100%. Keeps everyone out of trouble

If Newcastle want to go to the next level they need better players than Joelinton. He isn't top class.

Yes, I agree. He makes that block in stoppage-time that protects the points. He did the same at Villa repeatedly early on. He's good at reading danger. For the Elanga goal, I also feel it was a collective - midfield + Burn + Botman + Dubravka.

@@craighope_dailymail Yep, too easy to blame one individual but I expect there was a collective sinking feeling when that goal was scored given it was exactly the scenario people were predicting would happen. Unfortunately people are always gonna point to that lack of pace every time we concede a similar goal but the fact is, not many players would keep up with Alenga anyway.

@@craighope_dailymailat the risk of sounding like Roy Keane - why give defenders credit for blocking crosses or shots? It's what they're paid to do lol

I think Howe’s knows this hence formation switch. Now, did it work? Not so sure… we controlled possession without controlling the game after about 15. I personally would have Tino in for Burn and revert Burn to cover CB (and LB when needed). Burn is a quality player but without big Joe in front of him his lack of pace is exposed. He is a unique player and offers a lot when we switch to 3 at back. It’s not a straight forward call although as I said I’d be playing Tino (or Hall, remember him) when we can’t protect from midfield. However, this isn’t Howe playing his favourites… he thinks BDB on pitch gives us something extra (and he was right last season) but he’s realised in a 433 without Joe it doesn’t work. Will be interesting to see what Howe thought of yesterday when he reviews it and if he perseveres or makes the call to bring Tino in.

​@@michaelmckie9164Joelinton saved Dan burn 100s of time's last season.

I don’t know whether all this criticism is because Newcastle fans are just not used to watching a good team (since Robson/Keegan days anyway) and think that every game they should be wiping out teams. I remember the Man Utd team winning the title with about eight 1-0 wins usually scored by a bit of individual brilliance from cantona and shmichael and everyone else just making up the numbers. Come on stop being so negative, they’ve started winning games again and picking up points and look good for a top 7 finish May be top 6 who knows. They’ll improve next year and May be the year after and won’t be fighting relegation. Reality check needed I think.

@@deanharding740 On about Dan burn mate, we have been injurie ravaged. But We have lost 15 point's through Dan burn this season and still 7th unbelievable really tbh.

@deanharding740 The mention is about Burn being a liability when there is no pace in the midfield and we're getting caught on counters, and Burn is getting left isolated. Why are you talking about keegan and 1 nil wins?

That man is a complete waste of space along with the other character who should have left in Almiron. Miggy was absolute garbage again last night being neither use nor ornament, something has to be done about those two this summer!

Yup, feels like we're riding our luck too often. It's odd, considering how poor our away form has been, how conflicted I feel about this away win. Realistically, a better team would have punished us, but regardless, there are positives to take from it as well, and 3 points are 3 points and we'll go again next week.

Thanks Monty. I think with Burn it has to be a horses for courses approach now - up against Elanga was perhaps asking for trouble, and it duly arrived...

yeah it wouldve been a very light pen at least. Their player was mid falling over on his own and colliding with dubs just finished the job.

Definitely a pen lol

Not a penalty, the Forest player initiated the contact.

If that pen decision was against us we would all be saying it was a pen. Makes no difference that the attacker was looking for it. Dubravka put his arm up and there was contact.

Not a penalty in my opinion: irrelevant whether Dubs was raising his arm or not as the Notts. Forest player contacted his armpit which would have been the same whether the arm raised or not. He also came across the line the ball was travelling to contact Dubs. The referee, although not ideally placed, gave the right decision; it can't always be a penalty because a player runs into a goalkeeper. Unfortunately you just know if circumstances had been that VAR had called the referee to the monitor then it would have been given.

We don’t have anyone else available at the moment though. The midfield 3 are it.

That's the big problem. It's the midfield plus Burn and Trippier have made over 20 errors in the past two months and Botman has been poor. Only Schar and Dubravka have been outstanding

Thanks Peter. This one went live at 1am this time, I hope you didn't have alerts on!

Apologies for the late post, blame train wi-fi!!

Yes, less than two weeks ago! But you get my point, I hope...

I've always preferred Bruno as an 8. He can score goals, evidenced by his first season.

@@craighope_dailymail Maybe you were at St Mary's as I was a couple years ago against Southampton. I was with diehard Southampton friends in Southampton as we have so many ties. Can't think of a club more history between players as Southampton and Newcastle. I knew Bruno was special that game. I knew he needed to be forward. He's an absolute wizard around the box.

Tonali has pace. He plays like a dog. Not been impressed with his passing and positioning though

Interesting. I think one of the problems Eddie Howe has is that he doesn’t particularly want to disclose to other managers his thinking about tactics and why should he?! He picks Dan, I think, because he has bags of experience, does exactly what he is instructed, is huge and un-intimidateable and works well in - for the most part in the ‘three at the back out of possession’ formation w we use. He also picks him because he sets a very specific tone in the dressing room ie this is our club and you will die for them, right? I ran youth teams for over 20 years. I remember having these two excellent players but we played better without them ‘cos they were popular and influential kids and they saw it all as a bit of a laugh on a Sunday morning and got them out of church. The lad I made captain was a very average footballer but he lived for the game on Sunday and was able to set the tone of the team to match his attitude. And I think that’s BDBs ‘secret sauce’. He sets the tone (along with some of the others, of course). Also, it’s our team that expose the defence to a counter attack. Some people need to pick up,a coaching manual , open the index and go look up “consecutive errors”. If Tino had started the match held have still been second best in a leg race with Elanga. Possession was given away in the Forrest right hand side corner and no one was minding the half space on our right which is where the ball was played ( extremely well) from. To be honest, I’m more concerned about the stupid free kicks and penalties he gives away than his ‘lack of pace’. I think Craig can be too self congratulatory at times, emphasising things he alluded to earlier and pairing them as expert analysis (and he probably has to do this to a degree - this is the Mail we’re talking about here) He also,like to present himself as the tough journo who asks the difficult and tough questions despite the consequences which I’ve seen exactly zero evidence of in this regime (partly because there hasn’t really been any such is the way the club is being run by actual grown ups and Craig sure as shinola ain’t gonna bring up the whole Saudi regime issue) Sure, he was unpopular with Steve Bruce bits that’s like Neville Chamberlain saying ‘don’t forget who unpopular I was with Hitler.’

I agree 100%! What Eddie says in the post match interview makes me wonder though, "we have to learn of our mistakes and flaws". Well, when is HE going to learn? DB is a CB, not a LB! Our shocking deffence record says it all.. Makes me wonder what the owners are thinking. Why on earth are they going to pay top dollars for new players, when the manager refues to play them, ie Livramento and Hall.. Theese are errors managers like Guardiola doesn't make. The main reason for our inconsistent form. I'm concerned that Eddie's loyalty towards DB will in the long run cost us (even more) and his job eventually. As much as I love Eddie, I'm starting to believe that he's not the man to take us to the next step.

You are spot on

Howe’s lack of flexibility? Did you watch the game… we started a 4231 out of possession and a 3241 in possession. Now, did it work? Not so sure… we controlled possession without controlling the game after about 15. He is trying things out so I wouldn’t say it’s that. I personally would have Tino in for Burn and revert Burn to cover CB (and LB when needed). Burn is a quality player but without big Joe in front of him his lack of pace is exposed. He is a unique player and offers a lot when we switch to 3 at back. It’s not a straight forward call although as I said I’d be playing Tino (or Hall, remember him) when we can’t protect from midfield. However, this isn’t Howe playing his favourites… he thinks BDB on pitch gives us something extra (and he was right last season) but he’s realised in a 433 without Joe it doesn’t work. Will be interesting to see what Howe thought of yesterday when he reviews it.

​@@geordiedog1749well said mate, too many people here thinking it's Football Manager, also not many realising that Trips having the most assists this season is partly down to Burn being able to tuck in as 3rd CB when he pushes forward

Thanks Steven!

I love BDB but he’s also being targeted by opposition managers putting a quick winger up against him. He struggled against Bailey when Villa brought him on, obviously struggled last week against Luton and again last night. In a couple of weeks we have Arsenal away who will definitely target him. I’d bring in Tino to give him a full game against Bournemouth and get his confidence up with a view to play against Arsenal.

I would agree on that; if you watch the goal you see that Elanga has a running start on Burn, which enables him to go past him, but after that in the chase Burn actually keeps up with him. It is a matter of technique and anticipation with Burn. The attacker is anticipating the through ball and sets off, Burn reacts too slowly to the pass and the players movement, Botman the same. Sometimes Burn is caught too square on. I think he is surprisingly quick for a big man.

Agree, 100% @apb3440

Jesmond Dene before end of season, I promise.

Thanks Andy.

True, but his reaction and celebration after every goal , and not just the ones he scores, should calm your nerves as it shows how passionate he feels about the club and the connection with the fans. Yes Madrid or Barca might come knocking, but realistically he won't be adored or loved like the Geordies show him. He can become a great player at Madrid, or become a legend at Newcastle.

@@Steezen29 I don't think he really fits what Real Madrid are doing and it sounds like Barcelona don't have the money. More likely Arsenal, Man U or Liverpool or maybe PSG or Bayern if he moves overseas. Chelsea also a candidate if they can offload some academy players for big fees.

@@listeyI don't think Newcastle will sell him to PL.

@@markbowman8295 ideally not of course, but if a bid matches/exceeds his minimum fee release clause then they can't prevent it

Guimaraes would transform Liverpool

Thank you!

Not sure on that one, it usually appears on here post match.

Miley really needs someone around him who can guide him through the match, he hasn't got the experience or the awareness yet at this level, not a dig at the lad cos he will get there soon. Longstaff is a funny one, he plays like an attacking midfielder who's been asked to play out of position at times, quite lightweight and struggles to recover. We desperately need Willock back to help take the pressure off

Pope is a liability when he comes out of his goal

Gordon is nowhere near as good as Almiron

Cheers Davey!

The reason he is playing BDB is because he is stubborn and thinks he will show us he won't cave to criticism. He is not reading social media according to himself but he also thinks he is getting slaughtered which is quite accurate. Playing an obvious weakness against the fastest wingers is a recipe for disaster. This is no 5D chess. Our midfield 3 get bypassed so often, our keeper is nervous as hell and does not know if he wants to come out or retreat to the very edge of the goal line, it is absolute chaos. I wish he simply picks Tino and be done with it.

@@Nienna1837 "absolute chaos" when we've won 4 away games on the bounce, and sit 7th in the league? A little perspective needed maybe...

Gordon had a poor game.

Barnes came on a did damn well, not to mention Fabian

plus Schar

Any good in ko phi phi?

Hmm, do you mean Philippines? I've never been. Have you visited any other countries?

@lifegoals9528 ah I thought you were on Thailand islands

Good to hear I've made it to Thailand!

@@craighope_dailymail especially where "The beach " ⛱️ was filmed.

Even coming on for Gordon, who looked shattered when he eventually did come off.

You think Bruno stays? I hope you are right. If Bruno stays I think big Joe does, if not I think they both go.

He'd spend £250m on Solanke, Kalvin Phillips, Tyrone Mings, Gibbs White and Lloyd Kelly

@@BrianPinas9 If Howe is indulged he will single-handedly set us back years!

@@SKINDEREE Yeah, we'll gradually be getting worse each year. He'll sell Guimaraes for £23m and sign Gibbs White for £95m

Utter bollocks 👍🏻

Agree

He's a Championship player at best. Not good enough. Too slow and weak

2 most ridiculous comments I've seen today fellas.

Mileys class end ov

Noted.

Absolutely. It’s on my list. And high. Love that place.

As with Scotland’s try yesterday. On field was ‘no try’ and the TMO evidence was not clear enough to overturn it. (Even though it was 😄) #HTL

I agree, Paul.

Maybe there was more control at 3-2, I agree. But they still needed to take the lead three times to beat an average team. More control needed over 90 mins, not 25.

@@craighope_dailymail thanks for replying, always like your content Incremental improvements. Just need to build and build

You know what's mental you say that, but he's like 7ft but only scored 4 headers in his career 🙄

@chriscummings1279 I wonder how many others goals r scored by others though from crosses and corners etc

@@joinmeonthedarkside2 our Centre backs etc do that perfectly as seen yesterday with Botman, our team is huge probably the tallest in the league. Facts are Dan is killing us every single game, team's are targeting all the time. He made Chris wood look like Messi at home aswel 🤯

@chriscummings1279 I think Chris Wood had a point to prove that day You see burn block at the end ? Great effort from bdb

@@joinmeonthedarkside2 The block is standard stuff, i don't even know who you are but you would put a block in.

Gibbs Shyte. Williams isn't good enough. I'd take Murillo from Forest

@@BrianPinas9 what game was you watching ?

Who would you have ahead?

@@craighope_dailymail I live in York , so only watch on tv or follow on radio , to get a honest game review I always wait for your report , love it , the concerning thing is after 2 players the other 9 were only ok or less. I thought it was a really poor performance and I don’t think I would have given a 1 star to anyone . I was at the Man City game , my grandson for Christmas bought us a platinum ticket £360.00 plus train and hotel and it was shocking value. Keep up the good work.

Néed to sell both in the summer. Sign Murillo from Forest

True. I thought that when I listened back… less than two weeks previous.

Longstaff is no Moussa Sissoko. That's his problem

You know zero ball 😂

@@anon-zk6iz Try English

@@Ozmag1508 Okay grammar teacher but you please don't try Football tactics 😂

@@anon-zk6iz No, good idea, I’d better make sure Eddie Howe asks for your opinion

@@Ozmag1508 Thanks 👍 goodbye grammar teacher 🤣

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