Newcastle United 0-1 Everton (25/05/25)

[Unbelievable]

14 minutes ago, Hovagod said:

Three plus one is four 

Cost us five

[KaKa]

4 minutes ago, El Prontonise said:

Very lacklustre from us today, 1 game too many probably for the small squad we have.

 

Similarly to last season we almost fell at the final hurdle due to Isak being burnt out at the end and not fit.

 

I'll say it yet again ... we'd better focus on sorting out the squad depth for this team or next season is not going to go well at all.

[BGRM]

Despite the crap match today we have loads to look forward to: a) Cash to splash in the summer; b) Champions league again; c) Polishing that lovely trophy 

(Thank you Man U)

[Rod]

13 minutes ago, Ikon said:

I’m slightly annoyed that I’m not feeling quite as happy as I should (at this very moment at least) 

 

But Gtfi anyway! 

 

 

 

Yeah I feel the same. I'm not sure whether to open that champagne or not.

[nemtizz]

[black_n_white]

Just now, BGRM said:

Despite the crap match today we have loads to look forward to: a) Cash to splash in the summer; b) Champions league again; c) Polishing that lovely trophy 

(Thank you Man U)

Also we should be able to retain our star players.

[Doc]

3 minutes ago, Bondedcrown said:

Yet another post from someone who doesn’t know what is going on!

Sorry, what?

[Mahoneys Tache]

All the sweeter that it’s a villa’s expense. Horrible cunts. 

[Bondedcrown]

5 minutes ago, Unbelievable said:

Cost us five

Really 

[Joe1984]

Just now, Bondedcrown said:

Really 

Yes it cost us five. Out of six available points we picked up one.

 

6-1= 5 points.

[Nucasol]

20 minutes ago, James said:

Someone please ban @Dokko from SJP for going to this match

Man needs to be forcefully restrained and locked in The Strawberry if he attempts to enter SJP again.

[Bondedcrown]

5 minutes ago, Doc said:

Sorry, what?

Not you the numpty who said Everton took 5 points off us 

[SiLvOR]

To the actual game, think Eddie got it massively wrong with the formation and personnel. If Trippier could only do limited minutes, I'd have gone for him from the start, with our usual 4-3-3. Willock starting LCM, while not ideal, would then allow Barnes and Tino to continue their partnership.

 

Gordon coming on as a sub later on for Barnes/Murphy. Course, if things had gone the other way there would be no questions, but think the messy formation changes and personnel shuffles mid game just destroyed any semblance of a game plan we may have had.

 

Not Eddie's finest hour but fuck it. He's not perfect but he's damn close. Trophy and CL ain't half bad.

 

 

Edited 4 hours ago by SiLvOR

[Keggy_Keagal]

Hard going that. A trophy and the Champions League though. Howay The Fucking Lads !!

[Vinny Green Balls]

Just now, SiLvOR said:

To the actual game, think Eddie got it massively wrong with the formation and personnel. If Trippier could only do limited minutes, I'd have gone for him from the start, with our usual 4-3-3. Willock starting LCM, while not ideal, would then allow Barnes and Tino to continue their partnership.

 

Gordon coming on as a sub later on for Barnes/Murphy. Course, if things had gone the other way there would be no questions, but think the messy formation changes and personnel shuffles mid game just destroyed any semblance of a game plan we may have had.

 

Not Eddie's finest hour but fuck it. He's not perfect but he's damn close. Trophy and CL ain't half bad.

 

 

 

And I guarantee that he'll be fucking disappointed with that, and analyze it to death.

[BlackandWhite]

I was fuming at the performance and the prospect of bottling it against a mid-table side with nought to play for, overwhelmed with the frustration knowing how good we’ve been this season, but I am very happy that I’ve been made to look like an overreactive clown.

 

The champions league makes me feel very okay with that, and even if we didn’t make it; it’d still been the best season of my Newcastle-supporting life on reflection anyway.
 

Football can really carry you away with emotion, though. Fuck me.

[Bondedcrown]

1 minute ago, Joe1984 said:

Yes it cost us five. Out of six available points we picked up one.

 

6-1= 5 points.

They won one and drew one 4 points 

[Dyeyzzon]

 

2 minutes ago, Mahoneys Tache said:

All the sweeter that it’s a villa’s expense. Horrible cunts. 

 

I'll just leave this here

Spoiler

 

[Mike]

23 minutes ago, James said:

Someone please ban @Dokko from SJP for going to this match

 

Are we ready to talk about this?

[Joe1984]

Just now, Bondedcrown said:

They won one and drew one 4 points 

Read it again. Newcastle DROPPED 5 points against Everton this season.

 

The defeat? 3 points dropped.

 

The draw? 2 points dropped.

[Vinny Green Balls]

1 minute ago, Joe1984 said:

Read it again. Newcastle DROPPED 5 points against Everton this season.

 

The defeat? 3 points dropped.

 

The draw? 2 points dropped.

 

[Kanj]

We rarely got a single result that helped us along the way, fyi. 

[Bondedcrown]

Thought he said they took 5 points off us they didn’t they took 4 ? We have hustled had our most successful season i about 100 years and the amounts of bed wetting is off the map

[El Prontonise]

Who's record is worse?  @Dokko's or @Beren's?  For defeats at SJP.

[nortoon]

1 minute ago, SiLvOR said:

To the actual game, think Eddie got it massively wrong with the formation and personnel. If Trippier could only do limited minutes, I'd have gone for him from the start, with our usual 4-3-3. Willock starting LCM, while not ideal, would then allow Barnes and Tino to continue their partnership.

 

Gordon coming on as a sub later on for Barnes/Murphy. Course, if things had gone the other way there would be no questions, but think the messy formation changes and personnel shuffles mid game just destroyed any semblance of a game plan we may have had.

 

Not Eddie's finest hour but fuck it. He's not perfect but he's damn close. Trophy and CL ain't half bad.

 

 

 

While i think you are probably right, i think mainly the problem is just the squad being too small. Whatever Howe does tonight, whether its Willock, Osula or Tripper that comes on, our options aren't great. Impacts off the bench are close to non-existent.

 

He went for the same system to get his best players on form on the pitch. Unfortunately even with Gordon and Barnes being as bad as they have been for the last month, they still are.

 

If only Wilson goes we really need 3 players for our attack next season to keep people rotating and fighting for places. A good striker to challenge Isak, a top right winger to be challenged by Murphy, and arguably another player that can play anywhere in the front 3 and challenge them all. 1 or 2 injuries to any of our front players now gives us nothing off the bench and no competition.

 

At this point I would not be against player trading for our 2 left wingers either. Both of them are pretty inconsistent and as long as we have someone to replace one i wouldnt mind selling if we got a worthwhile fee.