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Newcastle United 2:0 Manchester United

St. James' Park

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    Sabitzer is no better than McTominay in the build-up and defensively, and is significantly worse than Fred at both. Ole's McTominay-Fred combination has been better than any combination Ten Hag has played with Casemiro out.

    Fred and McTominay should be the pair whenever Casemiro is unavailable.
     
    When your 3 midfielders are playing like cowards and your striker is just not very good, it's a tough old game.

    Antony is irritating of course, but you can see why he and Rashford are struggling too.

    Martinez is just different gravy and keeps me interested when Casemiro gets himself suspended. The game is effortless for him.
     
    Bobski said:
    I get the idea to have him press Bruno, that has worked OK in isolation, the problem is that the 2 behind are a sieve so any benefit from lowering Guimares' influence is immediately negated as soon as he moves it on and then you have an awkward MCT not knowing how to work there as an attacker.

    Just very odd set up, has got lucky.
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    Playing players because they press well is a flawed football philosophy for me. Pressing should be a bonus always, not the main criterion
     
    Suv666 said:
    Yea bit mental. Difficult not to have a go at ETH for this. The feck is he thinking? Might as well bring back Fellaini
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    Erik likes to experiment which is good. But some of his decisions in big games are strange at least. I simply can't understand what was his plan with McT and Wout combo in this game
     
    Licha-Vidic said:
    As usual, away to better teams we are outplayed completely.

    It's not news anymore but this is what will determine if Ten Hag has serious balls.

    He needs to find a controlling midfield at all cost in the summer.

    Today, by halftime we should be 3 nil down.

    How people don't see Midfield is our biggest problem is a mystery to me.

    You can't win football games when you don't control games.

    I trust the manager will solve this glaring issue in the summer
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    Well, he could tell our best midfielder to stop getting sent off every other game he plays.
     
    I did ask for a repeat of the dirty 1-0 in '96 with Eric snatching the winner. We were battered in the first half that day too. Maybe that 45 is on me.
     
    Is he playing McT further up because if he doesn't there will be a gapping hole in the defensive midfield area?
     
    Not a great start, few players the team is carrying (Weghorst, Sabitzer, McTominay) so we are looking disjointed.

    On the bright side it can only get better in the second half......or we get pumped 5-0
     
    We carry on playing for the draw and we'll end up losing.
     
    Our form against Fulham and Southampton is unchanged. No wonder when we have McTominay Sabitzer and Weghorst.
     
    what really annoys me is that yet again we are making longstaff look top class...
     
    Bobski said:
    We are playing zero. Sabitzer isn't a DM, Bruno isn't a CM and MCT isn't a( footballer) whatever the hell role he is playing. McT struggles to get on the ball in deep positions, Ten Hag has stuck him up front, has no idea where to be, all his runs are straight lines.

    Sort it out Erik, shit set up as much as the players have been bad.
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    And their issues in midfield are accentuated by the fact that they don't know where to position themselves defensively which lead Newcastle to always finding spaces when attacking. That midfield can't do anything offensively nor defensively, absolute passengers. Predictably McTomminay and Sabitzer midfield get schooled and outplayed. If Fulham could easily outplay them at Old Trafford, Newcastle were always going to run circle around them in an away game.
     
    I’m delighted with 0-0 at half time given we had no central midfield or striker for that 45 mins. Thank goodness we still had a defence.

    Casemiro, Eriksen and a competent centre forward would be like a new team. Ah well….
     
    Ok so I’m out and unable to watch but reading just a small sample of posts it sounds like it should be 4 or 5 to them?
     
    evil_geko said:
    Another lad who watches the magical XG stuff, no one watches game anymore when they have fecking XG.
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    He's pointing out that we have no attacking output, 0.14 for us shows we have done feck all and should be worried
     
    evil_geko said:
    Another lad who watches the magical XG stuff, no one watches game anymore when they have fecking XG.
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    What fecking game are you watching if you can't see they're battering us? XG is a fecking stat which highlights how they've battered us. We are ridiculously fortunate to not be behind. That's what the reality is in this game.
     
    Think my stream is taking the piss running a segment on Cantona at half time.
     
    Mcking said:
    Sabitzer is no better than McTominay in the build-up and defensively, and is significantly worse than Fred at both. Ole's McTominay-Fred combination has been better than any combination Ten Hag has played with Casemiro out.

    Fred and McTominay should be the pair whenever Casemiro is unavailable.
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    Sabitzer has literally saved us on a couple of occasions and the guy is not even supposed to be a CDM.

    As for your McFred comment, that's just absurd.
     
    mitchmouse said:
    i presume all those calling for garnacho... mean pellestri! so glaringly obvious that we need a CF - I'd actually try the youngster there
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    We've only seen Pellestri on the right and Antony has been good so don't see him coming on
     
    Huge concern for Sancho that he can’t get a game ahead of Mctominay and Wout.
     
    Pscholes18 said:
    Is he playing McT further up because if he doesn't there will be a gapping hole in the defensive midfield area?
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    Yeah he is playing further forward but to be fair it doesn’t matter where on the pitch he is because he’s playing absolutely shite.
     
    bosnian_red said:
    What fecking game are you watching if you can't see they're battering us? XG is a fecking stat which highlights how they've battered us. We are ridiculously fortunate to not be behind. That's what the reality is in this game.
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    Reality is that I am too old to be dramatic as some queens on the Caf. I guess my fault is I look at it as it is.
     
    When Sabitzer was scouted were they asked to find someone to replace Donny…because they are certainly like watching the same bloody player on the pitch.

    Hopefully the boss will earn his coin this week and make the correct changes at HT. Absolutely no one needs to be a qualified coach to understand how awful and useless WW is.

    The only bonus from that half is we are not losing. I’m sure it will not stay this way though if the same 11 comes back out.
     
    Also why on earth is Ten Hag playing Bruno deep and Mctominay at 10? What in earth is going on? This is getting ridiculous.
     
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115,32,58
  • Man Utd win
  • Newcastle win
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Detailed Results

  • 28% Newcastle 1:2 Man Utd
  • 20% Newcastle 1:1 Man Utd
  • 11% Newcastle 0:1 Man Utd
  • 10% Newcastle 0:2 Man Utd
  • 6% Newcastle 2:0 Man Utd
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  • 4% Newcastle 1:3 Man Utd
  • 3% Newcastle 1:0 Man Utd
  • 2% Newcastle 0:0 Man Utd
  • 1% Newcastle 1:4 Man Utd
  • 0% Newcastle 2:3 Man Utd
  • 0% Newcastle 3:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Newcastle 5:0 Man Utd
  • 0% Newcastle 0:3 Man Utd
  • 0% Newcastle 9:0 Man Utd
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  1. Newcastle
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Possession
46% 54%
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22 6
Shots on Target
6 1
Corners
7 4
Fouls
8 12

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