Newcastle United (A) | Post Match thread

[TFC]

I'd have given the red card but I am 100% biased. Be interesting to hear any explanation, it was a dangerous challenge for sure.

I will add, my gut feeling is it wouldn't have changed much, probably still a draw based on the way we were playing.

 

[Gabriel]

I'm not convinced that was an attempt at a bad foul - woth intent to injure. His foot stays down when it gets close which says to media's always a trip attempt.

But agree about the others.

De Bruyne is at full pelt and the player is only out to hit the man, not the ball. He can have no knowledge of the impact that will befall the tackled player when they land and it should be a straight red, irrespective of the team.

 

[WyongBlue]

What a fight back........

 

[SamBlue]

-Lost two points - bad
-Rescued a point - from that atrocious first half and very poor performance with two goals down, very good
-Dreadful in the first half - Rodri never worse in the City shirt, Pep surprisingly persisting with one of our FBs in the middle when they were doubling up on both wings
-Better in the second half - mostly because Rodri somehow regained his composure and Gundogan and both Bernardo and Foden playing slightly deeper, we were better at keeping the ball and preventing turnovers
-Haaland is blessing and a bit of curse to have on the pitch at the same time, we definitely lose fluidity and interchanges when attacking the packed defence, but then we know he'll score even from a half-chance
-Bernardo better in the second half but totally wrong position for him so wide

 

[Dazzle84]

Happy with a draw in the end because for large parts we were woeful.

Pep really needs to think about the inverted full backs because Walker isn’t a footballer. He is a good defender with great recovery pace. I’m not having him moving into midfield. If Pep was going to do this, he should have told Zin that he would be 1st choice LB this season and moved Cancelo over to RB.

Stones should never have started and was fucking terrible. I don’t know why Pep decided today was the day to give him a start when we were playing a side who clearly had weapons to hurt us.

The midfield trio of Rodri, KDB and Gundo has to have the ball. Without the ball it’s Rodri on his own. Gundo was invisible after scoring.

Thought Haaland showed real glimpses of what he can do today. Another week he grabs a hat-trick.

I felt sorry for Ake going off initially, now I'm worried cause stones was mince

 

[City Raider]

Gonna take a while to adjust to not having spare player in midfield

 

[Paul1970]

Foden needs to be benched because atm he is not at the races .

 

[Big-P]

Hope the worst things possible happen to Hinchcliffe the weapon

 

[Greg.W2]

Great game & happy with the point considering.
spoilt by the SKY narrative.
Fuck ok Hinchcliffe, hated that cnut ever since he threw Pep & Bernado under the bus live on sky

 

[Hayley Croppers chopper]

Showed a lot of class to turn that round, think we got bullied a bit at the back, and their keeper played a blinder.
Champions don't lose those kind of games and we didn't, haalands best 45mins so far, glimpses of what is to come when he gets up to full pelt, and as a team once we get fitter will improve a lot.
On a side note, you just knew when our third went in on 63 mins? They would waste time right until the end, happens to often, must have had about 10 maybe 15 at the most minutes played after that, the rest was long treatments for players who are not injured and extended substitutions which the ref is supposed to add time on for.
Fair play to the skunks though they won't lose many up there if they play like that

I have been calling them the barcodes for years but all that changes from now.
They are now the skunks.