Roberto Vs Ronald

[ianefc]

I disagree we seen many youngsters given a chance. The game you mention i think he was right not to play the youth, the atmosphere was toxic at the time and wouldn't of been fair to expose them to it.

Name some.

 

[hktoffee]

I like that - going to start calling you it @Moomin

Or Monitor Moomin.

 

[orly]

All very well remembered. It's a shame forgetfulness is swarming the forum. Or is it revisionism?

hahahhahahahahahahhahahahahaha

Said without a hint of irony.

 

[tremont]

72 points worth of luck and scrambling.

So as a game in isolation: Newcastle at home, 3-0 up at half time playing some of the best togger i've seen at GP.

Luck and scrambling?

Another one:

Playing Lukaku RW against Arsenal at home. Won 3-0. Unreal footy.

Luck and scrambling?

I'll be honest mate - those two examples you have provided are spot on (although to be honest, I seem to remember that we were hanging on at the end of the Newcastle game, to win 3-2). The problem I have with Martinez, is that there are more bad memories than there are good ones:-

0-4 at Anfield on two separate occasions.
3-6 at home to Chelsea
Leading 2-0 at home with ten minutes to go, against Arsenal, only to draw.
Leading 2-0 at home with ten minutes to go, against West Ham, only to lose.
Kiev away 2-5.

 

[Moomin]

Or Monitor Moomin.

Pope calling a ramadan hktoffee.

Anyway, both of these are gone now. Onwards and upwards with the Sean Dyche army.

 

[Khalekan]

The good people of GOT have spoken. Roberto was better than Koeman.

We all agree.....

Bobby was better than Ronald.

Moyesie was better than Bingham and Lee....

Howie was better than Catterick.....

 

[bicycleheader]

I'll be honest mate - those two examples you have provided are spot on (although to be honest, I seem to remember that we were hanging on at the end of the Newcastle game, to win 3-2). The problem I have with Martinez, is that there are more bad memories than there are good ones:-

0-4 at Anfield on two separate occasions.
3-6 at home to Chelsea
Leading 2-0 at home with ten minutes to go, against Arsenal, only to draw.
Leading 2-0 at home with ten minutes to go, against West Ham, only to lose.
Kiev away 2-5.

That's true about the newcastle game, in retrospect the second half was a good sign of more serious flaws that were to come in the following seasons.

We should have closed it out or gone on to absolutely batter them. Instead we didn't do either and somehow let them back into it.

 

[hktoffee]

Pope calling a ramadan hktoffee.

Anyway, both of these are gone now. Onwards and upwards with the Sean Dyche army.

ITK@Moomin.

 

[TraffordBlue]

Martinez had the benefit of Lukaku the whole time so for that reason I will go for Koeman. However, if Koeman was given a full season this time, I genuinely think he may have taken us down. Very hard decisions.

Also in fairness to Martinez he actually persuaded Lukaku to come and brought in Deulofeu and McCarthy etc who were instrumental in that first season, but the 2nd seasons were absolutely awful.

Think both overall were poor.

 

[Boss_Blue]

Pope calling a ramadan hktoffee.

Anyway, both of these are gone now. Onwards and upwards with the Sean Dyche army.

Ooh eeh,
Ooh aah aah,
Ting, tang,
Ramadan and ping pong.

 

[kenada_blue]

I'll be honest mate - those two examples you have provided are spot on (although to be honest, I seem to remember that we were hanging on at the end of the Newcastle game, to win 3-2). The problem I have with Martinez, is that there are more bad memories than there are good ones:-

0-4 at Anfield on two separate occasions.
3-6 at home to Chelsea
Leading 2-0 at home with ten minutes to go, against Arsenal, only to draw.
Leading 2-0 at home with ten minutes to go, against West Ham, only to lose.
Kiev away 2-5.

I think Koeman eclipsed all this this season.

 

[mkrudden]

That's true about the newcastle game, in retrospect the second half was a good sign of more serious flaws that were to come in the following seasons.

We should have closed it out or gone on to absolutely batter them. Instead we didn't do either and somehow let them back into it.

Definitely, but it still takes nothing away from the battering we gave Newcastle and the method we used to do so: quick, decisive, possession-based footy.

 

[mkrudden]

All very well remembered. It's a shame forgetfulness is swarming the forum. Or is it revisionism?

Whenever the tough gets going in a debate Ian you disappear.
You're a good lad, a good blue but absolutely a stubborn sensationalist in your views.

 

[hktoffee]

Ooh eeh,
Ooh aah aah,
Ting, tang,
Ramadan and ping pong.

When I lived in the UK some locals did say the same thing, in our face. I guess this is a way to laugh at the language we speak is it Boss Blue?

 

[ianefc]

Whenever the tough gets going in a debate Ian you disappear.
You're a good lad, a good blue but absolutely a stubborn sensationalist in your views.

Why have I gone missing? What do you want to know? I'll tell you.