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Newcastle United 0 - 1 Cambridge United (08/01/2022)


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Just now, Shays Given Tim Flowers said:

Can't get relegated from the FA Cup. 

 

Less games is probably a good thing when all is said and done. 

 

Depressingly true. It's a horrendous result but cup upsets do happen and there's nothing definitive to suggest the result will be reflected next weekend. We need a striker in by midnight, mind. Even if it's some clogger on the cheap. Time to push the panic button if necessary. 

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2 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

Even if it's some clogger on the cheap.

Somebody who doesn’t vacate the box when the ball goes wide and actually attacks the front post would do. Ideally someone relatively tall. 
 

Bit of a shame AFCON is on as there’s bound to be some generic striker who is there that’d do a job on loan from Trabzonspor or FC Rostov.

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12 minutes ago, Lush Vlad said:

Their keeper has had a blinder. But I do think it was a bit over-hyped. 2-3 world class saves and a load of routine ones, due to shit finishing. It was hardly like we had them under endless pressure or had loads of clear cut chances, where we have carved them open. 
 

Too many of our players are finished here. If we don’t get 4-5 in like is reported this month. Going down and a proper rebuild wouldn’t hurt.

Dubravka just keeps making errors.

Ritchie, Longtstaff, Krafth are clearly not good enough.

Almiron and Fraser work hard with limited end product.

More worryingly, players that have ability and performed well at the club just seem totally uninterested. ASM and Willock were an absolute disgrace today, I thought. 

 

On the money!

 

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15 minutes ago, neesy111 said:

 

The images from VAR showed they weren't looking at the offside when Shelvey touched it, it was from the initial pass.

 

They probably did with how useless of a system it is.

 

The international feed showed them looking at the Shelvey touch too.

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4 minutes ago, WarrenBartonCentrePartin said:

They don’t care.
 

 

 

Awful result, but maybe a good thing.

 

Really have to focus on getting in players now, and be very deliberate about moving on from some of the lot we have here currently. Think they are mostly broken beyond repair now.

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To little surprise, a lack of a centre forward cost us today. In the final 20 minutes we had all of our attacking players stood in a line on the edge of their area, nobody was coming short for the ball to feet, nor running in behind and trying to drag their defenders around to open up space. Trippier and Shelvey who were tasked with creating in the final third simply had no options. Fraser and in particularly Murphy should have viewed today as a big opportunity and should have gone out to kill, but it was so poor in the final third. I'm willing to excuse Eddie Howe for this one, it's difficult to teach wingers striker's instinct.

That said, their goalkeeper was absolutely magnificent, what a feeling that must have been for him today. The save from Joelinton's late header in particular was outstanding.

We move on. Well done to Cambridge and their travelling support.

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1 minute ago, Infinitely Content said:

To little surprise, a lack of a centre forward cost us today. In the final 20 minutes we had all of our attacking players stood in a line on the edge of their area, nobody was coming short for the ball to feet, nor running in behind and trying to drag their defenders around to open up space. Trippier and Shelvey who were tasked with creating in the final third simply had no options. Fraser and in particularly Murphy should have viewed today as a big opportunity and should have gone out to kill, but it was so poor in the final third. I'm willing to excuse Eddie Howe for this one, it's difficult to teach wingers striker's instinct.

That said, their goalkeeper was absolutely magnificent, what a feeling that must have been for him today. The save from Joelinton's late header in particular was outstanding.

We move on. Well done to Cambridge and their travelling support.

 

Think that's a good summary. :thup:

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2 minutes ago, POOT 2.0 said:

Some of the big babies looked out of sorts/in a huff all game. Like they knew they would be replaced, the gravy train was ending, and they'd have to shape up or ship out.

 

Because they're born losers...they chose to be defeatists. 

 

Others tried...but aren't good enough, anymore/if ever. 

 

This 100%. 

 

They cannot handle the transition into playing in a way that actually demands far more from them. They're all getting exposed big time.

 

All grown accustomed to just sitting in their box to defend and not showing any initiative going forward. The culture of laziness and a complete lack of accountability has run way too deep for some.

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49 minutes ago, McCormick said:

I haven’t rated Dubravka in ages. Offside but still lets the ball go through his legs.

 

 

 

Dubs is average at best.  I could never understand the adulation he got on here.

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