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

[ballbag]

As with all of the kn*bhead herberts who support other teams and who spout such claptrap, he should look at his own team's 'Istry before opening his cake hole..

1990-91 season Newcatle's average home attendance was 16879, recording the lowest historic home attendance of 10004 against Oxford United. Attendances didn't pick up until Kevin Kegan arrived as manager sometime later.

When we were in the Third Division a few years later we still averaged almost double that attendance figure.

Bunch of f**king planks these internet warriors..

Had some Geordies working on a site near us shortly after the Shinawatra takeover. So they'd drink in our local. When they heard we were blues they came over and started suggesting we were so alike as a fanbase. To a certain extent that's true, but one of the lads had to explain that we are fuck all alike and didn't abandon the club when they needed us most.

 

[Tolmie scores]

Both different types of strikers. Kane tends to drop into midfield more so than Haaland, I wouldn't say that makes Kane a better "footballer" than Haaland.
Kane was nowhere near Haaland at his age also.

I can think of numerous occasions Haaland dropped into midfield and created goals, Arsenal game last season for example pinning Holding and playing the ball to KDB.

Kane also doesn't have the movement that Haaland does along with Haalands pace and power.

Kane never scored 36 goals in a Premier League Season either.

Each to their own anyway we'll agree to disagree.

yes but Kane wasn't playing in a City side, he dragged Spuds through seasons, a really gifted player to be honest. I just think he is naturally more talented, part of football for me is admiring sublime touch and vision, for me Kane wins that

 

[Man_City_Loyal]

Had difficulty even understanding them, to be honest. Was it some sort of reference to Munich?
If so, incredible to see grown men still making capital out of that. Vile.

it was, and the child with him

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

The exit is not the issue here. The lack of chances when 1 down was embarrassing. Posters bleating on about changes ,second string etc are forgetting Newcastle made wholesale changes too. Grealish as a senior player was astonishingly bad, rubbish in fact. A few others not far behind. A few years ago we were delighted to win this trophy now like the red cunts we are acting like it's a meaningless pot. That's not City.

Newcastle were bobbins as well because, like us, they made wholesale changes. That XI has never started before and probably never will again.

 

[burning blue soul]

We would have had an away tie at the swamp if we won. I can't say I'm happy to go out, but the negative press in the run up to that game would have been excruciating. Added to the fact our u21 team would have played, and a loss to utd is never appealing.

 

[Tolmie scores]

I would have turned to him and quietly said “No, I wasn't a supporter in the 70s. I was a supporter in the 60s.”
In any case, is he suggesting that there are no new Newcastle fans in the last ten years? Or since the takeover? And would he not therefore welcome them?
I should bloody well hope City has got new fans over the last fifteen years or so. When I look around me in the SS, I see too many grey heads (like mine!). Worries me…
And I should hope, for the sake of his club, that it has acquired new and young fans too.

I think City and Everton have the oldest ave age ST and longest ST holders...im happy with that, of course we want the family tradition passed down but these Herberts who say to us where were you when....just shows that they are not very knowledgeable re football

 

[Double R]

Managed to get 3 minutes into the match before some tit mentioned our team cost £350m, were we playing Newport or someone?
5 minutes later I had a power cut so fucked off to bed, sounds like I was spared 82 minutes of nauseating commentary.

 

[Citizen1961]

From a Newcastle POV it looked very much like two second strings in the first half and then we brought on two players who arguably the most important to the way we play and you didn't. We upped our intensity, our aggression and our ambition.

It felt huge because of the team we put out in the first half (Midfield was both young and inexperienced, defence had Lascelles and Paul Dummett in it.) and that team beat 'Man City'. I know I kind of ignored the fact that it was a Man City side without De Bruyne, Haaland, Rodri, et al.

It also meant we'd knocked out the very best side in the competition which we hoped would mean an easier route to the final. Of course then we get drawn away to Man Utd (who apparently have had 12 home consecutive home draws in the League Cup? Chances of that happening randomly are 0.02%). Of the 30 possible draws, this has to be the 3rd hardest. I guess we can look forward to Liverpool or Arsenal if we do manage to put away your neighbours.

Anyway, I hope everyone who made it to Newcastle had a good time regardless of the result.

First time at SJP, had a great time.
Hope you stuff Man Utd

 

[Whether or not]

There was a fair bit of smacked arse, entitled moaning in the ground last night, and on the coach back. In some ways it shows what a winning machine we have become when we have fans who cannot stomach any defeat, regardless of circumstances. To put it in perspective, whilst I don’t like losing, and particularly to those knobheads, we would have had to toss the Carabao Cup off anyway in December, when our first team would be in Saudi, and we would have been risking further injuries just trying to get to that point. it is no disaster, possibly even a major positive.

 

[AndyP68]

I thought Kalvin did ok really. Played some good passes.