Craig Noone...

[LamieRobertson]

On his day he's excellent and the PERFECT impact sub for Buckley.

NSC is so embarrassing when we lose. Threads like this on every player! Not good.

It's a cup game. No CMS, no Buckley, no Crofts, no El Abd. Let's not get too carried away eh?

I wouldn't bang on about missing players personally..its a squad game and that lot should hav done better..by the look of Poyets face he ain't a happy bunny

 

[garethjamesuk]

Noone was the worst player in our side, he has the quality of a conference player eg end product, his skill is brillant but what matters is passing, crossing, shooting, that is dreadful, i actually think he has got worse from when played in league one, if doesnt improve soon i think we should get rid of, just not good enough, very very poor tonight.

 

[Sam-]

From tonight, Vicente LW, Buckley RW Barnes ST. Until we get a higher quality striker, then reconsider.
Bruno only player who looked like champinoship promotion material tonight.
BUT is only one game.
*takes chill pill*

 

[Silent Bob]

Makes me laugh when people wanted 1.5 mill off Cardiff for him.

Cardiff offered £1.5m for him.

When it comes together he's fantastic but sadly that rarely happens, he seems to be wearing blinkers most of the time and his crossing and shooting is usually poor. Been saying it forever, tonight his crossing was just dismal.

 

[dwayne]

The thing is, he WAS a good player for us when he started with us in league one, so why has his crossing got so bad? It's not like you'd expect his crossing to suddenly turn shit just because he's in a different division. I could have sworn he was nothing like this when he first joined the club.

As things stand though, he should be nowhere near the first team I'm sorry to say. He isn't providing the sort of competition we need for Buckley or KLL.

I might be wrong but I seem to remember noone being rubbish when he joined in league one, a bit like now. He only really came good in the first few games at the Amex. My mind may be playing tricks on me though !!!

 

[wallyback]

Noone has not had a good night

Typical Noone performance

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Since he signed that contract, he has been awful.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Strange thing is, I can remember him playing against Swindon at Withers not long after he joined, beating five players and being fouled for a penalty. He needs to find that form again.

 

[LamieRobertson]

But he wasn't the reason why we lost the game tonight

 

[Pavilionaire]

The only good thing about tonight is that Cardiff have also been dumped out and may still be interested in making a deal.

 

[Stat Brother]

I might be wrong but I seem to remember noone being rubbish when he joined in league one, a bit like now. He only really came good in the first few games at the Amex. My mind may be playing tricks on me though !!!

He's had 10 months to get better at his glaringly obvious weakness.
He lost his starting place at the end of November, and never regained it.

He's got 3 games, max, or he'll be losing it again, this time in August.

 

[Solid at the back]

I might be wrong but I seem to remember noone being rubbish when he joined in league one, a bit like now. He only really came good in the first few games at the Amex. My mind may be playing tricks on me though !!!

Yeah you're wrong he was excellent when we first signed him and even had an eye for goal

 

[Stat Brother]

But he wasn't the reason why we lost the game tonight

Not personally but as part of a collective attacking unit, he is.

Once again there was no service into the box.
The only difference between tonight and huge chunks of last season, was that CMS wasn't standing there trying to make a silk purse from a sows ear.

 

[Stat Brother]

Yeah you're wrong he was excellent when we first signed him and even had an eye for goal

His only option should be to cut inside and have a go.
Maybe a couple of goals might settle him down, and give him a tiny bit more time and space, when he does cross.

 

[LamieRobertson]

Not personally but as part of a collective attacking unit, he is.

Once again there was no service into the box.
The only difference between tonight and huge chunks of last season, was that CMS wasn't standing there trying to make a silk purse from a sows ear.

Then maybe people should start looking at the other part of that collective unit .....we conceded 3 ...lucky third..but the other 2 seemed to b down to bad defending

I'm not saying he was good ...far from it ..the lad looked lacking in confidence..but he seems to be taking a disproportionate amount of blame IMHO

 

[Stat Brother]

Then maybe people should start looking at the other part of that collective unit .....we conceded 3 ...lucky third..but the other 2 seemed to b down to bad defending

I'm not saying he was good ...far from it ..the lad looked lacking in confidence..but he seems to be taking a disproportionate amount of blame IMHO

True.
Quite how we conceded 3 after the first half performance is a little worrying.

The response to the first seemed one of disbelief 'but you can't do that'.
Then they just caved.

 

[Stat Brother]

Then maybe people should start looking at the other part of that collective unit .....we conceded 3 ...lucky third..but the other 2 seemed to b down to bad defending

I'm not saying he was good ...far from it ..the lad looked lacking in confidence..but he seems to be taking a disproportionate amount of blame IMHO

and another thing

I don't think it's too disproportionate, perhaps by answering this question we'll see how much you do:-

How long would we have had to play for, tonight, before we scored?

 

[Jack Daniels]

But he wasn't the reason why we lost the game tonight

You say that, but he wasted no end of good chances that could have lead to goals.

 

[supaseagull]

At what point does this go from:-
'well that's not a characteristic cross from Noone'.

to

'He can't cross'.

People on here seem surprised by tonight's performance.

He's been like this since, at least, November.

This...

 

[One Teddy Maybank]

I'm afraid Nooney is lacking confidence and he's gone from taking people on, to actually being seemingly afraid.....

His decision making is poor and when he should driving on, is looking to cross every time.