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We will get plenty of great away games in the knockout stage!

Thought i was the only one, actually smiled when i saw the draft

This is the attitude i got the impression that most of the people here got. Thanks for being honest.

Not sure what you mean by this. The pathway and speed of the ball was pretty much perfectly laid up for Isak who was in front of VVD.

He did have very good link up play with Bruno and Tripper first half of last season. Are we sure that Almiron is solely at fault for it not existing lately?

Huge miss for me, think he is maybe our best player consistency wise. Never a bad day at the office.

Think most agree that his position is one that we are going to prioritize next. Perfectly fine with having him in the first team this season though, unlike some others it would seem. PS. Dont underestimate the Bruce part.

Yeah the City game showed how important it can be to ease of pressure from the opposing team.

I can understand being frustrated with him, but it seems to me that some of you let that aspect of him cloud your judgement on the player as a whole.

I think it is with the squad he got, but guess we have different interpretation of the word elite. For me its simply means being among the best, not some specific achievement.

Actually think its wrong to say that he isnt an elite manager. Havent had the time/chance to prove he is one yet, but its an open question for me. What he has achieved with us is certainly elite level.

Not sure if these posts are parodies or not anymore. Didnt offer any threat? All our players struggled with build up play that game. Almiron atleast got into threatining positions and created some threat by himself aswell.

Pretty pretty sure.

That is only if its a pen.

Well i can only criticize what in under the teams control. What seemed to be our gameplan allowed for luck and quality of opposition to play the part it did. Yes we would have won most games out of a 100, but if we had been more aggressive we would have won alot more i think. They were there for the taking being down to 10 men and playing with two subsistute CBs

What wasnt clear cut with the red card? That is was a foul or that it would have been a clear goal scoring oppurtunity if he hadnt been fouled? Both seem obvious to me.

I actually dont think he did any mistakes the last 10 minutes. That last push was always going to come from Liverpool if we hadnt ended the game by then. Doesnt matter if we controlled the game 80 minutes prior.

Dont think he massively fucked up, but I was dissapointed in the intensity of our play. Thought it was really lacking considering we played over 60 minutes against 10 men at home. Seemed like we tried to control and slow the game down. May not be Howe's fault, he did say they were trying to go for another goal and end the game. Perhaps the fault lies more on the players letting the occasion get to them. Or maybe im just wrong.

Do we really have pages upon pages with posts blasting the fans reaction to Eddie Howe because two people implied we need a better manager and one guy complaining about results against big teams? Quite the overreaction then.

Eddie Howe is my favorite thing going at Newcastle atm, but people should be able to point out what they see as flaws in his decision making or abilities. He is not perfect and above critisicm. People saying he should get sacked are idiots ofcourse, but cant recall many here calling for that?

Also scored 3 goals this pre-season. Self confidence and nerves may be playing a part? Hopefully got some psychologist on our team that can help him if thats the case.

Pope Trippier Schär Burn Targett Almiron Tonali Bruno Joelinton Gordon Wilson Bring on Isak early on in the second half. Would like to see him running with fresh legs against tired.

Its also not by chance that he is the one that are getting in the position to get those chances. This guy knows running and positioning.

Lets take off the guy that stood for the majority of our chances last game, seems like a good idea.

Got no problems with the subs either. Only critisicm from me is that we didnt try harder to finish the game and allowed Liverpool a last minute push. Also slightly worried that we look kinda clueless against a low backline.