Newcastle United 0-2 West Ham United (25/11/24)

[McDog]

Very disappointing and fuck that non-pen call. If you opened an encyclopedia and looked up Penalty it would have a picture of that.

[plenum]

1 minute ago, Armchair Pundit said:

 

Didn't deserve his display after all

Probsbly so emotional and pressurized by it (the flag display) he cracked up mentally

[Shearergol]

4 minutes ago, bigfella said:

What are you lot expecting from Kelly?

He's our fifth choice centre half after Schar, Botman, Lascelles and Krafth.

He's been far from our worst performer tonight.

That’s a seriously low bar tonight though dude

[Sibierski]

That Gordon miss the crucial one for me. Gift at 0-1, missed.

 

We can’t keep missing gifts like that, on top of chucking in cheap goals, and expect consistency. Just so indifferent, nothing like the 22-23 season where we would gobble up the gifts, then shut up shop.
 

Defo some air of players have ran their distance, but not sure what refresh we can do, when most of the ones who will leave are not even playing (Trips / Wilson / Almiron / Lascelles), and the ones we do bring in have been shit / untested. 

[TheBrownBottle]

I thought we played reasonably well first half.  Second half is as bad as I’ve seen under Howe.  He’s deserved credit for recent results but he’ll deserve criticism coming his way for this - I still don’t know what the fuck we’ve been trying to do this half.  Subs, formations, position switches - it’s been amateur stuff.  We look especially shite when trying to break teams down - zero ideas.  

[Mike]

Bobbins.

[Tiotes Witch Doctor]

Howe needs to find a system that works for his best players otherwise eventually we need to bring in a manager who can.

[matta]

Properly beaten by a team that has been miles better than us. And its west ham at St James' park. This is so bad its alarming.

[black_n_white]

West Ham brilliant, better team won move on.

[Sima]

Some cunts booing in the ground.

 

Absolutely radged.

[nufc123]

Second half a real horror show.

[The Bonk]

3 minutes ago, Palestoon said:

Easily worst half in Howe's entire tenure

 

Fulham was pretty shit, probably worse than this as a game, but this half is turbo shit. 

[Lush Vlad]

Just now, Hanshithispantz said:

Aye Howe's changes killed us tbh. Paqueta completely took over the game after.

Proper Bruce/Pardew ball. Get as many attackers on as you can and go 4-4-2. Totally killing any chance of control over the game. They’ve bopped us that half from 50 onwards. 

[Ronaldo]

Awful performance and result. 

[Armchair Pundit]

[Big Geordie]

Well, that 2nd half was just utter pish. Deflated too quickly when the 2nd goal went in - no clear plan after then on in.  West Ham fully deserve their win.

 

Back to the drawing board then, Eddie!

[Yorkie]

Just now, Sima said:

Some cunts booing in the ground.

 

Absolutely radged.

 

Utter arseholes.

[TRon]

Can't argue really, they were miles better.

[Smal]

Just now, black_n_white said:

West Ham brilliant, better team won move on.

the thing is they were absolutely shit.

[Skeletor]

Even the beews lacked desire and passion.

[Shearergol]

Just now, Tiotes Witch Doctor said:

Howe needs to find a system that works for his best players otherwise eventually we need to bring in a manager who can.

Stood still for a year in the transfer market. Team desperately needed a refresh. Can only blame Howe if the lack of targets was his fault.

[KaKa]

6 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Our right wing is absolutely criminal.

 

Was fine at the start.

 

Feels like we we're right back where we were earlier in the season with the changes.

[Jewel]

Didn’t lay a glove on them in the second half. Terrible.

 

That result will probably reignite their season now.

[RodneyCisse]

When did we last play as badly as that second half?

[ponsaelius]

Honestly think if we have Burn in instead of Kelly we win the game. 

 

West Ham have played well but it's been a genesis of individual ability/confidence given to them by mistakes at the worst possible times.

 

No idea what Howe was playing at second half. Sometimes having options on the bench is a curse rather than a benefit. I can't abide when we pull that cool trick of throwing our entire shape away to play 4-4-2 and spam crosses into the box from Jacob Murphy.

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by ponsaelius