ousefox Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 poor from Leicester i thinkwellens and Howard played well, neilson was awful Agreed, every time he got the ball he had no more than 2 touches before getting rid of the ball.
Stevosevic Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 Game of two halves, they took their chance and we didn't. Shame. 3 points against Blackpool to continue good start.
Daggers Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 We had our 'best' attacking force out they didn't. But their lone striking 'not the best' attacking force was outstanding.
breadandcheese Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 I think Pearson got it wrong tonight. First time in a long time, but he got it wrong. Gallagher shouldn't have started on the left. I think it was an admission when he took him off. N'Guessan should have been taken off much earlier after putting in a poor performance tonight. On reflection, to call it poor is being kind to N'Guessan. Our strikers had virtually nothing to feed off as a result. I still can't see what N'Guessan offers over Adams or Gradel (other than height). It's disappointing that Fryatt still needs 2 or 3 chances to score, rather than being able to take that one chance when needed. It was also disappointing that Newcastle looked to play on the counter-attack at home. Lookng back, we should have just sat back, played for the draw and asked them to come at us. It wouldn't have been pretty, but would have been effective.
Gaffer Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 Scummy Commentators. Talking bullshit for 90 minutes "Worst free kick i've ever seen" Game was balanced, draw wouldn't have been a bad representation. Worst point, which was the problem at Preston, no drive forward, none. You're 1-0 down and you pass backwards?!? why? push forwards city, I'll all for creative play but with their poor defence, just get it in the fooking BOX
Jonezy Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 Impressed with the team, but Newcastle just had the bit of class to get a goal and then defended their lead home safely. Heads up, we have a decent team.
deepbluedevil Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 Thought we looked less and less likely to score as the game went on oh well...
Guest Basildon Fox Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 Scummy Commentators. Talking bullshit for 90 minutes "Worst free kick i've ever seen" Game was balanced, draw wouldn't have been a bad representation. Worst point, which was the problem at Preston, no drive forward, none. You're 1-0 down and you pass backwards?!? why? push forwards city, I'll all for creative play but with their poor defence, just get it in the fooking BOX How biased were they? You would have thought that there was only one team playing tonight according to them.
Daggers Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 I think Pearson got it wrong tonight. First time in a long time, but he got it wrong.Gallagher shouldn't have started on the left. I think it was an admission when he took him off. N'Guessan should have been taken off much earlier after putting in a poor performance tonight. On reflection, to call it poor is being kind to N'Guessan. Our strikers had virtually nothing to feed off as a result. I still can't see what N'Guessan offers over Adams or Gradel (other than height). It's disappointing that Fryatt still needs 2 or 3 chances to score, rather than bebing able to take that one chance. It was also disappointing that Newcastle looked to play on the counter-attack at home. Lookng back, we should have just sat back, played for the draw and asked them to come at us. It wouldn't have been pretty, but would have been effective. I think you're right about Pearson - but I don't believe it would have altered the outcome, they were clearly stronger than us. No one in Newcastle complained when Andy Cole needed 3 or 4 efforts to score because they created more than that number of opportunities for him - that's what we didn't do tonight, no quality in provision in the second.
Ross-Kemp Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 Brown, Wellens and Howard are the only players that played tonight. Robbie Neilson and Bruno Berner were awful
Shane Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 First half we were very good and the better side, but we couldnt take our chances. They get once chance and its in. That was the difference between the two sides at the end of the day. Fryatt should of hammered his chance home! And if anyone was watching skysports or livestream, you'll agree the commentators were absolute ****s. All they were talking about was how good newcastle where. They were probably newcastle fans, as i cant remember them saying one good thing about Leicester, only about fooking Newcastle. Discrase.
flanimal Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 He gave away a lot of possession, and his throws were not useful. Too loopy, and no power, aim was off too. I'd say: Weale 6 - decent saves Neilson 5 - average at best Hobbs 7 - cleaned up well Brown 7 - strong show Berner 6 - did OK N'Guessan 6 - scared defenders with pace, but offered no product - pass or shot Oakley 7 - did well, good passes Wellens 8 - key man, quality passing and possession Gallagher 5 - no idea why he was playing there Howard 6 - no service Fryatt 6 - decent, but decisions were poor Dyer 4 - offered nothing, way out of his depth Waghorn 5 - no a lot of use today Adams 5 - too late to make impact, should of been on earlier
Mort Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 This post match commentary on Sky is brilliant... all talk about how wonderful Newcastle are, not one mention of Leicester.
SOCCERROO FOX Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 Fair play to Nielson thought he was terrible in the first half, but was solid in the 2nd. As everyone has already said lacked finish in the final 3rd. Howard was killing it in the air but never got a quality cross while he was in dangerous positions and when he was knocking it down no one was there for it. Frustrating but some good signs and showed we are going to be no push overs
Budweiser Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 Before the game, a draw would have been a very good result, and we deserved one. First half, we came out and attacked them and in my opinion, City should have gone into half time with a 1-0 lead. Fryatt should have squared the ball for us to go 1-0 up, but ah well. We were aggresive and closed Newcastle down very well throughout the half. Overall, good half from City. Second half, we were second best and Newcastle showed some quality they posessed. Howard won countless headers and City should have been straining to get onto them. By no means am I angered with the performance, I just feel we were very poor in the second half, I can't recall one decent chance. Neilson getting skinned inside out, mainly because of his lack of pace and inability to cross the ball. Anyhoo, we went into the game expecting nothing, maybe pinch a draw, so lets just crack on with the next game.
Salieri Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 Just to echo most peoples opinion tonight, good first half performance, poor second half. Despite a lot of nice build up play, our final ball is, in the main, awful. If we could have a couple of wingers who could cross the ball, we'd be nailed on for promotion. Defence pretty solid as usual, just gave too much space to Guthrie for the winner. Credit to Newcastle who look a good side, but make no mistake, we were not outclassed. No doom and gloom from me, but food for thought for the manager no doubt. Oh, and Birtles is a ****.
step Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 Scummy Commentators. Talking bullshit for 90 minutes "Worst free kick i've ever seen" Game was balanced, draw wouldn't have been a bad representation. Worst point, which was the problem at Preston, no drive forward, none. You're 1-0 down and you pass backwards?!? why? push forwards city, I'll all for creative play but with their poor defence, just get it in the fooking BOX It was the worst free kick i've ever seen. We lack a midfield that know what to do with the ball. and we certainly aint got the quality
gazzer Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 First time I've seen him. Is he always as bad as he was tonight? Distribution was off, no sense of positioning, and throws were useless since they had no power. Don't think the rest of the team looked that bad. Newcastle took their chances and we didn't. We looked shocking.No closing down Strikers with the blinkers on Gallagher got nothing on the wing, fair play to him for coming into the centre to get involved Ranger has Hobbs' pants down too much N'Guessan looked knackered from half time and he brought Adams on in stoppage time We looked poor, we need to buck the ideas up for blackpool. You've obviously been misled by the results. That was a par performance for us from the games I've seen so far. We're good for three quarters and always fade away in the last quarter. Someone complained that the commentator kept saying 'quality'. But it was obvious to me that Newcastle have more quality than we do. Let's not forget 6 months ago we were two divisions apart. We generally had less quality than our opponents throughout the Martin O'Neill / Premiership years, but we also had a sign saying 'Foxes never quit' that meant something and through that (Walshy, Lennon, Elliott etc.) we could still compete. Not at the moment. Hopefully that will re-emerge.
Edmund Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 After a decent first half we looked awful in the final third second half. Fair play to Newcastle they defended very well and scored a cracking goal. I was really frustrated by the lack of ideas up front as we did have our fair bit of possession in the second half but didn't make anything of it. To be fair the strikers didn't get the service and Newcastle's midfield played very well. Overall we didn't play badly and although we missed a golden chance I still consider ourselves lucky as they could have easily and should have had a penalty from the handball in the first half. Still a decent start to the season and with two home games coming up lets hope this at least keeps the players rooted to the ground.
shen Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 I think Pearson got it wrong tonight. First time in a long time, but he got it wrong.Gallagher shouldn't have started on the left. I think it was an admission when he took him off. N'Guessan should have been taken off much earlier after putting in a poor performance tonight. On reflection, to call it poor is being kind to N'Guessan. Our strikers had virtually nothing to feed off as a result. I still can't see what N'Guessan offers over Adams or Gradel (other than height). It's disappointing that Fryatt still needs 2 or 3 chances to score, rather than being able to take that one chance when needed. It was also disappointing that Newcastle looked to play on the counter-attack at home. Lookng back, we should have just sat back, played for the draw and asked them to come at us. It wouldn't have been pretty, but would have been effective. It was a poor performance, but I can understand why he persists with him. I'd like Pearson to play him up front though, as he looks like he can cause problems with his pace and physique, and he always looks eager to create something.
Guest MarshallForEngland Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 Until the coverage came on I didn't realise that there was another team involved in this match. I just assumed from all the pre-match radio and TV coverage that it was Newcastle playing on their own. Imagine my excitement when I saw that Leicester were there too. We didn't deserve to win but I don't think Newcastle did either. They looked fairly average for the most of the game. Ranger was bigged up and you can't fault his effort, but an enthusiastic debutant and a couple of gobby divs in midfield doesn't make them "premiership quality" despite what the Sky Sports pundits claim. The next time I watch a game on that channel I hope they've managed to scrub that unsightly geordie fecal matter from their noses.
Gav_LCFC Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 This post match commentary on Sky is brilliant... all talk about how wonderful Newcastle are, not one mention of Leicester. Tell me about it!!
flanimal Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 N'Guessan for me is potential quality, he's just developing. He has the power, pace, just needs to develop crossing and really overpower defenders. For me, Adams probably the best crosser we have (at least who could play on the wing), I think he should've started. Dyer has looked less than Championship quality this season.
Cropwellfox Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 It was a poor performance, but I can understand why he persists with him. I'd like Pearson to play him up front though, as he looks like he can cause problems with his pace and physique, and he always looks eager to create something. For me we need to keep it simple this season, 2 banks of 4. Had Adams had started on the left we wouldn't have been so reliant on N'Guessan. After the first 10 minutes when it was clear he was the most direct threat, they doubled up on him and he didn't get a kick. Having a proper outlet on the left hand side would have then been useful, but Gallagher was having to come inside to get anywhere near the ball. Gradel wouldn't have done any better against 2 premier-league left sided players.
General Smuts Posted 31 August 2009 Posted 31 August 2009 I'm really impressed with a number of the comments here - obviously most of the stupid kids are still in the pub/bus shelter/serving ASBOs prohibiting use of the internet. I think i've drunken myself into making sense
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