St Max plays this way once every 4 to 5 games, if that. A similar thought experiment was tried by Barcelona and Adama who played well for about 2 games and ended up playing just over 400 minutes in total for them.
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Almost as bad as Eminem's
Way too much
Cheers!
It's great to see because scoring is the hardest thing to do on football. Bigger forwards with good touches and decent link up play should be tried deeper tbh.
This season feels weird already. Looks like its going to be one of those seasons where the least shit team wins the league. Every top 6 team looks poor besides Arsenal.
Finally. Been waiting for this. Pity he's best coming off the left and we already have the GOAT there
I once thought that St Maximin wouldn't be good for a top club. I was wrong.
Involved is a bit much. He's been very average.
Especially knowing they push there full backs right up, so oppositions should just keep there wingers hugging the touch line… especially if you have quick wingers like Newcastle have.
Caf’s been like this for ages. Everything’s either shit or brilliant.
Not even Pep can beat Eddie Howe 13 times in a row!
Newcastle dismantled us last 25 minutes. Serious lack of running and press from our front 4. Really leaving the defence exposed. Stones consistently putting Newcastle in with underhit lofted passes not helping either.
Pep needs to make another change,
I'd sub Foden, two weeks in a row he refuses to pass to a player for a sitter, vs B'mouth it wasn't punished, today it was, needs to spend less time acting the tinker on a beach and more time reflecting on the bench.
Newcastle dismantled us last 25 minutes. Serious lack of running and press from our front 4. Really leaving the defence exposed. Stones consistently putting Newcastle in with underhit lofted passes not helping either.
Pep needs to make another change,
I'd sub Foden, two weeks in a row he refuses to pass to a player for a sitter, vs B'mouth it wasn't punished, today it was, needs to spend less time acting the tinker on a beach and more time reflecting on the bench.
Ah come on bro, Adama Traoré is as 1 dimensional as it gets whereas St Max shows variety and improvement every single season.
Even if he didn't have a single assist today, he regularly torments the full backs he faces.
He just needs consistency in terms of production. He's already better than Adama has ever been and ever will be
If he went to City, he'd be pants. If he went to Spurs, Arsenal or us, he'd be really good.
Calm down Piers Morgan.
Surely that's ban worthy? Attack the post, not the poster
They push their fullbacks up AND inside to centre mid. Which is great when you can keep the ball but when you transition, boom.
You're right, like Grealish he likes to run at players and he wouldn't be able to do that at City. He'd be a very typical SAF signing I feel, like Nani.
City won't be as good this season without Sterling, Jesus and Fernandinho.
Haaland was more a replacement for Aguero so they really should have held on to Jesus for rotation.
Sterling is going to be a huge miss and Phillips is a huge downgrade on Fernandinho.
Haaland was more a replacement for Aguero so they really should have held on to Jesus for rotation.
Sterling is going to be a huge miss and Phillips is a huge downgrade on Fernandinho.
Reckon they’ll still piss the league.
And you know they're just going to Arsenal it up soon.
Walker 
Absolutely my thoughts!
Yeah Liverpool have just much problems with an ageing midfield and losing Mane and signing Darwin.
Weirdly I think Spurs might be the closest challengers.
I've never seen Rodri play this fecking awful
What was that from Walker
Sorry, not my fault his opinion is indistinguishable from that of Piers Morgan.
Come on bro, what? Watch him in games that aren’t as high profile as this where he’s naturally prone to losing his concentration levels. His stats have basically stayed the exact same every 3 seasons he’s been at Newcastle — 3-5 goals every season, 4-5 assists every season.
When he’s on form like today? He’s a monster. But he’s about this good for 30-35% of the season. When he’s bad; the completely lack of defensive work in presses, lack of care on the ball etc. really come to light and he dribbles into blind alleyways for 90 minutes.
Wanted to play horseWhat was that from Walker
Walker tried to mount ASM.
What a dick he is!What was that from Walker
Willock is decent. Who is that Villa midfielder, Ramsay? He looks good too
Yes but Newcastle have be relegation contenders during that time.
Pep is crazy to have Walker close to Rodri, it serves no purpose whatsoever
Haaland hits the post.
Haaland has such nimble feet for a big and powerful guy
Only Guardiola’s City had more points than Newcastle from January onward last season. Let’s see how he does over the course of this season — happy to be proven wrong, but I doubt it!
Cracking save from Pope that.
Some save from Pope. Halaand is accurate
Unlucky, that was good play there