Newcastle United (A) | Post Match thread

Few thoughts…

- Good point. Not many teams will win at SJP this season.
- Fucking weird how many times Sky mentioned the Grealish comment about Almiron- pathetic !
- Andy Hinchcliffe is a c**t
- KDB best midfielder in the world and it’s an embarrassment Given/Micah haven’t mentioned the assist from KDB for the equaliser. You literally won’t see a better pass all season.
- Pep interview was class.
 
ChicagoBlue said:
It is patently ridiculous that a knee high professional foul on a player sprinting by you is NOT a red card. It’s one thing to pull his shirt, trip/ankle tap him, but when he’s so far past you you have to take him out knee height…which was OBVIOUS from the VAR WE COULD SEE ON TV…is ridiculous.

New ref bottled it!

That said, too many players didn’t deserve to be on a winning team today. Back four, which is our supposed “best line up,” looked weak, disorganized and deathly afraid of runners!

Called it before the game: St Maximin on the left & cutting in, Wilson or another cutting in on the diagonal, and the chance of a worldie! GOT ALL THREE!!

If I can see it from prior NUFC highlights, WTF?!

On the City side of the ledger, it is clear that if you put pressure on Rodri, Cancelo & Walker as a midfield 3, then you’re going to get some change out of at least 2 of 3 all game! It takes balls, because we are then playing with 5 attackers, but with willing runners, NUFC showed it’s doable…esp when Walker & Cancelo are having stinkers.

Have to say, Haaland had a few chances to win the game, but to be fair, only one was a clear cut “should have scored” chance. In addition, the service we give him beggars belief!

Howe has ALWAYS set up his teams to try to exploit our CLEAR weaknesses, and he’s finally got the players to do it…and did in the first half. Once we got going, we pinned them back a bit, but (apart from the Pass of the Season), we were very poor in and around the box!

Second in the League after that performance? I’ll take it, but…
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David: Inconsistent VAR strikes again. Trippier incident identical to Allan sending off against Newcastle last season. One saw straight red, the other saw red and VAR review. Unbelievable.
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Something that needs to be addressed - City's defensive system is really poor. Not all the time, but when we have a bad game upfront, the defense fell apart heavily. Concede 3 goals easily.
That's the key reason why City has failed in the Champions League.
To make a comparison: 2018-19 Liverpool concede two goals or more in PL matches only three times in their entire campaign. 2019-20 Liverpool is the same. Until their title win match, just before the match against us, they only had conceded 2 goals or more in two opportunities in league matches.
Man City cannot realistically think they will win UCL with such fragile defensive system.
 
Haha, Pep!

“Did you enjoy it, we’ll that’s all…” *and he’s off*
 
give it to gordon said:
The new ref didnt bottle it he gave it. It was VAR that put him in an awkward position
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“Awkward position?” He’s the ACTUAL ref, and he saw it….and then he bottled it!!!

Should have simply said “Yep, a knee high challenge on sprinting player, go take a shower!”

IF it had been studs up, they’d have had to stretcher KDB off! Is THAT the threshold now???

Maybe, as an old centre forward, I’m a little biased, but shit like that CAN BE season/career ending if he catches you a second earlier/later/higher/lower or you fall badly.

We all love the speed and physicality of the Premier League, and we know the refs have been told not to cut the physicality out of the game if it’s “fair,” but there were numerous professional fouls today (they used to be a red!) but that one stood out for crossing the line…for me. It wasn’t a trip or a shirt pull, but remember last week, when a hair pull came with demands for a “red card for violent conduct”? That Trippier tackle was waaaay more violent than the hair pull!!!
 
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