[League Cup Final] Newcastle United Vs. Liverpool - 16/03/25 @ 16:30 (Live on ITV & Sky)

[mattypnufc]

Anyone who feels particularly uninspired to go after tonight, and wants to give their ticket up, feel free to drop me a DM. 😂

[black_n_white]

How do you beat an almost perfect side? It certainly feels that way.

[Mazzy]

Botman, Isak and Joelinton back for the final I reckon we get that down to 1-0.

[Ginola14]

as always Newcastle will be facing the most in form team around in a final 

 

we'll need some kind of miracle 

 

also Salah - how the fuck is he never injured or rested? plays every minute even when the game is effectively over, and he's in his 30s

 

doesn't seem fair 

[toon25]

They're too good, unfortunately. They'll find a way to beat us even if we're at the top of our game

[Stifler]

4 minutes ago, Ginola14 said:

as always Newcastle will be facing the most in form team around in a final 

 

we'll need some kind of miracle 

 

also Salah - how the fuck is he never injured or rested? plays every minute even when the game is effectively over, and he's in his 30s

 

doesn't seem fair 

Might have something to do with them doping their players under the guise of having asthma.

[Doctor Zaius]

I think they can be got at. I don't think they're infallible. 

 

However. We'll need Isak, Botman and Joelinton. We'll need to take our chances and be impeccable defensively. We'll need them not at their best and a slice of luck.

 

Will it all come together? Very, very doubtful but I don't think it's an impossible task. 

[Stifler]

We literally drew with them this season, being unlucky not to win.

We had the better of them last season, with Nunez scoring those late goals to rob us of a win.

 

If we are on it, we have a chance and I think could beat them.

[nemtizz]

As long as I don’t hear “we were distracted by the final” as an excuse for our recent performances I don’t care about losing this. 
 

Obviously I will care but we’ll never win anything with that mentality, even if the pressure is immense.

[Whitley mag]

Major worry is that Tonali and Bruno look miles off it, this lot punish every mistake and whilst Isak will cause them problem if he gets the service, they’ll simply not make the errors we will and that will be the difference.

[pubteam]

1 minute ago, Whitley mag said:

Major worry is that Tonali and Bruno look miles off it, this lot punish every mistake and whilst Isak will cause them problem if he gets the service, they’ll simply not make the errors we will and that will be the difference.

They look terrible without big joe, he gives the midfield structure.

[Whitley mag]

3 minutes ago, pubteam said:

They look terrible without big joe, he gives the midfield structure.

The midfield needs looked at in the summer for me it’s still a major issue, just not sure Eddie thinks that, or even if he does that it’ll be a priority unfortunately.

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 22:36 by Whitley mag

[Gallowgate Toon]

I don't think we'll be playing a midfield 2 in the final, tbf, unless we have injuries. I felt a bit for Tonali & Bruno - it asked a lot of them.

 

Felt like Howe wanted to try something a bit different with the shape. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

3 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

The midfield needs looked at in the summer for me it’s still a major issue, just not sure Eddie thinks that, or even if he does that it’ll be a priority unfortunately.

 

We need one midfielder, yep. But it can't be a major restructure, can it? We're set with Bruno and Tonali. 

 

[Wolfcastle]

Anybody that missed them, this is what the 90s finals felt like.

 

A final and everything but the games went exactly as everyone expected, to the point it was actually unexpected, like it was too obvious to go like that.

Be a surprise if this is any better.

[Wolfcastle]

28 minutes ago, Ginola14 said:

as always Newcastle will be facing the most in form team around in a final

 

and we like to supplement that by being completely out of form ourselves just to make sure

[AyeDubbleYoo]

1 minute ago, Wolfcastle said:

Anybody that missed them, this is what the 90s finals felt like.

 

We had one a couple of years ago TBF. 

[Bimpy474]

They'll think it'll be easy, that could help us. At least in my dreams it will.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

If we had Isak and we hadn't conceded a soft early goal, the game would've been interesting. Hopefully that will happen for this one. 

[Superior Acuña]

Aye, we’ve just lulled them into a false sense of security. We’re going to win one eventually. Howay i believe. 

[Jonas]

Our record since getting to the last four finals - Played 19, Won 3 (unconvincingly)

[Wolfcastle]

24 minutes ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

 

We had one a couple of years ago TBF. 

That wasn't a write off going into it.  Should have been an even contest. 90s finals were never on.

[Heron]

We are winning this like. 100%. Tonight was the first part of our hussle.

 

 

Edited Wednesday at 23:26 by Heron

[The Prophet]

1 hour ago, black_n_white said:

How do you beat an almost perfect side? It certainly feels that way.

 

They're far from perfect like. We can get at them, but we'll have to play well.

[OCOCOL]

On 25/02/2025 at 21:59, huss9 said:

was always a risk giving up your ST as a protest against Ashley.

never was a guarantee you'd get it back in case of a takeover. you would have been fighting for them with a load of potential glory hunters.

thats why we stayed despite despising Ashley.

It’s why their real gripe should be with the NUST board (then not now) who made false promises and reneged on them.