Newcastle vs Southampton match ratings.

Good start to the season. Nice to see us come back from 2-1 and happy with overall performance seeing as though most played on Thursday. Time for the match ratings.

• 22 Stekelenburg 7 Very happy with his Distribution and not a lot he could of done about either goals.
• 02 Soares Booked 6 Great going forward and perfect cross for the first goal but sloppy defending and silly tackles meant we had to take him off before the red card came out
• (Martina - 45' ) 6 Did a good enough job but nothing spectacular.
• 06 Fonte Booked 5 Missed a good chance from a corner and was poor in defence today. Gave the ball away and gave a few needless corners away
• 03 Yoshida 7 Unlucky not to score and a few mix ups with fonts but other then that happy that he has improved on his distribution
• 33 Targett 5 poor today. Constantly got dragged into the middle and missed tackles to allow the cross for the goal
• 08 Davis Booked 8 Brilliant today. Good runs forward and brilliant shot stopping in our box.
• 12 Wanyama 7 few poor passes and missed tackles but constantly harassed Newcastle when they tried to break
• 11 Tadic 7 great cross for Longs goal and good runs but still a bit shaky with his tackling methods
• 10 Mané 7 Should have scored at least one at the end but must have been Knackered. Great forward runs
• 09 Rodríguez 6 Off the boil. Gave the ball away a lot in threatening positions to allow Newcastle to counter and did not get back enough. Give him time and he will come good.
• (Long - 65' ) 7.5 Very happy for his goal as am constantly being told by my dad that Shane Long spends half his time on the ground and the other half making sure his hair perfect.
• 19 Pellè Booked 7.5 Good goal and nice defensive option at corners. Still tried one too many flicks/Headers when holding the ball up and passing would work better.

Over to you

 

Heard the match on the radio. Sounded like we missed the defensive qualities that Morgan brang, and that Targett and Rodriguez need to work on their coordination so that one can cover the other. Think J Rod is still coming back and ought to be a supersub, with Long starting in his place for the time being.

 

Pretty much agree with all that Sooty.

 

I was about to type my own, then looked at what you'd put, and decided it didn't need saying.

 

Yep, looks like the same game I watched too...

 

I can't really argue with any of that either Sooty.

 

Wouldn't argue with any of the scores given, but I wonder if Stekelenburg could have done better with the first, yes I know it was deflected.

 

That was just bad luck...though Krul should probably have stopped Pelle's.

 

Spot on Sooty.

 

Soares will have to learn to calm down, if he gets beat by jumping in then we are in big trouble. So good at going forward though

 

Think 7 is generous for maya given his sloppiness in possession. Otherwise couldn't agree more

 

I agree, I thought Yoshida was absolutely shocking in the first half though he did improve in the second. I also thought Tadic was a bit of a passenger at times.

 

Perfect ratings

I thought that Steven Davis was phenomenal, one of his best games for us. He was everywhere on the pitch, and he was the main reason we got a point I felt.

 

Oh no, please let's not "Forsterise" him too.....

 

I don't think any blame could be attributed to Stekelenburg as the deflected cross put him out of it but there were plenty of our defenders ball watching. Cisse was much more alert and I suppose that just about sums up our first half performance. Given the disruption to the defense, it's no surprise that they look out of sorts compared to last season but it is a concern at the moment.

 

Wow Sooty. Looks like you got a clean Sweep.

 

STOP IT!!!

 

Bye bye everyone, bye bye...

 

It's my electrician's fault. He comes bounding in here at 07:30 and hits me with a machine gun attack of gags, one liners and puns. It just sets me off. Hopefully he'll be finished soon and I'll go back to being a good boy.

 

Wow...I think I was watching a different game to most of you guys.
Cant believe you are giving 7's and 8's out. Personally there would have been a lot of 5's for me as I thought we were very sloppy and looked out of touch for much of the game apart from the last 10 minutes when Newcastle ran out of steam
Its a game of opinions...roll on Everton