Match Thread | Newcastle vs Man City (13/01/24)

[mick10]

So, we won everything in 2023. Now we are shit according to this forum I mean...

Not having a dig chum nor will you see any negative comments from me in this but this is a match day thread not a history one. It’s about the game being played.

 

[bigbluekev]

Don't panic Mr Mainwaring!

 

[simon23]

The space behind our fullbacks when you have Gordon and Isak and Almeiron who are all so quick is suicidal.....

walker and Gvardiol consistently this season are not defending the space (showing a lack of awareness) behind them .....it was so obvious what was going to happen (the incident between Dias and Gordon should have told everyone that - no foul but we were wide open) at some point and now their crowd is playing its part.

We need to calm the game down not get sucked into the chaotic nature of it and rodri should know this better than most...

Bringing Grealish on will only feed their crowd even more...they hate him for his piss taking of Almeiron during the league celebrations the other year and it will onyl galavanise them and their team but Doku as someone esle said needs to get with it defensively.

Maybe bring Kev on for doku and ut Bernardo out wide left and Foden out wide right (which would be a shame as he has been our best player)

 

[Blue2202]

Just thought I’d pop on here to cheer me up. Fuck me. What a load of bollox being talked!!!!! Again! Newcastle will tire, and have fuck all on the bench. We’ve got Kev to come on. We’re not playing bad. We’re just crap against pace. And Walker obviously has his head elsewhere. We’ll still win 4-2

Don’t know.. maybe cos we just folded like a deep fried Mars bar after dominating for 34 mins? To a depleted mid table Newcastle?

 

[the_invisible_man]

1-0 up and we should have been keeping it tight with a normal back 4, not pushing the full backs up to the opposition 18 yard line

 

[Keeper!]

Alvarez is a myth. Get very little from him.

WOW

 

[Newman Noggs]

Another game where you are left wondering how on earth we are losing. City playing some absolutely beautiful football, probably the best football English football has ever seen.

 

[TheBlueCat]

Really!!

Definitely

 

[deano ou812]

Thought we actually played well

Unlucky to be behind

We have been fantastic in attack bar sticking the other chances away it’s the awful defending which keeps happening not helped when it’s like primary school football where nobody wants to defend and just attack..

 

[ID70]

Another game, another display which shows Gvardiol is not a left back. Not sure what Pep sees in his performances to keep picking him to play there

 

[69FACUPfinal]

Hes been wank all season.

New gf syndrome....

 

[super_city_si]

That's just never a booking for Rodri. Gimeresh dived at him lifting both feet off the floor, that's embarassing for the referee having just missed a possible second yellow for the same player for deliberately leaving a foot in. But that's the shit we have to put with.

Walker cannot play that high against Gordon its just daft. Need more from Doku but fuck me they've had 2 shots on target.

Appalling refereeing.

 

[youngbob]

You are mistaking correlation for causation.

I would look at a game where Pep has Walker playing as our furthest forward player and realise he isn’t interested in control, he wants us as high as possible.

So he’s picked Doku over Grealish because his game plan isn’t about control, he sets the entire team up up for that game plan, and then you blame Doku.

Youre putting the cart before the horse.

Doku shit out of a simple tackle in their half while our team was moving forwards and within 10 seconds it was in the back of the net. How is that not causation? We all saw it with our own bloody eyes.

 

[bluemoon32]

Remember when we were able to manage games by keeping possession & just stroke the ball around, i loved watching us do that.
Now its panic mode everytime

 

[eyalluvitt]

Walker needs a good wank.

Is Pep brave enough to pull him off?

 

[Haaland94]

Don't know why Walker is getting so much shit either. He hasn't been great but everything that's come at us, has initially come from our left.

Gvardiol looks lost defending.

Saved us in extra time 1 on1 vs Almiron. I can think of one time he let Almiron cross, and nothing much happened. On the other hand, Walker cost us 2 goals.

 

[RobinHood]

Rio still looks a tit.

 

[oakiecokie]

We'll win this 4-2.

Not with this defense.

 

[Gundoggin]

Walker been dogshit all season wtf is he doing on both Newcastle goals ffs

 

[Keeper!]

Taking allegiances out of it , this is a superb game of football , the Barcodes have taken the two presents Walker provided really well , two great finishes. Bernardo's goal was also sublime , nothing wrong with this performance at the moment. We will show why we are champions in the 2nd half if we keep on opening up the Barcodes by running at their defence, Foden has been electric in the middle , same eleven for 2nd half until 65 minutes and if we do not break through bring Kev on to deliver the final ball we need.

Game of the season