Match Day Thread Newcastle United v Saints Saturday 6th February 2021, 3pm BT Sport 1

Going to be very hard to break them down now, set piece our best bet

 

Think you may be the first to mention the 9-0. Commentators haven't even managed that today!

 

We are far too slow in the build up.

 

Did a Newcastle player not touch that on the way through?

 

Djenepo needs to come on for Redders.

 

Pompey losing.

 

I’d agree, but running with it in these conditions is very difficult.

 

Regardless of the fact that we essentially had a team scaled together, and the worst referee in history?

Give me strength...

 

Yet we collapse when down to 10?

 

Not sure it's really a fair comparison.

 

For Romeu. He's pretty much redundant now.

 

We didn’t change to a 5-4-0

 

Struggling to remember the last time Redmond had a good game. He has been crap again today, Djenepo has the ability to create something from nothing which we may need vs 10 men behind the ball.

 

Just to be boring, nay, anal, the current conditions mean that the pitch is waterlogged, and the ball is not rolling well. In which case, why do the Saints groundstaff (and, presumably, every other club's groundstaff) persist in watering the pitch? Is watering mean to improve the way/speed that the ball moves? If watering the pitch helps, is there an optimum amount of water (per square metre) after which the conditions become more and more Somme-like?

 

Newcastle have played their hand now. We get one, there's a good chance we get two.

 

Yeah Redmond hasn't really got going this season for me. Frustrating.

 

Djenepo has been pretty poor this season as well tbf. Not that I'm disagreeing re Redmond.

 

Dangerous free kick area for them

 

Did anyone think Redmond was good before this season? Has a good game 1 in 10

 

Yes.