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Online Martyn Smith

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #1635 on: Today at 01:08:38 PM »
I reckon Ramsey will make the next England squad.

Now that any injury he sustains during flag shagger football won't affect us, I'm fine with that...

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #1636 on: Today at 01:09:27 PM »
I hope Slot's comments can break the injunction a little bit on Newcastle's 'style' of (for want of a better word) 'play'. They're just Stoke with fewer excuses.

I have no issue with them mixing it up .   I hope we have some of their energy and physicality in the next game

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #1637 on: Today at 01:17:15 PM »
Nobody seems to be mentioning how mind buggeringly shit their defending was for Liverpool's winner. It's like the whole of the right side of their back four suddenly vaporised

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« Reply #1638 on: Today at 01:38:00 PM »
Did you notice that Newcastle lost last night but moved up a place in the table? I think I preferred it when tables weren't shown until 4 games had been played, so those sort of quirks had ironed themselves out.
Pretty sure that they started the match ahead of us on points then went below on alphabetical order, then on GD, then back above us on GS, then on points, finally remaining ahead on GS. But as theirs was the only game yesterday and they finished it on the same points but worse GD, there is no way they could have gone up vs before k.o

I like the early tables because they produce little quirks like Sunderland leading, giving that little thrill of incongruity that is lost as the table sorts itself out later on (2015-16 excepted)

I think I ought to stop posting on here as I seem to get everything wrong!!
 
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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #1639 on: Today at 01:49:29 PM »
Double post - sorry
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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #1640 on: Today at 01:49:43 PM »
Yep. I can't help but feel that the pressure of starting the day only separated by alphabetical order affected both teams.

The pressure of being joint top/bottom/Champ League places...

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #1641 on: Today at 01:51:10 PM »
I hope Slot's comments can break the injunction a little bit on Newcastle's 'style' of (for want of a better word) 'play'. They're just Stoke with fewer excuses.

I have no issue with them mixing it up .   I hope we have some of their energy and physicality in the next game

They don't 'mix it up', they play like they have a personal grudge against the sport and are mysteriously allowed to get away with it.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #1642 on: Today at 01:54:10 PM »
They push, shove, barge, manhandle and lunge in and somehow get away with it far too much. That Gordon challenge was Red all day long and the ref was being soft before VAR got involved.

The number of times our players were thrown about as described above last week was ridiculous. Cheating wankers.

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« Reply #1643 on: Today at 02:00:46 PM »
I hope Slot's comments can break the injunction a little bit on Newcastle's 'style' of (for want of a better word) 'play'. They're just Stoke with fewer excuses.

I have no issue with them mixing it up .   I hope we have some of their energy and physicality in the next game

They don't 'mix it up', they play like they have a personal grudge against the sport and are mysteriously allowed to get away with it.

Indeed, Tonali, Bruno and Joelinton is the dirtiest midfield the premier league has seen for a long time and yet they get away with a lot more than most.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #1644 on: Today at 02:06:34 PM »
I hope Slot's comments can break the injunction a little bit on Newcastle's 'style' of (for want of a better word) 'play'. They're just Stoke with fewer excuses.

I have no issue with them mixing it up .   I hope we have some of their energy and physicality in the next game

Precisely, everyone moans about the boring tippy tappy passing from the back style of play, and when a team mixes it up...everyone moans.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #1645 on: Today at 02:09:50 PM »
I hope Slot's comments can break the injunction a little bit on Newcastle's 'style' of (for want of a better word) 'play'. They're just Stoke with fewer excuses.

I have no issue with them mixing it up .   I hope we have some of their energy and physicality in the next game

Precisely, everyone moans about the boring tippy tappy passing from the back style of play, and when a team mixes it up...everyone moans.

Gets away with breaking the rules of the game, you mean. 'Mixing it up', euphemism for the 'mindless violence' approach that served England so well for about 50 years. If that's your vision of sport you can just hang outside a pub on the Geordie shore of a Thursday evening.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #1646 on: Today at 02:10:32 PM »
Clearly holding players, grabbing shirt/arm for about 10 seconds and blocking opponents deliberately are three of those new laws that the PL has introduced but only told a few teams about. Brentford did pretty much the same on Saturday.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #1647 on: Today at 02:11:23 PM »
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Liverpool manager Arne Slot said "he is not too sure he saw a football match" in reference to Newcastle United's gameplan during his side's 3-2 win at St James' Park.

The Reds' 16-year-old forward Rio Ngumoha scored a 100th-minute winner in a breathless match during which Newcastle fought back from 2-0 down with 10 men.

Opta's statistics indicate the ball was in play for 40.8% of the match - the lowest percentage in a Premier League match since February 2010.

"I'm not too sure if I saw a football match," Slot told Sky Sports after the game.

"It was set-piece after set-piece, long throws. It didn't have a lot to do with tactics. But I liked a lot how we stood strong."

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« Reply #1648 on: Today at 02:12:33 PM »
Lol 41% of the match actually involved the ball. So entertaining! Mixing football up with an night out just staring at empty grass.

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Re: Other Games 2025-26
« Reply #1649 on: Today at 02:31:47 PM »
Like or loathe Newcastle’ style of play but you can’t argue that it’s been pretty successful and they’ve consistently put themselves amongst the contenders for a European place since Howe was appointed.

There’s a perceived right way to play but it’s a results business, by and large Newcastle get results.

I thought it was noticeable last night that the first piece of passing, composed football Liverpool played  after they scored their second just after haft time resulted in the winner 55 minutes later.

 


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