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

[ADT]

Carlo won't have Walcott stinking the place out if he's not good enough then he's out end of story

 

[witchdoc187]

Up 1-0

I was kinda commenting on all the negativity when we're one up against a very good home team

 

[Prevenger17]

Apart from being 1-0 up away from home at half time?

Aye, really struggling for positives

 

[KaiserEFC]

Worrying how we can invite some pressure on ourselves then just go to pot. Thank god they’re too crap to capitalise on it

 

[lungo]

I haven’t seen the game today but would think we are losing 5-0 reading the comments in here.

Believe me the last 25 minutes were bad. Unable to keep the ball more then 2 seconds. Overrun on the flanks and out jumped in the middle. If they had some quality upfront it would be 4:1

 

[sageyefc]

Get Mina and Bernard on and we’ll stroll to a comfortable win

 

[Street end man]

Keane off Mina on. Holgate moved up in to the middle to help stem the ease of getting in to our box, and give it 20 minutes before losing Kean for Digne.

 

[witchdoc187]

Behave yourself. We are winning 1-0 is that not a positive?

Yeah I think I've been misunderstood. I was making the point that loads of moaning on here when we're one up.

 

[joseph]

Theo just doesn’t have and will never have any consistent end product. Time to start on the Stella for the second half, nerves shot

Learnt my lesson from the Bournemouth game mate. Fully stocked and loaded here

 

[Osamabindiesel]

This was always going to be a difficult game. A second goal would do us wonders. We don’t have a central midfielder with a defensive bone in their body right now

 

[ADT]

As long as Cenk Tosun doesn't come on we'll be fine

 

[fabricsince1985]

After the goal was ruled out, that was the time to take 30 seconds over the restart. Get up the pitch and clear it long. Instead we go short, concede a throw in under pressure and they are lifted and so are the crowd.

Pickford should be making better decisions. Even a couple of minutes later he claims a cross and booms it up the pitch in a no win situation for Calvert Lewin.

 

[blue to the bone]

I haven’t seen the game today but would think we are losing 5-0 reading the comments in here.

And same posters expected us to win 5 nil before hand

 

[billybeeru]

Can anyone take anything positive from the first half?

Is this real?

 

[PhilM]

Amazing how all it took was them having a goal ruled out and then suddenly our confidence implodes and we can't keep the ball. Don't remember ever seeing one team dominate and then so quickly be battered.

It's unfortunately a by-product of the past three managers: a mental fragility that has become entrenched in the club where we rarely look as clinical as neccessary.

One goal (even a disallowed one) and we collapse into a total mess where our gameplan implodes. How often do we have two average halves, let alone two good?

This is something, along with fitness and technical play, that Carlo and his backroom staff need to work on, and quickly, because we need to be confident to win.