Newcastle v Arsenal. League Cup Semi Final Second Leg. 5th Feb. 20:00

[Niall_Quinn]

Like the Girona match. You can't hope to build consistency with performances like these.

Title definitely gone now. Was a slim chance to begin with but this game tells us there's no way this sqaud has the capability to overcome all the varied challenges it will face over the next couple of months.

Kroenke gets his way. Another season down the shitter and promises for next.

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Three games, no goals against them.

Maybe we'll get it right at the fourth time of asking.

[Mac76]

Like the Girona match.

You know we won that 3-0 right?

or have you joined the HCZ School, which believes goals are irrelevant?

[Niall_Quinn]

You know we won that 3-0 right?

or have you joined the HCZ School, which believes goals are irrelevant?

No, I believe the performance was appalling against appalling opposition. You can string together ramshackle results all you want and even pretend it's progress, but then you smash headlong into the brick wall of a decent side and you better not be fuelled up with the bare minimum.

[Marc Overmars]

A waste of everyone’s time.

Shambolic effort over the 2 legs really.

[Niall_Quinn]

And if we were just going to fuck this game down the drain tonight, why not send out the kids for a run? All we've achieved now is an injury to a key player. We tried for nothing and got less than nothing back.

[HCZ_Reborn]

You know we won that 3-0 right?

or have you joined the HCZ School, which believes goals are irrelevant?

At least when I use you as a yardstick to make a point with, I actually cite things you’ve said/believe

Also we won 2-1 not 3-0

Silly boy

[McNamara That Ghost...]

Beat Man City 5-1 yet it ends up being a terrible week.

Arsenal.

They've done it again.

[LDG]

I suppose it's legit to call the geordies cheating arabs now? But they also cruised it, we didn't lay a glove on them.

First game killed it. We had no choice but to hold a high line and try and attack today, and with players as good as they have in the channels it was a bust.

To be fair to Newcastle they have our number because of their quality defending and ability to transition quickly, and make it count. Bit like Liverpool in that respect. We have to come up with a game plan somewhere inbetween the high press and the deep line.

[HCZ_Reborn]

Bit dispiriting, again not because we’ve gone out of a pointless competition but because it feels like at least with Arteta there was a bit of a pay off that we wouldn’t get Stoked by teams. The thuggery was unnecessary because they were able to bully us legitimately. Saliba looked like Phillipe Senderos tonight, the only comfort I can take is that Isaak made Van Dijk look like a complete cunt when they played there in December.

It was pathetically and dismissively easy for them. And I think we’ve sacrificed too much entertainment in our football for that to be easy to swallow.