Newcastle (H) post match thread

[the plasterer]

Comfortable win that, cancelo and gundogan excellent, thought Bernardo was more like his old self in the 2nd half, stones and Dias solid again, good day at the office

 

[Kippax77]

I think he's quite an affable bloke and a damn good player in his day.

But Darke will be at pains to let us know how many derbies Bruce won with utd

 

[deano ou812]

Gundo was positioned further forward today, and as a result, both him and Rodri looked miles better.

Well Rodri was alright but gundogan along with sterling and cancelo were the standouts ..

 

[jii]

How are we not in the title race?

I feel the same but obviously hope I’m wrong. I just don’t see us lifting the trophy, not right now anyways, given how our competitors are playing. United seem to be able to score a few goals every game while having a solid defence, and Liverpool look as strong as last season even without Van Dijk which I thought would be impossible. They have a way of picking up 3p no matter how fucking bad they played. We don’t have that right now.

But as we know, defence is what wins you the titles and in that department we look solid.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

We didn’t even get out of second gear tonight. A very solid performance and another clean sheet.

The formation was more like a back three, with Len, who was easily MotM, in midfield for most of the game.

It was great to see Sergio put a few more minutes into his legs and John and Rúben continued to build their partnership.

One bonus of that weather tonight; they won’t need an ice bath.

;-)

Do we have that 3rd gear to change in to, that’s the question...

 

[jii]

hi Merse.

Cute speaking in riddles

 

[franksinatra]

Solid performance. Still missing chances and were still not moving the ball fast or direct enough.

Bigger tests to come when we can really judge this side.

 

[Nightmare Walking]

Does anyone else think Kevin is playing a little too far foward? He seems to be playing with his back to goal, rather than having the game in front of him.

For all his quality, he is never going to fulfill the David role, where he can retain the ball in tight spaces and open up the play on the half turn.

Too many times tonight, he lost the ball in and around the box, with his back to goal. When he came a little deeper, he pulled off some quality through balls.

It was just a little observation really.

 

[xgorton]

Let's get Everton beat and go above them.

 

[OntarioBlue]

Not really a great game but another excellent result. We are defending well and creating lots of chances up front. If we start converting some of those someone is going to get a right hiding. I hope it’s Everton and that the momentum carries in to Chelsea.