Newcastle United (A) | PL | Post Match Thread

[OrigamiNinja]

When have we ever been in a top 4 battle under Pep? Patience my friend, he’ll find a solution.

I hope you’re right but that midfield 3 is fucking atrocious.

 

[Craig]

To be fair with the line up we started with it’s unusual for Guardiola but it was like we set up to get a point. Not the worst result but actually think they were there for the taking if we’d been more positive

 

[balotellishaircut]

Pep will continue with that midfield as without Rodri we can’t play a single 6.

He will also continue with that ridiculous high line defence when leading away from home, it’s Peps achilles heal as far as I’m concerned.

 

[simon23]

Pep will continue with that midfield as without Rodri we can’t play a single 6.

That would be a mistake...
Stones if fit should be in there ahead of rico
Bernardo should also be in there ahead of rico....

Both better options at present

 

[Shazza458]

Doku is bang average at the best. He just doesn’t have it. He’s verging on being a dud for me
It’s a point at St James Park though

 

[stan bowles]

Kovacic is only good for 30 mins per game. He offers nothing creatively and consistently flattens out and hour into a game, earlier if/when he gets the yellow.

Walker isn’t there for us. Wasn’t great last season and looks on the decline. It’s not his legs but his focus is dogshit.

We’ve a few players(the above and Dias) who look surprised when balls are passed to them, you’d swear this Pep ball was new.

Can’t do that again and expect to win a title, if we don’t have a creator in there you take Erling out of the game.

He scored against Chelsea with about 5 minutes to go to seal the game for us.

 

[Phoenix900000]

It’s not scapegoating when the bloke is costing us goals game after game now.
People have a right to call it out.

What it Kyles fault that we didn't do enough to win the game.

Again it's the team that posted us points not one player

 

[1894southstander]

Hopefully Foden can get fully fit and starting soon as when he came on there were glimpses of last season I thought.

Gundo looks off the pace at the moment.

Jack's best game of the season I thought and that's what we need from him more

 

[Mr Blue Moon]

Pep talked about finding a solution. If he thinks that midfield 5 and specifically that midfield 3 is the solution, we can forget the league and we will be in a top 4 battle.

I’m sick of seeing Bernardo grazing out on the wing with his thumb up his arse. He played the last 10 mins in the middle of the park and was the best CM on the pitch. Kovacic has to play, I don’t think anyone would suggest otherwise but sticking Gundo and Rico next to him, gives us the slowest, weakest, most negative midfield this squad can put out on the pitch. I’m not having Rico playing at 8 in a ridiculously weakened midfield. Wanna put him there with Rodri and Foden/Bernie alongside? Might get away with it…not in that 3. It’s fucking suicidal. Rico is fine when we have 70% of the ball. When it’s basketball it’s like watching an U14s playing men’s football.

That set up today suggested we would create next-to-nothing and that’s exactly how it panned out. I’m not sure how Pep expected anything from what we got.

Appropriate username
Looks like you’ve folded already…

 

[blue whippet]

Disappointing to draw after a lovely goal by Josko but probably a fair result. We created little over all and the midfield was a bit slow.
I really don't like Bernie on the right, he was anonymous in the first half, much better when he moved centrally. It's such a waste of a player, he played 90 mins but was only effective for about 10 of them.
Gundogan had a poor first half, his touch was off and I was surprised he came out for the second half.
Newcastle played well in fairness and caused us problems. If we have anymore injuries we could struggle.