If VAR didn't give us a soft pen we'd have lost. Take the point gratefully I guess. Europe? Forget it... Every week it's becoming clearer...the sooner people accept it the sooner the club can resolve things.
Hang on Roy, you’re saying that if I and others just give up on a League position qualification for Europe, the club will somehow be freed of the shackles of my expectations and will finally be at liberty to do something they were fearful of doing up till now? Am I that much of a bad influence?!!
I don’t get depressed or angry about this … we’re in a transitional season. We’ve bought a duffer in Elanga for this year, might come good in time (a lot of time), might not. But Thiaw, Woltemade, our two young full backs, our midfield choices, our Barnes/Gordon riches… Miley looking ever-more at home, Wissa not going to Afcon… it’s not all bad news. It’s football. Our progress will be evolutionary due to PSR, we’ve a very good man-manager. We’re where we can expect to be. January and the summer will see more departures as players with relatively short working lives look to maximise their promotions, cups and earnings - other players will come in and we’ll love them even more… until we have to hate some of them. Being NUFC is never easy. But it’s always worth it.
The defence just watched that Romeo overhead go in. Absolurely criminal We cannot defend leads and you would think that the thick bastards would learn.
I get depressed and angry. I also get happy and ecstatic. We may be in transition but I dont see what we are transitioning to? What is our style we are going for?
It's our complete tactical naivety that irks me, we are telegraphing our moves to the other teams. There is not a team in Europe that won't have a detailed and perfectly accurate file on how Newcastle play week in and week out, there isn't a Premier League team that won't know exactly how we attack - every single ****ing time. We are reliant on moments of individual skill and if it doesn't come, we don't score Today our only goal in open play was a Woltemade flick and an impressive shot from Bruno. Apart from that we are abject and barely look a threat. Dogscock will point at Everton, but I raise you that Everton have the exact same problem as us. They don't score enough, have a tactically poor manager and don't make enough changes in games to turn things around. We just have a significantly better 11 so we spanked them. We are absolutely midtable until this manager makes serious changes to our play, his recruitment policy and his insistence on individuals before the team.
Everton and Spurs were ****e we will be a different kettle to fish on Dec 14th you cannot do what Bournemouth do up front let alone Arsenal lol bring it on !
The arrogance will be your undoing. Spend 10 years in the lower leagues and you suddenly think you're prime Barcelona.
It's an OK point if we win vs Burnley and Sunderland, so there's no need for overreacting to one game, but there's a few things I've noticed, that are a concern. The side used to pick itself and some of the ins and outs aren't improvements. Eddie Howe is doing too much I think, he's over thinking everything maybe! He's now got options and that means there's more he can get wrong, so he does. The managers in game management was always an issue in the eyes of many and the squad rotation is an extension of that. Newcastle are a particularly brainless side and it's either the managers instructions telling them when to go and when to sit, or there's a player doing it on the pitch...it's something that Newcastle aren't good at doing, but it appears they will never stop doing it. Newcastle are absolutely dreaful at corners and set pieces, we had some success vs Everton, because Miley took them, but Howe went back to Hall until about 30 mins Yesterday. Dan Burn was once again caught for the 1st goal, he got done a few times, got caught in areas he should be, and I've lost count how many time this has happened over over the last 2 years, but that will be ignored and everyone will argue about Pope and Ramsdale as if there's only 1 issue in the team, not 2, 3, or more. Eddie Howe seems to be trying to prove points at the moment. When something works that wasn't his original idea, he simply ignores it, and reverts back to type at the first opportunity. Pope, Ramsdale, Burn, Schar, Murphy, .. These players are not good enough and every week they make up 20 to 30% of the 11 before and after changes... This is a big part of the the problem imo... This high level the margins are small and we're handing back any advantage with the use of these guys a bit too much.. Not saying they're awful but they needed upgrading years ago. It's like when villa were spending loads and still messing about with dendonker and Co... Emery washed the club rid of the sub grade players almost immediately.
Wow, the seagull shaggers are getting cocky and that's generally the time when they **** up big time..........
I actually think Howe needs to make a decision on some areas and stick with it. Tell Elanga, he is the No1 RW, he starts most games and he needs to step up - he has 10 games to prove it. Tell Murphy he is the No2 RW and will be used to replace Elanga in matches. Say it's his job to displace Elanga by doing it when he comes on as sub. Decide what he is doing with Ramsey, Miley, Joelinton and Willock, we know that Bruno and Tonali are they main midfielders. Get some coaching on how to sit deep and provide an out to Elanga or Gordon as 11 men behind the ball with no outfall, invites the pressure and the last minute goals. Come on Howe, you are better than this, or I hope you are.....
We dominated, should have scored more, Spurs weren't all that, we just needed to put some more of those endless shots we had away. Didn't sit back, just finishing wasn't good enough and we should have put the game to bed earlier. In the end a one goal lead is always fragile and we let in a horrible goal at the end that should have been easily cleared. We move on. Thankfully we have Burnley next, we gotta win that.
I think the questioned of sitting back should be more directed at City, who nearly let a 5-1 lead slip last night lol
Agreed but Burnley will come with a low block and we all know NUFC are **** against low blocks.......
From murky memory, keep me honest, another struggle against defensive setup, very lucky with the penalty, Elanga looks like a shocking purchase, Murphy is far too inconsistent, Tonali off instead of Miley was bizarre, Burn although played well is so physically slow he was at fault for both goals and the inexplicable sitting back when we had complete control alongside going back 5 with Schar was another mistake from Howe. Two points dropped, again, same issues appearing, again.
They are Burnley at the end of the day, they ain't all that. Also home advantage again, and Burnley's away record is hideous. Start Bruno and Gordon for this one, Elanga and Miley out.
