Newcastle United 1-0 Bournemouth (20/12/2022)

[TRon]

3 minutes ago, Pata said:

Watching football without VAR is hard.

 

Aye, easy to criticise it until you get reminded what it was like before it came in.

[mikejaxer]

I feel like that's the sorta of game we would have historically lost

[AJ9]

Thought we were a bit lacklustre which is totally understandable. A QF though…a good draw and who the fuck knows eh

[Aiston]

Felt like a pre-season game that.

[Mattoon]

Pretty one sided, scrappy in parts, strange ambivalence watching as I felt we were going to get stung by not taking our chances but at the same time wasn't worried that we'd concede.

[Lush Vlad]

Not a great game. Thought we were pretty decent, bar some sloppiness in the final third and a few of them looking a bit rusty. 
 

Good tune up for Boxing Day. 

[David Edgar]

That fucking advert coming straight back on   

[McDog]

They had a couple real chances. Pope played that ball at the near post really well at the end. Clean sheet is nice.

[SUPERTOON]

Botman MOTM for me.

[Peppe]

9 minutes ago, The Butcher said:

Into to the last 8.

One of City and Liverpool will go out too ?

[McDog]

Just now, SUPERTOON said:

Botman MOTM for me.

super solid game for him.

[David Edgar]

Bruno looked really sharp.  Delighted to see that cos he was proper stodgy before the WC. 

[McDog]

I think if I were managing  I’d bring on Targett and ASM as a pair. That said if I was managing the team it would be shit so the point moot.

 

 

Edited December 20, 2022 by McDog

[Jinky]

Couple of important saves from Pope as well.

[TBG]

 

 

 

[Wolfcastle]

Not bothered about performance in cup ties especially when we know what we can do.

Cant ask any more than to be the better team, we were, should have been, but were.

Getting to the FA Cup final in 98 was an absolute slog from start to finish.

[PRL]

16 minutes ago, Mike said:

 

It's nice to remember that despite how fucking bad VAR is, they're actually fucking worse without it.

I do feel VAR has made the refs even worse, mind. Think that pen is given today pre VAR, but they are so used to being bailed out so don’t make any decision remotely controversial. Either all VAR or no VAR for me

[Rod]

1 minute ago, PRL said:

I do feel VAR has made the refs even worse, mind. Think that pen is given today pre VAR, but they are so used to being bailed out so don’t make any decision remotely controversial. Either all VAR or no VAR for me

Good point.  Having said that I thought the referee was very good tonight.

[Pata]

7 minutes ago, PRL said:

I do feel VAR has made the refs even worse, mind. Think that pen is given today pre VAR, but they are so used to being bailed out so don’t make any decision remotely controversial. Either all VAR or no VAR for me

That ref has done 7 PL games with VAR and 6 games in the Championship and League Cup without VAR this season. Think he’s just shite tbh.

 

Edit. Not even criticising him for the offside as they are just impossible but the missed handball means he deserves all the shit.

 

 

Edited December 20, 2022 by Pata

[LV]

17 minutes ago, David Edgar said:

That fucking advert coming straight back on   

It’s going to haunt my dreams tonight 

[buzza]

I can see why eddie wants a lock picker in the team (madison type), they were quite hard to break down.

 

[The Butcher]

Want Man Utd at home next. 

[mattypnufc]

3 minutes ago, Rod said:

Good point.  Having said that I thought the referee was very good tonight.

Wut 

[SiLvOR]

4 minutes ago, Rod said:

Good point.  Having said that I thought the referee was very good tonight.

[BonesJones]

21 minutes ago, mikejaxer said:

I feel like that's the sorta of game we would have historically lost

I don't because I can't remember us having the ball that much for it to be that type of game.

 

Get used to this imo, our style means most teams will sit back, and we will pen them in, limiting them to the odd counter. Basically the reverse of the football we used to watch.