Manchester Utd 3 - 0 Newcastle Utd - 16/08/10 - post match reaction from page 36

[Guest Chris P]

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[Thespence]

Promising in the fact we weren't annihilated. Clearly a case of being beaten by a vastly superior team. A hammering would have dented the confidence from the word, so even though 3-0's disappointing, in some respects i'm relieved.

 

We're still aching for more firepower, though. The bench didn't bare looking at.

 

Old news now i would imagine, but where were Guthrie and Lovenkrands?

 

The scoreline is not showing a Chelsea wipeout but we were annihilated.

[Jill]

Carroll was a total beast. Hope it continues, he could have a great season.

[Ameritoon]

BBC Radio 5 live's Robbie Savage: "I said it would be a harsh introduction to Premier League football for Newcastle and it was. They've got a lot of the same players they had last season and it's not good enough, I think they're gonna struggle. Man Utd were fantastic, on the other hand."

 

Not sure where this fantastic Man U was at.

[Guest fraser]

Williamson and Coloccini look as though they can deal with our competitors; Jose probably; Perch possibly. Interested in seeing how we play at home against a team outside the top four next Sunday

[Skeletor]

Carroll was f***ing immense IMO. Even the little things he did really, really well.

 

Clearly our man of the match.

 

Totally agree. Very promising.

[Astroblack]

Much better second half. Carroll played well and works very hard. He'll get a few goals this season.

 

Jose wasn't doing bad in the second half until the Giggs goal.

[KaKa]

There was definitely something about Newcastle tonight. Kept playing till the end (apart from that blob of Nolan thingy that was out there) and didn't fold completely or start lashing out and getting stupid red cards etc. Idon't feel embarrassed by the overall performance.

 

Big plus from tonight was Andy Carroll. That guy is definitely ready for that number 9 shirt. Showed a lot of heart tonight. I think he'll get at least 12 this season.

[Cronky]

Well I thought it was going to be worse, both in terms of the result and the performance.

 

Carroll did very well, particularly in helping the defence at set pieces. All he needs is that bit of composure. He had three very good chances to score with headers but tried to burst the net and put them wide.

 

He wasn't our worst player by any means, but I was disappointed with Barton, because he can do better. He seemed to be carried away with the occasion, determined to show what he could do. He made some silly decisions in possession.

 

Nolan was thoroughly exposed. He carries no threat to that level of opposition.

[The Prophet]

Positives:

 

Our heads didn't go down.

 

Williamson looked the part for large periods of the game.

 

Carroll grafted his bollocks off.

 

We looked much better going 4-4-2.

 

Negatives:

 

Colo still looks unconvincing.

 

Individual mistakes at the back.

 

As captain Nolan is a guaranteed starter.

 

End prduct in the final third.

[Guest ObiChrisKenobi]

Carroll was a total beast. Hope it continues, he could have a great season.

 

He'll be immense, and then he'll be found guilty in September. 

[Guest Heneage]

Carroll was f***ing immense IMO. Even the little things he did really, really well.

 

Clearly our man of the match.

Couldn't agree more. A fantastic player.

[ChrisMcQuillan]

I think it's evident that Chelsea and Man Utd just continue to pull ahead of everyone else.

 

They should have their own league and just play each other ten times.

 

We'll only be expecting wins of bottom half teams, and scraping them off teams finishing between 7th and 10th. 

 

Anything above 6th will beat us, and Chelsea/Man United will have the potential to annihilate us.

[cp40]

Thought we did Ok.  could easily have been 3-3 with the three headers we missed.

[Tsunami]

The biggest concern for me out of this game is that Nolan will start against Villa.

[Keefaz]

Carroll won't just get us goals, he'll do a lot for the team. Crucial player, tbh, as we've absolutely nowt behind him.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Except Xisco.

[stozo]

Can't believe nobody has singled out Routledge yet. He had an absolute shocker. He was at fault for both the 2nd and 3rd goals and gave Evra a free run all night while providing little or no defensive cover for Perch.

 

Apart from that it was as expected really. At least we kept the score down.

[Guest VegasToon]

We really need Ben Afra!

[Guest Geordiesned]

I'd love to know how "it could have been any number really" as (commentator) Alan Smith said when they only had 4 shots on target.

[James]

Disappointed we didn't turn to one of the kids for the last 10-15 mins. Would be really good if Hughton turnedaround to one and asked them to show what they can do. With our thin squad we'll be using them, so we may as well given them some experience so they are more prepared for more crucial games to come.

[Guest firetotheworks]

Positives

Carroll - He should have scored that chance, but he worked tirelessly with the little he was given. He gave it his all, and what he gave was good.

Williamson - Aside from one fuck up when he passed a clearance to Berbatov, I thought he was solid.

It took our own individual fuck ups to get them their goals. If Chris can get it into Jose, Jonas, and Colo that they can't get away with the same shit that made them so good last year, then we'll obviously concede less.

Barton, never hid.

The tactics were decent, we just didn't have what it took to pull it off.

 

 

Negatives

I stick up for Jonas, but he was persistently shit today.

Perch, he got better as the match went on. He was our weakness, but he wasn't as bad as he might be made out to be.

Harper. that third goal. It looked like he was in slow motion.

 

 

Overall, what I expected, but I'm annoyed that it was 3-0 and not 2-0. I love Jose, and up until the 85th minute I thought he'd had a solid game. He cannot pull that shit anymore in the PL, he simply cannot.

[Gallowgate Toon]

Thing is if we hadn't bottled it we could have given them a bit of a game. We're not as inferior as people think but we just let Man U do whatever they pleased, it was infuriating to watch. We never played to our strengths and after 30 mins didn't even bother to attack. Hughton is going to have to buck his ideas up, we actually need to give teams a match, not a training game, no matter how big their reputation.

[Guest Mani]

Carroll was fucking immense IMO. Even the little things he did really, really well.

 

Clearly our man of the match.

 

carroll is coming into his own now,.

 

barton was also pretty good.

[Yorkie]

Promising in the fact we weren't annihilated. Clearly a case of being beaten by a vastly superior team. A hammering would have dented the confidence from the word, so even though 3-0's disappointing, in some respects i'm relieved.

 

We're still aching for more firepower, though. The bench didn't bare looking at.

 

Old news now i would imagine, but where were Guthrie and Lovenkrands?

 

The scoreline is not showing a Chelsea wipeout but we were annihilated.

 

Christ. If we'd have lost 8-0, confidence would have been at an all-time low from the very beginning. It wasn't, it was respectable, and we'll fight on from here.

[Dave]

Despite my praise of Carroll I still can't believe that missed header. In this league we've simply got to take chances like that. Who knows what could have happened if that had gone in, though saying that it would probably have just made them angry.