Zero

The attacking side is actually quite encouraging. Gordon and Isak are just on fire. Bruno is still controlling and creating chance as usual. Longstaff still making good runs. We still have our best player (Trippier) out and you have to give credit to Howe and the players to be able to score 4 goals. If they are not held back by our lack of support from LB, we should be able to score even more. And that’s why I am just so fucking furious about the cheap goals conceded. You can see Gordon need to sacrifice his ankle twice to win penalty (X2), you can see Isak playing like a world beater, and then you can see our defense line (or even the whole team) committing school boy error and ruins all the work done. The first goal conceded yesterday is ridiculous. The second goal is simply unacceptable at any level. Where the fuck is the communication about the position before taking the corner? It’s like playing against amateur level AI in FC24. We have been like this for months. I may be too critical for this because I am a defender in real life, but I really think this is close to the worst defence I have ever seen as a supporter of Newcastle. Injury is really not an excuse. It’s the defence discipline that is lacking everywhere. Howe has absolutely no excuse for this poor defense display, so as some of the players.

Looks like finally recovered from injury and playing 100%

Fucking hell. Tell me what’s the reasoning behind the Krafth substitution and the Halls treatment then? Tell me what the fuck are the whole team is doing for their first goal? Where is the coaching? Keep on losing the same pattern of goals every game? Cheap goals again and again? We are closing to have the worst defence record in the league and should that not being questioned? Doom mongerer?

seriously Howe got it fucking wrong before 3:1. Certainly you can be happy for the result alone, that’s a great comeback. But if you look in details that’s a very poor performance from our side. West Ham just sit back and wait for the goals to happen. We conceded three goals again. again and again. I really can’t be happy for this. You can feel free to celebrate

I don’t think anyone should be happy for this performance tbh

That’s a fucking cracking goal

Wow. Stupid defending by them

At the very least Gordon has to have the control of the ball before getting kicked - which means he should have touch the ball first

Why is Hall not starting FFS

That should not be a pen, Gordon didn’t touch the ball before getting kicked. Welcome the decision of course

WTF Longstaff

and what makes it so weird/strange is that our players were coached and knew how to do it last season. I really don’t understand why they can “lost” it now

Our defence for there first goal is so weird. I mean, why is Paqueta allowed so much space and time to make that pass? And if our midfielder is instructed not to press, then no way our defense line were positioned so high its just fucking weird.

Lascelles injury is not Howe’s fault. Howe probably benefits from this injury though, if we can’t win today.

I really wonder why the 30m rated Hall could not get any play time ahead of Krafh

We should have enough preparation to get a result today. I can’t imagine what it would be like if we lose this tbh

I don’t know why, but you sounds like no one has to be blamed for this, and, most importantly, if such event occurs again, another 50/50 situation (which I don’t agree), everyone involved should act the same and take the gamble again. So what’s the lesson learnt?

IF. I sincerely hope he didn’t. To be fair I was very surprised that he has been gambling even after the move.

No fucking way we don’t go that route if the medical team final advice is “surgery” and instead we keep on playing him 90 mins every game. jesus Christ

If he has been betting even after the ban was imposed, I can see him receiving further punishment

Only if he plans to retire after 1-2 seasons there

Time for his brother to step up

He must hate Demba.

His own words: tried his best to avoid surgery to cure the knee but ultimately failed. He knew he hasn’t fully recovered since the October injury. I don’t think that needs to be questioned now, or else he would simply say it’s fucking unfortunate to pick up another knee injury within 1 season. The “clear” sign is obviously wrong.

He has been trying to avoid it, fighting hard for long = which means he knew he is not fully recovered yet.