Newcastle United 1-0 Brentford (16/09/23)

[Decky]

We really need a win because the team look pretty poor off the back of those defeats. 

[LionOfGosforth]

Just now, clintdempsey said:

There’s a clear lack of intensity in our game compared to last season. We don’t press nearly as high, we don’t bomb forwards nearly as quickly and we get caught on the ball way too much. Something feels off. ?

 

Confidence thing imo

[McDog]

We look sloppy all the way around.

[Aiston]

We are in black and white, Gordon, not light blue !

 

 

Edited September 16, 2023 by Aiston

[Sean]

Devils advocate: all giving 50% to stay fit for the first Champion's League game.

[TRon]

Gordon has looked the only one with any sort of confidence on the ball, everyone else seems to need two touches.

[Coffee_Johnny]

Second best in too many duels here. 

[Smal]

I don’t understand why we haven’t been committing Trippier to the attack this season so far

[clintdempsey]

Just now, LionOfGosforth said:

 

Confidence thing imo

Might be. But our starting positions are so low compared to last year and it’s not doing us any good. We don’t have anyone apart from Gordon who can transport the ball up the pitch with pace. 

[Holloway]

Fussy twattish reffing so far 

[KaKa]

Anderson is struggling. Gets shoved off the ball so easily.

[David Edgar]

The fuck is this ref.

[toontownman]

At least the gammons slamming the away support after the game last week will be happy. 

 

Home support aren't helping our nervousness lol. Been better the last couple or minutes having said that. 

[Wallsendmag]

They're clearly targeting Burn down our left hand side here. They look a bit sharper than we do. Ref been poor as well.

[Nate]

It's the type of start you would expect coming off a few defeats, an international break and an eleven that have never played together before.

 

Need to see out the first half an hour.

[David Edgar]

Just now, KaKa said:

Anderson is struggling. Gets shoved off the ball so easily.

 

Looks like a kid out there.

[Conjo]

Just now, Sean said:

Devils advocate: all giving 50% to stay fit for the first Champion's League game.

 

Don't think it would be 0-0 still if our players only played with 50% effort

[KingArthur]

Wilson totally isolated when we break quickly. Can pretty much say that we won't score here with this 11.

[Kanji]

Pawson calling this one way

[Wallsendmag]

Just now, toontownman said:

At least the gammons slamming the away support after the game last week will be happy. 

 

Home support aren't helping our nervousness lol. Been better the last couple or minutes having said that. 

 

Strange comment.

[Sean]

Just now, Conjo said:

 

Don't think it would be 0-0 still if our players only played with 50% effort

OK, 95% 

[SiLvOR]

Ref is a fucking joke

[cubaricho]

What the fuck happened to our press? The only match we did it in this season we won 5-1. Since then we’ve sat back, invited pressure, and let the other teams dictate the play in every other match - and lost them all. 
 

Is Howe trying to be too clever tactically instead of letting us bring all the pressure we did last season?

[maze]

Poor match from us thus far. Been sloppy and inviting on way too much pressure from Brentford. 

[Shak]

Well I for one am shocked that dropping out best player hasn't solved all of our issues.