Newcastle post match thread

[Bluep*ss]

15 points
18 match winning streak

Unfortunately we’ll have dips in our performances but what matters is we got through it and saw out the win. Some comments here are over the top.

Sterling MOTM closely followed by Otamendi.
Sterling was top class today, took his goal well and some of his dribbling was unreal. Confused him for Neymar a couple of times :)

Otamendi’s clearance was as good as a goal. Flawless in defense once again and looks a threat at set pieces.

Can’t understand the Jesus criticism, his first touch and link up play was great, should of had an assist for De Bruyne. He needs to learn to stay onside more often though.

Aguero played well. Was unlucky not to score. Didn’t have the easiest of chances tonight. Could of done better but it’s not like he was missing sitters.

Walker could of cost us a goal but other that one incident wasn’t as bad as many say here. Not his best game but he has had worse for us in the CL.

Shame Kompany got injured. Can’t understand how he often gets injured in the first minutes, quite strange. Hopefully we can manage to buy a CB in January. I know he wants to go to the WC but with his fitness, I’m not sure he is even worth a place to be brutally honest.

Ederson’s distribution was something else. Loved his diving gesture towards Gayle after his booking.

Well said Easy : Some fans on here don't see the big picture. Aguero wasn't poor. Jesus worked hard for the team. Otto was immense

 

[bert38]

Great win. Completely controlled the game until getting a little tired-which is understandable at this time of year. Raheem and Ota outstanding. 9 more wins and it’s done.

 

[kaz7]

Pep: "It is difficult to play when the other team doesn't want to play. We created enough chances to win, 2, 3 or 4-0."

 

[Bewar3them00n]

Whats with that goal shot from kick off by Newcastle?

Ever seen that before?

I think Benitez did us some damage. Its called contempt.

You can’t have a good game when your opponents wouldn’t fight.

They wanted to atleast have a shot on target in the first half!

 

[Jim Tolmie's Underpants]

Seems Augero's goal should have stood.

 

[Millwallawayveteran1988]

Pep: "It is difficult to play when the other team doesn't want to play. We created enough chances to win, 2, 3 or 4-0."

He is right! We should really have scored more than one in the first half. Gayle should have scored at the end really so we got away with it but lacked our usual clinical side today. Kun played well I thought but should have had one at least.

 

[allan harper]

We're 15 clear blue.

Not till the game ended! Talking about during the game.

 

[SWP's back]

Seems Augero's goal should have stood.

Saves me a job repeating what they were saying.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

Not till the game ended! Talking about during the game.

Fair do's.

 

[allan harper]

You wouldn't ;-)

15 now.

Again, I'm talking about during the game!

 

[ancoats]

when you play at 50% and make big changes and still win and forget lady luck with city hitting the woodwork 3 times and thinking its not our night we still coast the game and win
this is not the best you can get and we will get even better with mendy stones and a couple of new faces and if pep can get his best starting 11 out on the pitch all fit and 100% it will be a great show and anything can happen

 

[HarrytheBlue]

Wasteful, but counter intuitively, maybe not a bad thing. Pep will praise the team but also do whatever it takes to try and avoid it happening again - i.e. work on finishing.

 

[Bluep*ss]

Scrape a victory? FFS!! Apart from Shelby’s hit & hope effort from the kick off, Eddy didn’t have a shot of note to save all night

Eddie was just putting his deckchair up when interupted by Shelby - Only shot Eddie had to save.

 

[Bewar3them00n]

Jesus w

Well said Easy : Some fans on here don't see the big picture. Aguero wasn't poor. Jesus worked hard for the team. Otto was immense

as throwing himself around trying to chase the ball down right until the end, Ota was solid as fuck, and his goal line clearance was fantastic, totally switched on.

 

[discopop]

He is right! We should really have scored more than one in the first half. Gayle should have scored at the end really so we got away with it but lacked our usual clinical side today. Kun played well I thought but should have had one at least.

We didn’t get away with anything, The barcodes got away with a shoeing as our finishing was below standard.

 

[BlueMojito]

Most important win of the season for me today. My grandad died this morning, a big blue from Ardwick who brought me up well.

Played City knew you wudnt let us down..

Really sorry to hear your sad news about your grandad. Take care blue.

 

[Gray]

A truly awful match to watch entirely down to an anti-football display by Newcastle.

Our finishing was second rate and the Bar Codes very nearly snatched something they didn't deserve at the end.

But 3 points it is and very acceptable, lets hope Crystal Palace try to play on Sunday and have a go.

 

[BuryBlue1977]

You've done 19 there

No I haven't

 

[Bluep*ss]

We've seen them given...

Bow your head in shame

Madley would have booked Danilo for diving.....Lol.
Well done Marriner.

 

[goalmole]

We owe Vinney one last chance to go to a World Cup, so, sadly, he & the club should now manage his injury accordingly, by playing him in as few league games as possible from here on in, to maximise his chances of doing so

Why do we owe Vinny a chance to go to a world cup when the right thing for him to do would be to pack in his international career and try and repay the club that has been paying his wages for the last 3 years while he has played hardly any football for the club through constantly being injured. I wouldn't care if he never kicked another ball for Belgium ever again. We owe him nowt.