Newcastle United 1-0 Arsenal (02/11/24)

[PauloGeordio]

Morning all. Arteta  is irrelevant!  

[Yorkie]

Drink it in, Eddie, you smug fucker. 

[Froggy]

4 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

Drink it in, Eddie, you smug fucker. 

 

In the last week or two I've read on here how Arsenal are title challengers and how great of a job Arteta has done because he was given time (less trophies than Ten Hag). 

 

I also read how Howe has taken you as far as he can and it's time to move on. 

 

Now Newcastle sit 3 behind Arsenal in the table. I love how quickly football can change.

[Yorkie]

3 minutes ago, Froggy said:

I love how quickly football can change.

 

If the opening quarter provides any meaningful hint as to how the rest of the season will go, I think there'll be a lot of change all the way until May. It's so competitive; difficult to predict how it's going to look between 3rd and 14th. 

[54]

2 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

If the opening quarter provides any meaningful hint as to how the rest of the season will go, I think there'll be a lot of change all the way until May. It's so competitive; difficult to predict how it's going to look between 3rd and 14th. 

It's easily the most competitive Premier League season I can remember. It feels like there are no teams that's are far and away better than anyone else, even Liverpool seem fallible despite 25 points out of 30.

 

Fulham are a perfect example, they seem like they've had a really good start to the season, playing good football, and putting in some impressive performances, but they're 12th.

[Leemond]

1 hour ago, ExiledGeordie said:

Arteta’s comments “you know the game they want to play, you get dragged into it” They’ve literally been doing exactly this the entire season, low blocks, shit housery etc 😂

Never saw a more shit housery performance than Arsenal did to Man City a few weeks ago

[andycap]

Two years in a row where they've not tested pope in the nets. 

He's a tosspot tries to blame all sorts rather than his setup and no ideas if the opposition defend well. 

So basically he's cunt 😂. 

The league is full of them ange, ten hag, the ginger wazzick at Everton the list goes on. 

[54]

Just listening back to the Totally Football Show from Thursday, Arsenal fan Aidran Clarke came out with the following:

 

"I think the Newcastle back four are not good at the moment, I don't think they're playing anywhere near as well as they should, I don't think the structure of the team is right. Looking at that Chelsea game, Fabian Schar had a disaster class in defending, and I think the two full backs are get at able for Arsenal. Martenelli is in good form, Saka is in really good form. So if Arsenal are going to win it, its going to be down the sides, and I think they will". 

 

[Hovagod]

6 minutes ago, 54 said:

Just listening back to the Totally Football Show from Thursday, Arsenal fan Aidran Clarke came out with the following:

 

"I think the Newcastle back four are not good at the moment, I don't think they're playing anywhere near as well as they should, I don't think the structure of the team is right. Looking at that Chelsea game, Fabian Schar had a disaster class in defending, and I think the two full backs are get at able for Arsenal. Martenelli is in good form, Saka is in really good form. So if Arsenal are going to win it, its going to be down the sides, and I think they will". 

 

He’s a smug twat that hates Newcastle but conceals it with a sort of strained benignity in his tone. Another one on there happy to ditch any objectivity when it comes to us and just outright talk about wanting our opponents to win. 

[80]

4 hours ago, Alberto2005 said:

Longstaff pre assist 😂 Straight forward pass man.

Nah, it was pitch perfect. Not straightforward, the pacing, smoothness and end destination of it gave Gordon the best opportunity to do something special. I doubt he could easily repeat it, mind.

[Yorkie]

16 minutes ago, Hovagod said:

He’s a smug twat that hates Newcastle but conceals it with a sort of strained benignity in his tone. Another one on there happy to ditch any objectivity when it comes to us and just outright talk about wanting our opponents to win. 

 

So many contributors to that and the other regular pods are extremely pretentious and/or condescending. I've been well out of the habit of listening to them for months now. They're all writers, at the end of the day, and their flair for the written word doesn't always translate seamlessly into the spoken one. It's rarely a true conversation; they're just taking turns to talk like they're reading from their articles. 

[80]

16 hours ago, PauloGeordio said:

 

I don't mean this in a bad way, but this must be Mitchell's - or any sports director's - wet dream. Bodes so well.

[gdm]

4 hours ago, Alberto2005 said:

Longstaff pre assist 😂 Straight forward pass man.

I think that’s the joke. Don’t ever take anything Frank says as serious. 
 

Perfect weight on the pass for the first time cross mind

 

 

Edited yesterday at 11:37 by gdm

[Joelinton7]

Anyone know when full game highlights will be on the official site? Gagging here.

[Kanji]

Howe in. Forever. 

[Nobody]

4 hours ago, Groundhog63 said:

Tears, thread 😂😂😂

 

 

That is one of the worst takes I've ever seen

[Skeletor]

So Joelinton committed a foul and the referee gave a free kick. What's his point?

[Stottie]

2 hours ago, 54 said:

Just listening back to the Totally Football Show from Thursday, Arsenal fan Aidran Clarke came out with the following:

 

"I think the Newcastle back four are not good at the moment, I don't think they're playing anywhere near as well as they should, I don't think the structure of the team is right. Looking at that Chelsea game, Fabian Schar had a disaster class in defending, and I think the two full backs are get at able for Arsenal. Martenelli is in good form, Saka is in really good form. So if Arsenal are going to win it, its going to be down the sides, and I think they will". 

 

 

Ha ha, that prediction is almost like a curse.

 

We've now conceded four in our last five league games. The kicker is that typical NUFC means we still managed to lose two and draw two of those games.

[NSG]

5 hours ago, ExiledGeordie said:

Arteta’s comments “you know the game they want to play, you get dragged into it” They’ve literally been doing exactly this the entire season, low blocks, shit housery etc 😂

It was a piss poor effort from him to belittle us.

 

Our keeper didn’t have a save to make all day. That’s pretty damning for a team that thinks they’re in the title race.

[Ronson333]

So glad we beat them.

 

 

[matta]

5 hours ago, Matt1892 said:

It is usually Longstaff that makes those passes to be fair.

Yeah, i guess thats true. Nice to see him upping his game

[joeyt]

I'm all for the DJ not playing the same pre-match songs every week but not sure Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper gets the crowd going

 

 

Edited yesterday at 15:38 by joeyt

[STM]

Our side that finished 4th:

 

                     Pope

 

Trippier   Schar    Botman    Burn

 

                     Bruno

       Longstaff          Willock

Miggy                                 Joelinton 

                       Isak

 

Our side yesterday:

 

                      Pope

 

Tino      Schar       Burn        Hall

 

                     Bruno

        Longstaff         Willock

Gordon                              Joelinton 

                        Isak

 

The core was there yesterday 7 of the 11 being the same. 

 

Gordon is an upgrade on Miggy.

Hall is becoming a better player than Burn.

Tino hasn't quite got the beating of that seasons Trippier yet IMO.

 

The big miss is Botman (Not that I'm knocking Burn). Botman is different gravy and the sooner he's back and perhaps we reinforce CB in January, I feel we will flourish.

 

I love Tonali, but it's now on him to out perform Longstaff when given the chance.

 

It's also game over for one of Miggy/Murphy. The fact Barnes came on for Gordon speaks volumes. 

[Danh1]

1 hour ago, joeyt said:

I'm all for the DJ not playing the same pre-match songs every week but not sure Girls Just Wanna Have Fun by Cyndi Lauper gets the crowd going

 

 

 

Heard that playing and was like eh

 

I know I had a whinge yesterday about it (and probably every week) but Hey Jude being blasted at maximum level, whilst no one sings along is fucking painful.

 

Whilst I’m having a whinge, that version of Blaydon Races he plays is pure shite. 

[Kid Icarus]

Girls just wanna have fun is a banger you fools