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Newcastle United 2 - 2 Wolves - 25/02/12 - post-match reaction from page 34


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watching it again. We were playing really well up until 2 nil and then just almost completely stopped playing. Now if we want to compete with the top clubs then we simply cannot do that. The top teams carry on pushing and go on to win at a canter.  I don't know if it was the manager or just the players couldn't be bothered but it really was shocking.

 

It's probably the reason we haven't beaten anyone with a truly convincing scoreline this season despite the man united game. (which was 2 wonder goals and a injury time own goal)

 

:scared:

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watching it again. We were playing really well up until 2 nil and then just almost completely stopped playing. Now if we want to compete with the top clubs then we simply cannot do that. The top teams carry on pushing and go on to win at a canter.  I don't know if it was the manager or just the players couldn't be bothered but it really was shocking.

 

It's probably the reason we haven't beaten anyone with a truly convincing scoreline this season despite the man united game. (which was 2 wonder goals and a injury time own goal)

 

:scared:

 

It's "game of the day" God knows how it was an atrocious game of football

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Sounds like we tried to do to Wolves what Spurs did to us 2 weeks ago. Start quickly, score a couple and then ease back and coast for the last 70 minutes.

 

Problem is that Spurs still pushed looking for more goals rather than stop playing completely and hand the initiative and momentum over. Why can't we just keep playing football and try to wallop teams by 4 or 5? Is Pardew trying to be too f***ing clever and cute by thinking the game's won? 

 

We didn't try to play football.

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lucky to get a point, even at 2-0 we weren't the better team. all down to shitty tactics of 8 man containment and 2 men attacking, it's exactly the way the mackems have played the last couple of months. only plus side is that pardew ought to look at those tactics and realise we aren't cut out for it.

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Funnily enough, in hindsight we might have been better off had that header Doyle put wide at the end of the first half (which was a pretty glaring miss) gone in. Might have changed our second half approach.

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Conceding a 2 goal lead to anyone is bad but to Wolves....  It's embarrassing but not a surprise to those though who actually watch our recent performances.

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Still really can't get it how we didn't win this.

 

Normally, 2-0 up, you go for a 3rd goal and kill it off and have some fun.

 

We did fall asleep. One of the worst performances from us I've seen for a long time. Well, probably for 2 weeks.... :lol:

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Frustrating match to watch, but then all the matches since Man U have been. Don't understand why we insisted on hoofing the ball long to Cisse and Demba all game when they couldn't win a header against the Wolves cbs. We were lucky to go two ahead and then completely stopped playing.

 

On Ben Arfa, I think he was the only player to try to make something happen in the second half. He lost the ball a few times but he also almost scored, and was the only player shooting at the goal after they equalised. Time to see him starting regularly, the lad needs games to get to his best and we need an in form Ben Arfa.

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Problem with Ben Arfa at the moment is, when he comes on, he knows it's a rare chance to show everyone - Pardew in particular - what he can do. That leads to a huge level of selfishnes, what we've seen yesterday.

 

Of course, he almost scored but, with Ba in the box, I'd rather had him try to cross the ball into the box instead of trying to cut inside and go for goal - everytime.

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Problem with Ben Arfa at the moment is, when he comes on, he knows it's a rare chance to show everyone - Pardew in particular - what he can do. That leads to a huge level of selfishnes, what we've seen yesterday.

 

Of course, he almost scored but, with Ba in the box, I'd rather had him try to cross the ball into the box instead of trying to cut inside and go for goal - everytime.

with no one getting forward from midfield it's going to be some ball to find ba with 4 defenders and a couple of midfielders trying to stop him.
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