Newcastle (A) | Wed 27th Sept | EFL Cup | Post Match Thread

paulchapo said:
Our priority as always is the premier league and the champions league. Adding the two domestic cup competitions would just be an added bonus. Tonight injuries meant we had to go light and take a chance. We did okay but failed. No shame in that.
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This season it’s even less of a priority seeing as we’d be facing the prospect of playing a team full of EDS lads in the quarter finals
 
manimanc said:
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A very good summation of a disappointing but predictable night.
Far superior to those bias sky fuckwit commentators wetting themselves at our downfall.
I honestly feel sorry for Phillips being put in this position. It’s not his fault we god knows how thought he was a suitable understudy for the best holding midfielder around at the moment.
 
Tolmie scores said:
No where near as clever or technical as Kane. I don't think he did make tge difference in games, just my opinion..the goals tally as a team is key..kanecwould have been better buy..for 4 or 5 years even
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I remember that time before Haaland when we won the treble. Great times
 
Not knowing what was happening in the QFs made it hollow and I'm glad we got drawn away to save on the cup scheme as I didn't want to put a penny into a comp that we may need to forfeit.

If we keep the same system as Saturday before the Red, I can just see Kovacic coming in for Rodri for Wolves.
 
Jonathan Gunn said:
Kalvin Phillips should be nowhere near the 1st team. It’s like playing with ten men when he plays. We have only beaten Bristol City when he has started and lost the rest bar 1 and that 1 we drew.
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It’s almost like he’s played in massively weakened teams where we are already less likely to win

I think 3 of his starts before today were in piss take line ups after we won the league and were resting players for the treble run in

Not massively convinced by Phillips myself but get a grip
 
I honestly think that after 6 wins in 10 years, Pep doesn’t give a toss. Crumbs from the rich man’s table to Newcastle.
 
chris85mcfc said:
Not sure either of them were bought to replace Gundogans goals.

Having said that, let's not pretend Gundgoan was prolific by any means; he scored 8 league goals in both of his last 2 seasons, and I guess a few of those were free kicks.

Not knocking him by the way as I loved him, but it wouldn't take much for them both to get 4 goals each to match what he contributed goals wise.
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Gundogan wasn't prolific but he had the nack of scoring VITAL goals.
 
Apparently Newcastle play utd at ot in the next round. If only we would have won tonight, I’d have just loved a game there.
 
SWPISHOME said:
I reckon Kovavic will be doing Rodri role whilst he's out. Nunes and Bernardo alongside him in midfield.

Rodri is a massive loss especially when we've John Stones out too possibly our two main men last season playing that midfield role.

Pep will find a way over the next two games to get results until Rodri returns, He's a genius.
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Hopefully Stones will be back for the Arsenal game. I agree Kovavic will take the Rodri role. Bernardo or Nunes if Stones doesn't make it.
 
Expected a lot more from Jack tonight.Getting to the stage that Doku is our first pick now on the left.
Our final pass just wasn't there tonight.
Great support tonight.The Newcastle fans as quiet as I have heard them.That's two games this season against us they have been a lot quieter than normal.
 
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