jackbarron
Chelsea, London
Of course if City haven't managed to bribe themselves out of being banned all three sides will qualify for the CL next season.
That would be a good. Nobody likes cheats.
Jack
Multi-function football thread 2019/20 season II
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That would be a good. Nobody likes cheats.
Jack
ks.234
Half way to Infinity
....though I was hoping CP could muster a third (self-interest and all that
...that’s you off the Xmas card list
ks.234
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...and youI imagine some of the playing staff are losing sleep worrying about their other halves with him there ?
blossomchris
I feel better than James Brown
on a downer pal, tis only a kick about.
Weekender
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No more than usual.
If we were ever successful I'd miss having something to moan about.
andrew d
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I suppose while we are on statistics, whilst not wanting to embarrass any Newcastle fans ( 13 games lost ) , City have lost 9 games this season which is 1 more than their local rivals Man. U, Wolves and Arsenal.
Hook
Blackbeard's former bo'sun.
Salah was quite the energizer bunny today! Great performance, but am sure he feels like he should have had at least a hat-trick.
Nico Williams started off really well, but became flustered by half. Replacing him was a smart move, but I still think he has a good, long future at LFC.
Nico Williams started off really well, but became flustered by half. Replacing him was a smart move, but I still think he has a good, long future at LFC.
Brian
Eating fat, staying slim
Well, they aren’t making up the numbers with full backs. Bruce started with 4 last night and brought another on with ~30 mins left, that isn’t tactical genius. Add to that a left sided forward ( careful not to say striker there ) on his own once again as a centre forward because he’s a big lad, and it was never going to be pretty. I’m surprised it was only 5, I predicted 8 when I saw the team.
The parasite who owns the club needs to be allowed to finally sell, for the good of the city the club needs to be taken over but it looks like everyone outside of Newcastle is scared shitless of the club being run with some ambition.
Weekender
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Agree. Bruce is...not good. He's tactically inept. He persisted with players after the restart resulting in muscle injuries. He's been lucky this season with the players inherited and the poor quality of the league. Signing of the big lad appears to be a mystery.
Wish the new owner was...
...Sting?...
Wish the new owner was...
...Sting?...
awkwardbydesign
Officially Awesome
Or of a Saudi sportswash?
Agree. Their system made Liverpool look a little flat footed at times but they currently don't have the players to pull it off.
Weekender
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Rumour is the delay is more about piracy and money than any concerns about sportswashing.
The Far North
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From the match report in the i https://inews.co.uk/sport/football/newcastle-united-man-city-steve-bruce-pep-guardiola-499304
Stuart Frazer
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Steve Bruce has done a very good job since coming in and picking up the pieces. He was brave enough to come, lot's of others probably declined beforehand. He didn't have much of a pre-season and probably had none to very little say in the coming and goings of the squad he has worked with. For me, he deserves much credit for getting on with the job. 8 Points from a possible 15 since lock-down football resumed is not bad, most would have taken that when offered. Those points are enough to keep us in the Premier League for another season. We also had a good run in the FA Cup. All of this while working under the Ashley constraints of which we have now had 13 not so glorious years.
Hopefully, the Saudi takeover will be approved and we can rebuild the club to compete again and be a top 6 team and play in Europe. It won't be easy, but for me Bruce deserves to continue in the job, takeover or no takeover.
Hopefully, the Saudi takeover will be approved and we can rebuild the club to compete again and be a top 6 team and play in Europe. It won't be easy, but for me Bruce deserves to continue in the job, takeover or no takeover.
Weekender
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TLDR - I will never be persuaded.
Anyone can be "brave".
He was 11th (eleventh) choice.
He is personable and I'll give him that as it does mean the players respond to him.
He has no tactical nous - "I don't believe in tactics."
ASM has saved his bacon + Dubravka.
Yay we're in the PL for another season.
Our Cup run consisted of these results...some truly awful football matches, no disrespect...taken to replays by Rochdale and Oxford and then getting an unholy fright from WBA.
Third round Rochdale 1–1 Newcastle United
14 January 2020 Third round replay Newcastle United 4–1 Rochdale
25 January 2020 Fourth round Newcastle United 0–0 Oxford United
4 February 2020 Fourth round replay Oxford United 2–3 (a.e.t.) Newcastle United
3 March 2020 West Bromwich Albion 2–3 Newcastle United
Newcastle United 0–2 Manchester City
He will be found out if he stays.
Stuart Frazer
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TLDR - I will never be persuaded.
Anyone can be "brave".
He was 11th (eleventh) choice.
He is personable and I'll give him that as it does mean the players respond to him.
He has no tactical nous - "I don't believe in tactics."
ASM has saved his bacon + Dubravka.
Yay we're in the PL for another season.
Our Cup run consisted of these results...some truly awful football matches, no disrespect...taken to replays by Rochdale and Oxford and then getting an unholy fright from WBA.
Third round Rochdale 1–1 Newcastle United
14 January 2020 Third round replay Newcastle United 4–1 Rochdale
25 January 2020 Fourth round Newcastle United 0–0 Oxford United
4 February 2020 Fourth round replay Oxford United 2–3 (a.e.t.) Newcastle United
3 March 2020 West Bromwich Albion 2–3 Newcastle United
Newcastle United 0–2 Manchester City
He will be found out if he stays.
- TLDR - ?????
- It doesn't matter if he was 1000000000000000011th choice, he was brave enough to take it and didn't do it for the "money".
- ASM has been excellent, but Bruce has also had to work with Joelinton standard players to get these results and points. He has done well with that.
- Man U struggled to beat Norwich, does that make them not worthy of their Semi-Final place?
- Most managers are generally found out and sacked when things turn against them. It's mostly a sack race this management meri-go-round.....
Weekender
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I'm not buying the bravery angle.
To begin with he stuck with Rafa's tactics and got lucky with results.
Man U's cup run has been significantly more convincing than ours.
I agree they mostly get found out..."However, of the 33 managers to have managed 200 or more Premier League games, Bruce's win percentage of 28.1% (110 in 392 games) is the second lowest, ahead only of his former Manchester United team-mate Bryan Robson (26.8%)." https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/49004679
Stuart Frazer
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- Bruce stuck with Rafa's tactics as he had a limited pre-season and that was the system the players knew how to play with. He didn't want to play that way, but accepted it was the best way for the players, so he and his backroom staff adapted to that system. IMO that was the right thing to do and results have shown that was a good approach.
- Bruce has generally managed at the bottom end of the Premier League, so that would affect even top-rated managers statistics. It's not all about statistics - you need to put in into context of what he has to work with - players, budgets etc. He's better than the statistics show.
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