Newcastle United 3-1 Southampton (30/04/2023)

[JUICE690]

Weird half. Gifted them a goal. Just look disjointed.

[nufcjb]

Could easiky see us being hit on the counter again and be 0-2 down. Don't know what has got into the defence looking shaky as fuck.

[Keggy_Keagal]

Gordon has a terrible habit in the build up (regardless of which flank he's on) where when the balls played in to feet to him he often cuts back and runs with the ball directly in the direction of where the pass just came. It's like a tick and kills the momentum of the move

[Mattoon]

Just now, Alberto2005 said:

Wouldn't be surprised to see Wilson on for Murphy at HT.

I'd bring him on for Gordon tbh

[St1pe]

1-0 down and would not be surprised at all to see us turn this around mind. We get even close to our usual levels and we could blow these away. 
 

Would like to get Anderson for Gordon though. 

[Pixelphish]

Not watching this one but for no other reason than it's bottom Saints, I think we'll win.

[clintdempsey]

Something a bit off about today. Things can only get better in the second half. Should have loads of energy left at least after that turgid, pedestrian first half. CW9 on and Isak at #10 or out wide should do the trick. 

[gbandit]

We’ll come back and win today

[mouldy_uk]

Need an Eddie special at half time, look very complacent and disjointed going forward. 

[Beren]

Gordon been an unfortunate combination of greedy and shit that half.

 

Not the only culprit, but a lot of shots from improbable angles rather than trying to supply balls to Isak in the middle.

 

Well defended apart from the very beginning and the end. Need to work their keeper more.

[andycap]

Longstaffs little runs into the box are a big loss to our attacking play. But we still can hump these if we get one back early second half

[Nine]

They have afforded Bruno so much space (besides when he got robbed for the goal). We looked dangerous early on with Isak and Gordon clicking nicely, Gordon needs some time in the team to adapt mentally.. he’s lacking composure and looks to keen to impress. Tried to beat his man 1 or 2 times more than necessary on left before he and Murphy switched.

 

There’s a good chance we win this in the  second, they will tire and get punished for not being tight enough on Bruno. 

[Pilko]

Once again - no Longstaff in the middle and we look disjointed as fuck.

 

Still got every faith we turn this around, can see Wilson and Isak getting time on the pitch together again. Be interesting to see what Eddie does.

[David Edgar]

Wilson for Gordon at half time is what we need.

[nufc123]

6 minutes ago, Dr Venkman said:

Bruno lost the ball.

Yes sorry Gordon. Brunos fault

[Holloway]

Not doing that much wrong, except for creating clear chances and some wayward finishing

[Broadsword]

It’s grim in here mind, too many people demonstrating how little they know about football. 

[Numbers]

Trippier didn't cover himself in glory for their goal mind, half arsed challenge from him.

[Klaus]

We turned up today expecting them to bend over for us. Hope Eddie gives them an arse kicking at HT

[TheBrownBottle]

Just like vs Villa, there is a significant drop off in intensity without Longstaff in the middle.

 

Soton will sit on this now - they’ve been decent first half.  Bruno likes doing that ‘running the ball with a man on the shoulder’ thing, but it’s suicidal when you’re running towards your own goal.  Need to be a bit quicker with the ball in the final third. I still think there’ll be a rocket up the bum from Howe here - he won’t wait long to make changes, either.

 

 

[Kid Icarus]

That's been coming. In short, we're not playing properly, dawdling too much, getting in each other's way, not knowing where to run and look positionally wrong. Most notably Bruno, who's been poor.

 

Gordon's been involved a lot and should have scored, but we've lost too much down that side with the much more formidable Joes not being there. I'd put us back in our familiar formation with someone directly replacing Longstaff, leaving everyone else in their known positions.

 

Despite all of that, we should still have scored twice, so hopefully we can sort it out and play how we know we can, they really haven't done anything special.

 

 

 

Edited April 30, 2023 by Kid Icarus

[Stifler]

We are not doing what we usually do, we are trying to overplay it. Simple passes at the end there where our players were free and they were keeping a hold of the ball and passing to a player who had everyone around them. Play the ball. Their WB’s are so exposed.

Gordon did the running well but their RB and RCB started to standing still in the box and Gordon was running into him instead of playing the ball across the penalty box.

We well and truly shot ourselves in the foot with the goal, but if we get an equaliser the. These will well and truly shit themselves, we saw that in the Arsenal game.

They look vulnerable at the back, but we need to just keep it more simple rather than trying to world beaters.  

[teohgk]

come back

[Jinky]

Bruno at fault for the goal. He can be a little too reliant on his bag of tricks sometimes.....especially in our half.

[RodneyCisse]

Aye Gordon almost doesn’t know the system yet, which makes Burn completely unsure if he should attack or defend.