Match Thread | Newcastle vs Man City (19/12/21)

[Rolo]

Pretty poor, don't look sharp at all but we are 2 up so that's all that matters.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

One of our worst performances of the season for me yet still 2-0 up. Need to shore it up a bit though. Front 3 disappointing.

 

[samuelyeboah]

It is a fair representation.

Newcastle have a good midifeld. They are aggressive and direct and have a lot of numbers there.

They have a shit attack and a shit defence. So when their good midfield gets beaten, we score. When their good midfield gets the better of ours, they don't score.

we had basically 2 chances the entire half, one of them an awful defensive blunder and one a banger from outside the box. they apparently deserved a penalty. i think 2-0 is flattering.

 

[OrigamiNinja]

Distinctly average 1st half. Nice scoreline

Front 3 are non-existent.

KDB and Bernie not firing on all cylinders and Rodri his worst 45mins for a while.

Defence ok with Cancelo the standout performer.

Eddie extremely rash and a very lucky boy.

 

[Brewster's millions]

Maybe take Rodri off given his card, put Fernandinho on to sort out Joelinton.

 

[Scottish Cityzen]

Still got an uneasy feeling about this (which isn’t like me) as I feel we are slightly off it and giving them more attacking opportunities than I can remember for a long time.

Also the fact that they are pretty reckless in the challenges today and I think Atkinson won’t need much persuasion to send off Rodri.

We need to box clever second half, pop the ball in the fridge and strangle the fuck out of the game.

I’d actually be tempted to take off Rodri to protect him.

I don’t think Pep will be satisfied with that half of football despite the score.

 

[Mancity1980]

I just know he would blow 1 second after the 1 minute of added time - we had possession, now if they had won it back…

 

[Trojan1962]

Very lazy performance in that half

 

[domalino]

I think some players get unfair stick as much as the next guy, but I don't think Newcastle have had much to do with players missing basic 5 yard passes and the movement being non-existent in the middle. Still, we are strolling, and every season has games like this, it's not a massive deal.

If half a dozen players are messing up passes, it's probably because Newcastles have grown the grass longer and not watered the pitch, something Howe did when we went to Bournemouth all the time, and Newcastle players also underhit a bunch of passes as well.

 

[Beanhead]

Been a very strange game this

Yeah, oddest game I have seen all season. It’s really disjointed and didn’t seem like much football was played.. seemed like a half filled with bad errors from both teams. In the moments where it has had any rhythm in terms of flow the football has been shit on a stick.