Match Day Thread Newcastle United vs Crystal Palace

[Prince Isak (GG)]

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That's Gareth Southgate watching lascelles.

 

[Rum & Black for 2]

It could easily have been a red but it wasn't so clear cut that it was definitely a red. I mean, if you've got your black and white blinkers on then of course it's a red and the ref is a twat and biased against Newcastle, etc., etc.

Exactly.


Hang on....

 

[Sheikh_of_Araby]

It feels so much better supporting this team than I can remember in ages. Even if the game ends up being a bit sh*t like today they just all care again. You really realise how we have had to put up with a team that basically didn't give a hoot for so long.

Even Diame looked interested today

 

[General Lee Speaking]

Agreed.

I don't know where Lee Ryder was getting off by giving Matt Ritchie an 8. I thought he worked hard but his crosses were gash today.

Nobody on the pitch deserved an 8. Most of them were 5s and 6s.

 

[RobEllious]

Agreed.

I don't know where Lee Ryder was getting off by giving Matt Ritchie an 8. I thought he worked hard but his crosses were gash today.

You're right mate he was ****ing awful. Good in defence mind, think that pass saved him. 8 he was not tho

 

[RobEllious]

Nobody on the pitch deserved an 8. Most of them were 5s and 6s.

Elliot? Came in when needed and kept a clean sheet. What more could you ask for from a guy we bought from Charlton
















I love him

 

[NufcNavan]

I don't think Merino "changed the game". He was uncharacteristically sloppy in possession and in actual fact we only looked threatening in the last 10 minutes. He was on the pitch a good 25 mins before that.

An element of good fortune to his goal but he jumped well. First of many hopefully.

 

[Blacker-than-Knight]

It could easily have been a red but it wasn't so clear cut that it was definitely a red. I mean, if you've got your black and white blinkers on then of course it's a red and the ref is a twat and biased against Newcastle, etc., etc.

Watch any replay and it was a straight red, ref bottled it.

 

[RobEllious]

I don't think Merino "changed the game". He was uncharacteristically sloppy in possession and in actual fact we only looked threatening in the last 10 minutes. He was on the pitch a good 25 mins before that.

An element of good fortune to his goal but he jumped well. First of many hopefully.

Any less uncharacteristically sloppy than the rest? **** weather definitely affected this. It was like McLaren for 70 minutes. We haven't gone that long since, well, Mclaren

 

[RobEllious]

Well my top 4 bet is back on lads
And who says we're deluded?

 

[NufcNavan]

Watch any replay and it was a straight red, ref bottled it.

It was a straight red. The slow mo didn't make it look as bad but in real time he went in with some speed.

Any less uncharacteristically sloppy than the rest? **** weather definitely affected this. It was like McLaren for 70 minutes. We haven't gone that long since, well, Mclaren

We were very stagnant attacking wise but that has to do with our middling personnel at that end of the pitch.

We are going to have a few games this season where were really going to struggle for goals.

 

[General Lee Speaking]

Watch any replay and it was a straight red, ref bottled it.

Yes, it was the replays from certain angles that made me think it was a little bit less than 100% red. I think if a red had have been issued he couldn't have had any complaints though.

 

[General Lee Speaking]

Well my top 4 bet is back on lads
And who says we're deluded?

Everyone, pretty much.

 

[General Lee Speaking]

It was a straight red. The slow mo didn't make it look as bad but in real time he went in with some speed.


We were very stagnant attacking wise but that has to do with our middling personnel at that end of the pitch.

We are going to have a few games this season where were really going to struggle for goals.

Well, up until January at which point our new rich Arab owners will empty their bank accounts into Rafa's transfer kitty and we'll buy up the world's best strikers.

 

[General Lee Speaking]

Elliot? Came in when needed and kept a clean sheet. What more could you ask for from a guy we bought from Charlton
















I love him

The stats say Crystal Palace didn't have a shot on target for the whole game. Was Elliott really that good?

 

[Rum & Black for 2]

Watch any replay and it was a straight red, ref bottled it.

Agree. Cabaye was late, he was off his feet, he was nowhere near the ball, he scissored tackled Yedlin, it was reckless and dangerous and as he slid he was not in control. Red.

 

[Rum & Black for 2]

Well, up until January at which point our new rich Arab owners will empty their bank accounts into Rafa's transfer kitty and we'll buy up the world's best strikers.

You just need to get one, the best,...



And I’m available.

 

[Seabass]

The stats say Crystal Palace didn't have a shot on target for the whole game. Was Elliott really that good?

He just uses the force to divert any shots away for a goal kick before they get near the goal.

 

[Blacker-than-Knight]

Agree. Cabaye was late, he was off his feet, he was nowhere near the ball, he scissored tackled Yedlin, it was reckless and dangerous and as he slid he was not in control. Red.

I think ref's have lost the plot, Kane and Cabaye should have been sent off, but even more so the ref's are letting too much go, the holding and shoving in penalty boxes at set plays is getting ridiculous, they are allowing encroachment on penalties, dissent and surrounding of the ref is getting worse again and while watching the Chelsea match yesterday the ref allowed free kicks to be taken with opposition players standing within 2 to 3 feet of the ball, the laws of the game are being interpretated rather than being applied, there will always be certain aspects that are subjective but ref's seem to be very lax and players are taking advantage.

 

[Rum & Black for 2]

Agree and surely diving in the box a la Zaha is a yellow card not waving play on.