[FireballXL5]

I'd be telling our players to just run it into their box.....a penalty wouldn't be long in coming.

 

[One Night Only]

Diame injures himself trying to foul Pogba and somehow we're expected to play the ball out.

And we do. I really hate that, keep playing, it's the referee who decides when play stops.

 

[Garethw]

Ole has got this really wrong so far. Our right hand side is non existent.

 

[Posh Red]

One team turned up to play today it seems

 

[Dobba]

7 years of Phil fecking Jones!

We only gave Moyes 6.

 

[buckooo1978]

every time a cross comes in we've 6 or 7 Newcastle defenders v 2 attackers

very difficult and we will need to move the ball quicker

Lukaku or Sanchez for Matic/Herrera

Young for Valencia a must

 

[Rafaeldagold]

Why are we kickin the ball out for a leg injury to one of their players? Who have been slowing the game down last 10 minutes.
No killer instinct in us at all- we’re too nice a team & been that way for a while

 

[Smores]

Changes at half time please

 

[hobbers]

People were hopeful about Valencia: they shouldn't have been. He's done. As mentally incompatible with a fast and attack-minded system as ever.

 

[Bastian]

Why kick the ball out? They are slowing the game down before HT.

 

[championo]

Mata should be first to go off me think.

 

[Tosicsleftpeg]

Annoying how we basically have no right side, we play neat football but it's far too narrow.

 

[LoveFootball]

We lack mad dogs. Sanchez or Lingard in for Mata.

 

[redmanc]

Chelsea Spurs and Arsenal all ended 1-2 at St James Park, given our defensive concerns we'll likely need 2 also, assuming we can break down their 11 man defense.

 

[kouroux]

Drama queen Diame

 

[cyberman]

Looks like a Lukaku game to be honest.

 

[SteveW]

Ole has got this really wrong so far. Our right hand side is non existent.

Yup. We're cutting the pitch in half.

 

[In Rainbows]

2 minutes? What

 

[Red Stone]

Benitez still hates us. Showed up today with no intentions of playing an actual game of football. Dirty cnuts.

 

[ivaldo]

2 minutes added on? How the feck do you end up with 2 minutes?

 

[Random Task]

I don’t know what game people watch at times. What is it they expect him to do? And what other players are doing it better?

No idea mate.

Mata is having good game from what I can see and he is unlucky not to have a goal and 2 assists to his name. On another day...

 

[Jacob]

Sanchez for Mata at HT

 

[Crackers]

We've gotten slow and static now. We're so reliant on one side that we're resorting to slowing it down and doing nothing rather than using the right

 

[Janson]

This is boring as feck.

Also, they are fouling the feck out of Pogba and Rashford. How is Lescelles still on the pitch.

Did you think it would be a score fest every game? People need to lower their expectations a bit.

 

[JMack1234]

Apart from Phil Jones turning into Cannavaro to make up for his own mistake it's been pretty dull.

 

[48 hours]

This right hand side should never be seen again

 

[DavidDeSchmikes]

7 years of Phil fecking Jones!

3 more years until the Phil Jones testimonial match

 

[Rightnr]

And we do. I really hate that, keep playing, it's the referee who decides when play stops.

Too many nice players out there. We need a bit grit about us.

 

[bosnian_red]

Game's been too stop-start so far. Had a few good patches of play where we looked dangerous but they've been very organized so far. Need to up the tempo in the second, maybe throw on Lukaku for Mata for the bigger presence up top.

 

[JinnerJamie]

I really fecking hate Newcastle... such a nonentity.

 

[VeevaVee]

Looks like a Lukaku game to be honest.

Yeah we're dying for a wild first touch here

 

[JonDahl]

Valencia mirroring Neville when he played vs West Brom. Neville knew he was finished then and retired. Antonio must know he’s out of his depth.

 

[RonaldoVII]

This is garbage, have we even had a shot on target yet?

 

[Member 109952]

Pretty disappointed in Mata. Is he really going to remain the same pointless player in an attacking system?

Runs around a lot, most of the time away from the ball, and occasionally pops up with a goal. Luxury player. Pretty much a technically better Lingard with far less movmement and link-up play.

 

[Sultan]

That half was back to Mourinho's style.

 

[owlo]

Lingard creates space. Mata creates black holes which suck all the space up.

 

[JG3001]

I’d get mata and Matic off personally, they are too slow for a game like this where we need some energy and aggression.

 

[Murder on Zidanes Floor]

Is Mourinho back in charge, this is dire!

We've had chances, just not taken them.

 

[RedNed77]

In some ways this isn’t a bad thing. It’ll be good to see what Ole has up his sleeve when things aren’t working out. We could play all night like we are and not score.

 

[Dobba]

We'll get sucker-punched.

 

[minoo-utd]

We need to play lot quicker

 

[kouroux]

Mariner MOTM so far