Our inability to well and truly kill games off is quite worrying to me. This Newcastle team is awful and despite us being 2-0 up i’m really not impressed with us. We are winning games but I just think the opposition has been so feeble, any actual decent team will completely turn us over. Probably starting next week against Athletico.

3 minutes ago, ozboy said:

Has Kante touched the ball yet?

Yes. First touch was a turn in the middle of the pitch a run and cross field ball to Reece.

3 minutes ago, Wearyourcolours said:

See above, Martin Tyler hates us.

Atleast its not greame souness

Edited February 15, 20215 yr by Malta Blue

Kepa punched that out like my grams, but Christensen kicked Carroll's but in the air. 

Why is Martin Tyler such a c**t?

Martin Tyler “slow motion makes it look worse” when talking about the foul on Werner in the box.

Martin Tyler “ isn’t that as bad as the push on Werner” when talking about Giroud standing his ground.

I rest my case!

1 minute ago, Slojo said:

I actually think that's a penalty, the way he pushes him there shouldn't be allowed, it's soft but Jamal is much bigger than Werner, he shouldn't be putting his hands on him like that.

Definitely a pen ref won't give Timo anything I think he's marked him as do not gjve

11 minutes ago, Slojo said:

I'm just hoping he can get Pulisic back in form, we need his quality back. 

Hope he starts vs Atletico.  Perfect time to show it

Only thing that doesnt sit well is why Mendy lost his place? Not like he made errors or his distribution is bad, there was no reason to change for Kepa. 

Werner motm on sky. Great how he's never lost his head and given everything, every time he plays. Let's hope he kicks on. 

Kovacic tonight though has been absolutely superb, been a pleasure to watch. 

Good game from Werner, thought Kova deserved MOTM though.

Nice win, but we are still so wasteful in good positions.It's gonna cost us sooner or later. 

When we get into the box, can we not turn around and pass back to the midfield? We've done the hard bit by getting in there, so we could at least attempt a shot or create a chance for somebody.

Just now, Nevamind said:

Only thing that doesnt sit well is why Mendy lost his place? Not like he made errors or his distribution is bad, there was no reason to change for Kepa. 

Maybe Kepa was promised this game if he didn’t have a shocker in his last game?

1 minute ago, Gol15 said:

He's not from that school he's more like a Bundesliga street-dribbler. What I saw many of that school have is the ability to score and Kovacic lacks end product, Modric for example can also score from distance he has done it plenty of times, I remember Wolves had some other Croatian many years back that was there fore a little while but all he did was to shoot from distance...

Was going to say minus the shooting but making up in other areas. Disagree though with the rest - I do see him as an exponent of the Yugoslav school , and my family are all from the region so back off Gol ?

Just now, Slojo said:

Good game from Werner, thought Kova deserved MOTM though.

I think Kova will be getting his piss tested after that performance!

1 minute ago, Nevamind said:

Only thing that doesnt sit well is why Mendy lost his place? Not like he made errors or his distribution is bad, there was no reason to change for Kepa. 

Tuchel said everyone starts with a clean slate so this experiment with Kepa isn't over...

Good performance, never really troubled,good game management 

Timo deservedly ended his drought

Kepa did what was asked of him

Kovacic had a decent game, though gets nosebleeds in final 30 yards

Mason has a good corner in him, how did Willian keep that job so long

Callum a constant threat and good defensively too

Top 4 ,in front of greatest team ever

Our game management ha improved immensely we are getting there slowly 

1 minute ago, Slojo said:

Good game from Werner, thought Kova deserved MOTM though.

He never seems to get recognised by the commentators

1 minute ago, Slojo said:

Good game from Werner, thought Kova deserved MOTM though.

What about Kepas clean sheet? Kepa MOTM

Crucial win. Lots of positives. Bad news about Tammy, though. Kova phenomenal tonight.

Solid night all around. 2-0, 3 points, clean sheet and in the top 4. On the right path.

Just now, Munkworth said:

I think Kova will be getting his piss tested after that performance!

He had many games like that last season tbf, we've just not seen it much this season. I think that's due to the formation he was playing in. 

Good result. Efficient rather than fluent performance I thought. We will need to be a lot better than this in the tougher games ahead.