Newcastle 1 - 0 Anzhi - 14/03/13 (1 - 0 on agg) post-match reaction from page 36

[Guest Phil K]

Hate to say it, but Chiek's got to be put on the bench. He's turned into (more of) a liability.

I'd put Perchy in. The lads not done much wrong, and deserves a chance. Or Anita.

[Spudil]

I understand that they were good opposition and the result was great. The likes of Jonas coming on a regularly being stood between the two centre halves and Campbell played so so deep when they were a man down doesn't inspire me going forward. It may be negative but I dunno...be nice to have all the pieces of the puzzle all in place to try to win something to say the least.

 

First half was tame, we were all over them second half. Had 10% more possession, more shots and more shots on target. Yes we struggled with the final ball but we certainly weren't just sitting back hoping for a break.

 

Please try and keep your delusion at least slightly in check

[Cajun]

Sorry but we were.

[Tiresias]

There was a period after the red when they were oddly better but by and large yes we were in control, just couldn't keep it sustained for too long, always gave them an easy let off.

[huss9]

expensively assembled team yet they could score against us in 180 minutes of football

[STM]

I rated like this:

 

Elliot- 6 Didn't have a lot to do

 

Santon- 6 All fart, no shit. He has to learn to time his runs and cross at the right times.

Taylor- 9 One of the best performances i've seen in years.

Mbiwa-7 Good performance but two sloppy passes noted.

Haidara- 6 Looks a more balanced player than Santon but needs to keep his concentration.

 

Cabaye- 6 Very average before he went off.

Tiote- 6 Is much better but still too many sloppy passes and fouls.

Anita-6 Missing largely.

 

Marveaux- 8 Always our only chance of creating a goal yesterday.

Sissoko-6 Was poor first but much better in the second half, they dealt with him well.

Cisse-7 Hardly got the ball in the right area's but did his job in the end.

 

Jonas-8 Changed the game for us