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Newcastle United (4) 2-0 (0) Arsenal - 05/02/2025


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4 hours ago, Super Duper Branko Strupar said:

Trossard looks like Benjamin Button when he was 9 years old.

Unusual looking guy, Trossard. Sometimes he looks 8 years old and other times over 80. He plays as erratically as he looks - sometimes brilliant and other times a total dud.

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1 hour ago, r0cafella said:

If Liverpool beat spurs does it practically guarantee us Europe next season regardless of the final?

No, only the winner qualifies for the Europa Conference League. If Liverpool went on to win it, then it would almost certainly drop to the league positions.

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Was drifting in and out of sleep after a long flight - was surprised at the tactical change but it worked an absolute treat. They did not have a fucking sniff. I hope we play exactly the same formation in the final.

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I thought last night was very similar to how we have dealt with Arsenal in recent games, and also how others have as well. If they don’t get that early goal, or your defence is rather solid, they will run out of ideas. Once Martinelli went off last night, they ran out of ideas. There was no real goal attempts from them after that. You could see them start to playing it sideways, going back to their back line, looking for that outlet on the right, but not finding it. They well and truly ran out of ideas, and because we had the cushion and could just sit and watch them play the ball from left to right, and back again, they never had that opportunity to play a through ball or anything that could open a team up.

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3 minutes ago, David Edgar said:

Arteta too weak to make eye contact with Howe :lol: 

 

He's such a little bitch. Not even a single word of congratulations. He has zero class, and is one of the most overrated managers in the Premier League. 

 

Roughly £650m spent now, over 5 years into his project and his only trophy to show for it is an FA Cup won with Emery's team?

 

Fucking hate Arteta.

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36 minutes ago, Froggy said:

 

He's such a little bitch. Not even a single word of congratulations. He has zero class, and is one of the most overrated managers in the Premier League. 

 

Roughly £650m spent now, over 5 years into his project and his only trophy to show for it is an FA Cup won with Emery's team?

 

Fucking hate Arteta.

Lockdown FA cup as well wasn’t it? Doesn’t count [emoji38]

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I've always liked a back 5 apart from, of course, when it muddles a team who just can't do it. Last nights version was exemplary and Schar's pressing Rice when the started things was a master stroke and Rice's frustration and petulance should have ended with a red for the challenge on Bruno.

That was about as loud as I've ever experienced in SJP since the very old days of a tin roof on the Leazes End. It was very feisty pre match under the Milburn stand as large groups of Arsenal fans walked up having plenty to say for themselves and that feistiness transferred nicely into the stadium by kick off time.

One of those nights which will live long in the memories of those fortunate enough to be there.

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I thought Rice had already been booked, and the ref bottled the 2nd yellow, never mind a straight red. But the fact that late challenge on Bruno wasn't even deemed a first booking was crazy!

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From the BBC re: Murphy

 

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In 80 minutes on the pitch he registered two successful passes, from five attempted, among 14 touches - with one of which he effectively sent Newcastle to Wembley after 19 minutes.

 

Amazing stat.

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Has the footballing world now gotten over spaffing themselves silly at the idea of some nonce getting paid to pop out the dugout every corner and tell the players to get it in the mixer btw?

 

 

Edited by wormy

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