Newcastle (H) | PL | Post-Match Thread

I have to agree with many of the opinions expressed on here. Eddie's distribution, especially in the first half, took me back to some of Joe Hart's days when he seemed determined to blow the head off a fan in the fifth row! And watching KdB misplace the simplest of passes, but what was really sad was seeing his look of resigned acceptance when he did. I can only hope that Pep was right in claiming that he isn't recovered fully from an illness. But we deserved our victory and MotD was wide of the mark in suggesting that we were lucky to get a point. Newcastle did have their chances but we see comparable chances missed every week and none of them were exactly "on a plate". The only period which was at all worrying for us was the ten minutes or so before our second goal. The geordies did seem to have greater energy and seemed likely to take control but with Bernardo we upped the tempo and hit them at a psychologically important juncture. From then on we were comfortable.

It's important to remember that for all the talk we heard about their difficulties scoring Newcastle don't concede many and they certainly don't lose very often so this was always going to be a tight match. We dominated the first half and very much had the upper hand in the second apart from a short spell so I think we can be reasonably well satisfied. The concern about one or two of our players declining is real and I think we'll see something of a rebuild this summer and we'll remain the PL's top club for some time yet. At least I hope so.
 
From up in SS3 we played much more narrow than usual I'd guess that's why our passing was iffy.....Eddie's kicking was another thing maybe a sore shin from the midweek game.

Anyway job done, had they taken that big chance at 1-0 in the second half it would have been much harder.

In the end a 2-0 win and a week off.
 
grim up north said:
The same downer they had on Ake but he is the best thing sliced bread now amazing what a seasons coaching from Pep does
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I have always rated Ake and was pleased when we signed him. Had injuries to contend with and a lack of run of games.
Now at a point where I’m looking for his name on the team sheet.
Grealish is also showing up to his huge price tag.Still think £100m was too much at the time but May very well end up being a great bit of business.
Phil back to being Phil too.
 
StillBluessinceHydeRoad said:
I have to agree with many of the opinions expressed on here. Eddie's distribution, especially in the first half, took me back to some of Joe Hart's days when he seemed determined to blow the head off a fan in the fifth row! And watching KdB misplace the simplest of passes, but what was really sad was seeing his look of resigned acceptance when he did. I can only hope that Pep was right in claiming that he isn't recovered fully from an illness. But we deserved our victory and MotD was wide of the mark in suggesting that we were lucky to get a point. Newcastle did have their chances but we see comparable chances missed every week and none of them were exactly "on a plate". The only period which was at all worrying for us was the ten minutes or so before our second goal. The geordies did seem to have greater energy and seemed likely to take control but with Bernardo we upped the tempo and hit them at a psychologically important juncture. From then on we were comfortable.

It's important to remember that for all the talk we heard about their difficulties scoring Newcastle don't concede many and they certainly don't lose very often so this was always going to be a tight match. We dominated the first half and very much had the upper hand in the second apart from a short spell so I think we can be reasonably well satisfied. The concern about one or two of our players declining is real and I think we'll see something of a rebuild this summer and we'll remain the PL's top club for some time yet. At least I hope so.
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Just a comment on Eddie’s wayward distribution. Quite often the out ball was wide and long to Phil who would probably have been clattered by Dan Burn. In some ways, it was better that a few of those balls went into touch rather than having Phil clattered by Burn.

It’s very unusual for Eddie to be so wayward
 
MillisleBlue said:
Think we got away with one, yesterday. The Geordies were cutting us apart at times and, if they'd had their scoring boots on, we'd have had another very frustrating weekend. Still, if me grandad had shaved his legs...

Three points, clean sheet (somehow) and no injuries. Next.
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Agree mate, they had some great opportunites to score. Need to keep the tempo going.
 
With eddies distribution at the moment, which usually is his saving grace, would it not be worth trialling ortega for a few prem games. Even if it’s just to give eddie a kick up the backside and a reminder he’s not untouchable. I mean ortegas distribution against arsenal in the cup and Bristol was fantastic- he was competent with his feet anyway and has most likely got better at city. Plus, his stop shooting ability statistically is a lot better than edersons.
 
chesterbells said:
Honestly mate, I don’t buy it. No matter how much I read about “limbs” at fortress Highbury etc etc, that game won’t matter one jot when they come to play at our place in April. It’ll be water under the bridge by then.

Their players know we’ve beaten them home and away this season; a later winner yesterday won’t erase that.
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Their results against Villa and Bournemouth were huge, games the old flakey Arsenal would have lost.

It's very much theirs to lose.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
I don't rate him and simply discussing his attributes on here.

It was an excellent win against a good team, but if we want to get back to our known levels, then we can't afford passengers, and I have also included Kev in that appraisal.

Kev has plenty of credit in the bank, but Akanji is a huge weak link and better attacks than Newcastle yesterday would have made us pay, certainly in Champions League, as Pep always stresses those margins.
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I agree. I think a forward line like Real Madrid would have scored three or four goals yesterday. The sooner Stones comes back the better. Kev is a legend but perhaps should not be starting two games a week any more. That said it was great for us to grind out a result after missing so many chances against Forest.
 
JWCH-99 said:
With eddies distribution at the moment, which usually is his saving grace, would it not be worth trialling ortega for a few prem games. Even if it’s just to give eddie a kick up the backside and a reminder he’s not untouchable. I mean ortegas distribution against arsenal in the cup and Bristol was fantastic- he was competent with his feet anyway and has most likely got better at city. Plus, his stop shooting ability statistically is a lot better than edersons.
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Don’t know if you noticed but we won 2-0
 
grim up north said:
Don’t know if you noticed but we won 2-0
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Yeh and I thought it was a fantastic win against really tough opposition and I came away from the ground genuinely pleased. I’m not sure what the relevance is though to my point- his distribution was poor and we have a really competent back up keeper who has done well every time he’s played. I’m not saying sell him he’s shit am I. Ortega is also a part of the squad and I’m just saying I don’t think it’s a bad thing when a player is underperforming from his usual level to demonstrate he has competition.
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
I don't rate him and simply discussing his attributes on here.

It was an excellent win against a good team, but if we want to get back to our known levels, then we can't afford passengers, and I have also included Kev in that appraisal.

Kev has plenty of credit in the bank, but Akanji is a huge weak link and better attacks than Newcastle yesterday would have made us pay, certainly in Champions League, as Pep always stresses those margins.
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I think pep is waiting on stones to be fully fit to replace akanji for the harder games. Because i dont find it coincidence with playing ake (left footer) at left back hes playing dias at lcb rather than dropping akanji and playing laporte
 
tolmie's hairdoo said:
Mate, were you at a different game yesterday?

Pep was doing his nut in re Ederson kicking the ball out of play.

And he clearly could see Kev was having a very poor game.
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thought eddie was pissed he was that bad yesterday
kev is off more than on these days and that's the conundrum pep has going forward
spot on sub though apart from the goal bernie gives us better ball retention than kev these days
 
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