Gallowgate Toon Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Absolute Rafa performance and it was bloody great - we'll see this quite a bit this season, I'm sure. We were so disciplined and well drilled. Merino was excellent again and Lascelles had a stormer, but I was so impressed with Ritchie. Absolute leader in this squad, in terms of leading by example, with his doggedness and determination. Got some decent quality in him as well, like I thought the team selection was just about bang on. Sent the perfect message to the squad - you have to play well to be in this side, nobody is bigger than the team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Good performance and great result. Before the game, I saw that Swansea were bottom of the league in shots and crosses per game and so it prevailed. They look very poor in the final third, as you might expect a team suddenly without Sigurddson and Llorente. I thought Clement missed a trick when he took Sanches off for Bony. They were having a good spell, so I think it would have been better to go like for like and bring on Routledge to keep up the midfield pressure. We scored shortly after and were comfortable the rest of the game. The team and system look great, especially when Blob doesn't have to do much. If it takes idiot pundits' eyes off his obvious talent, Merino can do a dive like that every game for me. The lad is a class above. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Taylor Swift Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 6 points from the first 4 games is what I would have definitely taken at the start of the season. Hope we can get 3-4 points from the next two matches. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
loki679 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Just seen it again. It was pretty innocuous tbh. Not even really a yellow, just a mistake. He got the ball. Well, the left one anyway. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Just seen it again. It was pretty innocuous tbh. Not even really a yellow, just a mistake. He got the ball. Well, the left one anyway. yep, he didn't have his eye on it though. According to the nation's favourite (ahem) pundits this is essential/irrelevant delete as appropriate. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest neesy111 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 People really need to learn it's Sanches not Sanchez ffs. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Optimistic Nut Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 People really need to learn it's Sanches not Sanchez ffs. People still write Clarke which is more annoying. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darth Crooks Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 People really need to learn it's Sanches not Sanchez ffs. People still write Clarke which is more annoying. Funny way of spelling Sanchez I'll give you that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Dermott Gallagher saying Diame should have had a red card in the game for his challenge on Ayew. They are fucking desperate for us to have a man sent off every game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Really needs to be consistency in the way the media (both tv and newspapers) analyse challenges - they absolutely go to town on Ritchie's challenge, yet they completely ignore Kachunga on Mbemba? If you're going to have post match analysis that clearly ends up flagging things up for the FA, you've got to be even handed about it and actually review all incidents. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hughesy Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Just seen it again. It was pretty innocuous tbh. Not even really a yellow, just a mistake. The kick against Mbemba remains the biggest travesty. Not really sure how he was ever going to get the ball that way though? Would take a pretty strange set of events for him to win the ball that way. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattypnufc Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Really needs to be consistency in the way the media (both tv and newspapers) analyse challenges - they absolutely go to town on Ritchie's challenge, yet they completely ignore Kachunga on Mbemba? If you're going to have post match analysis that clearly ends up flagging things up for the FA, you've got to be even handed about it and actually review all incidents. Not likely given Sky's massive bias towards showing us in a negative light. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 surely rafa, the local media and shearer etc should be getting the huddersfield incident highlighted Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 https://www.nufc.co.uk/nufc-tv/highlights/swansea-a-highlights-17-18?autoplay=true&isloggedin=true Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
2Ameobis Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Herons post brought a tear to my eye and just read this snippet of interview by Paco, "Mikel (Antia, coach) was on the touchline and Antonio (Gomez Perez, coach) was in the stands communicating with Rafa. Between the four of us we were making a plan of communication and it worked perfectly" Four coaches, dedicated to the same outcome, thinking as one. How on earth have we managed to get these people to be part of our club? We are very very lucky. Unbelievable stuff Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 We had the John Carver led brain trust in charge not that long ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 We had the John Carver led brain trust in charge not that long ago. It's shocking isn't it, what Bobby saw in that guy, heaven knows. Just finished watching the highlights again oon NUFC.TV, it's nice to hear the radio newcastle guys commentating. Anyway after the highlights ended there's a link to other random videos and the bottom row, consists of interviews with Pardew, Carver, McClaren and Sissoko, so glad none of those are still around the club today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Howaythetoon Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Sounded like a great win by all accounts, onwards and upwards! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thomas Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 We had the John Carver led brain trust in charge not that long ago. It's shocking isn't it, what Bobby saw in that guy, heaven knows. Just finished watching the highlights again oon NUFC.TV, it's nice to hear the radio newcastle guys commentating. Anyway after the highlights ended there's a link to other random videos and the bottom row, consists of interviews with Pardew, Carver, McClaren and Sissoko, so glad none of those are still around the club today. I've said it elsewhere but I feel SBR saw him as a good enough lieutenant; someone to enforce and carry out a general's larger vision. Carver was never a general himself and it's shown. Just different kinds of people. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
afar Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Sounded like a great win by all accounts, onwards and upwards! It wasn't a great win, it was a good result and a solid away performance against one of the weaker sides in the division. We did more than enough to beat them but will have to play a lot better than this when we come up against tougher opponents on the road. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greg Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Rich you killjoy taking away the jubilation. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
themanupstairs Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 Herons post brought a tear to my eye and just read this snippet of interview by Paco, "Mikel (Antia, coach) was on the touchline and Antonio (Gomez Perez, coach) was in the stands communicating with Rafa. Between the four of us we were making a plan of communication and it worked perfectly" Four coaches, dedicated to the same outcome, thinking as one. How on earth have we managed to get these people to be part of our club? We are very very lucky. Unbelievable stuff Rather have the grit of Steve Stone and Dean Saunders. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiresias Posted September 11, 2017 Share Posted September 11, 2017 To be fair wouldn't surprise me if Antonio was just pretending to pass stuff on to keep Rafa happy Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Altamullan Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 I've just watched the Sky highlights of the game and there seemed to be an odd 'exchange' between Lascelles and Gayle at the end of the game. Firstly the camera catches Lascelles shouting (angrily/commandingly) "Gayle!" There is no wide shot but I assumed he was calling him to come over to the fans? (Anybody there see any more?). Then slightly later Lascelles looks angry/worked-up and appears to be saying something like 'What are you on about?" to Gayle, whose head is side-on in the frame so can't see his reaction. Anybody got scent of dressing room issues? Just seems a strange exchange when others were clearly so happy to have won. Was there something more to the Gayle for sale stuff? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted September 12, 2017 Share Posted September 12, 2017 I wonder if Gayle feels that he's back in the same impact sub role that he was in at Palace. He joined us to get away from that, so he's going to be a bit brassed off. It may be my imagination, but he looked a bit overweight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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