Newcastle United vs Manchester City - 27/12/17 @ 7:45pm (Live on Sky)

[adios 717]

2 hours ago, TheGingerQuiff said:

 

I don't think we've been playing 4-4-2 anyway, just a conclusion that gets jumped to when Joselu and Gayle start together. Joselu was deeper than Gayle vs West Ham for sure

I think we're splitting hairs here.  4-4-2/4-4-1-1, not 4-2-3-1/4-5-1 etc.

[trooper 940]

Newcastle

1Elliot

18Mbemba

6Lascelles

3Dummett

22Yedlin

8Shelvey

10Diamé

19Manquillo

7Murphy

16Aarons

21Joselu

 

 

Substitutes

2Clark

9Gayle

11Ritchie

17Pérez

23Merino

26Darlow

30Atsu

[Tdansmith 3259]

[trooper 940]

Man City

31Ederson

2Walker

4Kompany

30Otamendi

3Danilo

17De Bruyne

25Fernandinho

8Gündogan

20Bernardo Silva

10Agüero

7Sterling

 

 

Substitutes

1Bravo

15Mangala

19Sané

24Adarabioyo

33Jesus

42Y Touré

55Diaz

[ewerk 30620]

I would have started Atsu and Gayle with the hope of catching them on the break.

[Kid Dynamite 7030]

Saivet dropped from the squad completely. Atsu and Richie on the bench?

 

Rafa makes some queer decisions at times

[trooper 940]

Nice to see City haven't fielded a strong team 

Edited December 27, 2017 by trooper

[OTF 7295]

23% possession?

[OTF 7295]

Rafa with a typical cheeky pre-match interview. When asked about tactics, his response was to score one more goal, when asked how important it was to have a good start he replied with a smile normally delivered with a dad joke, that he prefers to finish well.

[Noelie 103]

BIG fucking surprise starting line-up.

Bigger than expected FFS!!

[zerosum 234]

Unsure of starting 11... but unsure of any 11 we could put out against these. You never know, we might only lose by 2!!

Edited December 27, 2017 by zerosum

[Andrew 4762]

Shot on target!

[Dr Gloom 21924]

Glad to see Aarons given a chance. Surprised not to see Gayle, Ritchie and Atsu involved 

[Dr Gloom 21924]

So three minutes in and the tactic seems to be 11 men behind the ball. No pressing at all. Have Man City encountered a deeper defence than this all season?

[Andrew 4762]

Just now, Dr Gloom said:

So three minutes in and the tactic seems to be 11 men behind the ball. No pressing at all. Have Man City encountered a deeper defence than this all season?

 

Probably not but then, they have beaten all the other ones.

[Andrew 4762]

Kompany injured already, that'll do

[OTF 7295]

Wake up call for Dummett there.

[Philmagwired 4]

Hope this tactic changes when we go behind

[Andrew 4762]

Fuck he's bringing on another striker for Kompany

[OTF 7295]

41 minutes ago, OTF said:

23% possession?

 

More like 2.3%

[Dr Gloom 21924]

Great save Elliot 

[OTF 7295]

Great save Elliot, but we're not going to cope with those balls in behind for long if we let them attack like that.

[Dr Gloom 21924]

We can’t last the 90 minutes like this can we?

[Dr Gloom 21924]

Neville doing his best to get a retrospective ban for Murphy 

[Chaser 1207]

Either this will be a tactical masterstroke with phases or a very long night.