Newcastle (A) - Sat 18th Feb 2023 (5:30pm)

[Moo]

30 minutes ago, Pidge said:

 

Still utterly bemused by this, was convinced it was our free kick until the keeper placed the ball after...

And did I hear right, Carragher called that "a great challenge, a coming together"?

[Peter Cormack]

15 hours ago, Creator Supreme said:

Just about to post the same thing. He can stick his pelanties up his arse the soft cunt!

Waddle is correct we were 2 up when they had 11 would have been at least 4 had pope not been sent off

[KMD7]

7 minutes ago, Moo said:

And did I hear right, Carragher called that "a great challenge, a coming together"?

Yep he did, or something very close to it. Ridiculous 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

3 hours ago, bossy said:

Howe on Pope ‘ it’s a slippy surface and the ball hit his arm’. 

Does Howe not realise it was filmed?

[VladimirIlyich]

2 minutes ago, AngryOfTuebrook said:

Does Howe not realise it was filmed?

'The world of a woman/football manager' thread.

[AngryOfTuebrook]

49 minutes ago, Pidge said:

 

Still utterly bemused by this, was convinced it was our free kick until the keeper placed the ball after...

It's probably already been mentioned, but "Trippié" - fuck off.

[dave u]

Just want to pay tribute to whoever did the Sportwash Direct tag. 

[AngryOfTuebrook]

39 minutes ago, gkmacca said:

I'm just surprised Tyler and Carragher didn't find the time to praise Newcastle's fitness team. After all, the impact they've had is extraordinary - from everyone in the team collapsing multiple times at Anfield last autumn from cramp, to only one player needing a single foot bend to be back on his feet late on in yesterday's game. What a transformation in just a few months. Maybe we can poach a couple of those specialists in the summer.

 

[VladimirIlyich]

6 minutes ago, dave u said:

Just want to pay tribute to whoever did the Sportwash Direct tag. 

How do you add tags? Is it a Season Ticket privilege?

[gkmacca]

45 minutes ago, manwiththestick said:

No doubt been mentioned in the thread but last night I thought Carragher was unbearable, if you didn't know the game in this country and was listening you'd have him down as an ex Newcastle player.

Yes. I really don't know why Sky, especially, seem to believe that using ex-players to comment on their own clubs is a good idea.

 

The neutrals will surely think they're being biased in favour of their old teams, and the fans of their old teams will often think they're over-compensating so much to seem impartial they're actually being biased against their old teams.

 

I can't see who thinks it's a positive thing. Personally I'd ban Neville from covering the mancs and Carra from covering us. It's just irritating all round.

[Captain Turdseye]

35 minutes ago, dave u said:

Just want to pay tribute to whoever did the Sportwash Direct tag. 

 

Bollocks, this. 
 

It’s another one from my Geordie Arabia thread that’s been lifted and claimed by someone else. 
 

Fuming. 

[Evelyn Tentions]

43 minutes ago, gkmacca said:

Yes. I really don't know why Sky, especially, seem to believe that using ex-players to comment on their own clubs is a good idea.

 

The neutrals will surely think they're being biased in favour of their old teams, and the fans of their old teams will often think they're over-compensating so much to seem impartial they're actually being biased against their old teams.

 

I can't see who thinks it's a positive thing. Personally I'd ban Neville from covering the mancs and Carra from covering us. It's just irritating all round.

On the feed on my Vn cable service (£6.62/month including unlimited high speed internet), their feed usually involves Jim Beglin who always sees the good in the opposition and the flaws and mistakes in us.

Last Monday night (3am on Tuesday for me) I got cunt Tyler alongside him. Luckily, the sound balance was fucked and they were barely audible. I watched it on replay the next morning so I could rewind etc. Bastards had fixed the balance and I had mute it.

 

 

[dave u]

45 minutes ago, Captain Turdseye said:

 

Bollocks, this. 
 

It’s another one from my Geordie Arabia thread that’s been lifted and claimed by someone else. 
 

Fuming. 

 

Wasn't me. This time.

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

3 hours ago, dave u said:

Sportswashing running strong in that one. 

 

[VERBAL DIARRHEA]

2 hours ago, KMD7 said:

Yep he did, or something very close to it. Ridiculous 

Never ever liked Carragher and never will. 

[Joey8FrogsLegs]

3 hours ago, an tha said:

Was it offside - only thing I can think of, because no way is that a foul on the newcsstle player....

 

Unreal decision if not off.

I’ve been following football for well over 40 years. Seen thousands of matches at top level. That one is possibly the worst piece of refereeing I’ve seen.

[stringvest]

That was such a fantastic result for us.  Ignoring the performance, and particularly the defending, it's a real pleasure to watch Nunez - he's fucking brilliant; unpredictable, terrifies their defenders, provides some real defensive quality of his own, and scored a proper good goal.  He may even overtake Jota as my fave attacking player.  

[Moo]

We haven't been amazing, but the difference in attacking pace and intent in the last two matches is very noticeable.  How much of that is down to Thiago not being in the team or the return of Nunez remains to be seen.

[El Rojo]

2 minutes ago, Moo said:

We haven't been amazing, but the difference in attacking pace and intent in the last two matches is very noticeable.  How much of that is down to Thiago not being in the team or the return of Nunez remains to be seen.

The Thiago thing occurred to me against Everton too, but while we nearly always beat Everton at Anfield, yesterday was only Newcastle’s second defeat.
 

Maybe we’re playing a bit more directly in his absence, taking a pass or two less in midfield, giving the opposition less time to settle. If so, it’s working well. 

[an tha]

1 hour ago, Joey8FrogsLegs said:

I’ve been following football for well over 40 years. Seen thousands of matches at top level. That one is possibly the worst piece of refereeing I’ve seen.

Thing is because it wasn't a penalty decision or a game changer it will just go mostly under the radar. It is wholly unacceptable it should be case - was a bad challenge.

 

As I say only thing I can think of is was there an offside otherwise it makes zero sense.

[TD_LFC]

Except yesterday we were crying out for someone like him to put there foot on the ball and dictate the play instead of rushing everything and giving the impression Newcastle were more in the game than they were because they were able to break with two quick players.

[El Rojo]

4 minutes ago, TD_LFC said:

Except yesterday we were crying out for someone like him to put there foot on the ball and dictate the play instead of rushing everything and giving the impression Newcastle were more in the game than they were because they were able to break with two quick players.

That hasn’t traditionally been our style under Klopp, though. Our most successful campaigns were about having three ferociously busy central midfielders, constantly harassing the opposition. I get that things have to evolve, but just because Fabinho and Henderson have been poor doesn’t mean that Thiago is a perfect match.

[stringvest]

4 minutes ago, El Rojo said:

The Thiago thing occurred to me against Everton too, but while we nearly always beat Everton at Anfield, yesterday was only Newcastle’s second defeat.
 

Maybe we’re playing a bit more directly in his absence, taking a pass or two less in midfield, giving the opposition less time to settle. If so, it’s working well. 

 

not really.  In fact not at all.  Thiago gets the ball forward more quickly than anyone else in the team.  The difference was that Newcastle were leaving areas of space for our forwards to move into.  Henderson didn't hit one forward pass all game (actually he hit one).  Fabinho not much more than that.  Most of their passes were back to the back four and the threat was coming from Trent primarily with long balls into the acres of space Newcastle were leaving.  

 

We didn't have control over the midfield, and we got away with poor defending on a number of occasions.  The result was fantastic, and I'm all for putting the sports washers back in their box, at least for a while.  

[an tha]

4 minutes ago, TD_LFC said:

Except yesterday we were crying out for someone like him to put there foot on the ball and dictate the play instead of rushing everything and giving the impression Newcastle were more in the game than they were because they were able to break with two quick players.

We seem to have been unable far too often to find the balance between the two extremes.

 

We are either reasonably compact, measured and controlled - but toothless...or we have a cutting edge and create, but are open and game management is terrible.

 

It IMO all comes down to the mix, the balance in midfield just not being quite right enough whatever 3 we pick....It is so often less effective than the sum of its parts.

 

 

[El Rojo]

2 minutes ago, stringvest said:

 

not really.  In fact not at all.  Thiago gets the ball forward more quickly than anyone else in the team.  The difference was that Newcastle were leaving areas of space for our forwards to move into.  Henderson didn't hit one forward pass all game (actually he hit one).  Fabinho not much more than that.  Most of their passes were back to the back four and the threat was coming from Trent primarily with long balls into the acres of space Newcastle were leaving.  

 

We didn't have control over the midfield, and we got away with poor defending on a number of occasions.  The result was fantastic, and I'm all for putting the sports washers back in their box, at least for a while.  

For someone who moves the ball forward so quickly, why doesn’t he have a single assist this season?