Tsunami Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Taking him off was a very negative substitution. Rafa wants the fans to stick with the team. Here’s an idea; let the players try and take a game to the opposition and feed off the crowd. All that’s happening of late is that the home crowd become unceasingly frustrated and the opposition feed off it. Taking Shelvey off smacked of an unwillingness to try and win the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elliottman Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Taking him off was a very negative substitution. Rafa wants the fans to stick with the team. Here’s an idea; let the players try and take a game to the opposition and feed off the crowd. All that’s happening of late is that the home crowd become unceasingly frustrated and the opposition feed off it. Taking Shelvey off smacked of an unwillingness to try and win the game. Not really, he was shit? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Another game with no impact. Like Ritchie, I wouldn't mind them being quiet if they could produce a bit of quality to win the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsunami Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Taking him off was a very negative substitution. Rafa wants the fans to stick with the team. Here’s an idea; let the players try and take a game to the opposition and feed off the crowd. All that’s happening of late is that the home crowd become unceasingly frustrated and the opposition feed off it. Taking Shelvey off smacked of an unwillingness to try and win the game. Not really, he was s***? He was no more shit than some others and importantly he has the ability to pick a pass to win a game whereas someone like Diame doesn’t. That substitution smacked of a let’s not lose attitude, Rafa has to get the crowd involved and put opposition under pressure when we’re at home. We are far too easy to play at home; Swansea sat off us too deep in the first half which is the wrong thing against us and changed in the second half and we simply retreated. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ujpest doza Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Nah Diame was awful, although he did run around more. Shelvey just looks shagged whenever I watch him try and move with the ball, get back etc. Diame was tasked with marking Bony when he came on and I thought he did alright. Shelvey wasn't brilliant but he wasn't garbage either. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Looking back, I looked at both their performances and neither were remotely good enough and it’s that engine room that is where our main weaknesses lie. Shelvey and Diame at home to Swansea? Fucking hell! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/13/newcastle-swansea-premier-league-report Absolutely trying to make something out of nothing that shit is. She's a mackem. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest chopey Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 The photo looks like Atsu/Dyer are forming two people from one Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 https://www.theguardian.com/football/2018/jan/13/newcastle-swansea-premier-league-report Absolutely trying to make something out of nothing that shit is. She's a mackem. I know, Louise with the teeth isn't it ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Nah Diame was awful, although he did run around more. Shelvey just looks shagged whenever I watch him try and move with the ball, get back etc. Diame wasn't awful either, he drove us forward a lot and won his fair share of important challenges. Gave away about 6 silly fouls, gave away the ball quite a bit etc. He did drive us forward, but to little effect. Including the brilliant pass he made which contributed to our equaliser? I only watched the second half admittedly but he appears to be the only player who is spraying the ball about with real purpose for us. He's inconsistent and should definitely be registering more goals/assists, but at the moment he should be starting. We're absolutely incapable of even starting an attack without him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Nah Diame was awful, although he did run around more. Shelvey just looks shagged whenever I watch him try and move with the ball, get back etc. Diame wasn't awful either, he drove us forward a lot and won his fair share of important challenges. Gave away about 6 silly fouls, gave away the ball quite a bit etc. He did drive us forward, but to little effect. Including the brilliant pass he made which contributed to our equaliser? I only watched the second half admittedly but he appears to be the only player who is spraying the ball about with real purpose for us. He's inconsistent and should definitely be registering more goals/assists, but at the moment he should be starting. We're absolutely incapable of even starting an attack without him. Spot on Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Nah Diame was awful, although he did run around more. Shelvey just looks shagged whenever I watch him try and move with the ball, get back etc. Diame wasn't awful either, he drove us forward a lot and won his fair share of important challenges. Gave away about 6 silly fouls, gave away the ball quite a bit etc. He did drive us forward, but to little effect. Including the brilliant pass he made which contributed to our equaliser? I only watched the second half admittedly but he appears to be the only player who is spraying the ball about with real purpose for us. He's inconsistent and should definitely be registering more goals/assists, but at the moment he should be starting. We're absolutely incapable of even starting an attack without him. Spot on Not seen it back since I got away from SJP but I thought it came from his tackle to win the ball back as well. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sho Time Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Nah Diame was awful, although he did run around more. Shelvey just looks shagged whenever I watch him try and move with the ball, get back etc. Diame wasn't awful either, he drove us forward a lot and won his fair share of important challenges. Gave away about 6 silly fouls, gave away the ball quite a bit etc. He did drive us forward, but to little effect. Including the brilliant pass he made which contributed to our equaliser? I only watched the second half admittedly but he appears to be the only player who is spraying the ball about with real purpose for us. He's inconsistent and should definitely be registering more goals/assists, but at the moment he should be starting. We're absolutely incapable of even starting an attack without him. Spot on Not seen it back since I got away from SJP but I thought it came from his tackle to win the ball back as well. Aye, it did. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SuperFlat Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Thought he was taken off as it looked like he was starting to lose his head, to be honest. Had a little bit of a nibble in the Strawberry Corner not long before. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted January 13, 2018 Share Posted January 13, 2018 Nah Diame was awful, although he did run around more. Shelvey just looks shagged whenever I watch him try and move with the ball, get back etc. Diame wasn't awful either, he drove us forward a lot and won his fair share of important challenges. Gave away about 6 silly fouls, gave away the ball quite a bit etc. He did drive us forward, but to little effect. Including the brilliant pass he made which contributed to our equaliser? I only watched the second half admittedly but he appears to be the only player who is spraying the ball about with real purpose for us. He's inconsistent and should definitely be registering more goals/assists, but at the moment he should be starting. We're absolutely incapable of even starting an attack without him. I’m talking about Diame there... Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Diame was a solid 7/10 at least for me today. If it was Shelvey people would have said so. Bored of this relentless hate for Diame. It's probably fair to say he isn't very good or "the answer" but more often than not he gives it his all. People just have it in their heads that he is shit and cannot see otherwise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 7? That’s a very good performance on that kind of scale. He wasn’t shit, but he was poor to average for me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 7? That’s a very good performance on that kind of scale. He wasn’t shit, but he was poor to average for me. 7 may be a tad generous but he wasn't below a 5 that's for certain. Diame is just a popular hate figure is the point I am making. He was certsinky no worse than Shelvey today Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I thought the two combined at home was an abysmal pairing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I thought the two combined at home was an abysmal pairing. Out of curiosity... What would be your ideal NUFC pairing at home Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I thought the two combined at home was an abysmal pairing. Out of curiosity... What would be your ideal NUFC pairing at home I’d play the following: Hayden Murphy Merino Shelvey Atsu Gayle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I thought the two combined at home was an abysmal pairing. Out of curiosity... What would be your ideal NUFC pairing at home I’d play the following: Hayden Murphy Merino Shelvey Atsu Gayle Fair dues. Don't think we've seen enough of Murphy to warrant his replacement of Ritchie like Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I thought the two combined at home was an abysmal pairing. Out of curiosity... What would be your ideal NUFC pairing at home I’d play the following: Hayden Murphy Merino Shelvey Atsu Gayle Fair dues. Don't think we've seen enough of Murphy to warrant his replacement of Ritchie like :lol: Lets just keeping players out of faith then despite going nearly 3 months with almost no form. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 Murphy gives us so much more than Ritchie in every way that his exclusion at his expense is becoming bothersome and detrimental to everything. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heron Posted January 14, 2018 Share Posted January 14, 2018 I thought the two combined at home was an abysmal pairing. Out of curiosity... What would be your ideal NUFC pairing at home I’d play the following: Hayden Murphy Merino Shelvey Atsu Gayle Fair dues. Don't think we've seen enough of Murphy to warrant his replacement of Ritchie like [emoji38] Lets just keeping players out of faith then despite going nearly 3 months with almost no form. Not that funny tbh mate. Ritchie is like joint 8th on assists in the league (with lots on same amounts) and has done more than any of our other midfielders in terms of creating goals. So don't be a dick. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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