Newcastle Thread - 2023/24

I thought that our first half performance the other night was as embarrassing as anything I’ve seen for a long time and I still don’t know how we went in level at half time. I didn’t think for one minute that Howe would change the entire 10 outfield players and brought in 10 players who have never played together in a competitive match. Our game was saved by bringing on Bruno and Gordon who could have replaced any of the 10 outfield players as we were so passive and let the game simply drift past us.

I think we were the better team in the second half but not to the extent that I would say we were the better team on the night. What I will say is that I’m glad we’ve got that monkey off our backs which didn’t look possible for large parts of the game. Hopefully we can take some confidence from the win because we need to have a bit more faith that we can have a go at the top teams.

Playing the next round of the cup at home would have given us a great chance of progressing to the next round, playing away will make it tougher but we have enough to still get through and that will largely depend on who plays for us.

The teams we’ve drawn so far this season in cups are: Dortmund, Milan, PSG, Man City and Man U. It started off with us playing in the group of death and it appears that it’s turning into the season of death in the cups. We just need to get Liverpool or Arsenal next to cap it off. We still have the FA Cup to get one of those out of the way if we don’t progress any further in the Carabao.
 
JTFactsPlz said:
Pretty amused they went to all that trouble to beat us in the energy drink cup only to be drawn against the rags at the toilet, where we all know the fix is already in.
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I'm not worried about the draw, that might change when I see the team that we put out on the night.
 
bennyboy said:
On the walk back to my Travelodge I noticed how much families attended the game.
A huge proportion of Newcastle fans seemed to be in the 5 to 15 age bracket with their parents.
All bodes well for them supporter wise in the future.
I also noticed that all the night clubs were heaving outside with queues to get in in all.Mostly female.
One of the clubs the dress code seemed to be football tops from all over the world,the rest seem to be bra tops with dress,shorts and Jeans.
Not a jacket in sight.lol.
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Jackets only come out once the temperature drops to -20C. Joking aside, I would much rather be cool outside for a while than sweating inside for hours. You don't really need a jacket in Newcastle but you sometimes do down at the coast on a night out.

I've been out with just a shirt when snow has been driving in off the North Sea and it can be quite cold, especially when you have to queue outside on the sea front more 15 or 20 minutes just to get into a pub.
 
Revolver said:
Don’t mind Newcastle and wish them well in this comp (though from what I gather the draw has not been kind).

Still not convinced with their current squad and manager that they will win a major trophy but who knows. Last night was a free hit. Interesting to see them with the pressure on.

But good luck to their long suffering supporters.
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Hopefully our players have learned something from last season, they do seem to have a bit of determination about them and a regret that they didn't win the Carabao Cup.

Only time will tell, everybody within the club is together and even players who have historically under-performed have put shifts in recently. We’re some way off competing at the top, we’ll get there, eventually. I doubt we’ll get to your level but no other club can so at least we can compete with the rest and that will give us a fighting chance, something we haven’t had for a long time.
 
Mick_ said:
Hopefully our players have learned something from last season, they do seem to have a bit of determination about them and a regret that they didn't win the Carabao Cup.

Only time will tell, everybody within the club is together and even players who have historically under-performed have put shifts in recently. We’re some way off competing at the top, we’ll get there, eventually. I doubt we’ll get to your level but no other club can so at least we can compete with the rest and that will give us a fighting chance, something we haven’t had for a long time.
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You are slightly ahead of the Hughes era, probably because Howe is a better manager, but Howe`s fate is the same for the same reasons, good luck with the cup if it were a level playing field you would not need it, but the FA have built a huge amount of grey areas over the years, and unless utd implode they will use every one.
 
Mick_ said:
I thought that our first half performance the other night was as embarrassing as anything I’ve seen for a long time and I still don’t know how we went in level at half time. I didn’t think for one minute that Howe would change the entire 10 outfield players and brought in 10 players who have never played together in a competitive match. Our game was saved by bringing on Bruno and Gordon who could have replaced any of the 10 outfield players as we were so passive and let the game simply drift past us.

I think we were the better team in the second half but not to the extent that I would say we were the better team on the night. What I will say is that I’m glad we’ve got that monkey off our backs which didn’t look possible for large parts of the game. Hopefully we can take some confidence from the win because we need to have a bit more faith that we can have a go at the top teams.

Playing the next round of the cup at home would have given us a great chance of progressing to the next round, playing away will make it tougher but we have enough to still get through and that will largely depend on who plays for us.

The teams we’ve drawn so far this season in cups are: Dortmund, Milan, PSG, Man City and Man U. It started off with us playing in the group of death and it appears that it’s turning into the season of death in the cups. We just need to get Liverpool or Arsenal next to cap it off. We still have the FA Cup to get one of those out of the way if we don’t progress any further in the Carabao.
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Manchester City.
 
Vienna_70 said:
I remember City supporters telling Keegan, when he was appointed, that it was "Manchester City", as he nearly always said, "Man. City."
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I have always said Man City mate, either way they wear blue and we love them no matter what we call them ;)
 
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