TRon Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, LFEE said: Game of fine margins. A timely reminder to those who got/get carried away. Man Utd would’ve won that game at home. #bluetouchpaperlit We are a good team but still a bit green at this level. Quicker you suss out the ref for example the better. Draw would’ve been a fair result but a 0-1 is not a total robbery either. Hopefully we can finish 3rd and regroup. Man U would have better players to call on when their big hopes for the game went down. They wouldn't be playing against CL sides with the likes of Almiron, Burn, Murphy, Longstaff, Lascelles, Joelinton etc. Otherwise they'd have bought them long ago. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Coming off the back of 9 games undefeated and beating the likes of PSG and Man City in that run certainly adds to the disappointment of tonight. When you're riding a crest it always feels worse when you get knocked off. Howe will have us firing on all cylinders again by Saturday. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LFEE Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, TRon said: Man U would have better players to call on when their big hopes for the game went down. They wouldn't be playing against CL sides with the likes of Almiron, Burn, Murphy, Longstaff, Lascelles, Joelinton etc. Otherwise they'd have bought them long ago. Yet the narrative is we are great they are shite. We are both good. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mattoon Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 2 minutes ago, TRon said: Man U would have better players to call on when their big hopes for the game went down. They wouldn't be playing against CL sides with the likes of Almiron, Burn, Murphy, Longstaff, Lascelles, Joelinton etc. Otherwise they'd have bought them long ago. Also think it's unnecessarily negative to be looking at 3rd already, I'm very confident Howe won't be and will still be convinced he can top the group. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Upthemags Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 The loss was frustrating, but any conclusion more negative than that is unreasonable. We're beyond the point of counting moral victories, but we very well could have won had we converted our several chances, and we'd be top of the group. The actual concerning point from tonight is the bloated injuries list - Botman, Isak, Murphy, Tonali (ban), Barnes (have I missed anyone?)... If Bruno picks up a yellow against Wolves I reckon I might get some time on the pitch against the Gunners. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HaydnNUFC Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Everything about that was just flat imo. Performance both team wise and individually, atmosphere, game itself. Don't think anyone stood out as being particularly bad or great. Isak injury had me whiteying. Got fucking soaked sat in bloody Bar 1892 as well. Made qualifying for the Ro16 much harder now. Need something from one of the away games and need to beat Milan at home. Big ask with the stretched squad we've got. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Just wasn't our night. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
brummie Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 To be fair, they were very good, at least in the first half which is all I saw. They looked dangerous as fuck on the break. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beren Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Sorry everyone. Probably the best I've seen them play IRL though. Seemed more vulnerable from our own set pieces than Dortmund. Thought we were a bit too direct first half, not really taking care of the ball. Have to give credit to Dortmund, they were really fluid on the break. And showed a bit of incisiveness even when we were set. Second half was good. Couldn't believe we didn't score, but haven't seen the replays. Feel completely fucking cursed tbh. Convinced I'll never see them score. Each chance seemed more gilt-edged than the last. Didn't leave feeling that despondent but injuries and fixtures don't bode well. Think there was a lot of unwarranted disparaging comments about Dortmund before the game. They were the better team IMO, although a draw would have been a fair result. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlies Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 That was my first CL match at St James’ ever, and I fucking loved it. The result didn’t go out way but I thought we were evenly matched, although we arguably had the better play I think. Dortmund had a plan and executed it to a t, so to speak. Fair play to them. The Dortmund fans were fantastic too, seriously gutted I’ll not be able to see the yellow wall in person. We’ll regroup and come back stronger I’m sure. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrownBottle Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 1 hour ago, pubteam said: Maxi we miss you. Gordon has scored more league goals in fewer league games than ASM this season. Despite Gordon playing in possibly the world’s highest ranked league, and ASM playing in a glorified pub league. Honestly, those who go on like this every time we lose need to put their dummies back in. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BonesJones Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 (edited) Personally think we got pipped by a bit of experience and then unlucky with the two that hit the woodwork They weren't much better than us. Nothing more to it. Edited October 25, 2023 by BonesJones Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 (edited) 34 minutes ago, LFEE said: Yet the narrative is we are great they are shite. We are both good. Think it's more they underperform the sum of their parts while we overperform ours. Edited October 25, 2023 by The Prophet Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TRon Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 21 minutes ago, LFEE said: Yet the narrative is we are great they are shite. We are both good. It's a fan forum, not everything has to be taken literally. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Am not sure why some pundits are writing off Newcastle now. It was an even match - Dortmund took their chance where we didn't. Simple as that - neither keeper was really worked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Interpolic Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 12 minutes ago, duo said: Am not sure why some pundits are writing off Newcastle now. It was an even match - Dortmund took their chance where we didn't. Simple as that - neither keeper was really worked. Hinges on the next game really. Probably need to win it now. Do think less possession and the onus being on them to attack us in front of their fans might suit us, my main concern is how we deal with the atmosphere there. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
madras Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 We were more intense and huff and puff, they were more poise and technique but overall an even game, draw would have been fair. We're building, going the right way. I'm more concerned about over reliance on some players and worries about if they are missing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Final thought for the night; it was fun at first but I really can't fucked with McCoist's shtick these days. All that over-enthusiasm, the I tell ya whats, If I'm being totally honest with yous, I tell ya something, Fletch. Tedious. Unpopular opinion I'm sure but Jenas is miles better. He's generally one of the best contributors across the broadcasters. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 We had a few chances to take it first half and we fluffed it and then conceded such a poor counter goal. Annoying. Thought we had a few chances to take it second half apart from the obvious and again we played panic football. We’ll learn from today and we’ll get some away results. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
timnufc22 Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Not overly keen on Jenas though there’s certainly worse. Completely agree about McCoist, he’s like a caricature of himself. Yes mate, you’re there to “be totally honest” and to “tell us something”. Minus the ‘off air’ racist comment obviously, someone like Ron Atkinson was a much more authentic co-commentator back in the day. Heck even the much maligned Andy Townsend too. A lot of commentary is so hyperbolic and childish it distorts the moment of genuine enthusiasm / analysis. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 Not sure how you can write off any CL chances after tonight. We have 3 more to play Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kanji Posted October 25, 2023 Share Posted October 25, 2023 We should have drawn with the # of chances we had and we’ve played worse and drawn or won before. Not our night. We weren’t scoring for another 90 minutes. It would have hit the woodwork another 4x Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
St1pe Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 What I think we lack is being able to control a game from the middle of the pitch like Dortmund and most top teams can across Europe. We’re great in transitions, organised, fast on the counter, press well but the difference between us and them on the ball is clear. We still look a bit panicked at times. Although I guess until we can upgrade the midfield closer to Bruno’s level that will happen. I wouldn’t be surprised to see us beat Dortmund in the return leg though. Schlotterbeck is as good as the hype. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Schlotterbeck was fantastic for them, i think we are still learning our way in this level and its very fine margins between getting points or losing points, they took their chances and we didn't and hopefully we'll be able to bounce back. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LiquidAK Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Man I woke up still properly gutted about this really feel we were unlucky not to put one of those chances away. Could've been 2-3 down in the 1st half but you could say the same for them in the 2nd. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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