Poyet on Vicente..

[Dan Gleeballs]

I'm looking forward to 15 minutes of Vicente time next week at Birmingham

Well just make sure he comes back unscathed cos I wanna see him at the Amex soon

 

[Kneon Light]

Poyet also said he would have put him on if we were losing the game so it'd not like he was just there in case we were 3-0 up.
Had it been 0-0 with 15 mins to go I'm sure he would have come on.
Today's game was not the game for him

 

[TheMajor]

Ultimately Gus was proved right and that's all that matters today, but how different things would be if we had conceded like a lot of people were thinking was on the cards. Fact is the game should have been out of sight. That said, over all in the main it was a good performance today and we seem to be clicking again...It's so dejavu of last season it's unbelievable. Let's just hope the end is different this year.

Cheer up, we nearly f*cked up today. Plenty for you to moan about another day.

 

[Diego Napier]

Did you leave that kitchen table at the pier and can you remember the words to My Old Mans a Dustman?

Absolutely brilliant Thunder Bolt!

I think you'll find the OP is all mouth and no trousers.....

 

[beorhthelm]

Yeah, he's exactly the sort of player you want when you're defending and scrapping to hold onto the win. No.

we shouldnt be scrapping to defend leads at home! i dont agree with kevtherev but i can see his point. for me it means Gus isn't sure he's match fit even for half an hour.

 

[Springal]

we shouldnt be scrapping to defend leads at home! i dont agree with kevtherev but i can see his point. for me it means Gus isn't sure he's match fit even for half an hour.

He is a luxury attacking player. You want Crofts or Dicker on the way the game was, not Vicente. Possibly could have replaced Buckley I guess but harsh on KLL

 

[drew]

Great, a player who, apparently, has been out with a deep seated muscle injury who could transform the second half of the season should be risked in a scrappy game with sub zero temperatures?

 

[chunky44]

Felt sorry for Dobs who didn't even make the bobble hatted bench!

 

[Sheebo]

Would have liked it to have been 3-0, so he could have given him 25mins. But was not going to risk him at 2-1....errrr ok. That makes perfect sense. Is a fantastic talent like Vicente exactly what we needed with 20mins to go, instead of dropping deep and inviting them on. Funny how people see things in a different light. All I know is if we had conceded again late on, it would have been a massive blow to our play off hopes, hence winning today and only moving up one place and still being three points away from 6th, although now three point ahead of Derby. Home draws will be like defeats from here on in.

I agree- he's only been out a couple of weeks and was well up for it today.Who spoke to him about today's game first tho - you or Gus?

 

[chunky44]

Ok it was me, guilty as charged. Spoke to him at the Xmas party and he was pissed off with lack of opportunities. Pretty dour Scot actually and not the life and soul...

 

[Meade's Ball]

I know when i am looking to defend a mild lead against a side growing in confidence thanks to clawing back at my side that i throw on someone who just won't defend at all. When a game is getting physical, throw on a player constantly concerned with their physical wellbeing and fearing their body to be damaged and that will sort it out straight away.
Quite a belm moment.

 

[Mellor 3 Ward 4]

f*** me what a colossal moaner. Had to find something about today to complain about didn't you. Today wasn't right for Vicente - as Gus said, if we were 3-0 and coasting, give him a run out.

Tis.

If Orlandi had scored, then Vicente could have come on.

As it was, getting the three points was the most important thing.

 

[JBizzle]

So we are wasting a space on the bench in the event we are 3 up and coasting a game Christ on a bike, i'm so sorry that I don't think it's fantastic just to see Vicente in a bobble hat and three layers of clothing, standing on the sidelines rubbing his hands together to stay warm. I clearly expect to much from him. We should all be so grateful to him, just for even being here in the first place.

No worse than wasting a space on Dobbie. Besides, its not wasted because it was to bring him back to match fitness. Anyway, Gus also said in his radio interview that if we were 2-1 down, he would have brought him on to try and change the game.

 

[Eggman]

Re: Anyone been to the Maldives?

......

 

[Eggman]

Funny how people see the game differently. I always believe the best form of defence is attack, the opposition can't score if the ball is in their own half and your in possession.

Yeah but. You're a ****

 

[TottonSeagull]

Would have liked it to have been 3-0, so he could have given him 25mins. But was not going to risk him at 2-1....errrr ok. That makes perfect sense. Is a fantastic talent like Vicente exactly what we needed with 20mins to go, instead of dropping deep and inviting them on. Funny how people see things in a different light. All I know is if we had conceded again late on, it would have been a massive blow to our play off hopes, hence winning today and only moving up one place and still being three points away from 6th, although now three point ahead of Derby. Home draws will be like defeats from here on in.

We win and you still moan. Why don't you have a night off you whinging cock!

 

[JCL666]

OP = moan f***ing moan

 

[Tummy Burger]

Yeah, he's exactly the sort of player you want when you're defending and scrapping to hold onto the win. No.

Sorry that's tosh. I turned to the people around me with 20 to go and said even if he isn't fit, he will give the crowd a lift at the very least. Get the crowd going, get him on the ball and then we wouldn't have been camped in front of our own box.

 

[Gwylan]

I don't claim to be a managerial genius (I've never even played CM) but when, after 75 minutes, my boy asked me whether Vicente would come on, I said he'd have come on if we'd been winning 3-0 or if we'd been losing, but he wasn't the sort of player to come to hold on to a lead.

If it was obvious to me, I can't see why the OP couldn't see it.

 

[Skaville]

So we had:

- Lua Lua who was unlucky not to start on for Buckley who was not 100% match fit and not going to make 90 minutes
- Dicker on for Orlandi, similar to above really
- Crofts for David, to help shore up the midfield for the final ten minutes

Which substitution would you have changed? Who would you have brought Vicente on for and in what role?