Against teams like Fulham you can easily be undone. We have beaten man City at home 3 Years running playing the same sort of football. We played City only about 4 weeks ago and got beat 1-0
I think Newcastle improved after the sending off. It's not the results that mattered but the manner in which the results happened. We bossed the game, played good football at times and got undone by a sucker punch (we know where we need to improve).However, Newcastle just played **** from the beginning, set their stall out wrong from the outset (playing 4-3-3) and the icing on the cake was Pardew bringing of Ben Arfa for Ameobi.
After Saturday we know what we need and where we need to improve. After Monday Newcastle look leaderless, defensively they are useless and without Cabbage it'll be a long season.
So much for your result not being as bad as Sunderland.
Sigh, why do people on here always need to make it personal? -.-
Is it that difficult to have a respectful discussion with each other, and not get smarmy?
Fulham can be a tough side to beat, but their away record speaks for itself. Stoke are also a tough nut to crack, so maybe dropping 2pts against these sides at home every now and then isn't that big of a deal. But to lose to them is just a poor result, regardless of who you are.
What has your home record got to do with our away result against City? City were infamous for dropping points and being unable to score goals away from home at times last season.
City are ridiculously strong at home, and no matter if you go forward, or sit back, they know how to beat you, or to come back from a losing position. When you were 1-3 up you sat back and they came at you and could have easily made it 4/5-3.
And useless without Cabaye? Any Newcastle fan will tell you that, when he hasn't been injured, he's been inconsistent.
I was simply stating my opinion that, if it wasn't for the sending off, our result would have been better than yours, and you could have respectfully disagreed, but you decided to take it the wrong way, as most people do on this board, because you don't have the intelligence and/or the maturity to remove the childish emotions from the picture, and just talk like adults about football.