09-11-2014, 18:39
Not good......but I'm actually not suicidal like a lot of posters seem to be!
Newcastle are in very good form and are difficult to play against - the old adage that 'you play as well as the opposition allow you to play' rings true here IMO. We've done it to other teams and today Newcastle did it to us. That's football.
Agree that we DO need to see a bit more creativity and pace in midfield after THAT showing - but on the evidence of quite a few games before today there was no reason to change what had been an impressive midfield. It'll be interesting to see what AI does next.
I, too, was moaning at Norman in that horrible 15 minute period in the 2nd half - till I had a good talk to myself about the fact that this was a RIGHT back showing his weaknesses in an advanced LEFT wing position!
Hey - we lost to a better team on the day; let's learn from it and move on
Newcastle are in very good form and are difficult to play against - the old adage that 'you play as well as the opposition allow you to play' rings true here IMO. We've done it to other teams and today Newcastle did it to us. That's football.
Agree that we DO need to see a bit more creativity and pace in midfield after THAT showing - but on the evidence of quite a few games before today there was no reason to change what had been an impressive midfield. It'll be interesting to see what AI does next.
I, too, was moaning at Norman in that horrible 15 minute period in the 2nd half - till I had a good talk to myself about the fact that this was a RIGHT back showing his weaknesses in an advanced LEFT wing position!
Hey - we lost to a better team on the day; let's learn from it and move on