MagPar Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 51 minutes ago, Bunk Moreland said: Riiiiiiiiiidge Raaaacerrrrrrrrr. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nucasol Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 3 hours ago, timeEd32 said: The bottom 5 heading into the weekend played Arsenal, Liverpool, Newcastle, Spurs, and Fulham. They conceded two goals and none of them lost. This wasn't really an anomaly; the Premier League has changed and it seems disingenuous at this point to critique the manager and the players without at least recognizing the broader context (stealing much of this from The Times). I've been critical of our lack of goals from the striker position and also Gordon's output, but this is currently the lowest goal output in five years: It's even worse for forwards: And this is not just a "there aren't many great goal scorers anymore problem." They aren't getting the ball as much in dangerous areas: The clock has been wound back to 2009/10, which had the highest portion of set piece goals in the history of the PL era: There's all sorts of theories floating around about why -- the league has never been stronger in terms of depth, pressing has been figured out to some extent, teams are happy to setup defensively and hope to get a goal either on a counter or from a set piece, etc. etc. Here's a quote from Anthony Barry, England assistant: Games this season are averaging the lowest number of passes since 2012/13. The length of passing sequences is also down as well as how far up the pitch they are traveling. Long balls are up from last season. This all means there are less opportunities to press; there's more than 1 less high turnover per game compared to last season. I think we're trying to deal with the demands of multiple games per week, integrating new players up front, and trying to figure out how to adapt to and beat this new version of the league. We've particularly struggled to create chance and score goals away from home, but we've been very solid defensively. We'll see if either of those continue as we play more of the good teams away in the second half of the season. Oh, and while everyone looks longingly at Villa just know that they have scored twice as many goals as anyone from outside of the penalty area (12). It's particularly great timing and maybe partially strategic in a season when everyone is struggling to score. Maybe they'll be able to keep that up, but these are not high percentage chances and the most likely outcome would be some kind of regression there. Take away just a few of those and they'd be right in the mess that is from Liverpool on down. Great post @timeEd32. Supplementing with a good article that’s just been published on BBC Sport about the rise of the 0-0 and set pieces. Needless to say we feature prominently: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/articles/clymd1lgp44o Stat from Sunday: The Magpies' pass completion rate in the first half (94%) was the highest by any team in a half of Premier League football without recording a shot on target since such records began in 2003-04, prompting head coach Eddie Howe to bemoan their lack of cutting edge. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbydazzla Posted January 20 Share Posted January 20 1 hour ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said: Eddie never changes how we play Disclaimer: Eddie Howe has changed Newcastle's style of play a number of times during his time as Newcastle manager. Eddie only wants players with PL experience Disclaimer: Eddie Howe has successfully integrated loads of non-PL players into his NUFC squad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mills and Boon Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Can't believe there are 50 wallopers who want Howe sacked. Lower primate thinking Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Terrymac1966 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Rinse and repeat team Barnes on wrong side again 🤨 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timeEd32 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 56 minutes ago, Mills and Boon said: Can't believe there are 50 wallopers who want Howe sacked. Lower primate thinking Wish there could be a Black Mirror episode where those 50 people get alternate NUFC to see how it goes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mills and Boon Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Mitigating circumstances Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JT24 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 No bump today, lads?? Lads??? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lush Vlad Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) 2 hours ago, JT24 said: No bump today, lads?? Lads??? If you’ve jinxed this. I swear on the old Gods and the new……. Edited January 21 by Lush Vlad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colos Short and Curlies Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 11 minutes ago, JT24 said: No bump today, lads?? Lads??? Give it time, we've seen how his half time magic cam sometimes work 🤣 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dcmk Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Genuinely how can anyone want him out? Just don't get it. If we did, we would bring in a shite caretaker manager and then Mou or some other has been in the summer within 6 months, we would be full of regret and Howe would have gone onto better things. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Butcher Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
54 Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 First Newcastle manager to reach the knockouts of the Champions League. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TBG Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Villa & PSG (a) are the real test. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PauloGeordio Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vinny Green Balls Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 (edited) 1 minute ago, 54 said: First Newcastle manager to reach the knockouts of the Champions League. Robson sort of did getting to the second group phase. It was such an odd format in 2002-03. Edited January 21 by Vinny Green Balls Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pilko Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 He's had these Champions League home games absolutely sewn up. Barca are a proper, proper side who we gave a good game, but otherwise it's been cigar, whiskey and slippers all the way and he deserves big plaudits for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 2 minutes ago, 54 said: First Newcastle manager to reach the knockouts of the Champions League. Just yet another unprecedented NUFC achievement for the useless fuck. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis H Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 6 wins 2 draws 2 defeats since Sunderland. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheInfiniteOdyssey Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Been a tremendous Champions League overall and he deserves huge credit for it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 My King Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HawK Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Changed things significantly today - on and off the ball, he made changes and I'm a happy man. Clear instructions to push Joelinton up to press in a 4-4-2 shape off the ball, and on the ball we tried Tonali between Thiaw and Botman before Bruno went off, helping to alleviate the pressure on Pope when pressed and providing the verticality through to Bruno. The man for man pressing on their 2 defenders worked a treat. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 2 hours ago, Mills and Boon said: Mitigating circumstances Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Displayname Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Looked more like our old self today. Keep it going Eddie. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keegans Export Posted January 21 Share Posted January 21 Spot on tonight. Seeing us go ahead early and not just sit back, what a relief. Did a great job of playing through them as they chased the game, second half especially. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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