Newcastle United 3-1 Brighton & Hove Albion - 02/05/26

[toontownman]

26 minutes ago, Virtua Stiva said:

Van Hecke slipping for our third is perfect. He deserves that, the horrible little bastard 

Howe will try and sign him in a month tbf.

[r0cafella]

Massive relief mind take the 3 points and run

[Moose]

Happy with the win, I know it's been a wank season but finishing 14th-16th is fucking mortifying so hopefully we can start pulling away from that.

 

But jee whizz, some of our players wouldn't look out of place at Preston North End. We're so poor in possession, less huff and puff athletes and more artists this summer please

[Gallowgate Toon]

Great win. Missed this feeling and chuffed for Howe.

 

Some really good performances in there imo. Not sure Miley will get loads of plaudits but I thought he was very impressive again.

[Beren]

8 hours ago, Beren said:

Confident the curse gets broken today. Lovely day.

 

No Amanda Staveley at breakfast this time.

 

Curse shattered! My kid is on a sporting heater.

 

Shocking performance mind you I'll take it.

[Virtua Stiva]

8 minutes ago, toontownman said:

Howe will try and sign him in a month tbf.

if he becomes a cheating little dirty cunt for us, I will support him to the hilt and die for the man 

[sempuki]

32.9% possession. Didn't realise it was that low but who cares. A win's a win.

[Pearljam10]

 

[samptime29]

Thought we played well first half. Second half was a little nervy but got the job done in the end.

[SUPERTOON]

7 minutes ago, Pearljam10 said:

 

Firing shots with that first sentence?

[St1pe]

Mostly nice just to get a win in one of those games that could have easily gone the way so many have this season. 
 

Im still concerned about that team selection and even more so by Howe doubling down with those quotes above. You could argue he’s been vindicated but I’m starting to worry a bit. See what the summer brings. 

[La Parka]

2 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Firing shots with that first sentence?

Woltemade absolutely in the firing line. 

 

[Inu]

30 minutes ago, toontownman said:

Howe will try and sign him in a month tbf.

Van Hecke is what i thought Botman would be for us😫

[Fenham Mag]

Anyone spot @Paully on the stream trying to batter someone just at the start of the 2nd half? 

[The Prophet]

First league game I've watched since February (Man City away).

 

I tend to be an optimist when it comes to NUFC, at least since the takeover, but today has only cast more doubt on Howe's future for me.

 

The team was picked to press, but you had players out of position and enormous amount of talent on the bench. 

 

The game itself followed pattern of so many 25/26 home games. An end-to-end shootout, with very little control or quality. Overall I think we were fortunate to escape with all three points.

 

I want Howe to turn it around, I really do, but he's showing absolutely no signs of learning or development. I understand we may require a bit of squad surgery, but surely these final few games are an ideal opportunity to try a few things for next season. Everything just seems a bit stale.

[Andy84]

32 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Firing shots with that first sentence?

There’s definitely something up behind the scenes imo and it needs sorting 

 

 

Edited May 2 by Andy84

[Nucasol]

53 minutes ago, Gallowgate Toon said:

Great win. Missed this feeling and chuffed for Howe.

 

Some really good performances in there imo. Not sure Miley will get loads of plaudits but I thought he was very impressive again.

Miley was great. Mitoma got nowt from him, switched so Minteh went up against him and still nada.

[Nucasol]

34 minutes ago, SUPERTOON said:

Firing shots with that first sentence?

He got the height, pace thing spot on. We looked good on set penises.

[AyeDubbleYoo]

33 minutes ago, St1pe said:

Mostly nice just to get a win in one of those games that could have easily gone the way so many have this season. 
 

Im still concerned about that team selection and even more so by Howe doubling down with those quotes above. You could argue he’s been vindicated but I’m starting to worry a bit. See what the summer brings. 

My hope is that he’s doing what he thinks will get us to the end of the season with the shattered confidence and desperate need for a win in mind. 
 

When he can sit down with a blank sheet in the summer I’m sure it will be a better approach. 

[Tiotes Witch Doctor]

44 minutes ago, Pearljam10 said:

 

Tall and fast, ability is just an afterthought. Luckily it worked today.

[Andy]

5 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

First league game I've watched since February (Man City away).

 

I tend to be an optimist when it comes to NUFC, at least since the takeover, but today has only cast more doubt on Howe's future for me.

 

The team was picked to press, but you had players out of position and enormous amount of talent on the bench. 

 

The game itself followed pattern of so many 25/26 home games. An end-to-end shootout, with very little control or quality. Overall I think we were fortunate to escape with all three points.

 

I want Howe to turn it around, I really do, but he's showing absolutely no signs of learning or development. I understand we may require a bit of squad surgery, but surely these final few games are an ideal opportunity to try a few things for next season. Everything just seems a bit stale.

 

I tend to agree with this. The approach we took evidently worked today but isn't sustainable IMO, Brighton played right into our hands by being absolutely wide open at the back, which is a complete rarity in the PL now. 

 

I'm glad we got the win, hopefully we can finish the season strongly. However, there is a monumental amount of work to do over the summer, both in recruitment and on the training pitch. 

[AyeDubbleYoo]

9 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

First league game I've watched since February (Man City away).

 

I tend to be an optimist when it comes to NUFC, at least since the takeover, but today has only cast more doubt on Howe's future for me.

 

The team was picked to press, but you had players out of position and enormous amount of talent on the bench. 

 

The game itself followed pattern of so many 25/26 home games. An end-to-end shootout, with very little control or quality. Overall I think we were fortunate to escape with all three points.

 

I want Howe to turn it around, I really do, but he's showing absolutely no signs of learning or development. I understand we may require a bit of squad surgery, but surely these final few games are an ideal opportunity to try a few things for next season. Everything just seems a bit stale.

I know what you’re saying but I really don’t think we can expect that kind of evolution towards the tail end of a dire season when the players are mentally broken and can barely pass to each other. 
 

You’re right about what the ambition should be and I think Howe would probably mostly agree. 

 

 

Edited May 2 by AyeDubbleYoo

[SUPERTOON]

8 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

First league game I've watched since February (Man City away).

 

I tend to be an optimist when it comes to NUFC, at least since the takeover, but today has only cast more doubt on Howe's future for me.

 

The team was picked to press, but you had players out of position and enormous amount of talent on the bench. 

 

The game itself followed pattern of so many 25/26 home games. An end-to-end shootout, with very little control or quality. Overall I think we were fortunate to escape with all three points.

 

I want Howe to turn it around, I really do, but he's showing absolutely no signs of learning or development. I understand we may require a bit of squad surgery, but surely these final few games are an ideal opportunity to try a few things for next season. Everything just seems a bit stale.

Spot on this, I actually think the summer may be the ideal time to part ways with Howe. Only issue is, I’m not sure realistically, who we replace him with. Especially with a few clubs looking for a manager.

[The Prophet]

1 minute ago, AyeDubbleYoo said:

I know what you’re saying but I really don’t think we can expect that kind of evolution towards the tail end of a dire season when the players are mentally broken and can barely pass to each other. 
 

You’re right about what the ambition should be and I think Howe would probably mostly agree. 

 

 

 

 

Aye, perhaps I'm being harsh, but his answer to pull us out of a rut is to double down on "pace and height". It's a bit uninspiring.

 

Don't get me wrong. Any win is welcome and hopefully we finish the season strongly, but there was a lot of alarm bells ringing during that performance and in the following press conference for the medium to long term future.

[Kid Icarus]

I know we won against the in form team in the league after an improved performance last week against the 2nd most in form, the almost universally criticised team selection proved successful and confidence breeds confidence breeds performances breeds results, but starting Burn and doing a team photo is unforgivable.

 

Nah but seriously, delighted with that, I think we've played miles better than that against worse opposition and come away with nothing, so it felt like just desserts to get a positive result we can reverse engineer the performance from.

 

Mainly chuffed that even with our customary needless shitting of the bed, even at 2 nil, we didn't conspire to throw it away. Crawling, to small steps, to walking, to running and all that.

 

 

Edited May 2 by Kid Icarus