Match Thread Newcastle United v Everton - Preview, Match Report and MotM Poll

[Kirkles]

Pointless having the two wide men away from home, they offer absolutely nothing. Better off packing the middle of the park and getting second balls and knock downs off Dom.

 

[Sona]

A very frustrating first half performance.

Newcastle looking much sharper and wanting it more; they also have a very coherent press without the ball as opposed to ours which is normally just Iwobi running around as fast as he can next to Calvert-Lewin.

Both teams are playing 4-3-3. Man for man on paper:

Pickford better than Pope.
Trippier better than Coleman.
Coady is better than Botman.
Tarkowski is better than Schar.
Mykolenko is better than Burn.
Guimaraes is better than Gueye.
Onana is better than Joelinton.
Iwobi is better than Longstaff.
Gray and Murphy are about the same.
Gordon and Almiron are about the same.
DCL and Wilson are about the same.

We’re either better or equal to in all positions except two; no way we should be being played off the park like this.

 

[GoldenToffee]

This game is over. What does Lampard do in training?

From what they show on YouTube, it's piggy in the middle and shooting drills on the edge of the box, which is funny because in games we cannot pass the ball and don't shoot.

 

[Super Kevin sheedy]

Do people honestly still believe that Frank Lampard is the man to take us where we want to be

C'mon guys ....
?

I do

 

[jjefc06]

Or Allardyce, Koeman, Silva, Ancelotti, Ferguson. We can only go so long in constantly blaming the manager.

WHAT IS IT THEN?? Different players, different managers, exact same spineless football.

 

[maccavennie]

He needs to have fired a rocket up their arse here and make changes and make them now. They were dreadful 2nd half against Spurs, they've had a chance first half here. Make a change and set the tone of what's expected.

 

[Joey66]

Our left back has been awful - no protection from Gray - but out of position most of the time plus not getting forwards much either,…

 

[CahillsCornerFlag]

You can see them look up, trap the ball then....have no idea what to do.

Just hit the line and cross the ball. They're doing it.

It’s like they’ve forgotten that DCL is stood up front. Not one of them has crossed a ball in 45 minutes.

 

[Davidoff]

Hate these midweek games

I'd rather have been watching emmerdale

 

[TheBigIguana]

A very frustrating first half performance.

Newcastle looking much sharper and wanting it more; they also have a very coherent press without the ball as opposed to ours which is normally just Iwobi running around as fast as he can next to Calvert-Lewin.

Both teams are playing 4-3-3. Man for man on paper:

Pickford better than Pope.
Trippier better than Coleman.
Coady is better than Botman.
Tarkowski is better than Schar.
Mykolenko is better than Burn.
Guimaraes is better than Gueye.
Onana is better than Joelinton.
Iwobi is better than Longstaff.
Gray and Murphy are about the same.
Gordon and Almiron are about the same.
Dominic Calvert-Lewin and Wilson are about the same.

We’re either better or equal to in all positions; no way we should be being played off the park like this.

A fun comparison is Almiron goals this season against Gordon goals ever

 

[banno]

Our wide players have no space or they are not working hard enough to create space. Newcastle wide players have acres so something is amiss

 

[Colonel Getafe]

Looking forward to another week of "should've had a penalty" that distracts from the crap

Nah, that was last week. This week it'll be about how it's all the ref's fault we didn't win.

 

[Blue Roo]

….the game is on Amazon Prime.

At work, meant the other types

 

[BlueStevie35]

It was

Benitez got 18 points from the first 10 games. How many Lampard got?

Benitez also led us down a dark path that Lampard dragged us back from, had we not sacked Benitez we wouldn’t have won another game last season

 

[Parker]

If I see Iwobi at right wing back at any point in this game I'll be absolutely fuming.