Victory over Wigan

[Rigadon]

Circumcision’s what you need;
If you want to be a record breaker.

[Guest]

If the Mancs or Arsenal had won like this today, they'd be getting praise for grinding out a win while not playing well.

That's how we should look at it.

We've not played well for three successive league games now, but we come out of that run without a goal conceded and still unbeaten.

Four of our seven games have been away. Beat Spurs next week and we'll be flying - played 8, won 5, drawn 3, lost 0.

Lovely stuff.

We're starting to get that rhythm which was broken with the international matches. Problem is, in 2 weeks time there's another break.

[CharlieMansonsSquint]

Yossi has been ridiculously slagged off by many posters on here, and a lot of it before he'd even kicked a ball for us.

He should start the next few games IMO.

Drop Pennant and get him in.

Inventive and can get a goal.

Just what we need from a attacking midfielder.

Not some halfwit who runs around like a bluearsed fly under and over hitting his crosses.

Reckon with Beni and Babel on the flanks we'd be much more threatening, and of course dropping our non scoring sweeper striker carthorse wouldn't go amiss too.

[Shaggy]

Agreed mate.

Pennant improved and improved and improved - but now his form has plateaued. I doubt he can get any better than he showed recently (which was good but still needed to improve). He won me over to some extent but for me he's only a squad player and we need better.

For now, that is Yossi.

[JPK]

Drop Pennant and get him in.

Inventive and can get a goal.

Just what we need from a attacking midfielder.

Not some halfwit who runs around like a bluearsed fly under and over hitting his crosses.

Reckon with Beni and Babel on the flanks we'd be much more threatening, and of course dropping our non scoring sweeper striker carthorse wouldn't go amiss too.

Pennant is a joke.I get what you are saying about Kuyt but Pennant is 10 times worse.Cant believe Rafa persists with him.He strikes me as a guy who would not be down if we got beat.

[Maestro]

Yossi puts some shift in as well....been very impressed by his workrate thusfar

[Red Chilli]

I think Rafa will be impressed with Yossi. He got slated on here for some comments which his agent made but to be fair to the lad he has waited for his opportunity and now he's starting to show what he can do.
Good replacement for King Luis IMO

[Resu]

Benayoun, he changed the game.

I hope that Rafa don't play Riise as left back anymore. He was rubbish today.

He was better than Aurelio.

[AFII]

He was better than Aurelio.

Don't agree with that. It was when Aurelio went off that our problems on the left started.

[Shaggy]

I was gonna write a long post, but I can't be arsed...

Riise's ****.

[AFII]

I was gonna write a long post, but I can't be arsed...

Riise's ****.

He didn't had a chance against Scharmer and he isn't exactly any good.

Sell him.

[fin7]

anyone got a link to todays goal?

[JPK]

Riise thinks every time the ball lands anywhere near the goals he should shoot.
The spanner has team mates and his shots are more often than not ****.
His defending was lax and his crossing was crap.No wonder Rafa wanted a new left back.

[Johnny]

Frustrating performance IMO but we can still manage to get a win.

This type of game wins you the league. Play fairly badly, miss chances, yet can scrape a narrow win. We couldnt do this in recent years when Utd and Chelsea were doing in week in week out.

Torres played well in the first half but was nowhere in the 2nd. Kuyt, Riise and Stevie G were woeful. Benny comes on and wins us the match

I think that we miss Alonso alot but Agger just as much. Agger controls a lot of passing from the back and we couldnt see that today

I'm not happy with the performance but if we can scrape a few more wins like this then I think we will be the happiest fans come May

Top post Dan.

[Johnny]

1- Benny.

2 - Showing we can grind out results away from home.

3 - No moaning from the usual suspects Do you think???