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#376685 General Election June 8th
Shola
#376334 The Lower League Thread
Shola
Isaac Hayden genuinely looked good last night. Mitrovic was good as well, he's a much better option than Gayle imo.
But Jesus our defence is an absolute joke. Mental how overrated Lascelles is/was.
#376281 The Lower League Thread
Shola
Cringe.
#376278 The Lower League Thread
Shola
#375586 The Lower League Thread
Shola
That's mostly irrelevant - it's obvious the Burton player is favourite for the ball and Whitehead has jumped into him anyway. - He looks like he's caught him with his shoulder and looks like he has tried to generate power in doing so. - And Turner reacts as if he's just been smashed in the face by a quite heavy man.
Whitehead hasn't used an elbow - probably because he thinks he'll get away with it if he keeps his arm down.
Anyway I see referees have been misapplying the rules again - I'm not sure how what Keith Stroud did was against Huddersfield - but I'm sure it was.
#375393 The Lower League Thread
Shola
#374957 The Lower League Thread
Shola
A good read on the Scweinsteiger to Newcastle story.
Still can't get my head around what they we're trying to do. Seriously Llambias and Wise flogging a key player to sign punts for almost the same amount of money. Thank God for JFK - might actually one of the most important figures in modern Newcastle....
#373862 The Lower League Thread
Shola
Especially with Kachunga's totally natural fall in the same game......
#373523 The Lower League Thread
Shola
Hughton did a hell of a lot better with £50m less.......
And Clement, Silva, Allardyce, Advocaat, Di Canio, Poyet, Pardew, Shakespeare have all seemed to make at least some sort of impact a lot quicker....
Nah Shelvey is absolute poison. Absolute waste of time. It's not about playing badly, it's about basically not trying.
#373157 The Lower League Thread
Shola
It was a year since he took over (and lost) - The announcer played 'La Bamba' before kick off, while some cunt with a microphone instructed us to 'Make some noise for Rafa' - And the Chronicle / Newcastle seem to be making 'Until Rafa I was never happy' - a club slogan.
But y'know - predictable, negative tactics - an attacking trio offering zero threat going, forward, Colback picking up 4 men, ropey defending and punting long balls for a short striker to challenge for.
While the Chronicle and some fans do amazing mental gymnastics to absolve Benitez of any blame what so ever. Chronicle are praising Benitez for identifying that Tom Cairney was a good player. - If only we signed Cairney, Hogan, Snodgrass, Brady and McCarthy to prevent the possibility of a player we've ever been linked with having a good game against us.
Also Newcastle now seem to have organised fan groups set up to slate other fans. And blame fans for defeats. - I agree that the atmosphere is shite and has been for years - but back under Pardew - it was 'long suffering fans who had simply had enough of being 8th and had the patience of Saints for protesting finishing 8th in the league.' Under Benitez there traitors to the Rafaloution who shouldn't be allowed back.
Anyway we were murdered today - If we finish 3rd and Fulham take 6th - I genuinely believe Benitez would set them up in the exact same way with the exact same result in the playoffs.
Just rewatched the highlights - Shelvey culpable for all three goals - by literally letting his man go and not closing down. The absolute waste of space. Makes Moussa Sissoko look like Bert Trautmann.
#373104 The Lower League Thread
Shola
In the second half, Newcastle players actually stopped passing to him. Noticed they all seemed to be blanking him after the match as well.
#372639 The Lower League Thread
Shola
#371818 2016/17 Barclays Premier League Thread
Shola
It's not exactly a rare occurrence.
Also if Man Utd pay £80m (or whatever) for Kane - he'll be absolutely box office regardless of if he's won anything or played well for England.
He'll be the new Gazza or Rooney and be the absolute talisman for England and the Premier League.
#371817 The Lower League Thread
Shola
#371567 2016/17 Barclays Premier League Thread
Shola
#370898 2016/17 Champions League
Shola
Like I imagine Alexis Sanchez probably has a much larger profile than if he for example went to PSG straight from Udinese, rather than playing for Barcelona or Arsenal. (Although I maybe ignorant about PSG's reach these days)
A quick glance on Twitter shows Sanchez is on 1.95m followers compared to Pastrore 1m and Verrati 200k followers - and likewise the Arsenal twitter has 9m followers compared to PSG's 4m. I'd imagine this is important to footballers and agents when sorting out where footballers want to play football.
#370757 2016/17 Champions League
Shola
In fairness the likes of Ozil and Sanchez will only come if they can get CL football....
So y'know, if Simeone/Benitez/Tuchel lands lets say Rakitic and Morata next year rather than their Europa League equivalents. And snarky people talk about how new guy has taken Arsenal to the next level, (but also relying on Wenger delivering a fairly consistent level of success)
#370226 2016/17 Barclays Premier League Thread
Shola
He's incredible.
#370135 Fitness Thread
Shola
#369033 The Lower League Thread
Shola
The performances have usually been dreadful, the tactics awful, and the players seem to be getting worse. He squandered £55m in the Summer - and seems to mismanage the playing staff awfully.(Leaving Sels in has probably done him a lot of harm), (Hate to be that guy but maybe if you didn't buy Hanley, Sels, Lazaar, Gamez and Murphy - you could have afforded someone in January)
And strange decisions, Ameobi is back in the team now? Why did he loan him out? Has he brought him back in an attempt to prove a point about how little he has been backed? Or did he want to get rid of a player he hadn't actually see play, because he wants his own signings?
#368996 The Lower League Thread
Shola
We've been shite. Bar the odd 20 minutes here and there.
#368884 The Lower League Thread
Shola
Or Benitez is making excuses to cover his own bad decisions?
#368781 The Lower League Thread
Shola
#368572 The Lower League Thread
Shola
Huddersfield, Brighton and Leeds the three outstanding Championship teams seem to have avoided this trap.
Looks increasingly like Townsend is coming back. Which is good.
#368552 The Lower League Thread
Shola
Championship sides seem to be really bad at this; Spend £7-12m on a forward and results never seem to pick up too much;
Like Villa and Derby seem addicted to buying striker for around £8m. Villa could soon have Ayew, Hogan, McCormack and Kodija
#368191 2016/17 FA Cup
Shola
Newcastle
21Elliot
18Mbemba
2ColocciniSubstituted forLascellesat 45'minutes
3Dummett
22Janmaat
7Sissoko
24TiotéBooked at 37minsSubstituted forde Jongat 82'minutes
5Wijnaldum
43MbabuSubstituted forThauvinat 52'minutes
17Pérez
45Mitrovic
Newcastle
21Elliot
3Santon
19Haidara
24Tioté
27TaylorBooked at 69mins
13Yanga-Mbiwa
7SissokoSubstituted forRemyat 85'minutes
8Anita
9CisséSubstituted forAmeobiat 85'minutes
10Ben ArfaBooked at 90mins
11GouffranSubstituted forObertanat 63'minutes
#368183 2016/17 FA Cup
Shola
#368169 2016/17 FA Cup
Shola
The local media praising Benitez for this, ffs.
#367394 Newcastle Thread
Shola
Just wish we would play with more attacking intent from the start - Yedlin was superb for the third, but doesn't really attack like that at 0-0.
#366692 The Lower League Thread
Shola
Were his tactics not exactly the same as they've always been? - 4-4-1-1? Obviously didn't see the game. I'm absolutely ecstatic we actually put in a cross with a big lad who headed it in. Very little of that this season.
Disgusting that a manager's tactics have been questioned imo. I've literally never seen criticism of a manager ever before, think this is the first time ever.