We should look at Cardiff's long throws as an example of how to do it. They had two - both got flicked on and caused chaos in our box. One led to their second goal. By contrast, Holebas's efforts from similar positions are not working. We're not winning the flick on. It's always straight on to the head of a defender and then they're on the counter. Despite his excellent goal yesterday and all round decent performance, Holebas's set pieces still leave a lot to be desired. There was a period in the first half where he had three corners one after the other. The first two, like so many others he takes, were cut out by the first defender. It was only at the third attempt he finally managed to lift one over and cause them some problems.
The first game I took my sons to was Palarse in Feb 2009. A tidy 2-0 was garlanded by full throated & protracted chants of Warnock is a ******. Colin has changed so little in a decade.
Who’s going to tell him he’s off corners? Job for AJ? Btw, was Holebas’ goal a weird Digne tribute? A carbon copy from open play.
Was the last time we played one of his sides the 6-1 thrashing of Leeds? In any event, someone said earlier in this thread they didn't feel so badly towards him as much as before (or something along those lines) and at the time I kind of agreed with him. Yesterday was a timely reminder of him being a **** of the highest order.
It will be interesting seeing him in the jungle next year, although I guess you could say he is already in it!
I remember being 17 once and drinking a whole 24 pack of Victoria Beer 330ml, listening to a tape of Derek and Clive Get the Horn. I got home, covered in mud and unable to get my key in the lock, babbling to my furious dad who had been forced from his pit to open the door, about how I'd dropped my ******* figs
Hopefully RC didn’t leave at halftime that day. Would have been the biggest gaffe since the Trojans said What a splendid wooden horse that is! Large enough to contain many crack Greek soldiers! Let’s bring it into the city!
At his next visit, I hope Emma & Harry form a halftime welcoming committee & pin that exact medal on his chest.
I heard he left before he arrived! Who was the banner supposed to be and if it was Dudley,did it have the others in his Trio?
Cleverley took a corner as soon as he came on yesterday. At least that suggests he might have some competition coming.
It’s top class swearing, something which seems a lost art these days. The chap at the back of the 1881 with his ‘Oi, you on the right, you’re a ****’ typifies today’s limited palette of obscenity.
Well, he has already 'belonged' to Benfica, Chelsea and Wet Spam; so he is prepared to move around and must have trained with some half decent players for years.
I’m the same probably because we haven’t played him for a while. He comes across well on TalkSport and I think he’s done very well at Cardiff but his comments yesterday were pathetic. It’s as if that challenge affected the result. He’s on Goals on Sunday on Sky this morning
I really, really don't understand this perennial desire some of our fans seem to have of wanting to see our best players sold. We're not some Championship feeder club any more, nor are there any guarantees that we'd get to spend even half any fees we'd receive on new recruits (nor that any new recruits will necessarily be equal to or better than the player we'd sold). Richie was fine, as it was a ridiculous fee and he'd downed tools already anyway. But regarding Doucoure, I still wouldn't let him go for anything other than another ridiculous fee, and even then it would be disappointing. On closer inspection, our central midfield position still isn't quite as rosy as people on here are making out: Capoue, Doucoure and Quina seem comfortably ahead of our other options at the moment and ideally all three should start. Chalobah has not looked right so far since coming back. He could regain his form, but it's by no means guaranteed and I wouldn't want to rely on it. Cleverley looked like he was running through treacle when he came on yesterday. Also, even on top form he was never more than average for us and has never really been a nailed-on starter. He's also now 29. Hughes' limitations, particularly his lack of pace, stamina and attacking threat, have started to make themselves evident. And I don't think he'll ever be suited to a midfield two either. Therefore, were we to sell Doucoure that would only leave us with Capoue and Quina who can be relied upon to perform in a midfield two. Plus Capoue is now 30 and it could be anticipated that Quina might need a rest at some point given he's only in his first season of first-team football. Meanwhile, Doucoure is 25 and coming in to his prime, and has shown that he's one of our only midfielders who can be relied upon to perform for a full 90 minutes week-in week-out.
Cardiff easily the least entertaining side of the season and close to being the least talented. They had no interest in attempting anything other than stopping Watford until they were 2 - 0 down. They didn't really want the ball, just kept their packed-defence shape and waited . Watford were trying to draw them out to create some space but they just stayed put in their half. Their good players were Etheridge the goalie (and his kicking wasn't too hot) and Junior Toilet. His goal was actually excellent (arguably the defenders should have showed him the outside away from his right foot - a touch of complacency there, I thought). THeir second goal was pin-ball time and clearly offside; linesman error, not the ref). I, too, hope Kabasele has left all his errors behind, but this opposition were certainly not the team to give him much of a test. West Ham might be more 'interesting' on that score. I thought the first half was decidedly boring (enlivened of course by a very good goal). May I suggest that Watford would create more opportunities if they varied the pace of their game more often? Cardiff were quite happy to let them walk the ball from side to side in the middle of the ground all day long. Too many people have it in for Doucoure, who gets through a lot of work. His passing may be erratic, but at least he tries to make things happen. Quina excellent - very promising. But he takes risks in midfield and sharp oppo players could take advantage, unlike the crap Cardiff players. It's an experience thing I should think. Honourable mention for Holebas. If you've been following football for only a short time: Don't be fooled by Warnock's jocular, avuncular schtick. He's an extremely experienced, combative manager who specialises in getting the most out of average players. He is never anything other than totally biased and quite happy to create trouble. He was bullshitting furiously in his interview to cover for his outclassed team. Their goalie's smug, holier-than-thou comments didn't impress, either. Yes, Etheridge, he was a 'professional athlete' going for a 50/50 ball, as were you.
No he needs the stick as we haven't got another song for him and he needs to be more considerate of the chant lyricists in the 1881.
Having seen the second Cardiff goal on GOS, I'm not so sure it was offside. The ball has clearly come off Doucoure's head. He headed it back to Bamba who had the first shot. What happened after that was a right mess as far as Watford's defending was concerned. I now think it was a fair goal, even though the pundits were saying it should have been disallowed, and even Colin said he was now happy with the linesman!!
