The Prophet Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Most of their positive play came down the left today, they'll definetly target that Trippier-Schar channel. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GavMcEl Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Wee bit more nervous about this after there performance today, can't be starting both Wilson and isak, would probs start the latter and bring Wilson on as the game progresses, would deffo play Targett instead of Burn and I would start Murphy aswell, any word on Longstaff being fit for this ? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shak Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Would hope to see Targett in for this. Think we'll see Wilson on the bench. We won't want to start him on a Thursday with a game coming the following Monday and the Isak on the left approach hasn't paid off, better off having the option of one of them from the bench. Ideal scenario is Longstaff back and we can go Joelinton LW. If not, Maxi to start LW if he has 60 minutes in him. If neither Longstaff or ASM can start, I'd seriously consider Anderson in CM with Joelinton LW. Maybe he'll give Gordon another chance at LW but I'd be surprised. Christ, gonna be fucking terrifying this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
M1tche Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 I know they were brilliant in patches today, but they also gave the ball away in their defensive 3rd quite a lot. I'm all for pressing the hell out of them, because if they do that and we work it to Isak or Wilson it's quite likely we score. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mazzy Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 8 minutes ago, M1tche said: I know they were brilliant in patches today, but they also gave the ball away in their defensive 3rd quite a lot. I'm all for pressing the hell out of them, because if they do that and we work it to Isak or Wilson it's quite likely we score. I don't have any doubt we'll score,I don't think that's our biggest issue right now. We should've had a couple against Aresnal ourselves really. Its defensively where we look a bit awkward, especially in transition and we seem to give the ball away so much more in midfield these last 2/3 games. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
huss9 Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 4 hours ago, duo said: Did he say that? I thought was it was good news - just bruising re-scan confirmed some ligament damage. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 Brighton doing the double on those teams is some feat. I’m still convinced that whatever it is, that the traditional big clubs do raise their game against us. While Brighton fully deserved that win today, some fortuitous bounces came their way in goals 1 and 2. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted May 14, 2023 Share Posted May 14, 2023 It really is worth remembering that we only need to match Liverpool’s next two results and prevent a Brighton win. A point may well be more than enough. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Let’s just take it that Liverpool will win their remaining games. I think we can take points in all our remaining ones minimum but will that be enough? Brighton are in a good spot but we’re not far off. I just fear we’ve had a good run and might be going off the boil at the wrong time. Need some big performances from those who are fit to play. Joelinton has to go back to the wing.. Isak to the middle and at this point in season I’d be happier to start Murphy on right midfield if Longstaff is still out. He’d have the legs to cover for Bruno at least. And Miggy could play wing and let them switch when they want. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikejaxer Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 13 minutes ago, Dr Jinx said: Let’s just take it that Liverpool will win their remaining games. I think we can take points in all our remaining ones minimum but will that be enough? Brighton are in a good spot but we’re not far off. I just fear we’ve had a good run and might be going off the boil at the wrong time. Need some big performances from those who are fit to play. Joelinton has to go back to the wing.. Isak to the middle and at this point in season I’d be happier to start Murphy on right midfield if Longstaff is still out. He’d have the legs to cover for Bruno at least. And Miggy could play wing and let them switch when they want. I agree that Joelinton has to go back on the left but then we don't have Longstaff to go in the middle. Willock Bruno Joelinton Murphy Isak ASM is what I'd go with but then it's like, super harsh to drop Wilson who's on such great form. Either way, I don't want to see Wilson and Isak starting at the same time. It's unbalanced and a waste of both of their talents. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 5 hours ago, Mazzy said: I don't have any doubt we'll score,I don't think that's our biggest issue right now. We should've had a couple against Aresnal ourselves really. Its defensively where we look a bit awkward, especially in transition and we seem to give the ball away so much more in midfield these last 2/3 games. This is my concern as well. From an attacking perspective we look much better than we did a year ago, but defensively we look more vulnerable, especially since we lost the midfield reinforcement Longstaff provides. We had Wilson and Isak up front against a poor Leeds side, but couldn't muster a decent effort on goal other than the pens which were handed to us. The service wasn't good enough. I realise it should be easier against Brighton as they will play more openly, but that also provides more danger to our backline if we get caught pushing up without the end product. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 I think it's one of most difficult hurdles for a decent team transitioning to a very good team to be able to attack effectively without overcommitting numbers. To be good offensively, without being leaky defensively. Newcastle seemed to have had the knack for that particular evolution for periods of the season, but it hasn't been seen in a while now. Even games we've won, you've seen some pretty easy gilt-edged chances come about for the opposition, without too much hard work on their part. Even when we shred Spurs to ribbons. I'd play conservatively first half, and bring on ASM after half time to hit them on the break. Hope the crowd don't get too impatient as I think the best realistic outcome involves the game being a tight one for long stretches, and Newcastle being out of possession. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cronky Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Scoring first is likely to be key. Brighton trying to break down a defence and Brighton sitting on a lead and hitting on the break are very different propositions. Their 5-1 defeat to Everton and 3-0 win at Arsenal showed that. Arsenal were unlucky not to be ahead at half-time, but once Brighton took the lead it was all over. I know this is something that can be said for most teams and most matches, but once they were ahead, Brighton were very good at stifling Arsenal all over the pitch. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 I’ll spew if Tarkowski/Longstaff is our new Gravesen/Bernard moment. Fucking Everton. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RS Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Playing these while out of form isn’t good. Brighton could easily replicate their Arsenal performance against us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LV Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 4 minutes ago, RS said: Playing these while out of form isn’t good. Brighton could easily replicate their Arsenal performance against us. We could replicate our performance against Tottenham. Good game this isn’t it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Exciting game to look forward to but really important for us to come out on top, we need some big performances and the midfield battle will be key. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 What can often happen with teams punching above their weight - like us, Brighton, Villa etc - is after massive result like that the follow up one is absolutely shit. We’ve done it a couple of times this season in games we’ve expected to make easy work of. I’m sure Brighton after beating Arsenal will think they can come up here and do the same and it could work against them. We’ve made a habit of bouncing back this season too and I think we’ll finish strong. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stifler Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 2 minutes ago, St1pe said: What can often happen with teams punching above their weight - like us, Brighton, Villa etc - is after massive result like that the follow up one is absolutely shit. We’ve done it a couple of times this season in games we’ve expected to make easy work of. I’m sure Brighton after beating Arsenal will think they can come up here and do the same and it could work against them. We’ve made a habit of bouncing back this season too and I think we’ll finish strong. Yeah, for example Brighton beat Man Utd, then lost 5-1 to Everton. A case of after the Lord Mayors show, is what they call it. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 8 hours ago, Kanji said: Brighton doing the double on those teams is some feat. I’m still convinced that whatever it is, that the traditional big clubs do raise their game against us. While Brighton fully deserved that win today, some fortuitous bounces came their way in goals 1 and 2. Some of them are cup wins I believe, though still impressive. Since De Zebri came in their record against top half sides has been... Arsenal 0-3 Brighton Brighton 1-0 Man United Spurs 2-1 Brighton Brighton 3-3 Brentford Brighton 0-1 Fulham Brighton 3-0 Liverpool Brighton 2-4 Arsenal Brighton 1-2 Villa Man City 3-1 Brighton Brentford 2-0 Brighton Brighton 0-1 Spurs Liverpool 3-3 Brighton Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AyeDubbleYoo Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Guess we could win, lose or draw then. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zero Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Just treat it as a cup final and give it all. We can win this Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ9 Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Would rather we didn’t treat it as a cup final tbh as we’re always fucking chronic in those 🤣 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 Praying we don't concede early again. It's going to make everything so nervy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coffee_Johnny Posted May 15, 2023 Share Posted May 15, 2023 These are the games to be excited about. A great match-up against a very good side. Absolutely expecting a performance like we’ve shown against other top teams (Man City, Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal) at home; hoping for a result like achieved against the Manchesters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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