We are playing one tempo the whole game. We can play until next week and would have created anything.

Like I said, mid table teams would create more openings than us

Toons are playing in 5th gear - we haven't even noticed yet

comment by 16Bit (U3448)
posted less than a minute ago
I don't understand the dramatic difference in our style of play this season compared to last season. Is it really down to one player - Odegaard ? Something not right this season.
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yes. Arteta changed the formation from 4-1-4-1 to 4-4-2. When we played 4-4-2 we were finishing 8th under Arteta.

comment by 16Bit (U3448)
posted less than a minute ago
I don't understand the dramatic difference in our style of play this season compared to last season. Is it really down to one player - Odegaard ? Something not right this season.
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Definitely something not right

Injuries haven't helped but I also think pressure of being title challengers has got to us

Perhaps this is a hangover of 2 heavy seasons fighting vs city

comment by goonerGunnDog (U7206)
posted less than a minute ago
Toons are playing in 5th gear - we haven't even noticed yet
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they play our tempo. It´s more than enough to beat us.

thomas for who?

Newcastle have defended well here. We've been shiiiit, but it is difficult against this type of performance.

We need a bit of luck, but we're not forcing anything.

At this pace we will be lucky make top four.

If your going to get rid of ESR and Vieira you have to bring someone else

Fack. Me. Havertz is awful

We are to blame ourselves tbh

Not bolstering our squad was always going to hurt ! We have no top notch players to rescue us

ffs jorg just on the park - so feckin amateurish

Did we really need to spend £40m on Cala and £40m on Merino when we sold ESR, Eddie? Two attacking players?

I kept getting reminded that we had cover for Odegaard

Bruno ffs

Newcastle easiest game all season

comment by Castor Troy (U8700)
posted 19 seconds ago
If your going to get rid of ESR and Vieira you have to bring someone else

Fack. Me. Havertz is awful
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Saw ESR go on a mazy run last weekend - to set up a goal

Waste money on average like Merino & dog sheet Sterling and this is what you get

We haven't even spent anything on Sterling. Arteta was not even going to sign him and its only really a swap for Nelson!

It's the poor signings that have done for us

comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted less than a minute ago
We haven't even spent anything on Sterling. Arteta was not even going to sign him and its only really a swap for Nelson!
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Big wages

We do play some sheet football nowadays

comment by You Can't Buy Class ¯\_/^v^\_/¯ (U12019)
posted less than a minute ago
comment by Jenius99 (U4918)
posted less than a minute ago
We haven't even spent anything on Sterling. Arteta was not even going to sign him and its only really a swap for Nelson!
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Big wages
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No Chelsea are paying most of his wages. Its literally a swap.

Aren't we paying sterling the same as we were paying nelson

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