Newcastle United (A) | Post Match thread

At the end of the season that could be a huge point, Newcastle look a proper, tidy side.
 
Keeper! said:
sorry disagree, they are building a useful side and at home they will give everyone a game.

Had my doubts about Eddie Howe but he has done a superb job and they have bought well.
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Let’s agree to disagree and review our thoughts as the season progresses.
They may be our Wolves of this season.
I would love Pep to set out a side to counter …….
Traore……Son……Zaha…..
He’d fail.
 
Just to say the Geordies put on a great match atmosphere. Best I have witnessed in a long time (mind you, I was sat among them rather than up in the gods with our lot)
 
applejuice said:
The lack of depth of FBs is worrying
With 5 subs rule, more and more mid table team will push the winger running forward and target Cancelo and Walker. Get them a yellow and then they will have a field day.

Gomaz and Rico are great but they don't have much PL experiences.

We should do some Ashley Young style signing. Signing an old seasoned PL experienced full back who are happy to staying on the bench but can be useful at times. At least give the opposite something to worry about. Perhaps not as old as Young.
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As old and experienced as, say...



Walker?
 
crublue1 said:
Watched it back a few times now, the two players were running at similar pace, and the high foot that came across kev had about as much power as a fart in the wind.
Its a shit foul at best. He tripped him up at knee level.
It's borderline yellow, never mind red.
kev gets up and gets on with it.
I thought it was a great decision
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Agreed, apart from the borderline yellow, it was a yellow clear as day there’s no question about that, you can actually see Kieron going up to Kev afterwards saying words to the effect “Kev, I didn’t try to do you”, Kev actually embraced him because he knew he didn’t.
 
I thought the referee took ages reviewing his decision regarding the red card, which made me think he was not totally convinced he had made an error. Would have been interesting if Mike Dean had been on VAR as he was partial to a red.
 
Dirty Harry said:
Agreed, apart from the borderline yellow, it was a yellow clear as day there’s no question about that, you can actually see Kieron going up to Kev afterwards saying words to the effect “Kev, I didn’t try to do you”, Kev actually embraced him because he knew he didn’t.
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Imagine if that had been klopp dropping points…there’d be a great wailing and gnashing of teeth.
 
Dirty Harry said:
Agreed, apart from the borderline yellow, it was a yellow clear as day there’s no question about that, you can actually see Kieron going up to Kev afterwards saying words to the effect “Kev, I didn’t try to do you”, Kev actually embraced him because he knew he didn’t.
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Ref made the wrong call and then corrected his decision. The players knew it was a yellow, and eventually the ref did too.
 
Keeper! said:
A couple of worries for me.

Walker looked shot, for the first time ever he started to look his age, hopefully just a bad game but also maybe a sign his pace is going and if that's the case we need to worry.

Foden, a guy with undoubted talent but is he starting to believe his own hype? Why has he not signed his contract, is the club reluctant to commit? Whatever he needs to get his head back in the game, and start playing the team game, he is clearly pissing off Haaland and rightly so, the big man should have another two goals for us in the last games but has not because of Fodens greed.

Finally we have a world class striker in our team, making amazing runs, for gods sake get the ball to him early, feed him and this big daft Viking will score goals for fun.
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Was it Walker out there yesterday or DJ Khalid? Mistake by Walker, and another one ……
 
FogBlueInSanFran said:
Agreed. I was surprised it was a red to begin with. I thought going in toe-first rather than studs first showed how Trippier was trying to avoid injuring the player while still committing a “professional foul”. You could see Trippier telling Kev he was trying to avoid hurting him and Kev knew that I think. I can definitely see the other side — it COULD have been dangerous and maybe a red is needed just for “could haves” — but I agree with you. And this coming from me, still absolutely livid about Milner’s foul on Silva last year which was far more cynical, painful AND he was on a yellow. Of course I wanted Trippier gone but glad for the “game” writ large the card was reversed. I think the ref got it right in the end and TBH had a good game overall.
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Knee high, from the side with both feet off the ground. Made enough contact to bring the player down. Harsh red card but once given the VAR shouldn't have intervened.
 
Keeper! said:
Not strange just a huge, expensive, luxury one.

Maybe we thought Bernardo was leaving last season but even then the guy is second rate compared to Bernardo.

We lack athleticism in the center of midfield and have done for some time, yesterday Rodri was overrun , is Phillips the answer?

Big shout out for Gundongan, I thought he was total class yesterday, wonderful performance.
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I thought Phillips should have come on to play alongside Rodri. We needed an extra midfielder to win back control of the game. It would have allowed our fullbacks to play in more conventional way.
 
Gingers Dad said:
I thought Phillips should have come on to play alongside Rodri. We needed an extra midfielder to win back control of the game. It would have allowed our fullbacks to play in more conventional way.
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Agreed but clearly Pep thinks out full backs play in his unique way and can't see that changing anytime soon.

Walker can defend but Cancelo is incapable of it.
 
crublue1 said:
I'm assuming your on the wum so I'll be kind. For now.
Yes, there was enough power to take him down, that's what made it a foul. Are you seriously suggesting I think kev
dives? Arguing against yourself there.

He could have fallen and been badly injured.
He did fall, because he was tripped. He wasn't badly injured.
He could of been, but he wasn't. He got up and got on with it.

Show me the clip that shows kev 'leaving him in his wake' because not only is that not true, its also somewhat ironically, a phrase often used from the last century.

I've seen kev kicked all over the pitch for years, same with dave not so long ago, often with a blind eye turned. Often made me feel we were being fucked over.
Not today though, that was an innocuous tackle.
With respect, its a contact sport.
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It so nice of you to be kind, I’m not a wum
What made it a foul is nothing to do with the power (nothing in laws of game about power) it was the fact that he made zero attempt to get the ball, together with the two foot of the ground lunge is what made it serious foul play, even if he hadn’t made contact it would still be a foul
Your suggestion that it had little power was why I “tongue in cheek” suggested the dive
The fact that Kev dint get injured is irrelevant , the point is that allowing players to get away with actions like that is wrong, because it could lead to serious injury and it certainly wasn’t innocuous
”its a contact sport” yes it is but, that means legal contact not allowing players to make illegal contact
Players are “kicked all over the pitch” unfortunately it is generally because of weak officiating, yesterday was a lost opportunity to say it isn’t allowed unfortunately the reverse was communicated to the cloggers
“Leaving in his wake” yes, hence the foul
Kev isn’t the type to roll over and make a fuss, he accepts that opponents will try to stop him using any means, again it doesn’t make it right
 
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