Disco Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Howe out. Sickening that he’s done that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Ower the moon with the point. Our attacking play is very concerning at the minute like. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Much better second half, hard fought point. Lots of great effort on show. When I was excited about Newcastle United playing in the Champions League, I have to admit I was hoping to see Newcastle show our quality on the ball - but this is a learning experience for a lot of those players in Italy against the CL finalists. Having said all that... ...I think it's fair to say that this team looks a shadow of itself from last year, so far. You can see moments of frustration amongst the players reaching the surface, often with each other. Isak giving Gordon pelters for sending him down blind alleys. Longstaff and Burn getting into it. The confidence on the ball, moving the ball at speed when in possession, it all feels very lacklustre. Isak is being used as an Almiron-esque workhorse. We didn't buy him for his stamina, it's a bit sad to see him so gassed whenever he gets the ball. Trippier and Bruno were the best players I thought. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
doublecrown Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 (edited) Other than it being a Champion's League game and the atmosphere at the stadium, it wasn't a great game to watch and we lacked any real chances other than Longstaff's shot at the end, but totally happy with the result. Edited September 19, 2023 by doublecrown Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
samptime29 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Commitment and effort levels were great. We didn't play well (chances created tame) but we never stopped trying. Hard game. AC Milan deserved to win but it's a clean sheet and a point away. Satisfying result. We will be better at home. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sima Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, black_n_white said: Would like to hear everyone’s thoughts on Isak moving out wide, not sure I’m a fan and it left us open down the left at times Only works when he comes off the bench. No good when he’s gassed at 60 minutes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaKa Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Such an interesting matchup. We had the ideal type of centre backs for matching up with Giroud, and they had ideal centre backs for matching up with Isak. Both teams back fours were really good defensively I thought, and that was ultimately the story of the game. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 For a competition winning local lad in the side just for the sake of it, BDB put in a magnificent shift in that second half. Won basically everything that came at him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 We were fine. Poor going forward but brilliant defensively in that 2nd half especially. First game back in Europe for ages, at one of the palaces of European football - very pleased, very proud. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klaus Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Point at Milan away FFS. Couldn't even dream of that a few years ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
SAK Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 4 minutes ago, Stottie said: Great result! Completely outplayed but it's a learning experience. Hung in there and defended well. Bruno and Pope MOTM. Don’t think we were outplayed or embarrassed. Possession was roughly the same, they peppered us with shots during periods but we rode our luck, when we had the ball it was mostly slow and laboured passing without threatening eventually giving the ball away. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pedro111 Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Trippier was outstanding like. Pope back to his best. Longstaff great second half. Think the muggyness drained our lads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobS Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 1 minute ago, Sima said: Only works when he comes off the bench. No good when he’s gassed at 60 minutes. agreed he was ashattered then moved out wide to require more running, made no sense. Should of just took him off and put Barnes there, or left Gordon on the left Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr Jinx Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Great point and very hard fought. Both sides were absolutely shot by the end of that. They had the bulk of chances but we probably had the best strike on goal. IMHO if that falls to Barnes or Wilson it goes in. Theyll be hurting in the next league match but a slog like this will do us good for fitness levels. Slight concern about Bruno limping.. the whole midfield aside from Longstaff looked like were running in treacle for the last 15 mins. Thought Isak was a bit off it tonight. Gordon did well again, I think Howe is getting closer as how best to use him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolfcastle Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 2 minutes ago, black_n_white said: Would like to hear everyone’s thoughts on Isak moving out wide, not sure I’m a fan and it left us open down the left at times Think they did it to try and create something up top towarrds the end but it left us more vulnerable down the left clearly. Tricky balancing act. He was shot which doesn't help the appraisal tonight. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Miggy is a damn good outlet for situations like this,he makes things happen with his energy but decision making lets him down now and again Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRaspberryJam Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 9 minutes ago, KaKa said: Longstaff so much time and space for that shot. So poorly placed. He didn’t place it. Give the lad some slack imo. He didn’t have the best of games but he didn’t stop running all game, he - and many others - were dead on their feet at the end and he’s tried to welly it to snatch us the win. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
KingArthur Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Isak out wide doesn't really work here. He couldn't defend at all. Thank god their crosses were awful. We really need to sort out the attacking side of the game. It's hit and hope now. Wingers very wide and no support for the CF. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackyboy Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 I just wonder if we are suffering a bit of burn out, just as Liverpool did after their great season. It must take it's toll on the players with the high press we played last season Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Displayname Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 We did have 2 periods last year where we looked clueless in attack aswell, so not to worried. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mighty__mag Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 1 minute ago, Jagten said: Our total inability to create chances is v concerning. Maxi would have been awesome for champions league. Shame he was sacrificed for sub player Barnes. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Holloway Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 The right call for Isak, he was getting crowded out every time dropping deep to collect Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wullie Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 Robbed a point there really. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The College Dropout Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 1 minute ago, KaKa said: Such an interesting matchup. We had the ideal type of centre backs for matching up with Giroud, and they had ideal centre backs for matching up with Isak. Both teams back fours were really good defensively I thought, and that was ultimately the story of the game. We conceded 2+ Xg, they had 9 shots on target. I think our defenders played well but we were sliced open time and again and should have lost comfortably. We did well to get a point. A bit lucky really. But the players fought until the end. Excellent result. But we didn’t defend well as a team. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Superior Acuña Posted September 19, 2023 Share Posted September 19, 2023 (edited) Thought we were pretty shit. Didn't really feel like we were battered though like the stats suggest - AC were poor too I think, didn't feel like we were playing a great team. Bit concerned by our lack of fret. But think it's a good result away against last year's CL semi-finalists, and we're in the CL, so we should enjoy it. Maybe AC were much better than I could see and made us look shit? Edited September 19, 2023 by Superior Acuña Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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