Gallowgate Toon Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Mad how many chances we couldn't put away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Getting embarrassed on the Beeb in early January might not be the worst thing in the world, you know? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 (edited) Got the feel of a pivotal week in the season now this, 2 tough home games and everything has been positive this season. Every team has a bad couple of weeks in the season looking forward to see how we react to this. Edited January 7, 2023 by Whitley mag Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennyBlanco Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 We were sloppy. No two ways about it. That second string of players is woeful. Only one who gets a pass is Isak because of the length of time he’s been out. The rest of the lads who started were shite, Botman included - hard as it is to say. It’s now there for all to see if we don’t invest properly in this window. A couple of key injuries and we’ll have to rely on Jamal Lewis, Matt Ritchie and Chris Wood - I’m sorry but that would be disastrous. A rare fuck up but a painful one to have to swallow. Wednesday are shit, Windass had the game of his life but we basically fed him all game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 also, if wilson or isak are unavailable i'd rather we played willock up there than wood. pressing, pace, finishing all better. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BennyBlanco Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Just now, Rich said: Getting embarrassed on the Beeb in early January might not be the worst thing in the world, you know? 100% this. Hopefully the bigwigs don’t rest on their laurels and this gives them a jolt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorty Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 I've had almost 50 years of this shit so I'm more than used to it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miggys First Goal Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 At least we can go on our regular fourth round Dubai break this season. Why break a tradition. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, huss9 said: also, if wilson or isak are unavailable i'd rather we played willock up there than wood. pressing, pace, finishing all better. Yeah, I’d genuinely be interested in seeing how Willock gets along up top Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack27 Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Alright I’m over it now. Let’s put it behind us and go again Tuesday. Time to get back to winning ways. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Incredibly frustrating result but so timely a reminder of the miracles Howe has been performing with this squad of players. Also timely little push to perhaps make sure we strengthen the squad as much as we can in January. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nepharite Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 The Wednesday defenders put their bodies on the line and kept us from scoring. Their in form strikers caused our back 4 that had never played together loads of problems. We still had loads of opportunities to draw or win it. Moving on to Tuesday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest reefatoon Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 53 minutes ago, Likelylad said: I did find it odd that we didn’t start with Wood and give Isak the second 45. Howe said he wanted to start him as he wanted him to have a proper warm up before starting instead of coming on cold. Makes sense after such a long absence. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Venkman Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Meh, you can’t win ‘em all. A frustrating one but I doubt I’ll think about it much at all from tomorrow onwards. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gjohnson Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 30 minutes ago, Whitley mag said: Exactly Howe did the right thing completely, was just let down by some players who are clearly worse than I even realised tonight. Exactly...demonstrated to PIf that we still need investment to be serious challengers on any front. This was an embarrassing result regardless of our team. We dominated everything should have won comfortably but ballsed it up as per classic Newcastle Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Likelylad Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 8 minutes ago, reefatoon said: Howe said he wanted to start him as he wanted him to have a proper warm up before starting instead of coming on cold. Makes sense after such a long absence. Ahh makes sense tbf. Can’t be doing with anymore Chris Wood though. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
dorty Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 A gamble by Eddie to start with the players he did and one that ultimately failed, the result is there for all of us to see. We are all entitled to our opinion, mine is that there were more than a few eyebrows raised with the starting eleven. Say what you want about squad rotation but it didn't work tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 Just seen the Wood chance again, absolutely shocking. Joelinton put it on a plate for the useless oaf. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bizza Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 35 minutes ago, Gallowgate Toon said: Mad how many chances Wood couldn't put away. FYP Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 1 minute ago, Jordan said: Just seen the Wood chance again, absolutely shocking. Joelinton put it on a plate for the useless oaf. He doesn’t even need to take it first time - he could have taken a couple of touches he has so much time with it. No excuse for that finish Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonas Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 2 minutes ago, dorty said: A gamble by Eddie to start with the players he did and one that ultimately failed, the result is there for all of us to see. We are all entitled to our opinion, mine is that there were more than a few eyebrows raised with the starting eleven. Say what you want about squad rotation but it didn't work tonight. Didn't work tonight is right but its not just to be judged on tonight. If we beat Leicester then its fully justified. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 See our xG was 3.16. Lower than I expected tbh, we had so many chances to score. Isak header from 6 yards Isak shot straight at the keeper Murphy one-on-one Bruno goal Anderson point blank range Wood sitter Willock blocked attempt Ritchie edge of the box Plus 11 corners, 22 shots, 8 shots on target, a couple direct free-kicks The reason we didn't win is that we didn't convert our chances - everyone included. Scapegoats, favourites, reserves, record signings: all fluffed their lines. Fuck all to do with rotating the squad and not requiring certain individuals to play themselves into injury. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 39 minutes ago, Gallowgate Toon said: Mad how many chances we couldn't put away. Not really. We were chronically weak in front of goal when Wilson was missing prior to this season. Almiron's burst of goals has masked a lot of history. Even last season signing Trippier with his dead ball contributions gave us a massive boost in that department. We don't really have that many natural goal scorers in the side, although hopefully Isak returning to fitness will change that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 1 minute ago, Yorkie said: See our xG was 3.16. Lower than I expected tbh, we had so many chances to score. Isak header from 6 yards Isak shot straight at the keeper Murphy one-on-one Bruno goal Anderson point blank range Wood sitter Willock blocked attempt Ritchie edge of the box Plus 11 corners, 22 shots, 8 shots on target, a couple direct free-kicks The reason we didn't win is that we didn't convert our changes - everyone included. Scapegoats, favourites, reserves, record signings: all fluffed their lines. Fuck all to do with rotating the squad and not requiring certain individuals to play themselves into injury. Was the same case against Leeds. I was initially annoyed after FT as going out to a League One side shouldn't be acceptable at any PL club, but this happens. Rightly or wrongly I'm glad that we don't have a replay of this, especially if we get past Leicester and have a two legged semi final this month on top of all the other games, our current squad just can't cope. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted January 7, 2023 Share Posted January 7, 2023 3 minutes ago, Yorkie said: See our xG was 3.16. Lower than I expected tbh, we had so many chances to score. Isak header from 6 yards Isak shot straight at the keeper Murphy one-on-one Bruno goal Anderson point blank range Wood sitter Willock blocked attempt Ritchie edge of the box Plus 11 corners, 22 shots, 8 shots on target, a couple direct free-kicks The reason we didn't win is that we didn't convert our changes - everyone included. Scapegoats, favourites, reserves, record signings: all fluffed their lines. Fuck all to do with rotating the squad and not requiring certain individuals to play themselves into injury. Yeah, was jut a frustrating day. We really could do with improving our back up players though. Hope we do some business this January. Even if its just loans. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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