Newcastle United (A) - Post-Match Thread

[Blue Tooth]

 

[wagonman]

If only we had a striker we wouldn't have needed to use four different players to score our goals this match...

...but...

I think Harland might worry that others would bang the ball into the net before it got to him if he joined us.

Perhaps we should ask the lads to ease up a bit... lol.

JJ

 

[discopop]

Steady nothing more nothing less. Felt for Gabby deserved a goal today

 

[Rammy Blue]

Steady nothing more nothing less. Felt for Gabby deserved a goal today

No one’s fault other than his own for missing that sitter.

 

[Pingu the Penguin]

Didn’t play that well and won 4-0. Away. These are the levels for liddle ciddy right now. Enjoy it blues

 

[The perfect fumble]

'Not a great performance'​

FT: Newcastle 0-4 Man City

Manchester City
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola tells BBC MOTD: "A good result, not a good performance. We were lucky but Newcastle did not defend well for the first goal and a brilliant action from Joao Cancelo for the second goal. The first half was one of the worst we have played this season and second half was much better.
"We played better with the ball, gave players more touches but were losing balls in the first half. We were calm at half-time and spoke about what we should do.
"It was a fantastic goal (from Cancelo), we know the quality he has in the final third and he dribbled and did it.
"Records show consistency we have as a team, it is not winning titles or finals but it is winning and winning. Records are there to be broken and happy to have them.
"I didn't rotate today, I decide the best team, we need a different base for the players and now we have seven days until the next game. Hopefully Leicester are getting better with a lot of Covid cases so I will take a decision on the team."

 

[chesterbells]

Steady nothing more nothing less. Felt for Gabby deserved a goal today

Agreed. He puts that anywhere else, esp downwards, and he scores.

 

[Bentheblue]

Jesus on the left makes a goal for Sterling on the right !.

Poor first half poor but 2 up, second half better but still some sloppy passes.

An odd match lol

Dont anyone moan about the atmosphere at the Etihad again that was one of the quietest home crowds I have ever 'heard'.
Well done the City fans you sounded great

I saw plenty of grey seats as well but they were not spotted by the commentators.

 

[Zin 'messiah' Zimmer]

I love the desperation for the dippers to stay on the coattails, not a whiff of post match analysis

 

[mosssideblue]

Great result but not a great match. 3 points was the objective and that was readily achieved, so no complaints.

 

[Nails]

23 passes for that last goal.

Apologies it was only 22 passes.

 

[Inter Me Nan]

Better late than never, page 5 tsk.

I was pulling a pint and forgot ha!

 

[hello]

Looks highly likely they are going to have to start investing from a a lower league....they deserve to go down as they are extremely poor.....that fat Geordie on youtube will be crying into his Brown Ale come May unless they get some serious recruits in January...and they will pay highly inflated prices if they do that.

edit

Just looked on here: https://www.thefa.com/football-rule.../football-11-11/law-12---fouls-and-misconduct

I may have missed something but it doesnt say either way on this...
The closest is either these options:

• Reckless is when a player acts with disregard to the danger to, or consequences for, an opponent and must be cautioned - its def not reckless as GK's side out like that all the time
• Using excessive force is when a player exceeds the necessary use of force and endangers the safety of an opponent and must be sent off - there is no excessive force at all so not relevant
• impedes an opponent with contact - this is the closest for me...but he doest impede the Newcastle player from getting the ball as its already in our possession with Cancello

EDIT 2

Just seen this...I guess it falls under this one the closest:

Impeding the progress of an opponent means moving into the opponent’s path to obstruct, block, slow down or force a change of direction when the ball is not within playing distance of either player.

But it says this under it:

All players have a right to their position on the field of play; being in the way of an opponent is not the same as moving into the way of an opponent........And id say Eddie has a right to be where he is so again not a penalty

Or simply that the twat made no change in direction when cancelo took the ball away and just carried on running into Ederson a second later

 

[Dax777]

I like Joelinhton as a midfielder. He's a handful.

 

[give it to gordon]

It's a pity that $ky had to keep talking shit, apparently us and Newcastle have owners from the other side of the world!

Great 3rd goal spoilt in some respects by the linesman and var. Its those goals you want to marvel at rather than spend 2 minutes waiting for a decision.

Never hear that said about the American owned clubs

 

[No1 was Colin bell]

Strange first half. Actually didn’t think we were very good. Much better second half. Job more than done. Cancelo is a genius. Only other question is was Alex Z playing drunk, never seen so many unforced errors! Jingle bells jingle bells ….

 

[burnley blue mcfc]

Waiting to hear all the whingers even though we have just won in second gear with a clean sheet. Is it just me or does St Maximan look like he should be singing in Milli Vanilli! CTID

Did milli vanilli sing?? ;)

 

[The perfect fumble]

Need to look over our shoulder, rags only 17 pts behind..........

 

[Revolver]

Thank you Pep, coaches and players. Being a City fan is an utter joy at the moment.(Following this club has never been boring).

Happy Christmas to all those who follow Manchester City.

 

[deano ou812]

Says something when we feel it’s a poor performance but win away 4-0 regardless of opposition..