KaKa Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Regarding Muto, think he showed in that very brief cameo that he is really comfortable playing in that hole in behind the front man. There was some uncertainty over whether he could play there, but he looks like one of those that can take up any of those front 4 positions. Will be massive for us. Really gives us good options in that second striker position. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Odear Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Think this one is on Rafa. Terrible decision to bring Atsu on. Muto and Rondon looked good, there’s goals there. Diame better in second half but still nowhere near the level. Atsu should be nowhere near the match day squad, why not bring Ki on? Can’t fault he effort.. we should be ok this season. Should have gotten a point at least from that game though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakey jake Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Imagine what Rafa could do with just a tiny bit of backing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Spurs were there for the taking today. Shame we couldn't capitalise on our chances. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hanshithispantz Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Decent showing, absolutely unforgivable that we basically signed nee cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xLiaaamx Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Yedlin did everything wrong all afternoon. Even the fucking injury is because he goes for the ball in completely the wrong way. Ritchie needed to stay on. Bringing Atsu into it killed us before Muto added more. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
sbnufc Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Schär in at CB, Clark LB edit: RB Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 We 100% deserved something from that, was just one of them days. Hit the bar twice, that Kenedy chance, and two goal line clearances. Shelvey and Ritchie were class, and Rondon and Muto looked promising. Shit result, but everything else was relatively positive tbh. Beaten by 9mm ffs. Well said mate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxfree Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Christian Atsu is a terrible footballer. Not sure what Rafa was thinking with that one, we looked significantly worse when Ritchie went off Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ToonArmyFan Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 If any newcastle fan is moaning about that game please go and support another club because we played well and on another day we could of won that game if we had the luck on our side Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stottie Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Played well, created loads, were unlucky not to score a second and concede one Dubravka knocked out 1cm behind the line. Promising signs for the season to come with how the new lads played. Just hope Yedlin's okay. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kimbo Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I think that was Spurs at their absolute worst. I can see us getting a lot of nearly results this season, just like last year. The lack of technical ability in our fullbacks is disgusting to me. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bimpy474 Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Christian Atsu is a terrible footballer. Not sure what Rafa was thinking with that one, we looked significantly worse when Ritchie went off Good, i never want a player happy to go off, never understood the stick players get for having the hump if they're subbed. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
WarrenBartonCentrePartin Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Eurgh. Frustrating to lose that. Not sure why Ritchie was taken off like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole_Toonfan Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Decent showing, absolutely unforgivable that we basically signed nee cunt. Wish we had signed nee cunt, he might have scored. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Super Duper Branko Strupar Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Decent showing, absolutely unforgivable that we basically signed nee cunt. We signed NINE. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Disco Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Spurs were there for the taking today. Shame we couldn't capitalise on our chances. This, point dropped at least. They played at 50% second half. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ikon Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Yedlin out for a long period of time I imagine. Thank God we have great depth. And I don't even rate Yedlin. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dokko Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Ritchie sub was bizzare and cost us a point. Apart from that thought we played really well and were setup correctly. Unlucky not to get something. 9mm ffs Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Christian Atsu is a terrible footballer. Not sure what Rafa was thinking with that one, we looked significantly worse when Ritchie went off I shared his frustration. He was having a very good game, it was an unnecessary change, other areas perhaps could have called for a switch. And adding to it,Atsu offered nothing to improve the switch. The thing with Ritchie is, not only was he playing well but he's desperate to do well for everyone, the reason he was fuming. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElDiablo Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 I think that was Spurs at their absolute worst. I can see us getting a lot of nearly results this season, just like last year. The lack of technical ability in our fullbacks is disgusting to me. The whole back 4 today was technically deficient. Dubravka has got a better passing range than all of them. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Infinitely Content Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Ritchie, Dubravka, Shelvey, Kenedy, Rondon & Muto all had very good games. Would like to see them all starting against Cardiff. I know Rafa will prefer to take a slower, more gradual approach though which is fair enough. I'm really optimistic after seeing that, keep up that kind of commitment and determination to stay in the game up, and we will (as predicted) make those saying we are one of the favourites for the drop look very, very silly. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanj Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 God if they let Rafa sign one or two more quality starters, we’d have a result today. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulie Walnuts Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 wonder if Ritchie is feeling a bit paranoid after all the talk of selling him in the summer. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SUPERTOON Posted August 11, 2018 Share Posted August 11, 2018 Compare that to last year and the first game and it is massively encouraging, thought we looked a bit all over at the back, hopefully we sort that for next week and beyond. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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