Newcastle post match thread

A 1-0 win with Kompany injured early and no Silva over busy Christmas period against a team set up to not concede and then really fighting at the end, due to being near the bottom, is a great win. Showed resiliance. We missed ferny in the middle of the park. I think Pep got it right though as Gabby was a threat that allowed Aguero more space. We created plenty and conceded few chances. Cannot be unhappy with that in an away game.

I was saying to my cousin a few weeks ago, before the derby, that City were miles ahead of the rags simply based on chances conceded. De Gea is always near the top of the saves made chart. That is telling because it shows he has to make a hell of a lot of them. In recent weeks we are seeing that he cannot save everything and the rags have been punished. The gap is now about what it should be in terms of the gulf in sides.

The main surprise for me is that they are still second because Chelsea should be closer, and Arsenal, Spurs and Liverpool should be above them.
 
Honest assessment was that we were shite last night. Worst performance of the season. Tempo was slow, concentration was abysmal at times. All the passing in our build up was slow or underhit or played too far behind or ahead of the intended target. Players were constantly having to adjust to receive the ball. We were shocking in front of goal although we somehow managed to put away our most difficult chance.

That said, we won comfortably. In reality 4-0 Would have been a fair reflection. I think Newcastle's tactics created our complacency at times. They took all urgency out of the game by applying zero pressure on us. It felt like players were constantly looking ahead to assess their options which resulted in them not concentrating on the pass they were making or receiving.

Sterling though, was excellent. De Bruyne had a quietish game but played two remarkable passes. Gundogan was ok, Bernardo offered little again, Jesus ran a lot but offered little quality. I thought Kun was unlucky with a few. Danilo looked like a terrible footballer and I thought Walker looked like a brain fact waiting to happen last night.

I'm aware how critical this post is and on one hand it's testament to how good we are and how much we have been spoilt, that there's room moan after an 18th straight win. But there were a few signs of complacency last night. When we have to set our own tempo, I think we sometimes struggle to look as crisp as we do when the game is played at a higher pace.

Overall though, 18 in a row is ridiculous. Utterly amazing run.
 
ono said:
Honest assessment was that we were shite last night. Worst performance of the season. Tempo was slow, concentration was abysmal at times. All the passing in our build up was slow or underhit or played too far behind or ahead of the intended target. Players were constantly having to adjust to receive the ball. We were shocking in front of goal although we somehow managed to put away our most difficult chance.

That said, we won comfortably. In reality 4-0 Would have been a fair reflection. I think Newcastle's tactics created our complacency at times. They took all urgency out of the game by applying zero pressure on us. It felt like players were constantly looking ahead to assess their options which resulted in them not concentrating on the pass they were making or receiving.

Sterling though, was excellent. De Bruyne had a quietish game but played two remarkable passes. Gundogan was ok, Bernardo offered little again, Jesus ran a lot but offered little quality. I thought Kun was unlucky with a few. Danilo looked like a terrible footballer and I thought Walker looked like a brain fact waiting to happen last night.

I'm aware how critical this post is and on one hand it's testament to how good we are and how much we have been spoilt, that there's room moan after an 18th straight win. But there were a few signs of complacency last night. When we have to set our own tempo, I think we sometimes struggle to look as crisp as we do when the game is played at a higher pace.

Overall though, 18 in a row is ridiculous. Utterly amazing run.
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80% possession, 16 goal attempts v their 6, hit the woodwork 3 times, a world class save from their goalie, says more about how good we have been in previous games, shite is too harsh
 
I reckon Pep will be fuming after that tbh. Not the first hour, where we were good but wasteful, but the last half hour where we let how shit Newcastle had been lull us into dropping our tempo when the game wasn't done and dusted and we could easily have been punished for that.
 
BigOscar said:
I reckon Pep will be fuming after that tbh. Not the first hour, where we were good but wasteful, but the last half hour where we let how shit Newcastle had been lull us into dropping our tempo when the game wasn't done and dusted and we could easily have been punished for that.
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That was clearly Benitez’s strategy and it nearly worked. He knew that they couldn’t compete so his aim was to keep it to a manageable scoreline until the last 10 mins then have a go. By then we were lulled into playing a slow game and the increase in tempo could have caught us out but they weren’t good enough. Not the best match to watch but you can’t blame opposing teams for these tactics. They’ve tried everything and so far and still haven’t found a way to stop us.
 
ono said:
Honest assessment was that we were shite last night. Worst performance of the season
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Worst performance of the season ... agree

We were shite... no chance

We can’t win every game playing football of a quality that has never been seen in the PL before and the fact it was our worst performance is testament to how utterly brilliant we have been so far

Very very pleasing to take the 3 points in a tricky game in freezing conditions when we were nowhere near our best and were missing key players
 
Haven't seen the highlights yet, and there seems to be some debate over Aguero being offside or not. But what about the Jesus chance in the 2nd half when he rounded their keeper. Was it offside? From the stand it looked like he held the line really well, but hard to tell from behind goal!
 
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