Strange game, and it could’ve finished 4-3 to either side. Some horrible decisions though. 2 blatant penalties and 1 Magpie goal that shouldn’t have stood.
Problem with Phil’s not given penalty is probably that he had time to shoot. If he hadn’t we would’ve gotten it.
For Newcastle fans, clearly...Watched it at a mate's on Sky. Pretty sure the commentator said, 'it's good news...' when VAR had ruled Barnes onside.
WTF is that about?
Awful feeling in the morning after a defeat.Terrible night's sleep.
Alas it wasn't just a nightmare.
We could also do with fewer happy-clappies who refuse to see we are miles away from where we have been in the recent past.Can you honor this by dropping out of the forum?
We could use fewer pants wetting dually undescended crumble in the face of the slightest challenge so called fans.
Anyone think yesterday's reffing was down to the dippers and the press/media moaning about the dippers off side goal ?
Of course it was, but the ref didn't influence our inability to shoot on target.Anyone think yesterday's reffing was down to the dippers and the press/media moaning about the dippers off side goal ?
Awful feeling in the morning after a defeat.
The problem with Phil’s non penalty was suspect officiating.Strange game, and it could’ve finished 4-3 to either side. Some horrible decisions though. 2 blatant penalties and 1 Magpie goal that shouldn’t have stood.
Problem with Phil’s not given penalty is probably that he had time to shoot. If he hadn’t we would’ve gotten it.
No reason whatsoever why we can't be going for it this season, and in fact to suggest otherwise is ridiculous at this stage of the season. There are 78 points to pay for yet, yes, SEVENTY-EIGHT and Arsenal have yet to have their blip, and they will.Didn't know where else to put this but after 12 games under Pep in each season we've been:
(The points we finished on)
2025: 3rd, 22 points
2024: 2nd, 23 points (71)
2023: 1st, 28 points (91)
2022: 2nd, 29 points (89)
2021: 2nd, 26 points (93)
2020: 9th, 20 points (86)
2019: 4th, 25 points (81)
2018: 1st, 32 points (98)
2017: 1st, 34 points (100)
2016: 3rd, 27 points (78)
I think we'll finish between 75-80 points this year, which is fine. Got to be going for the league next season, though.
I agree with much of what you say but I think this was not a games for Cherki. I think we would have been better with Reinders starting in midfield and Phil playing off the right. It is a bit frustrating that Newcastle were so up for the game when they were pretty meek against the dippers and Arsenal.We were never going to win the league after last seasons ‘fall off the cliff’ but despite yesterdays result we are making progress and unlike last season we are so much more creative and offer a scoring threat.
We have to persevere with Cherki because most of the creativity comes from him.
Pep doesn’t get everything right and Savinho on for Doku was a massive downgrade.
His hands are also tied because I’m pretty sure if Rodri had been fit, he would have paired him with Nico to give us that much needed physicality to compete with Newcastle.
We were definitely on the wrong end of the VAR decisions and the tackle alone on Foden was surely a red card offence for reckless play !
The referee allowed them to foul and kick us all day without producing any cards.
Donna made some great saves (big difference from last season) but has to do better on corners and concentrate on getting a purchase on the ball rather than wrestling with the opposition.
Pissed off about the result but much more optimism than last season.
1) Gave them half a million complex instructions rather than a simple "get it on target".Anybody worked out what Pep did wrong yet?
Thats not the point. If they did their job properly we wouldnt be having this conversation about missed chances.
From the newcastles fans point of view.Watched it at a mate's on Sky. Pretty sure the commentator said, 'it's good news...' when VAR had ruled Barnes onside.
WTF is that about?
We didn't fail, we were robbed. There's a difference. I don't think we'd have won that if we had put the ball in the new 5 times, they wouldn't have been given.That’s fine mate. I’m just saying what I see. We play well, look forward to a tough away game and we fail, again. We are better than last season but still a way of winning the league IMO. Said it before but you can’t win the league when your striker is scoring more goals than the rest of the squad combined…
It still doesn't take away the fact that the refereeing cost us that match. The way it went we could have scored 5 times and they wouldn't have counted.Haaland made the wrong decision ..... he had the pace, and the better option would have been to take it around the advancing keeper .
Bit of a shitter that last night after the good feeling before the international break. Away form could become a bit of a problem for us if we're not careful.Awful feeling in the morning after a defeat.
Draw would have been fair on general play but if you want to win the League you need wins. The VAR guys seemed determined not to give City anything when the penalties were clear cut (by modern standards) and Newcastle's second goal was clearly offside to all but a machine. That said, I thought we lacked the ruthless professionalism of a side determined to win and were a bit too nice and lightweight with a few too many smiles and flicks. We need to harden up and wise up. At the very least we need CL and those places look very competitive this season.