1964white wrote: ↑Sat Jan 22, 2022 9:49 pm
Well folks, what a frustrating day that was
First half we played well, we often got round the back of the Newcastle defence, however we chose the wrong option so many times, also when the ball was delivered in the box there was no natural predator to take advantage of ourdominance.
Second half we were far too predictable, sloppy & never looked like scoring even if we played all night. The writing was on the wall, we would create our own downfall with three errors that led to Newcastle's goal.
Questions to be asked :
Why did we change a winning team?
Understandably, Llorente would return.
Why drop Hjelde who has played well twice against a top strike-force in Bowen & Antonio.
Without Forshaw & Dallas in midfield, we were far too open in the middle of the park.
Should Dallas have played alongside Klich & Koch?
Why sub Klich? who I thought held us together in midfield, no wonder he kicked the water bottles after being subbed
Predictably came into play, sadly called it right as Tyler was sent on when we needed a goalscorer on the park?
Why send Joe on as soon as we go one down, unfair expecting Joe to produce the goods with only ten minutes to go.
Concerns
Teams disrupting our games, players rotating going down like ninepins wasting time.
Toothless up top.
Why did we only make Dubravka worked once in the whole 90 minutes?
So many of our goals conceded are down to a cluster of errors.
The writing was on the wall, predictable as ever!
Newcastle have won only one game all season, we have gifted them five points.
Their new signings or Saint Maximan didn't have a massive impact on the game, but still collected the three points.
You never really know how a Bielsa side is going to perform,
we could quite easily go on & win our next two games at Villa Park & Goodison Park.
Still think our Premier League position is safe because the teams below us are far worse imo!
