NUFC defending makes progress impossible!
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- čas přidán 10. 03. 2024
- The Daily Mail's Craig Hope reflects on Newcastle United's 3-2 defeat at Chelsea on a night when they were undone by three very poor goals conceded.
What has happened to Sven Botman? Also, it looks like bad news for Anthony Gordon after he was forced off injured. Craig has an update in this video from Eddie Howe.
Also, who gets his 3 merit stars? There weren't too many contenders...
Click here for Craig's Daily Mail player ratings... www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...
And click here for our Mail match report... www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo... - Sport
Your far too soft on Eddie, that performance was toothless,
Have seen us play much worse this season and get a result 🤔
If Longstaff and Burn are guaranteed starters next season then this project is failing.
They're always the whipping boys...
The new manager will get rid of them
Burn has to be Botmans back up a left back with pace has to come in whilst Longstaff has to go
Longstaff played like a retired senior strolling around the park, shocking.
Played like a 60 year old Jan Molby
Dare you to ask Eddie what the hell Longstaff was still doing on the pitch ,he was just a passenger
He'll just say Sean's been excellent and make him captain
He’s been a passenger for weeks really struggling to see what he offers. Surely we have other players that can ‘run around’
If that’s all Eddie wants?
Spot on
'Ahh, I think he's a great player.'
Longstaff burn & almiron just not good enough
Botman has been absolutely hopeless since his comeback. Longstaff has been poor for too many games. Bruno doesn’t look like he has any faith in some of the players. The physio and medical team need some serious questions asked of them. Major changes needed in the summer
I agree and I think that Jamaal Lascelles should never have been dropped.
Lascelles in
Miley in
It’s clear Botman isn’t fit…
Everyone should be praising Botman for playing through his injury. If this is how he's going to be treated by supposed fans he should take the rest off the season off and get himself ready for next season.
@@Kenosis87 I think you’re right but then he shouldn’t be playing. Howe shouldn’t pick him
@@listey yes the thought of praising him really should’ve been going through my head when he made that poor clearance for the first goal. Or being at fault for so many goals in one of the worst defences in recent months. Wake up
You’re grasping at straws here mate. The fact that you have to say “we played well the first FIVE minutes”… come on, that was a poor performance across the board.
Tell him games last ninety
Never heard such a poor home crowd. They were there for the taking and NUFC were tactically poor and lacked quality. The ref was also poor against tactical fouling - Tino was fouled almost 10 times
Normally I'm in total agreement with you but that first half was bad (didn't deserve the equaliser), second half was awful. At no point could I see us winning it. They couldn't string 3 passes together.
Absolutely terrible performance and fingers need to point at Howe because this has happened far too many times.
The few minutes before the 2nd goal were nothing short of a disgrace. Simple error after simple error. Willock pass straight out of play with almiron on his heels. Almiron pass straight out for a throw in. Burn clearance sliced straight out for a throw in which they score from. There is some real dross in this squad and the board need to promise Bruno and Isak serious summer investment before they want off.
My thoughts exactly in the lead up to the goal. Almiron played a ridiculous pass straight to the opposition in the middle of the park which led to that few minutes of Chelsea pressure out of pretty much nowhere, Burn then shanked it out of play when he had at least enough time to bring it down before booting it away.
Miley should have been on for Longstaff at half-time
Miley is a Championship player
@@BrianPinas9 What does that say about longstaff's form
I don't think EH is the man to take us forward. He continues to pick his favourites over others that deserve a proper run in the team, like - J.Murphy / Lascelles / Krafth on the right and moving Tino to the left or keeping Tino on the right and bringing in Hall for the left / Anderson in for Longstaff ? Play White for a few games??
I don't know! But what I do know is that EH is getting on a lot of nerves at the moment because of his stubbornness to not drop his favourites. An elite manager has to be ruthless and cunning in his tactics, something Eddie doesn't have nor do and is proven it time and again be using the same players who look lost in their performances - which likely means there's something going on behind their eyes - injuries / pain - hence the poor performances ?? Christ! Look at Botman - he's not such a "Rolls Royce" of a defender anymore, he's more of a rusty three wheeler trying to turn corners at speed - it isn't happening.
I'm pretty bored of EH and his tactics these days, I genuinely think we should be audacious in our attempts and try to get ZZ in; with Michel, Xabi, Nagelsmann or Slot as my other top choices.
He's got English managers syndrome. Pick your favourites. No matter what.
Palmer was their best player and there was not one single tackle on him. It must have been one of the easiest games he has ever played! What happened to the intensity!
Intensity is our identity is the mantra it should be goals are what we are good at, (conceding)
Either Longstaff is carrying an injury - so should have been subbed off… OR, he is fit, and just performing very poorly - in which case should have been subbed off!
Longstaff is not carrying an injury the team are carrying Longstaff poorly
Bruce ball been in full flow for months
That 3rd goal was all Longstaff... what an absolute travesty of a player he has become
1st goal was dubz, botman and you guessed it. Longstaff
Become? Since when was he good? Championship level player.
@@lconnerz100dubz had no chance for the 1st due to having his view blocked
Longstaff has pulled the wool over people since he's been there how cant they see it,would rather have Matty
@@ericengleby265his view wasn’t blocked. He was watching it go wide, but he obviously didn’t predict that touch…but he should be repositioning regardless which he didn’t do.
If that was Cabbage Heed instead of Eddie he would be getting crucified!
The journos just fall for Eddie every Friday. I think they are afraid they will lose their access if they ask tough questions. Cowards just like the team!
Howe out
True Eddie get free jail card becuse hes no Bruce or MA appoinment, realy Eddie has nothing learn from hes 14 to 16 year as manager, he doing that Bourmenth fans warner about, stuborn refused changes system/formation players farvorits no matter how ther preform, so ned a new manager in summer, or we will go backways.
@@anderswillestofte9376 Player recruitment and favouritism towards British players is the main problem. The club need to look for bargain players rather than splashing out £35-45m on an inexperienced child.
Another toothless even heartless performance. Also we've had 9 days off but look knackered Craig. We even looked on the beach...on March 11th!! Roll on Citeh HWTL
The only hope tonight was Craig Hope. Eddie should have set us up to sit deeper, Chelsea struggle with that setup. Big questions need asking about our medical team, the handling of the players has been nothing short of disgraceful. We are joint second for goals conceded away from home with Sheffield Utd which tells the real story, poor performance tonight and Botman and Longstaff post injury do not look like the same players and either need treatment or should not be near the starting 11.
I think the debate over whether Longstaff is a good player is now over
Eddie is on thin ice now. The gap between our defence and midfield is wider than Katie Prices gash.
We have no plan B. We will struggle to hold onto Bruno and Isak in the summer
Come on Craig time to ask Eddie the important questions like we made five subs and longstaff not taken off. You used to challenge Bruce on terrible performances. We have been shocking against a poor Chelsea team and Eddie throws towel in and takes Bruno off
He took Bruno off to save him from getting a yellow card and 2 match suspension
@@kyletomey43 when was he last booked he has been carrying it for lots of games
@niallpowell5456 it must be nearly 10 games since he was last booked so walking a tightrope for those games.
@kyletomey43 what exactly we saving him for? He's gonna get it eventually and doesn't apply to the FA Cup.
We've been awful for months
Mass clearout needed in the summer, and after that performance I think the owners will be on it. Longstaff, Almiron, and even Murphy for me. They’re simply not good enough and we’ll never progress with players of their quality hanging around.
The owners won't move much. Trust me. When Summer comes and there isn't a mass clear out and a whole host of new additions don't say anyone didn't try to warn you.
@@JohnKobaRuddyI agree Amanda loves Eddie he will blow the summer budget again like he blew 200 million last summer and keep all the deadwood shite because he rates them.
How can Almiron not be good enough if he's getting man of the match in most games? Officially man of the match last night, man of the match against PSG twice, Man Utd, Liverpool etc
@@BrianPinas9Almiron is the best player at the club. Would be suicidal getting rid of him
I found that an incredibly frustrating game- Chelsea were terrible. We were worse.
Isak and Tino the only players to really be able to walk away from that with their heads up high- I found the whole game extremely concerning.
One small point: Why, when we have such a tall squad, do we play so many of our corners short?! It seems like we only put about 1/5 corners into the box and often try to be a bit too clever with them. But that's obviously a far more minor issue.
I've always tried to be fair on him, but Longstaff was very poor tonight. His nasty habit of errors on the very simple things was very much on show. Almiron similar.
The defence was just.... Bad. Botman still not looking right- Schar weak, Burn slow and easy to beat. The midfield- where I felt we could've dominated- got played around. Gordon injury makes it feel even more like the season's done. Which unless we beat Man City at their place... It is.
Circumstances have destroyed us this season but some performances, like tonight, have not been down to that. Big changes are needed in the summer but if we lose Joelinton, Isak or Bruno I don't think we'll e progressing anywhere.
Longstaff misjudges the flight of the ball right from the opening seconds. How can you fall asleep 30 seconds into the match you were preparing for 9 days???
Joelinton is overrated. Important to us right now but not exceptional.
"Well enough"?
I think Eddie has done a tremendous job since he's been here but how can he defend yet another pathetic and gutless surrender away from home? I've lost count of the times I've argued with people who've used injuries and fatigue as a rock to hide behind when defending these types of performances because in the main, we've been like this since august. Everton, Bournemouth, Luton, Chelsea. All poor sides we've made look really good. Our two goals were both wonderful strikes but in a way they gloss over how terrible we really were. Our midfield was yet again absent. Our centre forward, fantastic as he is, just doesn't do enough defending from the front and that filters back over.
And for all of you who blame Dan Burn every week, if he's injured now then I'm willing to wager our dreadful defending will get no better.
Longstaff and Almiron shouldn't be playing.How Murphy doesn't get a start with his quality is beyond. We were well short lastnight and looked poor especially in midfield and defence.
Almiron was man of the match
Yep, great performance from him @@BrianPinas9
Longstaff needs to join his brother abroad and he can take Almiron with him,let’s be honest this season is as good as dead,instead of giving ex championship players extensions they should be selling them,and Eddie Southgate needs to stop picking his favorites
Why would we sell our best player?
If you think Longstaffe or Almiron is our best player then you don't know much about football
That performance reminded me of the bad old days at Newcastle and everyone associated with the first team needs to hold their hand up and say not good enough and major changes need to take place quickly otherwise next season a relegation battle will be taking place and the quality of teams coming up from the championship is high so they have been warned
Resigning Lascelles was a great decision to improve our defense moving forward 🙇🏻♂️
what??? hell no!!!! Lascell just know do 1 thing. retreat, retreat, n retreat
The only reason we should be giving lascelles an extension is to sell him and help pay for a younger, pacy, ball playing centre half.
Lascelles is definitely worth keeping as a 4th choice cb, get a new one in as well
Sell him we couldn’t give him away
You just want to be Eddies mate never ask tactical hard questions just injury updates. Ask him why Longstaff and burn play and what he’s going to do to stop our defence shipping in goals
When are people going to figure out that there's no separation it's 11 players attacking and defending. This manager is doing poorly this season in all aspects of the job.
They were shocking for me Craig. Let 3 in and could have easily conceded another 3 against a pretty average team. It looks like we have problems all over the pitch from keeper to attack. The fact you thought Anderson was one of the best players shows we were terrible, he was only on 20 mins
I thought Murphy should have started. Eddie has no plan B, and his ingame management is responsible for just as many points lost as injury issues. Questions need to asked and answered. Longstaff should of been of 1/2 time was the most obvious mistake of last night. Why is Longstaff playing full 90+ he was our biggest issue last night, and Eddie obviously can't see it. He threw the towel in last night. Week decisions, no plan B no confidence and no balls from Eddie. We should bring in a new manager, keep Eddie as a coach. He hasn't had it easy with injuries and has proved he can't make decisions under pressure. Swapping Anderson for miggs didn't work and didn't make sense.
So disappointing.
Time to ask serious questions of Eddie, Craig. We have no more injuries than other teams now but we look a completely unrecognisable team to last year.
And again, I ask the question, why are our players so injury prone? Over training? Poor medical calls? Time for some answers with the resources at hand? Can’t see the owners putting up with this level of performance next season.
Some supporters have such short memories, last year was brilliant but too soon.
Give Eddie and our team time,Eddie is the man fir the job 😊
Craig, I’ve been supporting Newcastle for so long now, I can see Eddie is rattled, he’s never had such a long spell of poor performances, the intensity has gone, in fact it went a long time ago.
It’s time to question Eddies position- we need consistency but today we lost against a terrible Chelsea team - we made them look good!
Yes in the first half all they did was kick Livramento off the pitch, but Bruno should have stayed at home with his new baby. Murphy as I’ve noticed in previous games was the only player playing for the badge today.
What is shocking is, we got the same treatment in the league cup and we learn nothing from it. We let them kick us about with impunity. No fight back, we just get bullied and players get injured.
I wonder how long Cucurella would remain on the pitch if he didn’t play for a cartel club. Foul after foul but doesn’t even get a yellow .
Watch the Wolves game back Craig. In the first half especially, Gordon wasn't tracking back much in that game either, and Wolves almost exploited that issue.
Gordon doesn’t do tracking back properly. He doesn’t. He’s always left Burn overloaded. Moreover, Gordon is much like Barnes, just okay-just bang average with a few goals to go with it. The bum licking for Gordon is incoherent, but very much shows how easily impressed people are.
Gordon is a Championship player. He's not technically good enough and doesn't track back
@@j.j.911 Just because he's scored a few tap ins, people think he's Lionel Messi. He's overrated and not very good. Nowhere near as good as Saint Maximin, Laurent Robert, Ginola, N'Zogbia, Thauvin, Almiron etc
@@j.j.911 Chris Wood has scored 9 goals this season. Doesn't mean he's a decent player. He's been awful in nearly every game for Forest. Longstaff has scored a few goals, but he's been awful all season. It's about putting in good consistent performances and scoring goals. I thought Murphy was poor yesterday apart from the goal
@@BrianPinas9 spot on.
He’s on track to concede 60 goals in 5 of his 6 Premier League seasons Craig. He can’t coach a defence, he just got lucky and bought a good one last season and now he’s coached it out of them!!
Time for change
Craig I agree with your merit stars only Murphy and Tino worth their salt! However how many times are we going to hear again we should’ve, would’ve or could’ve we were beaten by a very poor Chelsea side and anyone who thinks we played well must be on a different planet! As Carragher said we are on course to ship 60+ goals which means Eddie Howe teams will have shipped 60+ goals for 6 of 7 seasons! That says it all really! 🤬
Not enough quality,not enough steel in the tackle,too slow in midfield and defence,poor goalkeeping,poor management decisions.
We are a million miles away and have not spent well.The owners need to get a grip here or we will be the richest team in the Championship next season or at least battling mid to bottom of the table.
Howe will waste another £200m on Solanke, Kalvin Phillips, Tyrone Mings, Lewis Cook and Lloyd Kelly
Wrong tactics, unfit players and carrying too much deadwood, Sean longstaff, poor night all round, if Eddie hasn’t got the players to play a certain way then change it ……… he doesn’t
We are consistently inconsistent and have been since after the victory against Manchester United. We go up after a victory and way down after a defeat. There is now a strong case for resting Longstaff, Botman and Burn. Try Krafth and Lascelles in defence and Anderson/Miley in midfield. If Eddie is told his position is safe for the start of next season he should be trying out players to find a blend.
Did you guys see how our physio damaged Gordon's knee? He deserves to be sacked!!! And why was Gordon not carried off on a stretcher to prevent further aggravation to his knee?
I watched the Liverpool game the other day and they always had 2 physios come on to check their players who went down, and treat them with extreme caution. That's how top quality club behaves. NUFC need to upgrade our physio department asap.
I assume this is a joke. Gordon was immediately signalling to come off.
@@listey Dude, did u see how the physio was bending Gordon's leg when checking in on him on the pitch? He was rather rough and Gordon winced in a lot of pain at the physio's bending of his knee. You may want to rewatch the match to see that part.
I do not know what the Physio was trying to do but Gordon was shocked. Where do they get these clowns?
@@Nienna1837 The physio was so casual he reminded me of Longstaff lol
Wasted £40 million on Barnes, nowhere near good enough.
He scores the odd goal, but isn't good enough from open play. Certainly not as skillful as Allan Saint Maximin
@@RavishingRickRude9 maxi wasn’t good enough neither
This the Barnes we seen shag all of all season?
@@billmoore7137 Yeah, Lionel Messi is a Championship player
@@RavishingRickRude9 I hope you are not putting maxi in the same league as Messi
The concern I think was from the TV it was clear at half time it needed changes as we were so poor. We only had 1 shot. As usual, Eddie didn’t spot it or do anything to change it. Now, I’m certainly not Eddie out and the issue is he’s playing with Ashley era players (Dubs, Longy, Schar, Murphy, Krath, Miggy etc. etc.) but he is seemingly not addressing issues that we can see a mile off. The lack of intensity in the press is a strange one as Carragher said on analysis some players, like Gordon, were flogged but we had 9 days off before the match. The strange thing is that you seemed to see what Eddie saw, which isn’t how it appeared on TV… and you usually line up exactly with my thoughts so that was a bit unusual and maybe stuff was happening that we didn’t see so well on tv. Whole game was odd, they were bad and we were just worse.
You continue to mention players being injured/missing but Howe still only plays his favourites! Miggy is absolutely woeful on the right, Burn is murdered evey week against pace, Botman is just having a laugh, Longstaff is an absolute passenger. New manager needed that will claer out the rubbish! Howe is digging a grave for himself with his continued loyalty.
Can’t deal with much more of Howe’s football terrorism.
Standing in our end before the game, i argued like you that we should play on the counter - all Wolves. But stated that Eddie is too stubborn and wedded to his 433 pressing game. And so I share your thoughts. Great debrief from you as always. although, You failed to mention the away fans - Bossed it!
My ticket for City this weekend has arrived. Last time i attended away to city we lost 2-1, after Superman scored early on. Hoping for something different this time! HWTL
As soon as I saw the starting line up,Longstaff was there again, why?He's done nothing for ages to merit it,bizarre and proved his lack of worth again. Two average teams true they were there for the taking but our lack of quality couldn't do it.The gulf between the top 3 is huge and our defence parts like the Red Sea again!
The most players quality is not good enough ... that simple it is .
Hi Craig, the difference between last year’s performance and yesterday’s at the Bridge was particularly stark. If the toon couldn’t get up for this game with possible European football even if only conference league, then something is really wrong. Definitely no intensity, no desire. How Eddie could come out after that game and say we played well and were creative at times is beyond me.
Possession doesn't mean results!
We are shocking no way will this team get 7th. By the end of the season I think it'll be unrepairable from Howes point of view. We won't beat city and and bang season is over. The pifs plan of being elite and challenging for titles !!! Never gonna happen. Eddie's game management is non existent. I wouldn't give him another penny to spend
Yeah looking like about a 12th place finish if we’re lucky unfortunately
Howe will be sacked after the weekend unless we beat Man City
@@BrianPinas9 I think city on Saturday will be a game to far for us hopefully im wrong but i think that game will end our season
I agree I wouldn’t give him any more money to spend. The summer transfers were shocking and have not impressed apart from Tino but again he’s a squad player. Also why has his nephew been promoted again this is why Dan Ashworth and Howe fell out in the first place Ashworth was building a scouting network and in comes Andy Howe against his wishes
The time for sentiment has unfortunately passed - big changes required in the summer
It’s absolutely criminal how little we create for isak. We’ve got a generational talent there and he feeds off scraps and has to create his own chances.
You’d think with us being so bad defensively it’s because we are so good attacking wise but we’re not.
Brilliant summary Craig , agree with everything you've said .
Chelsea blatantly there for the taking but we lacked the desire to do it .
Noticed from first minute Gordon wasn't tracking back .
BDB is struggling but not helped by lack of cover in front of him .
I understand that Lewis Hall wasn't eligible for last nights game, but looking at Dan's form over the last few weeks raises the question that if Lewis Hall isn't good enough to even try in place of Dan, how lowly does Eddie rate him? There's lots of speculation about why we aren't seeing him but I reckon it could just be that Eddie realises he just isn't good enough & it was a mistake signing/borrowing him.
If that passionless, disjointed, awful performance is "good enough" for Howe, then I think that says everything about where we are now. Chelsea were shambolic, and still, we managed to be outworked and outclassed by them. If Howe thinks that is acceptable, then frankly, standards have dropped so far that it's time for serious changes.
Agree with all you said. Longstaff and Botman were shocking last night.
People need to realise that since the Premier league began the biggest correlation to final league position is ‘wage bill’. We have the 9th highest wage bill, so we should finish about 9th. This is where we should be. Last season we overly outperformed. This year, hopefully, we will slightly outperform.
Thank you! Some sense at last. It’s not difficult really!
We played with a high press without actually pressing
Chelsea season ticket holder at the game last night. our first & third were as result of defensive errors as both newcastles goals, the second, cucurella diving in as he always does, the first, well that was too much of a catalouge of errors from us to even discuss, lastly, massive respect to your fans for coming down taking your full allocation on a monday night for a game that's on TV.
Totally agree with your comments, Longstaff was very poor, in fact I hadn't realised he was still on the pitch, needs a rest .... worrying game coming up against City, confidence very low
When Palmer came from behind and took the ball off Bruno, i noticed Longstaff was stood 2 metres away facing Bruno with Palmer approaching behind, yet he apparently didnt think he should alert Bruno and shout 'man on'.
Longstaff should be below Miley in the pecking order now.
Agree 100% about Gordon playing with an injury from the start Craig. It was obvious and he should have been took off long before being forced off. Yet another damn injury.
Whether we win, lose or draw our reaction should be measured. This season has been disappointing but there's no need to blow it out of all proportion - we've had much worse seasons.
A clear run at the EPL next season with only 1 game per week is all our current squad can handle - so stuff qualifying for Europe this season. Building a stronger squad is paramount.
Burn and longstaff must be pulled out that starting lineup if we are to creep up that league at all .but burn has been given the capacity howes boys
Spot on assessment Craig.We desperately need new players.Too many hiding,and too many Championship standard.Individual mistakes have killed us this season.Thought Livramento was class tonight👍
Craig, I have a question about NUFC training. As our previous game was at 3pm and yesterday's was at 8pm, are you aware of any movement of training times to prepare for the later kick-off?
Very good analysis Craig I definitely feel we miss Nick a lot. We will be more solid when he comes back, but only when he's Really 100%.
Yes, taken in isolation the goals conceded looked bad defensively, but the only reason Chelsea had the number of opportunities they did was because the midfield were just giving the ball away far too easily time and again. At half time you'd have said Chelsea looked like they were there for the taking, but none of our midfielders showed up for the second half and by the time they were all subbed off (mystifyingly with the exception of Longstaff) it was far too late. Going forward the only players due some credit were Isak, Tino and Murphy. It was almost as frustrating as the home game against Liverpool in terms of what I felt we could have got out of the game)
I thought they played ok, Longstaff is an issue at the moment, doesn’t seem to be doing much, we’re missing real quality in that 3rd CM position (Bruno and willock being fine). Makes you wonder what it would have been like with Tonali available this season.
Craig when you say we dont have the personnel... i agreed a few months ago...surely this cant be the go-to excuse now when only notable injuries are pope and Joelinton. Callum wilson and Isak always seem to take turns at being available so we are used to only having one available.
The system needs addressed... it only works with high intensity and thats long gone!
There's a lot of issues. More injuries. Conceding 3+ goals nearly every game. Isak gets no support. Longstaff seems to be undroppable. Off the field, we have no Director of Football. A lot of work needs to be done to turn this around.
A heavy, meek defeat at City on Saturday, and it wouldn't surprise me if Howe was sacked next week. Has looked under pressure these last couple of months, and I can't see how he can turn it around , with the players at his disposal. It had to be either a Champions League spot or a League or FA Cup win this season, anything less, and .... I fear for him. If he stays, the players Newcastle let go during the summer will be just as telling as those replacements that obviously needed. Too many just not good enough, for where clubs owners want/expect them to be. They were terrible last night, and not for the first time this season. The reference to the Wolves game is correct, same could be said of the home games v Villa and Fulham, who both went down to 10 men early doors.
that was the worst chelsea team i’ve watched in my life and we still got beat we are years away from the top team unless we can somehow get round FFP i can see owners potentially sell the club as it going to be 10years till newcastle are anywhere near winning anything
That's what I find the most annoying about Howe, he's great in a lot of aspects about his insistence on playing players that are playing so poorly is going to cost him his job. We all know that Lascelles is not as good a player as Botman but he is playing better ATM, an elite manager would probably bench Botman but Howe doesn't, and this stubbornness is going to cost him his job
Craig you are a good listen love your summing up but I really think you are slipping into the old boys act. Someone should be asking the hard questions at Howe as to why he keeps making the wrong selections before and during a match. Management and coaching staff at the Toon seem to get a very smooth ride off the press compared to other clubs and I for one would like to see some fingers being pointed in the right direction.
Is Craig in the press meetings with Eddie? You need to ask harder questions. Coaches worry about losing the locker room. Eddie is losing the fans based on starting Burn, Longstaff, and Almeron week after week when they don't perform. And keeping Hall off the field. When you have outside defenders on the bench that can outperform the ones that are starting over and over. Howe is going to lose support quickly if he doesn't try something different.
Howe is walking a tightrope to getting sacked…Burn and Longstaff seriously need benched, players need playing based on form and by not dropping them is taking effect on the other players. you can clearly see Bruno getting aggravated with this midfield
Like Roy Keane once famously said, there’s too many bluffers in that squad. Almiron and Longstaff being the two main culprits.
What the hell did Miggy do all evening? He is purposeless....
We’d struggle getting an elite manager who would be expected to deliver elite results because the reality is they’d want 20 new players.
As much as we like certain players, if we’re honest an elite manager would only want to keep 3-4 of them which isn’t realistic in the current FFP world.
Why would an elite manager come in and risk their reputation with having to play some of these players
Your right many that are rated to get to the top level you just have to think realistically how many would get into the top 3 teams very few even in their squad
If we give Eddie the summer budget it’s showing the complete lack of knowledge these owners have. Eddie needs to go after that absolutely disgusting we are going backwards.
eddie took us forward massively last season, it was a shock to everyone. this season he has been sussed and reverted to type by picking his favourites, something which cost him at bournemouth. his system does not work but he refuses to change it, burn and longstaff are not good enough, the last good geordie to play for the toon was shearer, the others have just stolen a living. top managers do whats right for the team, they put their ego to one side, eddie doesnt, his stubbornness in sticking to his formation that does not work and in picking his favourites has cost us massively. nobody calls him out, he's another media darling like southgate but he finds "positives" there was nothing positive in that performance except two good goals. i wonder if he is called out when isak and bruno leave as they don't want to keep going through groundhog day
Hopefully the recruitment team are looking at real quality in the summer.
Dont confuse effort with results
Summer signings then?
We need a winger and a central defender unless botman can get his act together - left back too. I'd love to pick up a winger that knows how to put a quality cross in to complement Gordons incisive runs on the other side... Murphy is getting there.
Bruno Joelinton Tonali with Willock Anderson and Miley should for cover should suffice.
We could do with a decent rough and tumble striker who does what Tino does - runs with the ball.
I was against selling Miggy cos we had not options for cover but i think Longstaff and Miggy have had their day
It will be Eddie Howe's last game in charge on Saturday
its been a poor season which has highlighted our weaknesses, it will take bold dicissions to fix things rather than plod on next season to a top 6/7 outlook ,then say we need change. for me we need to rebuild a defense without 2 new players coming in 2/3 out. we need a consistant forward like ivan . injury free with these tweaks would do it to the next level. eddie isnt perfect but overall he is doing a very good job considering.
If we have to continually provide support for Burn, that suggests he isnt good enough to be a LB. If he got closer and tried to stop the cross, If Dubravka came for the cross or if Botman hoofed it away. If only one of those happened they dont score the 1st.
Longstaff has been woefull for weeks on end now, though the midfield has not been covering itself in glory in recent games.
Oir summer window reminds me of the year we just bought in Anita. We had the lure of Champions League and we signed Tonali, Barnes Hall and Tino. Clearly not a good enough summer and massive work is needed in summer.
No doubt we will take part in a Man City training excercise on Saturday and that will be season over.
Why do you go so easy on EH in press conferences?. If that was Bruce in charge you would rip him a new one over that performance
Youre being soft Craig! Something I thought I would never say. Another poor performance, I left work early to watch that shite. Leggy, exhausted looking players. 2 mid table teams. Sean Longstaff AWFUL. I’m done accepting excuses.
Wilson,Barnes, Ritchie ( Grandad), Miggy, Burn, Longstaff, Dummett, Sell!
I'm surprised you think we played well, first half we played ok but second half we were awful, we didn't look like we wanted to press the ball at all. Dubravka was terrible to be fair but Botman, Longstaff and Burn were well short of decent.
We have some very winnable games left which could push us into Europe. But if we make a total mess of it I do worry for Eddie at the end of the season.
When Murphy is three stars you know it’s bad
I was at the game (unfortunately - even worse as I was in the Chelsea end) and honestly, Dan Burn and Longstaff absolutely have to be dropped. Chelsea’s first 2 goals came from Burn’s side. Longstaff offers nothing. Livramento has to be a starter from now on regardless of Trips’ return, whether that be at LB or RB in place of Burn. Miley offers more than Longstaff and has bags more potential. I still don’t think Isak is fully fit as he does struggle to get into games. I am disappointed in Howe’s post-match interview saying we’re not far off and our form is improving. Apart from 2 very good finishes yesterday we didn’t show up and have been passive for so long now. Injuries have played their part and I’m reluctant to moan about Eddie as he’s given us our best times in years but there is a lot he has to answer for this season as well.
Firstly, there's a massive disconnect between midfield and Isak, on occasions when he was closing down no-one was there to back him up, which brings me to Longstaff- how the hell is he still playing in this team? He offers zero, he dwells on the ball, loses it and can't shoot or defend. Dan Burn is massively out of his depth now, anyone can see that and we have a Goalkeeper who doesn't even look like a Goalkeeper sometimes, his starting position is somewhat to be desired.
4 3 3 is the problem! Howe picks the players! Not good enough, need. TOP manager!!
Is the main problem not that we simply don't have a holding central midfielder? The defence seems to be permanently facing teams marauding straight through at them.
Schar starting to show signs of decline. Botman needs an operation to fix his injury. Burn tries hard but has no quality.
Midfield were non existant and have no pace. We need a masdive transfer window in the summer if we are to improve