Newcastle United vs Nottingham Forest

[Kid Dynamite 7034]

Just now, Holden McGroin said:

If we get drubbed off Liverpool (which is pretty much nailed on), then get beat off the mackems then I think Howe will be under pressure.

I'd like to think he's earned himself a poor season with what he's done here previously, but dropping out of the LC, CL, FAC and tanking in the league in the space of 4 weeks would get the manager sacked at a lot of other clubs 

[OTF 7297]

Without Joelinton pur midfield lacks bite. 

 

And here he comes, finally.

[Kid Dynamite 7034]

1 minute ago, aimaad22 said:

 Nah the owners have more sense than that imo

The club is 80% owned by a silent majority. Who knows what they're thinking 

[aimaad22 4156]

No luck ffs 

[OTF 7297]

There should be no chance that anyone involved in our club seriously considers that Howe could even be considered for sacking. Take away a few errors from players (namely Trippier) and the results we'd have recorded of late will have been more than reasonable for the players at our disposal.

[wykikitoon 20234]

How Burn walked into the side I don't know. 

[Holden McGroin 6613]

The problem here is fitness. That’s both exhaustion and players carrying injuries. 
 

It’s becoming more obvious with every game that we have to play more technically in the future.

[aimaad22 4156]

How easy has it become to go past Trippier. Just mad

[Kid Dynamite 7034]

Gordon in acres of space ffs 

[aimaad22 4156]

The one bright spot from today has been Isak 

[Dazzler 9791]

So who's starting the next thread?

[aimaad22 4156]

Says everything about Trippier's confidence that Schar hits that. 

[PaddockLad 17290]

5 minutes ago, aimaad22 said:

 Nah gota stop blaming that now. Not saying it's not a factor but this is an embarrassing performance. 

Physical and mental tiredness leads to poor decisions. This side were twatting Chelsea and Man United a month ago. Short memories. Changes need to be made like but the manager doesn’t appear keen….

[strawb 4270]

Worst we have played all season I think, but people imagining drubbings and losing to Sunderland then sacking Howe? Misery loves company I suppose

[trophyshy 7083]

1 minute ago, Dazzler said:

So who's starting the next thread?

ban match threads. 

[Howay 12496]

1 minute ago, Holden McGroin said:

The problem here is fitness. That’s both exhaustion and players carrying injuries. 
 

It’s becoming more obvious with every game that we have to play more technically in the future.

I’m worried they’ve over done it in training early on in the season, we looked very tired early on and have racked up soft tissue injuries like mad. 
 

Howe had more than earned a poor season so for me he’s under no pressure of the sack but he has to start moving away from this loyalty of certain players and be a bit more ruthless at times, the Burn selection the last two games over Livramento stands out. We also really need to step up our recruitment, whatever any of us thought during summer the window has been really poor with hindsight, my real worry is your last sentence - we bought Barnes who suits a counter style rather than a more technical one and I agree we really need more technical players as part of our struggle this season is teams sitting off us rather than being open to our counter. Hopefully there’s some positives that come out of this half season as there’s been a lot to learn from. 

[OTF 7297]

2 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said:

The problem here is fitness. That’s both exhaustion and players carrying injuries. 
 

It’s becoming more obvious with every game that we have to play more technically in the future.

 

I don’t think it's exhaustion here, we're now low on confidence and have lost some of that grit that allowed us to control games. 

[Holden McGroin 6613]

1 minute ago, OTF said:

 

I don’t think it's exhaustion here, we're now low on confidence and have lost some of that grit that allowed us to control games. 

The midfield aren’t tracking back. The players arent in the right positions. There is no pressure on the ball. That’s 💯 fitness.

Edited December 26, 2023 by Holden McGroin

[Zathras 244]

I can't believe I dragged my sick ass out of bed to watch this 

[PaddockLad 17290]

3 minutes ago, Dazzler said:

So who's starting the next thread?

Never mind that who’s doing it for the mackems?  

[aimaad22 4156]

1 minute ago, PaddockLad said:

Physical and mental tiredness leads to poor decisions. This side were twatting Chelsea and Man United a month ago. Short memories. Changes need to be made like but the manager doesn’t appear keen….

 Aye. Just have to put down this season to the learning curve. Key is we learn from it though. 

 

Need to stop the rot here mind. Anfield seems like a bygone conclusion but a cup run could give everyone a lift and leave us something to play for. 

[Dr Gloom 21965]

2 minutes ago, Holden McGroin said:

The midfield aren’t tracking back. The players arent in the right positions. There is no pressure on the ball. That’s 💯 fitness.

confidence is also shot though. No surprise after the recent results 

[strawb 4270]

2 minutes ago, PaddockLad said:

Never mind that who’s doing it for the mackems?  

I will do the mackems no bother, confident we smash them

[aimaad22 4156]

3 minutes ago, Howay said:

I’m worried they’ve over done it in training early on in the season, we looked very tired early on and have racked up soft tissue injuries like mad. 
 

Howe had more than earned a poor season so for me he’s under no pressure of the sack but he has to start moving away from this loyalty of certain players and be a bit more ruthless at times, the Burn selection the last two games over Livramento stands out. We also really need to step up our recruitment, whatever any of us thought during summer the window has been really poor with hindsight, my real worry is your last sentence - we bought Barnes who suits a counter style rather than a more technical one and I agree we really need more technical players as part of our struggle this season is teams sitting off us rather than being open to our counter. Hopefully there’s some positives that come out of this half season as there’s been a lot to learn from. 

 

Agreed on the transfer business especially. Benefit of hindsight and rotten luck with injuries and the Tonali thing but we did know full well what we were getting into this season and signed 4 players which included two bairns. 

[Howay 12496]

We also really need an actual defensive midfielder, currently have three players trying to play the 8 every game and no one truly sitting and anchoring.