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

[jack j]

1 hour ago, Tsunami said:

There were far too many young, mouthy, scally, Everton fans after the match asking for trouble. Also saw a father laughing at his 2 young daughters mouthing off.

 

 

 

What's new? Always bother with them up here. Rats

[Choppy Chop Chop]

52 minutes ago, jack j said:

 

What's new? Always bother with them up here. Rats

Worst bunch of twats I've ever had the misfortune to come across 

[Benwell Lad]

9 minutes ago, Choppy Chop Chop said:

Worst bunch of twats I've ever had the misfortune to come across 

Always had a huge chip on their shoulder, understandable maybe, living in the shadow of their neighbours.

Their nickname is very apt and I don't mean the Toffees one.

[Skeletor]

Guess its funny. Their fans probably spunking themselves at the idea they were going to cost us Champions League only to see our players celebrating a trophy and CL at full time and them slinking back off into their irrelevant black hole.

[HalloNUFC]

3 hours ago, Ben said:

What the actual fuck happened yesterday 

God played a prank on us 

[NE27]

28 minutes ago, Skeletor said:

Guess its funny. Their fans probably spunking themselves at the idea they were going to cost us Champions League only to see our players celebrating a trophy and CL at full time and them slinking back off into their irrelevant black hole.

 

Slinking back off to Jimmy hill Dick in son stadium.

[alexf]

Just going back to thinking about the game. It's been a common theme sometimes that any teams with fast athletic players cause us problems. 

 

Thought it in advance but was hopeful it wouldn't be an impact, but that  N'Diaye caused us real issues by just being faster and more technical than our players. There couldn't get the ball off him. Beto alone just kept taking Pickfords long punts and getting the better of all of our back 3 no matter who he was up against. 

 

Was a real problem for us. Botman looked like he did last season when he returned from the first knee issue, just too slow and immobile to cope with 1v1. 

 

It definitely looked like our players were running on empty after a long season and maybe nerves got the better of them (which was surprising after we've turned up for big games quite often in recent times). 

 

But have to remember we were basically playing with 10 with Isak's lack of mobility. The 433 would have been better to start with in hindsight but who knows, the players could have easily played just as poorly no matter the formation due to the tension in their legs. 

 

Won't dwell on it now that it doesn't matter. But hopefully it's just evidence Eddie can use to help push through the signings he needs for squad depth next year. 

 

[Wallsendmag]

Got in the ground very early yesterday (very rare for me) whilst the players were still doing their warm ups and the one thing I couldn't believe was how much water they were putting on the pitch. A lot of our players seemed to be struggling with their footing and a few of them slipped on their arses as well.

 

Is it usual that the pitch is watered so heavily pre match?

[The College Dropout]

3 hours ago, Wallsendmag said:

Got in the ground very early yesterday (very rare for me) whilst the players were still doing their warm ups and the one thing I couldn't believe was how much water they were putting on the pitch. A lot of our players seemed to be struggling with their footing and a few of them slipped on their arses as well.

 

Is it usual that the pitch is watered so heavily pre match?

Think the slipping was less of a physical thing - Everton players weren’t slipping. 

[Wallsendmag]

3 hours ago, The College Dropout said:

Think the slipping was less of a physical thing - Everton players weren’t slipping. 

 

I also noticed that tbf. Just couldmt believe the amount of water they were putting on it but I'm never usually in the ground that early so wasn't sure if that's normal. Then the game started and I've never seen so many of our players falling on their arses before which got me wondering.

[Newcastle Fan]

Was really impressed with how much of a handfull Beto looked against our best 3 CBS, managed to win most balls that came his way. N'Diaye also gave us a hard time.

[andycap]

My ratings

Pope- 9

Murphy-3

Tino-8

Botman-5

Schar-5

Burn-4

Tonali-9

Bruno-5

Barnes-6

Gordon-5

Isak-5

Trippier-6

Willock-4

Wilson-4

Osula-7

[54]

On 25/05/2025 at 18:14, Kid Icarus said:

Pope: 9

Murphy: 5.5

Schär: 6

Botman: 4.5 Trippier: 6

Burn: 6

Livramento: 7

Tonali: 6.5

Bruno: 6.5

Barnes: 5

Isak: 5.5

Gordon: 5.5 Willock: 5

I hope you plan on doing a season average like last year

[tgarve]

3 hours ago, andycap said:

My ratings

Pope- 9

Murphy-3

Tino-8

Botman-5

Schar-5

Burn-4

Tonali-9

Bruno-5

Barnes-6

Gordon-5

Isak-5

Trippier-6

Willock-4

Wilson-4

Osula-7

Burn played pretty well imo

[andycap]

46 minutes ago, tgarve said:

Burn played pretty well imo

At fault for the goal and kept getting out jumped. 

[Rod]

8 hours ago, andycap said:

My ratings

Pope- 9

Murphy-3

Tino-8

Botman-5

Schar-5

Burn-4

Tonali-9

Bruno-5

Barnes-6

Gordon-5

Isak-5

Trippier-6

Willock-4

Wilson-4

Osula-7

Pretty much bang on. However Big Dan Burn was much much better than a 4. Probably a 7.

[TRon]

19 hours ago, Wallsendmag said:

Got in the ground very early yesterday (very rare for me) whilst the players were still doing their warm ups and the one thing I couldn't believe was how much water they were putting on the pitch. A lot of our players seemed to be struggling with their footing and a few of them slipped on their arses as well.

 

Is it usual that the pitch is watered so heavily pre match?

 

 

Dan Burn slipped a couple of times, I think he did for the goal as well. Alcaraz or whatever his name is, gave him a pretty tough game all afternoon.

[gbandit]

Aye, in fairness to Beto, he won more aerial duels than anyone else I can ever recall against Burn 

[Scoreboard82]

On 26/05/2025 at 11:21, Choppy Chop Chop said:

Worst bunch of twats I've ever had the misfortune to come across 

An elderly, not very mobile evertonian asked for directions as I left the match on Sunday so I found myself walking with him for a short distance. Maybe a generational thing but seemed a canny bloke and was thankful for the help. Shame he's an exception. I take it they've just came up with that Pickford song judging by the way they sang it on repeat.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

On 27/05/2025 at 08:41, gbandit said:

Aye, in fairness to Beto, he won more aerial duels than anyone else I can ever recall against Burn 

 

Burn was fouling the shit out of him throughout as well. 

[TRon]

19 hours ago, Scoreboard82 said:

An elderly, not very mobile evertonian asked for directions as I left the match on Sunday so I found myself walking with him for a short distance. Maybe a generational thing but seemed a canny bloke and was thankful for the help. Shame he's an exception. I take it they've just came up with that Pickford song judging by the way they sang it on repeat.

 

 

They were singing it with real venom though. Felt like they do have the scouse mackems persona embedded genetically now. A buch of fucking cunts as far as I'm concerned.

[Paully]

There were incredible scenes at Anfield on Sunday and a final game that won't be forgotten in a hurry, so it came as a shock to learn it almost wasn't televised.

Sky suits left many perplexed when it came to their choice of fixtures to broadcast at the weekend. They had first pick and, understandably, went for the Champions Leaguedecider between Nottingham Forest and Chelsea and the jeopardy it involved.

You might have thought TNT, who had second pick, would have grasped at the chance to have Liverpool's coronation but they, too, turned down the opportunity and wanted Manchester United versus Aston Villa, another fixture with Champions League implications.

Given Sky's long history of showing the champions on the day they are presented with the trophy, you would assume that Liverpool were the automatic third pick but that wasn't the case.

There was opposition from some at Sky's HQ in Osterley, west London, about being at Anfield, as they felt Newcastle against Everton was a better alternative. The title presentation ceremony would always have been shown, as there was a global feed for the event, but it was still a puzzling stance to adopt.

Liverpool were aware of the situation and it's safe to say there was some bafflement when the original intentions became clear.