Newcastle Post Match Thread

[coolhandfox]

1 hour ago, HighPeakFox said:

Nothing amuses me more than our own fans being grudging about a 4-0 win. 

Amazing isn't it and very sad.

[MPH]

I see there’s no ‘ do you want Rodgers to be sacked’ vote after today’s game….

 

[RonnieTodger]

We needed that. Nerves looked shot in the first half. Started to play with a lot more confidence after the penalty. 

[phoneticerror]

Rather enjoyed that.

 

apart from the potential own goal. I almost sh*T out a lung at that point.

[420Hashish]

Didn't watch the match. Is Evans injured? 

[foxfanazer]

5 minutes ago, MPH said:

I see there’s no ‘ do you want Rodgers to be sacked’ vote after today’s game….

 

Erm......there is...

[The whole world smiles]

5 minutes ago, MPH said:

I see there’s no ‘ do you want Rodgers to be sacked’ vote after today’s game….

 

I actually started one. But the mods deleted it. Strange behaviour. 

[Paninistickers]

Aint that St maximim a player though?  What a talent. Unbelievable balance  

 

 

[enmac]

Don't remember any sideways passes between Evans/Wilf and Cags today. Back and forth over and over again. What a relief. 

Much more willing to pass forward quickly and take risks. Crucial IMO. They were also much more aggressive all over the pitch. Hopefully this attitude continues. 

Also helps when Maddison and Tielemans are on top form. Today they were unstoppable. 

[whetstonefox]

Newcastle are going to get rinsed in January, such a poor side. They need so many players, no PL is going to sell them anyone, foreign players may need to settle in and decent championship players may not step up. 

[The whole world smiles]

34 minutes ago, StriderHiryu said:

By the way today at set pieces we were setup a bit differently. About time if you ask me!

 

It may or may not work out long term, but using the same approach every week was never going to work. Glad we've changed it up a bit.

Different how? We looked more aggressive attacking them but not sure what was different in the set up? 

[SpacedX]

Just now, enmac said:

Don't remember any sideways passes between Evans/Wilf and Cags today.

Aside from the one across the face of goal that nearly caused us to concede in the seventh minute? 

[Matt]

Better.

 

Again, it was a poor Newcastle team but again that in itself is a positive as we've struggled against poor teams.

 

I think at times (very few times) Newcastle were the better team, had us under cosh, but we didn't need to get out of 2nd gear for most of the game, very little poor, negative, sideways or backwards passing...Timmy, That's why you don't needlessly pass back.

 

I'm starting to question whether Evans is the problem, as we've looked better without him than with him, but as discussed in the Evans thread I think it's quite clear he's playing through injury.

 

The happiest i've seen Youri and a few players in a long time aswell!

 

A bloody clean sheet. Wowzer. How shit must Newcastle be  

 

 They go down.

 

Edited 12 December 2021 by Matt

[Scotch]

2 minutes ago, MPH said:

I see there’s no ‘ do you want Rodgers to be sacked’ vote after today’s game….

 

Hardly surprising. We first and foremost WON but just as importantly, he made positive changes and made an effort to address issues we've been having for the best part of a calender year...

 

Appreciating when he does something right and acknowledging it is important but it doesn't mean that being pissed of about him making the same poor decisions over and over wasn't a legitimate opinion at the time. 

 

The holier than thou "see I told you so" attitude we are seeing from some of you is just as pathetic as the people on here who wanted us to lose so that BR would be sacked. Both are more worried about being proved right than they are about the team. 

[Tielemans63]

All down to Kasey McAteer. What a player

 

[Dusty]

6 minutes ago, Paninistickers said:

Aint that St maximim a player though?  What a talent. Unbelievable balance  

 

 

Got 0 end product tho.

[Scotch]

3 minutes ago, The whole world smiles said:

Different how? We looked more aggressive attacking them but not sure what was different in the set up? 

The players who were playing zonal weren't our best in the air. 

 

Our bigger players were marking their danger men whilst the rest went zonal. 

 

Some sort of half and half. 

[Raj]

1st half was two poor quality teams slugging it out.

2nd half we just killed off a very very poor team.

Good performance  considering, but the Yids game will be a decent test.

Let's not get TOO excited about this being the kickstart to the season yet...(hope so though)

[StriderHiryu]

7 minutes ago, The whole world smiles said:

Different how? We looked more aggressive attacking them but not sure what was different in the set up? 

CBs looked like they were man marking rather than zonally marking. Other players were zonal marking.

 

Perhaps I was just watching what I wanted to see . I will take another look at it later.

[The whole world smiles]

Just now, StriderHiryu said:

CBs looked like they were man marking rather than zonally marking. Other players were zonal marking.

 

Perhaps I was just watching what I wanted to see . I will take another look at it later.

No your probably right, happy to bow to your superior tactical eye. Just didn't see it myself. 

[Dames]

3 minutes ago, Scotch said:

Hardly surprising. We first and foremost WON but just as importantly, he made positive changes and made an effort to address issues we've been having for the best part of a calender year...

 

Appreciating when he does something right and acknowledging it is important but it doesn't mean that being pissed of about him making the same poor decisions over and over wasn't a legitimate opinion at the time. 

 

The holier than thou "see I told you so" attitude we are seeing from some of you is just as pathetic as the people on here who wanted us to lose so that BR would be sacked. Both are more worried about being proved right than they are about the team. 

Perfectly put.
 

However I have to say he’s done this a few times now, changed things around with a focus on playing more attacking football only to switch it back to the patient and controlling style of play once he feels he’s out of trouble. 
 

 

[Cadno'r Cymoedd]

12 minutes ago, enmac said:

Don't remember any sideways passes between Evans/Wilf and Cags today. Back and forth over and over again. What a relief. 

Much more willing to pass forward quickly and take risks. Crucial IMO. They were also much more aggressive all over the pitch. Hopefully this attitude continues. 

Also helps when Maddison and Tielemans are on top form. Today they were unstoppable. 

There were plenty until Evans went off. 

[rico]

[FoxFossil]

8 minutes ago, enmac said:

Don't remember any sideways passes between Evans/Wilf and Cags today. Back and forth over and over again. What a relief. 

Much more willing to pass forward quickly and take risks. Crucial IMO. They were also much more aggressive all over the pitch. Hopefully this attitude continues. 

Also helps when Maddison and Tielemans are on top form. Today they were unstoppable. 

Seemed a deliberate tactic for Kasper to kick long to Daka and for the rest to try to win the second ball. At least we were playing in their half and Kasper seemed more able to keep it on the pitch from a goal kick rather than from a hasty backpass after we'd tried to pass it round the back 4 for half an hour. Daka taller than Vardy I think so a legitimate try.

[CosbehFox]

13 minutes ago, Paninistickers said:

Aint that St maximim a player though?  What a talent. Unbelievable balance  

 

 

Did he create a chance? I get a touch of the Adama’s with ASM. 
 

I think the Evans sub proved a benefit as we ended up defending in a style which helps broken confidences rather than a style which plays on that confidence more. When it needed clearing, just clear it. 
 

Helped that Newcastle showed a naivety that others did in 2016 mins.