Originally Posted by Mac76
Could be here for another 90 mins and not be anywhere near scoring
On the plus side no new injuries…so no real harm done apart from to egos
I am not imagining anything.
Your first reply to my comment stated that besides having a striker, if we had moved the ball more quickly it would do.
My initial comment was a reply to MO which was in full agreement with what he said, that only Isak was the difference between the teams.
I repeat, the difference in this game has been a striker doing his job, simple. This is all we have been asking Arteta to do for almost 2 years.
Playing faster might have helped but that was not the difference, which you would have witnessed when Martinelli fast break occured and he hit the bar, as most expected he would do.
0-2 FT. Jesus wept.
0-2 FT
Horribly predictable in the end. That’s almost certainly us dumped out, would take one hell of a turn around up there that I don’t think anyone believes were capable of.
Arteta.
How many opportunities have we had like that in the entire game, as opposed to what most of the game has been threatening from set pieces and blocked shots
Your dislike of Martinelli aside, the difference is Newcastle are the away side and will play on the break and defend deep. We are the home side so you would expect us to create more clear chances than we are doing….and it’s not just a problem against Newcastle, it’s against Ipswich and against Everton as well…where for the most part we could have had Thierry Henry and the opposition box is so congested we wouldn’t have scored. Because we aren’t moving the ball quick enough to stretch the play.
So you tell me, did we open this Newcastle side up loads tonight…or were they defending deep and able to throw bodies at the ball for most of it when we got round to getting shots away?
Yes we fluffed chances, but again two things can be true…we are also not creating enough chances.
Can I suggest you take up smoking? Give you time to reflect and not to act like a hammer seeing everything as a nail
This wasn’t the Liverpool fa cup tie last season where we opened them up time after time. We just didn’t
Last edited by HCZ_Reborn; 07-01-2025 at 10:01 PM.
0-2 is almost the worst possible scoreline - there's just enough hope there for Arteta to give it a go - 0-3 and surely even he would have played the kids at St Jimmy's Park
tbf the team gave it their best shot but they need help from a couple more lively attackers who know where the goal is
Merino - who didn't even get on the pitch tonight - was such a waste of money it's unbelievable, considering we needed to stengthen the attack rather than spend £40m on a midfield workhorse
Play the kids at St James Park, like we should have done tonight0-2 FT
Horribly predictable in the end. That’s almost certainly us dumped out, would take one hell of a turn around up there that I don’t think anyone believes were capable of.
Arteta.
My main gripe is that we tried to rest players against Brighton for this.
Last edited by HCZ_Reborn; 07-01-2025 at 10:04 PM.
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