Administrator Stan 18,349 Posted January 25, 2021 Administrator Share Posted January 25, 2021 Kick-off 18.00 (GMT) Live on BT Sport VS Recent Form Newcastle - LLLLL Leeds - LLLWW Last 3 Meetings 16/12/2020 - Leeds 5-2 Newcastle 14/04/2017 - Newcastle 1-1 Leeds (Championship) 20/11/2016 - Leeds 0-2 Newcastle (Championship) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,767 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Bruce's selections and formations are all over the place at the minute. Who knows what he'll go for this time. He just keeps trying anything in desperation. Given he's banging on about not being able to play Fraser and ASM together all season I suspect he'll do it now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,824 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I just know what's coming. Hopeless, heavily criticised, can't score, can't buy a win...and then we come to town. You just know their run has to end somewhere. I was hoping we'd give some serious backlash to them too given the embarrassment of Crawley and appalling performance against Brighton. We'll be strengthened with the return of Phillips and hopefully get to field two centre backs so that Ayling can go back to his natural RB slot. I'll be angry if we don't perform, we've had more than enough rest lately with the Cup and a postponement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N U F C 171 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 I just have no confidence whatsoever that we can get anything from any game. The players look totally shot of any confidence and a manager who seems to just be saying and doing what the fuck he likes because he knows he's on borrowed time. 2-0 Leeds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,824 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 54 minutes ago, ToonFan said: Hopefully this should have a few goals in it at least, probably due to defensive issues for both of us more than any flair up front (although your strikers are still a million miles ahead of us) To be fair, despite the fact we ran out deserved winners, you did have opportunities at our place. We will give you chances so it's on you how clinical you are with them. Equally, it's on us to make sure we take ours because it's no good us having 65% of the ball, 22 shots and only scoring the once either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,767 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,767 Posted January 25, 2021 Share Posted January 25, 2021 You know what, I'd start Gayle against this lot. Gayle, Wilson, Almiron, ASM, Fraser front 5. Go for it. 6-4 defeat but whatever. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redcanuck 175 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Hope to see a lot of goals in this one, a couple each for Bamford and Wilson will do fine. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,767 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 It doesn't inspire much confidence but let's see how it goes. Glad Murphy is in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N U F C 171 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Genuinely got absolutely no idea what anyone can see in Jeff Hendrick that could possibly justify him starting week in week out. Lose this and I think he's gone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,767 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Worryingly I'm experiencing physiological reactions you'd expect of something like claustrophobia or a sensation of being trapped watching this first half. Tight chest, anxiety. Bizarre. It's all about their being no way out of this rot because Bruce won't be sacked or quit. I may have to just give up football for a while until circumstances change one way or the other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N U F C 171 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 It's absolutely embarrassing, we were better than this under McClaren. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick 2,269 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 That’s a class goal from Leeds. Getting a bit good now this, both teams going at it. Newcastle look dangerous going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick 2,269 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Newcastle looked alright in part of that second half....after Saint Maximan came on. But it’s another loss at the end of the day. I just seen only 2 points won out of the last 30 available?? That can’t be right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N U F C 171 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 I don't actually think we deserved to lose that. That embrace between Bielsa and Bruce at the end was a bit strange, hopefully Bielsa knows it's the end for Bruce! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,349 Posted January 26, 2021 Author Administrator Share Posted January 26, 2021 3 minutes ago, Rick said: Newcastle looked alright in part of that second half....after Saint Maximan came on. But it’s another loss at the end of the day. I just seen only 2 points won out of the last 30 available?? That can’t be right? No win in 10 games... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,767 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 2 minutes ago, Rick said: Newcastle looked alright in part of that second half....after Saint Maximan came on. But it’s another loss at the end of the day. I just seen only 2 points won out of the last 30 available?? That can’t be right? 2 out of last 27. Will be 30 at the weekend We didn't deserve to lose today though. Bruce buys himself a few days until normal service is resumed with that 2nd half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Administrator Stan 18,349 Posted January 26, 2021 Author Administrator Share Posted January 26, 2021 Yeah that should be about 6-8 games for the spitting offence. That fall as well is pathetic. Should be a ban for that simulation as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouse_Mouse 111 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 20 minutes ago, Stan said: No win in 10 games... But Bruce said the "gloves are off ", and they were going to "play his way" now. Right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Honey Honey 3,767 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 Danny Mills reckons we'd be mad to want Bruce out after that 2nd half Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,824 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 That was an infuriating performance from our perspective. We went from totally in control first half, (should have gone in at least 2 to the good) to inviting pressure by thinking we could play out the back so easily. Maybe you could say the game was too comfortable for us. Newcastle had no threat first half and made no changes at half time either. We attempted to play out the back with some really stupid passes that brought trouble, and I honestly think Newcastle took heart from that the first 10mins of the 2nd half. They suddenly began to press more and we made mistake after mistake. That got their tails right up. The goal we gave away was so silly. Why Bamford has given the ball away like that is suicidal and quite rightly he was hauled straight off. I'm just shocked we won the game at 1-1. I thought the momentum was with Newcastle and they would turn us over but we got lucky to score when we did. So angry and frustrated with us. Don't want to sound patronising at all to Newcastle who definitely deserved a point at least, but that was not enjoyable how we lost control of that game. We'll take the 3pts and move on but Bielsa's reaction at full time and post match presser emphasised how we all felt after that. P.S Sods law we wait all season for our Spanish centre back to be available and he pulls a hamstring 8mins in. Cannot catch a break in defence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,824 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 2 hours ago, ToonFan said: On a slightly less amusing note. Looks as though Rodrigo may have spat on Schar. Given current circumstances that should be a ban and charges of assault. False news. Fabian Schar has confirmed he was not spat it. Just words exchanged. Laughable at all the Newcastle 'Twitter fans' who jump on the bandwagon and claim to see it when literally nothing cones out his mouth. But that's Twitter for you. End of story. Everyone moves on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,824 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 7 minutes ago, ToonFan said: It did look he had to be frank, if he didn't then that's fine. I notice you waited until the video was taken down to say it didn't look he'd been spat at..... Yeah good one. First time I have logged on this evening and have had a chance to summarise the game on the thread and give my thoughts. It's not about point scoring here by the way, but more to emphasise this is a typical example of people being brainwashed by Social Media into thinking they see something that never happened. Next Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucas 3,824 Posted January 26, 2021 Share Posted January 26, 2021 13 minutes ago, ToonFan said: Look at the edit to my post. At the very least he's pretending to spit on him, which is still vile (appropriately for Leeds) in the current pandemic. And crucially, Schar said he didn't think he was spat at, not that he definitely wasn't. But ignore that because you don't want to accept your player might be a complete mike hunt. Everything you're saying is based on presumption. Firstly, your saying our player is pretending to spit simply based on what you see? That is your presumption. Secondly, your presuming your player could have got it wrong by how you have interpreted his sentence to indicate it 'might have happened' I'm going off fact. Your player has denied it. Our player has confirmed it was words too. If he was guilty, I'd have been the first here to criticise because it's a disgusting habit, lowest of the low and we've had our own player do that in the past a few seasons ago. I made myself pretty clear on here then how disgusted I was by it. But you've only been here 5 minutes so you wouldn't know that. Your clutching at straws. Don't argue your way out of a paper bag for the sake of pride. Move on. It's done. Well played Second Half. Best I've seen you play in ages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scouse_Mouse 111 Posted January 27, 2021 Share Posted January 27, 2021 Didn't see any "spit" but Rodrigo going down like that was funny as fuck . Must have been one of those " Five point palm exploding heart technique" punches from Kill Bill? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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