Rafa's happy hour pizza posse v Brighton

[Dr Gloom 21921]

Struggling to understand what he gets out  of holding onto the club like. It can’t provide much other than headaches, surely little in the way of fun or entertainment. I can only assume he’s some kind of perverse sadist who gets off on inflicting misery on others.

[RobinRobin 11269]

Looking at the fat man on Saturday, you could see it had just hit him hard.  He has royally screwed up, and instead of spending $25m in the summer, he is now going to have to look at spending much more in January, and even that may not be enough.

There is the very real risk that he will spend that money, get relegated, AND lose another $150m because no one will want to buy the Club for anywhere near what he wants.

Karma is a bitch, isn't it  

[Leon 13]

What has happened to our midfield and defensive?   Last season we couldn't score but at least the midfield was tight-ish and the back four were pretty solid.  We're now playing like we need fixing everywhere with stupid mistakes all over the field.

[ewerk 30610]

Last season we performed above what would be expected of a team of that quality, that couldn't continue forever. What we're seeing is a side performing more around their capabilities.

[Sonatine 11376]

[trooper 940]

There seemed to be pockets of space as the camera's panned around the ground during the game. Any match goers noticing this were you are sitting  ?

[Noelie 103]

Why did Rafa just use 1 substitute against Brighton?

And why did Rafa take Mutu off and put Joselulu in?

Just asking.

[LooneyToony 41]

1 hour ago, Noelie said:

Why did Rafa just use 1 substitute against Brighton?

And why did Rafa take Mutu off and put Joselulu in?

Just asking.

 

Muto was horrid Saturday, and

 

 

Newcastle subs:

 

Darlow, Atsu, Maquillo, Murphy, Schar,  Hayden, Joselu  

[sammynb 3355]

3 hours ago, Noelie said:

Why did Rafa just use 1 substitute against Brighton?

And why did Rafa take Mutu off and put Joselulu in?

Just asking.

 

Because Muto's arse was hanging out after 70 minutes of chasing shadows plus we'd spent those 70s pumping crosses into a 5'8" forward hoping he could out jump a 6'0" plus backline, at least the Hoss didn't have a far to jump as the ball sailed over his heed.

Not sure what the mentality was to keep pumping crosses into Muto, especially when against Man U he showed exactly how we should play with him up top, either to the feet or just in behind their defence for him to run onto.

Shelvey is definitely missing Gayle's running off the ball, and before anyone blames Rafa there is no doubt the fat cunt signed off on the deal that Gayle went the other way. A lousy 16m wasn't it to buy Rondon if they acted promptly?

[Chaser 1207]

Is Joselu on a pay less as you play more? Its the only explanation for the amount of game time he gets. 

[Dr Gloom 21921]

On 22/10/2018 at 12:15, Leon said:

What has happened to our midfield and defensive?   Last season we couldn't score but at least the midfield was tight-ish and the back four were pretty solid.  We're now playing like we need fixing everywhere with stupid mistakes all over the field.

Confidence. We’re on a horror run