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Newcastle United 0 - 2 Tottenham Hotspur - 13/08/17 (post-match from p28)


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Seen some spectacularly strong opinions on how bad this was, can't understand it myself.

 

Was totally even at half time.

 

We'd arguably had the better of it, imo. Atsu had been in behind them a couple of times.

 

:thup: they had more ball, we had more "fret"

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Apparently these were quotes from the Sky commentary? :lol: nee way

 

"Newcastle fans booing Sissoko for being a deserter despite saving them from relegation the year prior"

 

"A no nonsense challenge that's infuriated the locals" (on Harry Kane's scissors tackle from behind sends Lejuene off injured)

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Regarding Sissoko the "one greedy b******" chant was a weird one.

 

Yeah that threw me off. Just seems the stock chant for players we don't like (Hamann, Distin, Owen...).

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The commentator was a right sarcy cunt, like. That comment about Sissoko was baffling - I thought everyone agreed that he's a fucking dick? Weird, weird stick to beat Newcastle fans with, that one. Then some comment about the singing section; "heh, guess they must've lost their voice." :lol: Eh? Off you fuck you utter melt.

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The commentator was a right sarcy c***, like. That comment about Sissoko was baffling - I thought everyone agreed that he's a f***ing dick? Weird, weird stick to beat Newcastle fans with, that one. Then some comment about the singing section; "heh, guess they must've lost their voice." :lol: Eh? Off you f*** you utter melt.

Why was he so bitter? :lol: Sky must hate us like, fucking over our away fans, peddling Ashley's shit, being salty towards our fans during a fucking game of ours. :lol:
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The 3 players that impressed me the most were 3 of our summer signings.  Atsu, Manquillo and Merino so that's a good sign.

 

Lejeune was also having a good game before being savaged by Kane.

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The commentator was a right sarcy c***, like. That comment about Sissoko was baffling - I thought everyone agreed that he's a f***ing dick? Weird, weird stick to beat Newcastle fans with, that one. Then some comment about the singing section; "heh, guess they must've lost their voice." :lol: Eh? Off you f*** you utter melt.

Why was he so bitter? :lol: Sky must hate us like, fucking over our away fans, peddling Ashley's shit, being salty towards our fans during a fucking game of ours. :lol:

 

We were back in the PL against some PL southern favourites - it was important for Sky to immediately remind us about how entitled we all are. Those bloody Newcastle fans whinging again, why can't they just be satisfied with being cannon fodder?

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The 3 players that impressed me the most were 3 of our summer signings.  Atsu, Manquillo and Merino so that's a good sign.

 

Lejeune was also having a good game before being savaged by Kane.

 

:snod: :snod:

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The 3 players that impressed me the most were 3 of our summer signings.  Atsu, Manquillo and Merino so that's a good sign.

 

Lejeune was also having a good game before being savaged by Kane.

 

Thought Manquillo looked useful in the final third and was clearly frustrated about a couple of balls that didn't reach him, but he had a mare for the second goal.

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I think Merino touched the ball more in his cameo than Hayden & Shelvey put together. He looks like he's going to be very good.

 

merino actually went looking for the ball and asking for it.

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The 3 players that impressed me the most were 3 of our summer signings.  Atsu, Manquillo and Merino so that's a good sign.

 

Lejeune was also having a good game before being savaged by Kane.

 

Thought Manquillo looked useful in the final third and was clearly frustrated about a couple of balls that didn't reach him, but he had a mare for the second goal.

 

While that's true I don't want to criticise too much, it's extremely hard for anyone to stay in position when you are down to 10 men.

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Given that Gayle was never likely to be fit enough to complete the full 90 minutes, if the first half injuries and (especially) Shelvey's lunacy hadn't derailed the game plan, it would've been interesting to see how Rafa would have approached the final third (or quarter) of the match.

 

For instance, would he have used Mitro up front as a direct replacement for Gayle, while introducing Merino for Hayden? Or might he have brought on Murphy, while shifting Richie in to the number 10 role, and pushing Ayoze up top? Or would he have opted for another set of subs to the two I've suggested?

 

Whichever way Rafa went, given Spurs presumed title aspirations, had the score been level and it was still 11 vs 11, then I think Spurs would have tried to force the match and that would have given us far more and far better opportunities to get something on the counter. Basically then, I think we would have been in with a real shot at a earning a valuable point, and a decent shot at earning an invaluable 3 points.

 

We'll never know, of course, but I'm definitely choosing to stick with a glass half full interpretation of today's match.

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Given that Gayle was never likely to be fit enough to complete the full 90 minutes, if the first half injuries and (especially) Shelvey's lunacy hadn't derailed the game plan, it would've been interesting to see how Rafa would have approached the final third (or quarter) of the match.

 

For instance, would he have used Mitro up front as a direct replacement for Gayle, while introducing Merino for Hayden? Or might he have brought on Murphy, while shifting Richie in to the number 10 role, and pushing Ayoze up top? Or would he have opted for another set of subs to the two I've suggested?

 

Whichever way Rafa went, given Spurs presumed title aspirations, had the score been level and it was still 11 vs 11, then I think Spurs would have tried to force the match and that would have given us far more and far better opportunities to get something on the counter. Basically then, I think we would have been in with a real shot at a earning a valuable point, and a decent shot at earning an invaluable 3 points.

 

We'll never know, of course, but I'm definitely choosing to stick with a glass half full interpretation of today's match.

 

Get a load of this guy!

 

Agree, good post. :thup:

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Absolutely seething. Difficult to interpret what he's more pissed off about; Ashley, or the fact we lost/the way we lost.

 

Trying to step away from all the transfer bollocks for a moment... you can really tell that Shelvey has gone and done something that Rafa has insisted they do not do. Like he says there, they were talking about having to keep their focus for 90 minutes if we're gonna have a chance of staying up. Barely half way into the season and that's happened. Shelvey is such an idiot.

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Given that Gayle was never likely to be fit enough to complete the full 90 minutes, if the first half injuries and (especially) Shelvey's lunacy hadn't derailed the game plan, it would've been interesting to see how Rafa would have approached the final third (or quarter) of the match.

 

For instance, would he have used Mitro up front as a direct replacement for Gayle, while introducing Merino for Hayden? Or might he have brought on Murphy, while shifting Richie in to the number 10 role, and pushing Ayoze up top? Or would he have opted for another set of subs to the two I've suggested?

 

Whichever way Rafa went, given Spurs presumed title aspirations, had the score been level and it was still 11 vs 11, then I think Spurs would have tried to force the match and that would have given us far more and far better opportunities to get something on the counter. Basically then, I think we would have been in with a real shot at a earning a valuable point, and a decent shot at earning an invaluable 3 points.

 

We'll never know, of course, but I'm definitely choosing to stick with a glass half full interpretation of today's match.

 

Absolutely. :thup:

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