Chester Road wrote:
Nolan. What the fuck is he doing starting. Why buy players and still play that scouse shitcunt. Poor as Cole and Vaz Te were they got no support from scouse shitcunt all game. Fed up seeing him lagging behind opposition players and not being able to pick up second balls. Made about two worthwhile contributions all game.

Yes, but one of those contributions got us a penalty, and had Noble scored it, we may have won the game?

Allardyce's direct tactics by-pass central midfiield going forward, and by only having one up-front, the extra midfielder allows us to have one midfielder (Nolan) who doesn't get very 'involved'.

C'mon, we know by now how Allardyce system works, and what Nolan's role is in it - we can't knock him now for not contributing - he's never contributed much to build-up of play, nor defending - he's not required to (although he does actually contribute to the defensive side by his positioning rather than pressing and tackling).

What Nolan IS required to do is seize upon a goalscoring opportunity once or twice a game, and he did that again today, winning us penalty.

Don't get me wrong, I don't like Allardyce's style of play, and I despaired when we signed Nolan because it's exact type of football I don't like to watch, but I can see, playing the percetnage game, how Nolan is effective - he won us the penalty today by striking a good shot, achieved by being in the right place at the right time within this system.
  

Last Edited By: Clack Aug 16 14 10:23 PM. Edited 1 times.