Guest ElCid Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Thought it was an even game after the first 20 and we looked to have more ideas towards the end. Our weaknesses really showed in the opening period mind, tried to play higher and the midfield were exposed terribly. Perez and Mitro are very green, in that instance, always leaving the spare man and going towards the ball rather than the space - much better when they dropped in. Everton had a fair few pot shots, like, not arsed about that one stat. Possession was poor but we play a direct game now (short term, I imagine) and it's where we look at our best. Didnt think we deserved to lose. Another game where we've missed some good openings. Did'nt deserve anything out of that game and although it was cruel at the end, Everton deserved the victory as they were far better apart from a 15 minute spell in the second half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buzza Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Only mistake elliot made was trying to fist that clear, then we had the colo and anita clown show trying to see who could make least effort to clear it. They completely dominated for the first 30 mins then it evened out a bit, second half it could have been anyone's, we were unlucky not to hold on for the draw. Lukaku was magnificent up front, had our lot all over the place. Sissoko again looked like our only chance of getting crosses in... Very predictable at the moment. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 4 home league wins in 2015. How many in 2014? 8 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ryan Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Absolutely shite performance yet again. Players are crap and manager is completely out of his depth, I used to be absolutely raging at results like this but I honestly couldn't give a fuck now. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Seriously impressed with Stones for them, that kid's an absolute star. Could play anywhere on the pitch, the composure he has. Mbemba was our best player by a distance and we did alright to get back into it given it looked like being a mauling the first 20 minutes. Sucker punch at the end. Was nice being back there again, suspect it'll be the last time for a while again. Was incredibly disappointed with Perez given he's my favourite Newcastle player. Was strolling around disinterested, at least Sissoko was involved. Something going on there like, Perez seems really pissed off. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 4 home league wins in 2015. How many in 2014? That's disgraceful. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Gini and Sissoko often pick up the ball too deep in our own half and so we don't have anyone in the final third. Really need to change that. Aye Chris Waddle(who I actually thought was alright) said this a lot. He also suggested swapping Ayoze and Sissoko's positions which I also would have liked to see And said we're crying out for a CM that can push is forward. Talked a lot of sense today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
colinmk Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Seriously impressed with Stones for them, that kid's an absolute star. Could play anywhere on the pitch, the composure he has. Mbemba was our best player by a distance and we did alright to get back into it given it looked like being a mauling the first 20 minutes. Sucker punch at the end. Was nice being back there again, suspect it'll be the last time for a while again. Was incredibly disappointed with Perez given he's my favourite Newcastle player. Was strolling around disinterested, at least Sissoko was involved. Something going on there like, Perez seems really pissed off. Let's be honest, there's been loads of players through the books that are good quality players and players youd expect to put in the effort but the situation must have the overriding effect. Playing for such a sham of a club must have an impact. I'm half cut btw. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Perez wasn't good today, but I wouldn't say he didn't try. Can't even blame him if he's had his head turned at this point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 I honestly didn't think Perez tried at all, looked towards him now and again and he was always strolling about. Like I say I'm a huge fan as well, I'm not after graft as such but he didn't seem to want to get involved. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
relámpago blanco Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Tho season has been off as we have looked good at points and today there are positives to take. If Nitro had scored we may have won. It was quite unlucky at the end but it should have been cleared off the line. Winjaldum didn't look very good today he was pushed off the ball way to easy. Some postives to take but we have said that a lot this season. I don't think we'll go down but we need more creativity. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Perez was disappointing but then we just didn't have the ball in their third anywhere near enough. It was obvious early in the second half that he was totally pissed off with this, I saw him turn away from the play in disgust a few times as we lost it. Which isn't to excuse any lack of effort of course, it just looked like he didn't believe in us as a team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sempuki Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Was a kick in the teeth to lose like that. First game I've been to in about a year - we tried, especially in the second half but looked a limited team. We'll do well to stay up as we just don't score enough goals. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Perez was disappointing but then we just didn't have the ball in their third anywhere near enough. It was obvious early in the second half that he was totally pissed off with this, I saw him turn away from the play in disgust a few times as we lost it. Which isn't to excuse any lack of effort of course, it just looked like he didn't believe in us as a team. He was part of the problem there though, he wasn't chasing anything. Mitrovic put him to shame in terms of chasing lost causes and going after a game we looked like we'd be well out of early doors. I'm not saying run about like an absolute spacca but he seemed to cut ties with the game once we'd had a dodgy start. Like I say I wouldn't be surprised if he was off soon, the way he was moping about. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Parsley Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Perez was disappointing but then we just didn't have the ball in their third anywhere near enough. It was obvious early in the second half that he was totally p*ssed off with this, I saw him turn away from the play in disgust a few times as we lost it. Which isn't to excuse any lack of effort of course, it just looked like he didn't believe in us as a team. He was part of the problem there though, he wasn't chasing anything. Mitrovic put him to shame in terms of chasing lost causes and going after a game we looked like we'd be well out of early doors. I'm not saying run about like an absolute spacca but he seemed to cut ties with the game once we'd had a dodgy start. Like I say I wouldn't be surprised if he was off soon, the way he was moping about. Even his passing was rank. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Perez was disappointing but then we just didn't have the ball in their third anywhere near enough. It was obvious early in the second half that he was totally pissed off with this, I saw him turn away from the play in disgust a few times as we lost it. Which isn't to excuse any lack of effort of course, it just looked like he didn't believe in us as a team. He was part of the problem there though, he wasn't chasing anything. Mitrovic put him to shame in terms of chasing lost causes and going after a game we looked like we'd be well out of early doors. I'm not saying run about like an absolute spacca but he seemed to cut ties with the game once we'd had a dodgy start. Like I say I wouldn't be surprised if he was off soon, the way he was moping about. Maybe irrelevant but I thought when he was coming off that he seemed to go out of his way to ignore McClaren Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Oh and just going back to whether they deserved to win or not, they should have played the full second half against ten men and could have easily had a penalty first half. The ref was wank for both sides, but for us it was just decisions in the middle of the park. We were hugely fortunate he also got the key decisions wrong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Aye I wouldn't say we deserved anything on the balance of play overall, that type of game you deserve everything you get if you lose, even if we finished brighter. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr.Spaceman Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 We were shit and deserved to lose. How many saves did Howard have to make? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Geordie Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 McClaren; "Disappointed for the players, who gave everything. We didn't deserve to lose - they gave 100% effort. Crowd were magnificent and appreciated the fact that the players gave everything" "Need to go again, on Monday" Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkzter Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Perez was piss poor and uninterested today, like others said - head turned no doubt. Everyone got what they wanted today - Perez and Mitro start, it was poor. Worse thing is Mcclaren didn't make a change for 85 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hakka Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 Could play anywhere on the pitch, the composure he has. Mbemba was our best player by a distance and we did alright to get back into it given it looked like being a mauling the first 20 minutes. Sucker punch at the end. Was nice being back there again, suspect it'll be the last time for a while again. Was incredibly disappointed with Perez given he's my favourite Newcastle player. Was strolling around disinterested, at least Sissoko was involved. Something going on there like, Perez seems really pissed off. I agree with that massively. Chelsea's pursuit isn't over the top, they can see the next John Terry style centre back for 10 years+. He's so calm and immense for his age. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 McClaren still saying 'if we play like that every week we'll be fine'. One shot on target at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 He's potentially better than Terry like, or more to the point he's a different type of defender. He's in the Rio Ferdinand mould in that he can play it from the back. Never seen a centre half run the show like that for a long time. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
triggs Posted December 26, 2015 Share Posted December 26, 2015 He's potentially better than Terry like, or more to the point he's a different type of defender. He's in the Rio Ferdinand mould in that he can play it from the back. Never seen a centre half run the show like that for a long time. He's very good on the ball but thought he was poor in the air and maybe not aggressive enough. Has to improve a lot yet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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