Newcastle United 2-0 Chelsea - 11/05/25

[Benwell Lad]

" It must be the noise, it must be the noise, Enzo Thingy it must be the noise".

What utter drivel, why employ a so called elite manager if all you're going to get is Steve Bruce type reactions when it goes against you ?

[Lush Vlad]

12 hours ago, The Butcher said:

 

I can’t get over this and had never seen it before  

 

That is peak Pardew. Stroking someone’s baldy heed  

 

“Didn’t you used to call Brian McDermott, Kojak?” 

 

 

Edited 5 hours ago by Lush Vlad

[Boey_Jarton]

Very strange second half - reminded me of the last 15 mins of the Leicester home game that sealed champions league a few seasons ago. We flipped from being in total control to the playing the occasion and hanging on. Defending the lead was somewhat understandable but we were unable to string two passes together and had no outlet despite an extra man.

 

Chelsea were excellent second half in fairness, probably buoyed by having nothing to lose. 

 

Credit to Howe for first half masterclass that allowed us to outclass a decent opponent despite adopting a new system to accommodate the injuries. 

 

[Dr Venkman]

12 hours ago, gbandit said:

Despicable behaviour that like, surprised he didn’t get sparked out 

Even I have to admit that with hindsight that one is incredibly funny.

[NG32]

Good god, Chelsea were utter knobbers yesterday.  Awful to watch them niggle away the whole game.

 

Cucurella winds me up a treat, I have to keep calm when he is so close to me pitch side.  

[JigsawGoesToPieces]

2 hours ago, Groundhog63 said:

 

No. 

 

 

I called it pre-match. Odious club from top to bottom. 

 

That Cucurella? 😂 Spanish Sideshow Bob acting the cunt all game. 🤡

The angry, little racist Argie? How much? 

I don't mind Caicedo, tbf, he's a good player. All he was today was a poor man's Joelinton 😂 How tf he didn't get one booking. Never mind two/ten. 

Jackson's moment of madness was just that but they were leaving stuff in and leading with snide all the time. 

Palmer? I've got a, largely irrational, dislike for the kid. Can't put my finger on it. Maybees the goal celebration? Maybees the haircut? Maybees it's because he makes James Milner come across like Stephen Fry? Or maybees it's because I'm sick of the massive fawning over him my comms teams 🤮

 

Its the haircut for Parmer, looks like been cut by a blind man on meth.

[Groundhog63]

4 minutes ago, JigsawGoesToPieces said:

 

Its the haircut for Parmer, looks like been cut by a blind man on meth.

 

I think a blind man on meth would've introduced a bit more wave 😉

[ikri]

18 minutes ago, JigsawGoesToPieces said:

 

Its the haircut for Parmer, looks like been cut by a blind man on meth.

 

 

You don't like the Simple Jack look?

[HaydnNUFC]

Very hungover. Really struggling here. Great result which is all that matters at this point but fuck me that second half was a tough watch.

[Donut]

2 hours ago, Bondedcrown said:

How the fuck was that not a penalty for the push in the back on Gordon?

[GeordieDazzler]

Palmers hair cut look like he’s about to play Henry V at the old vic. Proper medieval hairstyle. 

[TheInfiniteOdyssey]

He’s sorry, Nic Jackson.

[samptime29]

Feel absolutely honking today lol. Buzzing with the result. Massive 3 points.

[Lush Vlad]

Fletch and McCoist were waffling on about all sorts of shite during the game. But credit where it’s due. I think they’re always great for goals and they’re now synonymous with some big goals for us  on comms. 
 

They seem genuinely excited and interested in it all. But more importantly. They stay quiet for 5-10 seconds after the ball hits the net and just let you soak up the atmosphere from the crowd. The polar opposite to a lot of commentators. Particularly that bellend Drury. 
 

It’s why it makes it all the more annoying that they seem incapable of having any pauses from talking/waffling for the rest of the 90 minutes. 

[Ikon]

Is Drury the one who sounds like he's having a rough shit while commentating? Very annoying to listen to.

[SUPERTOON]

Hope we get a match cam for this one. 

[southernmag]

I think one of the hallmarks of Newcastle nowadays is we play with genuine belief. There's real hope around the place, purpose and drive to all we do, and a lot of that is down to Eddie of course. It's awesome to see us absolutely taking it to 'big' teams and believing we can beat them.

 

In saying that, I wonder if the 2nd half v Chelsea was evidence that we've still got a way to go to being able to really assert ourselves and control some games. It was like we slipped back into the rather negative "let's hang on to this" mindset. I'd like to see Eddie really insisting we control games better, even if it's just holding onto a lot of the ball. We're more than good enough to do it.

 

 

Edited 42 minutes ago by southernmag