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Match Newcastle Away 1.30pm Sunday Sept 1

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FOK said:
Just the 2 weeks to stew on that defeat with the scum to come.

I’m not Ange out in any way but one simple fucking through ball destroyed us. It’s not good enough
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Not scoring destroyed us. Again. If we score in that period where we were all over them then we win.

Play that game 10 times and we win 9 of them but at the end of the day this is the way we play, for better or worse.

It's obviously feast or famine. Amazing when we win, end of the world when we lose. We will probably beat the goons next and then still be inconsistent away from home.
 
Jaynola said:
Not often I disagree with you my man, but I will here...albeit partly.

The players fucked it repeatedly up front and at the back, yes...but what do you expect from that lot? Romero, Porro, Udogie are massively overrated. Biss and Mads, our midfield leaders, are uber inconsistent. Sarr hasn't had a good game since the big bang. Odobert should be playing for Leicester or Ipswich. Kulu, Johnson, Timo...need I say anything? Sonny up front? Ditto. The squad has a whole has a glaring lack of heart, guts and intelligence. It ain't melting, it's a friggin reality.

But that suicidal defending week in week out for the past year and a bit? That's on Ange. That tiki taka slow, ponderous bullshit and that one trick of crossing it low to the 6yd box? That's on him too. Being happy with that squad? That's on him also.

9th richest club in the world. All that ballsy talk from our chairman and HC about being serious about winning. That's just fucking bullshit.

Could've lost to Leicester. Smashed the worst Everton side in decades. Beaten by the barcodes which everyone with half a brain knew was coming (and how).

Best case scenario: we'll finish 5th, with another 10ish league Ls, and might reach a semi in the domestic cup + quarters of EL. But we ain't winning shit or closing the gap on proper top clubs.
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Hard to really disagree with any of this which is incredibly sad.
 
Murphy said:
That's the last 41 league games. 🤣
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I mean yeah, it definitely is systematic.

Which isn't that surprising. Ange worked in the City group and all of their teams play styles that are somewhat derivative of Pepball. And Pep may be the most mechanical manager out there.

Woolwich had similar issues their first years under Arteta as well. You are expected to play the same way every game. Arteta was given time to figure things out and make his changes to it obviously.
 
Another poor result away from home. Got plenty of chances to score, but we also gift the opposition better ones. Ange defensively doesn't work in this league, the high line is exposed. You can't rely on last ditch defending to win games every week.

Positive today was Brennan Johnson. He should be a bench player until he can show that level weekly. Can see why Ange rates him and we all slate him. He gets the head down and hits it into a specific area expecting someone to be on the end of it. Does it every week. Today every time he did it he turned and looked at Ange, almost begging, what else is he meant to do. Desperately missed having Richarlison today, good at getting on the end of those. Personally, I feel we should have more intelligent wingers who can look up and pick the pass/cross.

Next game is going to be important for our season trajectory. Need to be better at both ends of the pitch.
 
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