lol we couldn't even be bothered to put strikers in the box

or cross the ball

giving west ham far too much credit for our ineptitude

hopefully it was just a 1 of

Posted By: SCC 28 on September 17th 2012 at 15:37:08

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I'm not too worried but... (NCFC) - Cart Gap Disco, Sep 17, 13:30:33
- If Hughton being slightly more cautious than Lambert (NCFC) - Klobo04, Sep 17, 14:02:54
  - will mean much more boring football (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 17, 15:33:58
- Ultimately, it will be that which brings us success in the second half of the year (NCFC) - pants, Sep 17, 13:49:33
  - I agree that the added solidity will help us long term (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Sep 17, 14:06:21
    - I actually think we could control and 'kill' a game we were leading this year (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 14:15:51
    - People spent most of last season crying out for a decent centre back (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 14:08:35
      - I really like Garrido, the only player on Saturday who actually tried to keep the ball (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Sep 17, 14:28:37
        
        He's my new cult fav player too (NCFC) - pants, Sep 17, 14:42:28
        
        He's still faster than Lappin (n/m) (NCFC) - duke of york, Sep 17, 14:40:30
        
        I'm probably faster than Lappin... (n/m) (NCFC) - Common Sense Police, Sep 17, 14:43:06
  - Yep, I think Hughton is a shrewd cookie (NCFC) - duke of york, Sep 17, 14:02:17
    - yep, hopefully the hoot will see the Wes Light (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 14:05:33
  - I think you are probably right (NCFC) - Cart Gap Disco, Sep 17, 13:55:19
    - I'll see what I can do, lost a yard of pace these days though. (n/m) (NCFC) - megson, Sep 17, 14:40:11
  - yes. (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 17, 13:51:17
- He has a more defensive mindset than Lambert, and less flair (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 13:38:57
- i'm going to wait a little while before i compare hoots to lambert (NCFC) - Tombs, Sep 17, 13:35:58
  - Well that's all very sensible. Boo to that. (n/m) (NCFC) - Yellalee, Sep 17, 13:42:30
- taking jackson off was a mystery to me, leaving holt on for as long as he did... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 17, 13:33:50
  - I imagine he was a bit f**ked with all the international travel (n/m) (NCFC) - Brom, Sep 17, 13:47:00
  - jacko was jetlagged.had travelled over 10,000 miles in 5 days. (n/m) (NCFC) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Sep 17, 13:37:23
  - Yes, but Holt would have taken that chance late on.... (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Sep 17, 13:35:39
    - oh, in that case.... (NCFC) - Cheltenham_Canary, Sep 17, 13:42:59
- guess we'll never know if bringing Wes on (NCFC) - South_West_Canary, Sep 17, 13:32:32
  - there was no space at all in the middle for Wes to operate in (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 13:39:47
    - He would have made space...it's Wes. (n/m) (NCFC) - Toddus, Sep 17, 14:30:49
    - Can't see why we should think twice about playing our best player (NCFC) - BINMEN8R, Sep 17, 14:00:19
      - Best player? (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 14:12:05
      - You do realise Barcelona drop Messi when faced with big and powerful teams (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 14:01:57
    - Yes, we had 8 corners..none of which were good (n/m) (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Sep 17, 13:40:29
      - Agree. I raised my voice more than once against Surman. (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, Sep 17, 13:42:42
        
        Yes, you nearly woke up the Wensum area shouting like that! (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Sep 17, 13:44:34
        
        We did a "Harry, Harry Kane.......Harry, Harry Kane" to the tune of Daddy Cool (n/m) (NCFC) - Pit, Sep 17, 13:47:23
  - Exactly. Hughton didn't want to risk it (NCFC) - Cart Gap Disco, Sep 17, 13:38:22
    - we had the chance to win it though (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 13:43:16
      - We may have had a chance, but we certainly were not "going for it" (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 13:45:13
        
        Maybe we were but they just defended well (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 13:53:52
        
        lol we couldn't even be bothered to put strikers in the box (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 17, 15:37:08
    - Lambert would have gone for the win (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 13:40:14
      - Hoots needs a couple of wins and the crowd behind him before he does that (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Sep 17, 13:42:46
        
        wtf (NCFC) - SCC 28, Sep 17, 16:33:02
        
        Completely disagree, we won't stay up with draws. (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 13:44:43
        
        the last three games we have been the better team and created most chances (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 13:50:25
        
        4 games against mid table teams (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 13:57:17
        
        Pilks & Benno not being fit has rather limited his options though (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 14:01:05
        
        formation change (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 14:02:25
        
        Lambert's formation changes won us many games (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 14:03:01
        
        Wes? (n/m) (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 14:02:11
        
        If he had changed it late and west ham got a winner, he would have been crucified on here. (NCFC) - BSE Canary, Sep 17, 13:48:29
        
        By the normals. He clearly has a very defensive mindset. (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 13:50:36
        
        Has he? (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 13:55:51
        
        playing an attacking midfielder as a defensive one (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 13:57:59
        
        Lambert did it a fair few times (NCFC) - mr carra, Sep 17, 14:02:48
        
        Hughton did not go for the win in any of those 3 games (NCFC) - phrankin, Sep 17, 14:04:37

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