daz 88 Posted December 15, 2013 Fair point to be honest. . .we were SHOCKING 1st half playing basically 8-1-1 ! And fer on the see left?! Hes NOT a winger and you could see he wasnt enjoying it ''joggin about'' ! . .sort it out hughton ! A BIT better 2nd half, couple cleared off the line+a good save by vorm and should of had a pen, BUT as expected swansea WALKED all over us in the passing department! . .oh and hoopers strike/volley from outside the box was awesome! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Warren Hill 0 Posted December 15, 2013 Which match are you just back from? Just out of interest.. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Buster Douglas 0 Posted December 15, 2013 Congratulations, personally I got back about half an hour ago! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
southstand 0 Posted December 15, 2013 So you think we played 8 1 1Agree what game were you watchingThe reason Swansea had so much of the midfield possessionwas that Citys low tempo pressing game with 3 or 4up front was very tameWe had the chances to seal thewin but the team performance was poorIn a word Redmond''s game was crapSnodgrass or Pilks or even Murphy must beIn the next gameHooper going up in my estimation but still nerds to increase work rateYes Leroy looked slow as did HowsonAre they as fit as Lamberts sides Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gingerpele 0 Posted December 15, 2013 Don''t know why so many Norwich fans have this obsession with constantly pressing the oppositions defence.Swansea didn''t press ours. What on earth is Ashley Williams going to do with the ball 80 yards away from our goal? Nothing. And Southstand, yes. Lets drop Redmond for an injured winger, fantastic plan. Sunderland will never see it coming. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daz 88 Posted December 15, 2013 [quote user="Gingerpele"]Don''t know why so many Norwich fans have this obsession with constantly pressing the oppositions defence.Swansea didn''t press ours. What on earth is Ashley Williams going to do with the ball 80 yards away from our goal? Nothing. And Southstand, yes. Lets drop Redmond for an injured winger, fantastic plan. Sunderland will never see it coming.[/quote]yes an injured player picked instead wouldn''t be clever to be fair... and what game ? umm the game where fer/howson/Johnson were literally half a yard infront of the defence the WHOLE 1st half.... (ok so 7 not 8 im corrected....) and Johnson is is shocking,we nearly got caught with it countless times at the back trying to pass it out like Swansea...Redmond did a few things well but end product really needs work! fer is ether not fit or really cheesed off playing on the wing was even crying out for hoolahan for Johnson and fer in centre mid.... he played there for 5 mins and he looked a lot better..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gingerpele 0 Posted December 15, 2013 Johnson is shocking?That is hilarious, he had a great game. Won the ball a number of times, good passing and was putting in half decent FKs from deep. Winning the ball in the air. Yes he gave it away a bit, but so did Redmond, Fer, Whittaker, Olsson, Elamnder in first half.Johnson had a very good game. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Highland Canary 78 Posted December 15, 2013 Another two points dropped from a winnable home game. Both Sunderland and Fulham must win games. We''ve had it easy in the first half of the season playing the top sides away - the difficult half awaits. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJP 79 Posted December 15, 2013 That was not a good game from Johnson. Too often was he too far away from the danger to be effective. But that good bit of tracking back on Hernandez mid way through the 2nd half will probably pull the wool over the eyes. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daz 88 Posted December 15, 2013 [quote user="GJP"]That was not a good game from Johnson. Too often was he too far away from the danger to be effective. But that good bit of tracking back on Hernandez mid way through the 2nd half will probably pull the wool over the eyes.[/quote]well said ! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drurys testamonials V 15 0 Posted December 15, 2013 Apparently we only had 37% possession but managed to score a goal. Wasn''t the best game I''ve ever watched but neither was it the worst yet we won and Hooper scored a cracking goal with Elmander supporting him well. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snake-eyes 13 Posted December 15, 2013 Agreed GJP!Johnson did not inspire me today at all. Fer looked out of place on the left.A good point but the performance was still much of a muchness.Game changed a bit thanks to Dyer going off. Swansea were less of a threat after that.Snake Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
snake-eyes 13 Posted December 15, 2013 [quote user="drurys testamonials V 15"]Apparently we only had 37% possession but managed to score a goal. Wasn''t the best game I''ve ever watched but neither was it the worst yet we won and Hooper scored a cracking goal with Elmander supporting him well.[/quote]We didn''t win! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Waveney Canary 0 Posted December 15, 2013 Johnson was shocking today he did just about nothing right all game and which hapless idiot gave him the responsibility to take the free kicks!!!!!?????? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
daz 88 Posted December 15, 2013 [quote user="Waveney canary"]Johnson was shocking today he did just about nothing right all game and which hapless idiot gave him the responsibility to take the free kicks!!!!!??????[/quote]someone else who actually saw how it/he really was ! might aswell have had ruddy on free kicks! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJP 79 Posted December 15, 2013 Fer is somewhat wasted on the left. Having Johnson in the middle gives Howson too much to do on his own (though it was another top performance from him) and doesn''t make use of Fer''s quality. I would suggest that if the manager really wanted to go for the win, especially in the second half, he''d have had Johnson off for Hoolahan to give us a greater chance of creating something against a tired Swansea. Redmond/Murphy was the wrong change. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Highland Canary 78 Posted December 15, 2013 But GJP tactical change does not seem to be on our management team''s agenda. An opportunity for three points squandered. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gingerpele 0 Posted December 15, 2013 I can only sit here and laugh at your view on Johnson.I hope you enjoy your depressing view on this fine sport. Can''t be fun. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
RvWs 4 year contract 0 Posted December 15, 2013 [quote user="Gingerpele"]Johnson is shocking?That is hilarious, he had a great game. Won the ball a number of times, good passing and was putting in half decent FKs from deep. Winning the ball in the air. Yes he gave it away a bit, but so did Redmond, Fer, Whittaker, Olsson, Elamnder in first half.Johnson had a very good game.[/quote]Agree.He was close to man of the match for me. Couple of wayward passes but nobody is perfect. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJP 79 Posted December 15, 2013 Close to MOTM? He might have been in the top 11 or 12 for us. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bury Yellow 2 Posted December 15, 2013 Agreed I thought Johnson had a good game but what do I know cos I thought it was a dire performance from the team. Our manager and his jokers have really succeeded in installing total negativity throughout the team.It seems they have no idea how to attack. Somebody, please help me, why do we hump the ball forward from Ruddy, why do we play so deep, why do we not move into space, why do we lay off the opponents?Swansea were happy with a point and were, quite frankly, laboured. Yep and we were laboured too!I find it sad that we have quality players that seem restricted by our so called tactics.When coming out of the ground someone said to me, we have poor players and has nothing to do with the manager.Yep I must be totally wrong. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gingerpele 0 Posted December 15, 2013 GJP, do you sit in the Jarrold with your mother?He other two on this thread I can only assume are the famous pinkun trolls, but you aren''t. So I can only hope you are the clearly visually impaired bloke and his insane mother behind me at Carrow Road. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ReadingCanary 0 Posted December 15, 2013 I am no major Johnson fan...but he had a solid game today and was very good Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bws Cat 0 Posted December 15, 2013 For the record, I thought Johnson was fine today.He''s by no means a brilliant player, in fact sometimes he''s shocking, but he does put in a good shift most of the time. Today was one of those days. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJP 79 Posted December 15, 2013 Correct, I''m not a troll.And I''m not on anti-Johnson campaign.But watch the game back and watch how far away Johnson is from the ball when Swansea are in advanced positions. Happened too many times. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
GJP 79 Posted December 15, 2013 I would also add that just because people think they are seeing Johnson cover every blade of grass doesn''t mean he is covering the right ones. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
shefcanary 2,777 Posted December 15, 2013 Johnson indeed put in a shift. But his distribution was still poor and like others it has come to a fine pass when he is entrusted with attacking free kicks. Why not Howson?? Am I missing something. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gingerpele 0 Posted December 15, 2013 Well I think you need to watch the game back GJP.And he''s one of the last ones I''d complain about being too far away from the Swansea players with the ball in advanced positions. Was lots of standing off today, and Johnson was one of the very few who broke that trend on a number of occasions. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites