Quote from: Newby on July 15, 2020, 01:32:33 PMOur defending as a team is crap but this is NOT just about the defenders. We don't hold the ball up in attack, we don't chase the ball down and defend from the front. We have a lack of physicality in midfield and if anyone needs further evidence of what that means, just look at the Chelsea and Man United goals against us. Also, our defenders lack concentration and make stupid individual mistakes, oh, and the keepers of late, have been dire. The spine of the side is in need of addressing. Mings needs a proper partner, we need a defensive midfielder in front of the back four, we need harder working wingers and a centre forward who works a damn sight harder than Samatta. But apart from that......
Our defending as a team is crap but this is NOT just about the defenders. We don't hold the ball up in attack, we don't chase the ball down and defend from the front. We have a lack of physicality in midfield and if anyone needs further evidence of what that means, just look at the Chelsea and Man United goals against us. Also, our defenders lack concentration and make stupid individual mistakes, oh, and the keepers of late, have been dire. The spine of the side is in need of addressing. Mings needs a proper partner, we need a defensive midfielder in front of the back four, we need harder working wingers and a centre forward who works a damn sight harder than Samatta.
Quote from: ChicagoLion on July 15, 2020, 01:14:23 PMQuote from: sickbeggar on July 15, 2020, 01:07:21 PMThe Bruce revisionism is baffling. Newcastle are currently exactly they finished under the last guy despite Mr. Potato Head spending 40million on a striker who makes Samatta look prolific.Bruces subs were not nearly criticised as much as Smiths because he was not as useless as Smith at making them.I'm not about to argue Bruce was all bad and smith is all good. It's just a general reminder of how much an idiot Bruce can be. I mean could you imagine if we'd come up that season under Bruce and he then presents Joe Linton as Abraham's 40m replacement? i mean at least Wesley has some sort of goalscoring record that hints at potential. Linton couldn't even get to double figures in the Austrian league. God knows what the Newcastle fans make of it
Quote from: sickbeggar on July 15, 2020, 01:07:21 PMThe Bruce revisionism is baffling. Newcastle are currently exactly they finished under the last guy despite Mr. Potato Head spending 40million on a striker who makes Samatta look prolific.Bruces subs were not nearly criticised as much as Smiths because he was not as useless as Smith at making them.
The Bruce revisionism is baffling. Newcastle are currently exactly they finished under the last guy despite Mr. Potato Head spending 40million on a striker who makes Samatta look prolific.
Quote from: sickbeggar on July 15, 2020, 01:28:09 PMQuote from: ChicagoLion on July 15, 2020, 01:14:23 PMQuote from: sickbeggar on July 15, 2020, 01:07:21 PMThe Bruce revisionism is baffling. Newcastle are currently exactly they finished under the last guy despite Mr. Potato Head spending 40million on a striker who makes Samatta look prolific.Bruces subs were not nearly criticised as much as Smiths because he was not as useless as Smith at making them.I'm not about to argue Bruce was all bad and smith is all good. It's just a general reminder of how much an idiot Bruce can be. I mean could you imagine if we'd come up that season under Bruce and he then presents Joe Linton as Abraham's 40m replacement? i mean at least Wesley has some sort of goalscoring record that hints at potential. Linton couldn't even get to double figures in the Austrian league. God knows what the Newcastle fans make of itYou know he's not called Joe Linton, right?
It's not about working harder, the idea that if the team were a bit fit or tried a bit more we'd be fine is just lazy. It's about being smarter. Lots on here like the take the piss over Smith setting traps but that's exactly what we need to be better at. We need to get teams playing where we want them to so we can turn the ball over on our terms. All of our attacking players except Grealish have struggled because they run themselves into the ground in silly areas of the pitch where we see no benefit.
The Bruce revisionism is baffling. Newcastle are currently exactly where they finished under the last guy despite Mr. Potato Head spending 40million on a striker who makes Samatta look prolific.
Quote from: sickbeggar on July 15, 2020, 01:07:21 PMThe Bruce revisionism is baffling. Newcastle are currently exactly where they finished under the last guy despite Mr. Potato Head spending 40million on a striker who makes Samatta look prolific.What Bruce revisionism?
Quote from: chrisw1 on July 15, 2020, 01:56:29 PMQuote from: sickbeggar on July 15, 2020, 01:07:21 PMThe Bruce revisionism is baffling. Newcastle are currently exactly where they finished under the last guy despite Mr. Potato Head spending 40million on a striker who makes Samatta look prolific.What Bruce revisionism?Didn't mean you. Seen some comments on here along the lines of "Bruce would have kept us up"
Totally agree there have been many occasions where the opposition have gone from ball in keepers hands to bearing down on our back four in 3 or 4 simple passes.
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