Newcastle (A) | Post-Match Thread

[jim tolmies perm]

Wow 68 revisited with Buzzer in the stand and King Colin smiling down
Written in the stars

 

[madloaf]

Tonight confirmed....
1. Ake and Garcia are both terrible.
2. Torres is a huge talent and a natural finisher.
3. Rodri is very good and vastly underrated
4. Sterling is sadly out of form and lacking confidence

1. Akes fine. Garcia plays for Barcelona
2. We already knew that.
3. He's properly rated.
4. He's been out of form for 6 solid months at what point do we say he's not good anymore.

Fucking fun game though.

 

[Bluemanc100]

Absolutely no doubt Haaland is a talent.
Question has to be would Haaland fit our style of play and be worth the vast outlay?
We’re not doing too badly without him after all.
I’m sure we will be trying to sign him but not at the prices being talked about.

The key point for me is that Haaland seems to be the real deal AND buying him means that nobody else can have him...

 

[Summerbuzz]

Delightful. Quality entertainment this lot. Many teams now fall into the trap of counter attacking quickly during the middle of the first half, and we've sussed how to turn that into open games which we nearly always win. It always results in a very, very enjoyable matches.

Strangely, I'm almost as happy with tonight as the eventual fact of winning the league. The little things matter. Every player, every match, every story.

One more big step for the club to take coming up, which will cap it all - but there are many more small steps to be taken by individuals in the last couple of league games. These small stories matter so much, add so much to the experience of watching this team. And that's been the case all season.

 

[Blue Llama]

For who though

Fantastic performance by him and he deserves a slot but can’t see who for

That's a great question. Who would you drop from a false 9 formation to go with Torres as a number 9? Possibly Gundog.?

 

[remember arthur mann]

The key point for me is that Haaland seems to be the real deal AND buying him means that nobody else can have him...

Tactical.

 

[LittleblueLever]

Ake will never be more than squad filler at City

Agreed but you don’t get too much for 40 million these days. Think we had our pants pulled down on that deal

 

[PragueBlue]

That's a great question. Who would you drop from a false 9 formation to go with Torres as a number 9? Possibly Gundog.?

He won't start unless KDB isn't fit. No way will Gundogan be left out if fit.

 

[SamTheGuru]

All I remember is the 3-3 game with Kinkladze....If you want to see Messi preincarnate, watch Kinky take Newcastle to the works.

 

[axlgod]

Late to the party, however, lovely stuff.

 

[Akpowell]

Ladies and gentlemen. I present to you our new number 9 - Mr Ferran Torres.

Quiet as a mouse on the wing but an absolute animal in the box.

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Well said that man

 

[goalmole]

Great entertainment! Carson saves a pen and Torres shows that maybe we already have our striker.

Ferran Torres, the new Lewandowski.
Remember, I said it first.

 

[paulchapo]

What an insane game. Typical of an end of season game with no pressure and nothing riding on the result for either side. Also you can add to that a hangover from celebrating our title win

The defence terrible, Torres fantastic, Cancello, Rodri and Gundo decent, the rest very average. Big plus point we now hold the record for consecutive away wins. Nice cameo by Mendy. Champions!!!

 

[BlueMoonRisin’]

C team - complan?

Complain more like i bet. Didn't read the in game thread but i can imagine who the whingers were: )

 

[Winchester]

Wow 7 goals
2 pens
Crossbar and post hit
Several yellows
And a hst trick
Phew!!

 

[Gumzy97]

 

[xgorton]

Is it time to cash in on Sterling ?

 

[I'm Blue]

Complain more like i bet. Didn't read the in game thread but i can imagine who the whingers were: )

I had a good old whinge about that penalty : )

 

[scousemanc]

Torres was top performer but Gundogan was quality. He ran the game. Sterling is just not firing at the moment .

Your comment on Gundogan is spot on. I hope people appreciate what we've got with this player

 

[Viking blue]

We’ve seen quite a few games recently with 8/9/10 changes and I’m pleased that all they’ve done is reiterate who our best 11 is

if this is Sterling fighting for his place it’s time to cash in. Anonymous tonight. Jesus not far behind

We looked much better when Jesus was feeding Torres, as opposed to the other way around!

This.