What have we been doing all week to turn up and play like that. It was like we had never played as a team before. Newcastle were up for it and we weren't.
Benitez had done his homework with a strategy of three up to press us.Most of the time we ended up overcomplicating our play and we ended up giving the ball away with the result that Wilson was starved of the ball.
Whilst we huffed and puffed with corners their keeper hardly had a shot to save and we flattered to deceive.
We are not as good as we think we are. All our outfield players were off the boil today. Only Begovic can come out of this game with any credit. I agree with you Druss about Ibe. He's a liability and I would rather have Marc Pugh than Ibe.
Rondon was MOM today. We stuggled to defend against him.
Adam Smith's injury was a strange one. Looked to take a free kick and held his leg back as a Newcastle player was standing close to the ball then went down in a heap. Had he injured himself in a poor challenge by a Newcastle player a few minutes earlier and never realised it? Hope it's not too bad.
Benitez had done his homework with a strategy of three up to press us.Most of the time we ended up overcomplicating our play and we ended up giving the ball away with the result that Wilson was starved of the ball.
Whilst we huffed and puffed with corners their keeper hardly had a shot to save and we flattered to deceive.
We are not as good as we think we are. All our outfield players were off the boil today. Only Begovic can come out of this game with any credit. I agree with you Druss about Ibe. He's a liability and I would rather have Marc Pugh than Ibe.
Rondon was MOM today. We stuggled to defend against him.
Adam Smith's injury was a strange one. Looked to take a free kick and held his leg back as a Newcastle player was standing close to the ball then went down in a heap. Had he injured himself in a poor challenge by a Newcastle player a few minutes earlier and never realised it? Hope it's not too bad.