Manchester United 1-0 Newcastle United (26/12/25) | post-match from pg. 54

[KingArthur]

And besides crossing, Bruno is the only player who can play a killer pass

[CallumG6]

Fail to win on Tuesday and I’ll start fearing for Eddie.

 

We look completely bereft of any identity, ideas or game plan. Really really worrying.

[GOTONEW]

Early on, in the second half, it was so obvious we were in control but lacking anything to score. Subs were waaaaaay too late. Eddie needs to see the opportunities and jump on them. Wissa looked positive for the first 10 he was on. Then just got bypassed over and over. 

[midds]

Just more of the same, it's just utter pigshit more often than not. No threat, no chances, no heart, no guts, no confidence, no idea and the weekly shocking defending or goalkeeping. 

 

I'm not surprised at all at this point, I've seen it so often that I just expect it now. Fucking rank away from home yet again. Misguided loyalty to Gordon yet again, same mistakes yet again. It's not bad luck if it happens every single fucking time

[andycap]

1 minute ago, The Prophet said:

Played pretty well second half, but ultimately it's another toothless showing on the road.

 

The attacking patterns are absolutely non-existent at the moment.

See I don't get this at all them retreating into a defensive formation and going break us down and yet we done nowt all half lammens had his pink out most of the half. 

[The Butcher]

This Man Utd side they put out today is hardly a PL side.

 

 

[ponsaelius]

Hate to say it but the loss of Isak is the biggest issue and everything stems from that. We've lost the thing that broke games open and the player that raised everybody else's game simply by being there.

[Chris_R]

How does that saying go?

 

"The definition of insanity is doing the same thing again and again and expecting a different result"

 

Something like that, I think.

 

Things need to change. Bafflingly, nothing is. Week on week.

 

I love Eddie for all he's done, and he's still got a lot of credit in the bank, but I'm starting to lose my patience.

[Yorkie]

"Didn't have a clue how to attack."

 

 but, what? 

 

This is going to be conflated with me going all in defensive on the manager. I'm not. We should get a result here. But a lot of this stuff just isn't true.

[duo]

Just now, simonsays said:

If we do it will be another physical beast who can run all day but won't be able to  unlock a defence

We need a statement signing - someone who can walk into this team - though on current form that won't be hard.  

[joeyt]

1 minute ago, Magic Rat said:

We continue to make poor sides look good.  Joelinton is finished.  Schar is finished as a first choice. 

 

Out of all the players to single out those two are strange ones to pick

[leffe186]

7 minutes ago, Displayname said:

How are we losing to this MaUtd team without Mbeumo and Bruno Fernandes..

 

 

 

Just checking the score from time to time, didn’t realize neither of them were playing.

[Aiston]

We never looked like we would create anything at all.

 

Still, we looked to play the same shit way.

[Magic Rat]

1 minute ago, duo said:

We need to pull a rabbit out the hat in Jan - cannot afford NOT to spend

Be difficult at the moment to persuade the quality of player we need to actually join us.  We need better than mid tbke players but we are currently a mid table set up 

[Crimson Cardigan]

Getting a genuinely creative mid in Jan decides the season. We’re going no where otherwise.

[Chris_R]

Just now, ponsaelius said:

Hate to say it but the loss of Isak is the biggest issue and everything stems from that. We've lost the thing that broke games open and the player that raised everybody else's game simply by being there.

 

We managed to look threatening before Isak. We played great with Chris Wood up top ffs.

[Guillaume]

If you can't score against that manure team, you ain't getting many points this season.

[TheBrownBottle]

Just now, ponsaelius said:

Hate to say it but the loss of Isak is the biggest issue and everything stems from that. We've lost the thing that broke games open and the player that raised everybody else's game simply by being there.

If that’s the case - and I don’t think it is - then that is an absolute damning indictment of the club’s management.

[ponsaelius]

Just now, Chris_R said:

 

We managed to look threatening before Isak. We played great with Chris Wood up top ffs.

 

We didn't like. He was shite.

[Yorkie]

Just now, Aiston said:

We never looked like we would create anything at all.

 

Still, we looked to play the same shit way.

 

What about the several chances we created?

[Jack14Bojangles]

My doubts about Eddie are growing!

How can you take off your best goalscorer after 67 minutes in such a one-sided second half (Manu was practically knocked out)?!

I'm playing with two strikers, damn it – Wolte and Wissa!

Schär is playing striker in some situations, and Wolte, at 2 meters tall, is sitting on the bench!

I'm so angry with Eddie today.

And Gordon only played terrible crosses!

[Chris_R]

Just now, ponsaelius said:

 

We didn't like. He was shite.

 

I said we played great and looked threatening. We did. I didn't say he was great, though he contributed by at least grafting hard.

[Yorkie]

Just now, TheBrownBottle said:

If that’s the case - and I don’t think it is - then that is an absolute damning indictment of the club’s management.

 

Because it's unreasonable on the club's part that we should be affected by losing our absolutely crucial centre-forward? 

 

Of course it was going to have a massive impact. No matter who we signed, we'd be worse off.

[TopL0ader]

7 minutes ago, Gallowgate Toon said:

Thought that was really poor we didn't go 2 up top for the last 30. 

No what we did was take Woltemade off with a plan of throwing Fabian up top last 10mins.

 

Why the fcuk would you do that. 

 

 

Edited December 26, 2025 by TopL0ader

[nortoon]

Could play 2 more  hours against cones and we wouldn't score, manutds defending was awful and we did nothing. We have to stop spending 50m on players whose main attributes are to work hard and run fast.