku, Coutinho showed flashes too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Suppose you can ignore RVP's hattrick as well really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints1988 Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Andy (the horse) Carroll...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints-cris Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Lukaku was terrifying. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saint Garrett Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 andy (the horse) carroll...... really?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saints1988 Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 really?! Sarcasm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VectisSaint Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 RvP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saint-crinny Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Bit obvious but yeah, RVP. That was ruthlessly heart-breaking! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Joe Hart...well for us anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 30 April, 2013 Author Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Scholes was immense when he came on against us. I would say he changed the game but Adkins did that with his substitutions! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suspect everyone Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 I thought Bale played on a different level to every player on the pitch when Spurs came to town. He had a few moments of skill and strength that only he could have pulled off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giordano Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 The clear quality of Bale, RVP, Scholes, Mata, and latterly Lukaku spring to mind....though i think those Man Utd players were let off a bit by too much respect, especially for Scholes... Di Natale in pre-season for Udinese showed us what a lethal finisher is really like. Demba Ba on his first game for Chelsea predictably ditto. Incidentally, our poor preseason results and our poor start to the season: coincidence? Udinese are 6th in a weak Seria A this year and were behind us in physical preparation yet they dicked us 0-4 at a canter... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 The clear quality of Bale, RVP, Scholes, Mata, and latterly Lukaku spring to mind....though i think those Man Utd players were let off a bit by too much respect, especially for Scholes... Di Natale in pre-season for Udinese showed us what a lethal finisher is really like. Demba Ba on his first game for Chelsea predictably ditto. Incidentally, our poor preseason results and our poor start to the season: coincidence? Udinese are 6th in a weak Seria A this year and were behind us in physical preparation yet they dicked us 0-4 at a canter... And yet Adkins went on and on about how fit we were whereas Pardew got sacked for trying to make the players supremely fit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperSAINT Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Incidentally, our poor preseason results and our poor start to the season: coincidence? Udinese are 6th in a weak Seria A this year and were behind us in physical preparation yet they dicked us 0-4 at a canter... Good point. In some ways it was actually a very good bench mark for how the start of the season turned out... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentley Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 The clear quality of Bale, RVP, Scholes, Mata, and latterly Lukaku spring to mind....though i think those Man Utd players were let off a bit by too much respect, especially for Scholes... Di Natale in pre-season for Udinese showed us what a lethal finisher is really like. Demba Ba on his first game for Chelsea predictably ditto. Incidentally, our poor preseason results and our poor start to the season: coincidence? Udinese are 6th in a weak Seria A this year and were behind us in physical preparation yet they dicked us 0-4 at a canter... To be fair, two of Udinese's goals were un-saveable (video below if anyone wants to see them) But yeah, I was talking to my dad about this the other day. Lukaku was easily the best/most effective player I've seen at St Marys. I also thought Santi Cazorla for Arsenal had some quality moments in a poor performance from them here. The ball seemed glued to his foot sometimes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Lukaku showed tremendous pace to out run Clyne, but also had the power too. What a combination of facits! I thought Fellaini was equally impressive. Tremendous ball control for a big man and great strength. Far better player than I had him down for. We handled him well, but he still caused us massive problems. I think Hazard was the best player though. Amazing talent. Ran rings round us when he came on. My favourite player at the moment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Graffito Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Hazard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chez Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 I'd like to add Loic Remy, Kone, Coutinho, Danny Rose and Steven Caulkner to my ever growing short list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Window Cleaner Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 I'd like to add Loic Remy, Kone, Coutinho, Danny Rose and Steven Caulkner to my ever growing short list. Rose and Caulker, two players we could realistically target as possible acquisitions. Double deal with Spurs, we could let them have err De Ridder in exchange . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Lukaka Fellaini Maloney Caulker and Gallas were both excellent RVP (tho can't recall him doing much other than scoring 3 times!) Collins played well for West Ham O'Shea Junior Hoillet ... is he a realistic target? Thinking back there haven't been that many stand-out individual performances against us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Lukaku showed tremendous pace to out run Clyne, but also had the power too. What a combination of facits! I thought Fellaini was equally impressive. Tremendous ball control for a big man and great strength. Far better player than I had him down for. We handled him well, but he still caused us massive problems. I think Hazard was the best player though. Amazing talent. Ran rings round us when he came on. My favourite player at the moment. Agreed, probably the best 'individual' performance I've seen this season, he was the difference between the teams on the day and we would have won that game without his performance for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbojones10 Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 RVP in front of goal/finishing. Lukaku power, pace and movement. Scholes passing. Samba having lambert in his back pocket like I've never seen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
This Charming Man Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 I thought Ba in the cup game was brilliant. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L1Minus10 Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Lukaku was superb but he did miss about 3 1v1s with Artur before he finally scored. Van Persie for me as he won the game virtually on his own. Danny Rose was good and didn't give Punch a sniff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SNOWY Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Van Persie was class. I thought that Samba did a great job marking RL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glasgow_Saint Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Samba.........Lambert didnt get a touch all day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sandwichsaint Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Samba.........Lambert didnt get a touch all day Best add Olssen and McAuley to that list, Lambert didn't have a kick Saturday either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 (edited) Think it's safe to say it won't be a Stoke player so with the home fixtures done who for the opposition was impressed you most this season. For me the standout player was Lakaku. Reminded me of Drogba. Lukaku didn't do much that impressed me to be honest. Went around the keeper well, but we didn't ask him to do anything difficult to get through us. In terms of game changing performances you'd have to go some to beat Paul Scholes' 15 minutes. Hazard also operated in orbit of Lampard for an impressive 20 minute spell. Not buying the van Persie stuff, he's a great player but we gifted Man U their goals and he didn't have to do much either. Edited 30 April, 2013 by The9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Scholes was immense when he came on against us. I would say he changed the game but Adkins did that with his substitutions! No, Ferguson did that with his substitution. What Adkins did was bring on our best 3 subs in their best positions to try and sure up 10 exhausted outfielders who were already knackered and falling apart. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Batman Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 No, Ferguson did that with his substitution. What Adkins did was bring on our best 3 subs in their best positions to try and sure up 10 exhausted outfielders who were already knackered and falling apart. in no way were all 3 exhausted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 in no way were all 3 exhausted. All 10 outfielders were at various stages of knackered, and the 7 outfielders left on there proved the point nicely. I posted a lengthy message on here about that 15 minutes of capitulation, detailing every single pass and the repeated turnovers. We gave the ball away over and over again and made some utterly dismal choices all over the pitch which all clearly pointed to fatigue (the most obvious of which was to hoof the ball at Mayuka endlessly to little success instead of trying to play it through midfield). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
max_saints Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 Gareth Barry impressed me with his finish, calm and cool as you like Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 30 April, 2013 Author Share Posted 30 April, 2013 No, Ferguson did that with his substitution. What Adkins did was bring on our best 3 subs in their best positions to try and sure up 10 exhausted outfielders who were already knackered and falling apart. Sorry, I forgot, you know everything. Divorced aren't you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
View From The Top Posted 30 April, 2013 Author Share Posted 30 April, 2013 RvP gets my lads vote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The9 Posted 30 April, 2013 Share Posted 30 April, 2013 (edited) Sorry, I forgot, you know everything. Divorced aren't you? No, happily married, you must be thinking of someone else (or playing the percentages?). Edited 30 April, 2013 by The9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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