Newcastle United vs. Tottenham Hotspur: 23/04/23 @ 14:00 (Sky Sports)

[SUPERTOON]

3 minutes ago, Chicken Dancer said:

It goes without saying but we need to start keeping clean sheets again.

 

Since that ridiculous run ended with Che Adams scoring in the Semi-Final second leg, I think we've kept one clean sheet (Man United) since January. Very poor.

For the most part it’s been silly mistakes costing us and the overall performance solid. It’s only the last 2 games where I think we have looked poor at the back.

[madras]

3 minutes ago, jackyboy said:

Need to avoid touching Kane, especially in the penalty area because he's an out and out cheat.

There'll not be a player on that pitch who isn't an out and out cheat. The difference with Kane is that he's actually bad at it but keeps getting the decisions.

[The College Dropout]

On 17/04/2023 at 19:25, cubaricho said:

This just cannot, at all, happen. He has to be on the pitch the most amount of minutes possible. He’s one of the few dudes in our team that have any real class on the ball.

 

He simply has to start every match he is fit. 

Fact. Bruno, ASM, Isak are the only advanced players with genuine class on the ball - all need to start when available.

[TRon]

6 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

Fact. Bruno, ASM, Isak are the only advanced players with genuine class on the ball - all need to start when available.

 

Wilson is pretty decent as well mind. That goal that was ruled out against Brentford for handball was a class finish.

[The College Dropout]

On 18/04/2023 at 09:02, KDT said:

Is a draw that bad of a result really? Spurs have Man Utd at home & Liverpool away after us, a draw keeps them 3 points behind and still the game in hand. That would then make Everton away a bit of a free hit in my opinion on the night that Spurs have Man Utd, the following weekend sees our top 4 rivals playing each other (aside from Brighton) so they'll take points off each other (Villa & Liverpool winning looks preferential). In my way of looking at the Southampton game is the bigger one, as long as we avoid defeat on Sunday and then beat Southampton we're looking good. 

A draw would bring the chasing pack closer.

 

And we would be losing momentum and confidence after going 2 without a win.

 

A draw to Spurs and a loss to Everton would have Liverpool something like 6 points behind.

 

If we beat Spurs, it's more than 3 points. It kills their season imo. Player Heads will drop. Fans with be toxic. If we score an early goal we could get 3-4, they are on the brink of a genuine crisis and collapse.

On 18/04/2023 at 09:18, The Prophet said:

If you look at it from a pure points needed basis, this isn't must win. We could lose this then win five in a row and we'd probably finish 4th. It's the intangibles that matter. Momentum, pressure, knocking a potential rival out of the race, etc.  

 

If we do what we need to and hit that 70 point mark, Liverpool aren't a threat. There's only really Brighton who can realistically hit that total as well as us.

Fully agree. It will feel like a KO blow to Spurs and damage the hopes of the rest.

Beat Spurs and pickup 4 points from the other 2 fixtures - the chasing pack will be disheartened and the team full of confidence.

 

When we finished in the CL places under Bobby - iirc it wasn't tight. It doesn't need to be here either.

[The College Dropout]

4 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

Wilson is pretty decent as well mind. That goal that was ruled out against Brentford for handball was a class finish.

He's a good finisher. But he's not going to get on the ball and create or score a goal out the blue with a clever pass, drop of the shoulder etc. He doesn't have that "cuteness" or technical superiority to his game. Trippier & Schar are capable of very cute moments to open up play. But the rest are highly reliant on our hard running style to open teams.

[TRon]

2 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

He's a good finisher. But he's not going to get on the ball and create or score a goal out the blue with a clever pass, drop of the shoulder etc. He doesn't have that "cuteness" or technical superiority to his game. Trippier & Schar are capable of very cute moments to open up play. But the rest are highly reliant on our hard running style to open teams.

 

Isak is a better player, I'm just saying don't write off players like Wilson if he starts. There's every chance he could bang in a goal or two against Spurs if he's picked. we aren't talking Chris Wood here.

 

In any case I expect Isak to start, but if Howe wants to have Isak to bring off the bench when the game is more open in the second half, we do have options.

[Skeletor]

1 hour ago, The Prophet said:

It sounds like they'll be more or less unchanged with Tanganga or Davies (if he's fit) coming in for Sanchez at RCB. 

 

They're getting quite a lot of stick for being predictable, with Son and Kulu playing with too much rigidity in behind Kane. Despite that, they still have a lot of quality in the final third and given our recent defensive mishaps, I wouldn't be at all surprised if they scored. Amusingly when they were going for it against Bournemouth, they went for a mad 3-3-4 with Kane in centre mid, bizarre. 

 

Spurs problem is at the back, they've been a mess. After a great start Romero is making errors and while Dier is a good leader, he's also prone to an individual lapse. While showing quality going forward, neither wing back seems particularly interested in coming back with Porro having a bit of a nightmare start to his time in the PL.

 

Spurs are another side who insist on playing it out from the back, even though they aren't particularly good at it. While the stand in manager hasn't shown much flexibility, if he has any sense he'll be asking Lloris to bypass the press with a big diagonal over to Son to get him isolated v Trippier. 

 

Spurs are a dangerous side for sure, but given their defensive problems and the toxicity around the club at the moment, if the crowd and the team get into them early I can see it being a rough afternoon for them. Even if Kane gets his biannual helping against us, the intensity of our press should overwhelm that at the back: 2-1.

 

 

 

 

Beeeeeeeeeeeeeeew

 

[54]

 

[Rich]

Of course, Paul Dummett.

[Andy84]

Really hope we don’t get a silly red or some VAR bullshit because I genuinely think we’re going to batter these good and proper 

[Jack27]

8 minutes ago, Rich said:

Of course, Paul Dummett.

Made me laugh

[The Prophet]

Can someone tell them Sunday isn't really a cup final?

[Strawberry]

Bruno is not in training.

[nemtizz]

He is.

[Andy84]

He’s on the thumbnail of the above video 

[nemtizz]

He's in the video.

[Coffee_Johnny]

4 hours ago, Rich said:

Of course, Paul Dummett.

Dummett reminded me of Haaland (a sentence I never thought would be written). 

[Optimistic Nut]

12 hours ago, Rich said:

Of course, Paul Dummett.

 

Stitch up. It was a stitch up. They filmed hours of material and most of it is a good bloke doing a good job defensively and the one time I accidentally sky a penalty it makes it into the video, you're gonna look shit. 

 

[McCormick]

Looks like we’re expecting to concede a soft Kane  penalty.

[NEEJ]

9 hours ago, Strawberry said:

Bruno is not in training.

[GWN]

10 hours ago, Strawberry said:

Bruno is not in training.

 

he is like , I saw him 4 times 

[Jack27]

Bruno is, Maxi isn’t though

[KDT]

Hopefully Miggy is back in from the start for this, Spurs don't seem to have any left backs available without having Perisic cover. It's likely they go to a back 3 of Romero, Dier & Sanchez. Miggy could have a field day up against Sanchez.

 

 

Edited April 20, 2023 by KDT

[The Prophet]

Mad that after ten games, these were third with 23 points. That was eight points ahead of us. 

 

It also means in the subsequent 23 games, they've only taken 30 points, losing eight and conceding 35 games in the process. Yet they're still in the running.