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Newcastle United 1-2 Fulham (01/02/25)


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Just in from the game - in parts quite similar to Bournemouth, flat, slow in the build up and looking very leggy in areas.

Thought all three of the midfield three were very very poor, Tonali the best of a bad bunch. Gordon the pick of the lads for me and Hall did nothing too much wrong either.

 

Second halve started flat once again and we seemed determined to drop off and allow Fulham to build momentum. Joelinton (who I love) had a mare but seemed to be fucked from the end of the first halve and should have been off at half time.  We did enough to win or draw that game, but we just look rather one dimensional and lack guile in our approach when Bruno is not on form.

 

In regards Howe, he's working miracles with a squad of arguable 8 players good enough for where we sit, however we look leggy as hell and flat. He does however need to makes changes earlier and ones that at times change the shape of the team to cause new problems for the opposition. It's all very late and like for like.

Hard to really point much more at the lads or Manager - PSR is truly working well in regards keeping us in our place, but there must be a loan or two there to give us a lift in a big big week for the club.

 

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44 minutes ago, Holloway said:

In games like this we seem to hit the wall, in terms of ideas if not energy. If they made tactical tweaks at half time to change it I wasn't aware but they made us look pedestrian from the off

It's like if we have time to think how to break down teams (like Fulham) we fail...when we don't think and just do (Arsenal) we win.

 

Suggests we are a side that's plays better on instinct rather than a plan

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22 minutes ago, duo said:

I was right behind the second goal and that has to be one of the worst walls I have ever seen. You just knew he was going to have a go.

I was at the other end and had no idea how it went in. Assumed it was side netting at first and I was about to do a big wheyyyy at the celebrating Fulham fans 

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29 minutes ago, Superior Acuña said:

I was at the other end and had no idea how it went in. Assumed it was side netting at first and I was about to do a big wheyyyy at the celebrating Fulham fans 

Good run by Muniz across the keeper, got a toe end and nicked it past Dubs.

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We were absolutely awful in the 2nd half, from kick off to final whistle. Joelinton and Bruno struggle against quick and mobile midfielders. We don’t have the option/ squad depth to adapt to  this. Willock has mobility but isn’t dynamic, I’d love to have MGW, we’d have won today with him and Tonali as the pivot. We’re very restricted in how we play.

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