Newcastle (H) Post Match Thread

[IcriedwhenTueartleft]

How did we manage to look so dodgy at the back against a team who barely had a shot on goal or got in our half!!
Ederson worries me slightly at the moment...looking shaky, poor last week and not great today, was not a reassuring presence at all in the 2nd half
KDB lost the ball 3 times on the edge of their box, 2nd half, and they scored from one and nearly scored from the 2nd time.....better teams in the CL will murder us for that....do you ever see Silva doing that?...nope...still created 4 chances there so his game is a high risk one
Zinchenko, who you'd have thought by the MDT was a cross between Ashley Cole and Roberto Carlos, made some iffy decisions 2nd half, one of them cost us a goal and the 2nd one almost another with an idiotic short pass in the box...otherwise, very composed and put in some good crosses but defensively, needs more work...Pep likes him though so there is something there..
Sane superb when it matters...can be frustrating but then turns a match in 5 seconds
Sterling superb 2nd half...not great 1st half....see above as per Sane
Silva excellent, doesn't lose the ball
Kun, well as we all know he is finished here and is not a Pep player, luckily he can score goals as that is all he can do.....what do people expect from Aguero?
We were excellent in spells both halves yet they were in the game with 10 minutes to go having hardly had a shot...worked very hard to get 2 up and then left them back in far too easily.
Bit harsh I know but we are setting high standards and need to keep going.
One thought, have we dropped points in the league or not won any game this season after having gone in front? Can't think of a single game this season

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Complete control of the game......

fair play to Zincehko...had a great game ...switched off for their goal but his use of the ball was excellent.....not sure i would want him at fullback when we had to defend a lot

Fun gets another 3 goals - continuing to prove the doubters wrong.

Ferna back to his best as well as Kdb

Silva is the glue that holds it all together - he is just magical

Sterlings running at people is getting better and better and the work by Sane for the 3rd goal was exquisite

12pt gap restored.

Disagree on sterling and fern, thought they looked knackered at times, didn't help with 3 men on sterling for 75 minutes, however, top players produce when it's needed... back on track, let's put Bristol to the sword now!

 

[Manchester_lalala]

Zinko had good first half but lost his composure in second few times. Diaz not very impressive during his few minutes.

Diaz looked good when he came on, very lively. He needs game time.

 

[discopop]

Every single time Sergio gets written off he comes back and stuffs it royally down the doubters throats, as for the game controlled it, Zinc had a great game apart from not having the position or gas for their goal. Happy days we roll on

 

[FogBlueInSanFran]

When are we putting up his statue, City?

Fucking THIS

 

[CTID78]

Absolutely vital for me. Zinchenko looks great further forward, confident and technically very good. I'd worry if he had to defend more against better teams especially CL. No criticism of him at all considering he's being asked to do an unfamiliar job. As a left sided midfield player think he's going to be a real asset to us.

Agreed mate. Just wish we had Mendy fit

 

[abu13]

7 more wins to go

I think we will need 8, ( This would get us to 89 points ).

If we play anywhere like the level we can I would expect us to win the 8 games below.
From the remaining 6 games I would be amazed if we didn't gain at least another 11 points.

I have this nagging feeling that we will win the title either at Everton or at home to the Rags.

West Brom H
Burnley A
Leicester H
Arse A
Chelsea H
Stoke A
Brighton H
Everton A
Rags H
Spuds A
Swansea H
West Ham A
Huddersfield H
Southampton A

 

[blue b4 the moon]

Even Pep kept Kun on, Sane's movement awesome

 

[jimharri]

Like the "hair" bit!

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

Otamendi is proving an extremely weak link for me. He is a bag of mistakes and constantly caught out of position.

If you watch other teams against us they just try and isolate him they have clearly identified him as the weak link.

I can see why the club is looking at positionally better defenders like Evans and I'm sure others.

The errors mean that game was harder than it needed to be but we just need to dig in and get through the next few weeks and cut the silly mistakes.

He's been our best defender all year, mate