Newcastle Home Match Thread

[Aus Fox]

I think some of you need to have a little drink, maybe knock one out or something and calm down.

 

This is far from over, some basic skill errors costing us big time, but we’ve created some decent chances ourselves.

 

I’m on the optimistic bus, we win this 3-2!!

Back our boys on blue!

[Tielemans63]

We'll dominate second half and lose 2-1. Nailed on

[Lambert09]

Why wouldn’t we make the logical decision and revert to 4 at the back when  evans was injured instead of playing square pegs in round holes 

[StanSP]

Just now, Le Renard said:

Rodgers is good for 3/4 of the season, then he starts making strange decisions! 

What strange decisions has he made today? 

[Twitcher]

Where do you start with that? We can't break their defence down; no high press on their keeper, but they do that to us; too slow; passing not accurate; passes putting our own players under pressure; so many poor game play decisions; look knackered; they're quicker to the ball; they're quicker in the tackle.........and so on.

Can't see us winning another game this season.

[HybridFox]

1 minute ago, BigGibbo said:

Haha! I feel your pain. I was gonna treat myself to a drive through maccies at half time but now I'm too angry to eat. 😆

That drive through queue is only gonna p*** you off more 

[Tuna]

Just now, Paddy. said:

We'll dominate second half and lose 2-1. Nailed on

86th minute Nacho tap in.

[Sly]

I know we’ve not been great. 

Calling for Rodgers to be sacked / go to Spurs, the sale of half the squad and extreme substitutions might be a bit of an overreaction?  

[Lichfieldfox.]

OK

Shit first half.

Fuchs on as he is a leader, left back flat back four. Take Ricardo off.

Under for Albrighton if no return by 60 min

Last throw is Perez for Maddison.

3-2 win......I'm deluded

 

[DJ Barry Hammond]

1 minute ago, Ric Flair said:

I'm fascinated what the game plan was here, absolutely no movement yet again in midfield and attack. 

That’s the difficulty in playing with wingbacks and a defined number 10 in the pocket rather than a joined midfield three.

 

Doing this means the players that can only really move from their positions are the wing backs and the front two.

 

If anyone else breaks their shape, you’re suddenly very vulnerable in transition (which we’ve seen).

 

The other difficulty is Albrighton’s first instinct is to look inside (no pass ahead / right foot preference), meaning we’re playing directly into Newcastle’s packed midfield / low block.

 

I don’t blame the players here - the setup is wrong to get the best out of them.

 

It’ll be interesting to see what Rodgers does from here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Chrysalis]

1 minute ago, CloudFox said:

Evans not being able to play has ****ed us, basically. He's the calming influence.

 

A back 3 of Soyuncu, Fofana and Castagne just doesn't have any leadership - they're all good players (performance tonight aside), but Evans pulls the strings. I don't see them talking to each other, whereas you always see Jonny talking.

 

We need to switch to a back 4. We don't have the personnel to play 3 tonight.

Hopefully Kasper and Evans talking at HT, and Kasper does some shouting 2nd half.

[filbertway]

3 minutes ago, Dahnsouff said:

Agenda alert. So losing your senior defender 5 minutes before kick off had no effect? Give it a rest you muppet,

Oi oiii! Dont worry I know you'll be leading the charge post match 

[Ian Nacho]

It was easier when we had a sh*t manager because we could just blame him

 

[Wolfox]

4 minutes ago, Finnegan said:

- how do you actually manage to love this club and NOT be upset right now? 

You’re missing the point…

 

it’s a sense of perspective…. I’m going to watching the second half willing for something to happen and ‘virtually’ cheering us on…

 

Am I delirious that it’s been a sh@t show?  No…. Do I want to remain optimistic?  Hell yeah

 

and I’m a bigger fan than you 

[Twitcher]

Just now, StanSP said:

What strange decisions has he made today? 

Playing Thomas last few games was, admittedly not today.

[SheppyFox]

All I’m hoping for is BR has walloped them with the womping stick hard enough at half time to get a result here.

[cambridgefox]

1 minute ago, Finnegan said:

 

It's one forced change. 

 

We can argue all day long about what tactics we should play, formations, systems, styles of football, 353 vs 442vs 4241 etc. 

 

This has got absolutely nothing to do with that. 

 

We're losing this game because the players are terrified and lack composure in a pressure match. It's the same reason we bottled it last year and that's just gone and heaped it on again. 

 

We've not looked right since kick off. 

Individual mistakes all over the pitch,all half,I’ve lost count of the amount of passes we’ve given away.

[An Away Move]

Maddison just doesn’t look right. It’s as if his little ego got hurt when some of fans gave him a schlacking on his beloved Instagram. 

[Dahnsouff]

Might be a draw, but that was terrible. Sigh.

[FoxFossil]

Is Top there to negotiate Brendan's transfer to Arsenal I wonder?

[Sly]

1 minute ago, Aus Fox said:

I think some of you need to have a little drink, maybe knock one out or something and calm down.

 

This is far from over, some basic skill errors costing us big time, but we’ve created some decent chances ourselves.

 

I’m on the optimistic bus, we win this 3-2!!

Back our boys on blue!

Exactly, it’s not like we’ve had chances.

[fazzyfox]

Nothing coming from the wing backs when that happens I'm calling it a back five not a three. And I know you have to buy a ticket to win the raffle but if Madison has one more pass-back style shot curled straight at the keeper when he has options on I'll lose the plot

[Deano79]

This will end 3-2 cmon Leicester 
 

[cambridgefox]

Come on Leicester .

[Guest Manini]

Just a bit gutted we’re going to miss out on Gosens tbh