- Aug 13, 2005
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I know there's a lot of praise in the thread for Newcastle but the same people doing so would be slating us were the shoe on the other foot. Here's how it would go:
We had no control of the game for the opening 30 mins, conceding around 10-11 shots. Cowardly.
We then get a lucky goal from a hopeful punt, ref usually blows up for that 9/10. Then a bit of individual brilliance makes it two.
We then let them back to 2-1 second half and to be fair grind it out with some time wasting and game management. We should be aiming higher than that though and scoring 3 or 4 from the position at HT. It's not sustainable.
Newcastle looked decent and full of hunger and looked more comfortable on the ball, but that was far from impressive from them IMO. Far cry from the absolute paddling that Utd gave us.
Too many players at the club that have let multiple managers down via poor technique and/or mentality. Conte has got a decent tune out of most but I think he's starting to realise now.
Club needs to back him in January.
How anyone can praise Newcastle is beyond me. The ball was in play for 53 minutes! 53 minutes! A premier league record low. If fans were told that before the game kicks off, I wouldn't go. What's the point spending my hard earned money to watch that???