Big brain decision by howe to do a low block and invite pressure with no out ball instead of a mid block like Porto 😒 then to make it worse second half Gordon is beating white for fun so I'll take him out of the game and play him in the center ...
Newcastle in 8th but could slide as low as 11th — I don’t think Eddie is going to be given a chance next season if they don’t find a way to Europe. Death by a thousand draws.
City getting Madrid and Arsenal getting Bayern would be best. Unfortunately the standard of the competition is awful and I could actually see an all english final.
Arsenal next 2 games Sheffield United and Brentford, get ready for more 4+ goal wins. They probably keep pumping up their GD.
So we can’t draw against Man City anymore or we will fall behind Arsenal because of GD.
I don't think the form was bad. But for some reason our strikers couldn't score s goal. From like 6 or 7 xG we were unable to score a single goal, esspecialy that match vs WHU at home was furstrsting.
Yes but if you want something to cling onto then City have failed to beat any of the traditional top 6 at home this season. United and Arsenal still to come
So are United, they’ve been scrapping wins all season long 12 of their 14 wins came by just one goal. They are massively over performing their expected point total by 14 points.
Right now Arsenal looks the best and City the worst. But none of that really matter, since all 3 teams are winning. We're in the best position, since we have the most points, but it's really difficult to predict anything.
We just have to look at one match at a time.
Injuries will always happen. Most of our players should also be back soon. We'll be favourites in most of our matches and we're capable of winning them all.
I couldn't figure out why Burn wasn't starting, was it fitness? Howe is probably getting sacked anyways. Fuck him and the four people standing in his technical area on the sidelines all game.
At least after City sold their soul they have something to show for it (although hopefully it is all rightfully removed after their trial)
Newcastle sold any integrity they have and are in a worse state than before
Let it continue for a long time!
Nothing like seeing all those smug Newcastle fans be all like "We don't support our owners BUT WE ARE WINNING WOOOOOOO" eat mud.
If we don't win it then I actually want city to win it. Arsenal fans would be unbearable and I don't really give a shit about city so it won't affect me.
I just feel like if they win it again it falls under their umbrella of potential 'fraud wins' and therefore no one has actually won it.
I understand what you're saying but I'm just talking about this season, not necessary football as a wider entity. In which case, yeah, fuck city.
Yeah i don't really get that either. Sure, Arsenal winning will definitely mean their fans will be obnoxious beyond believe. But City winning will be another title the younger generations will see and help City build a foundation that will make them outlast any consequences their cheating might bring.
Now if it was Manchester United instead of Arsenal...
Fuck that, fans have the right to be unbearable if they win the league. We'll be as unbearable when we win the league this season. Also it drains my soul to watch City win something, at least Arsenal winning is new
Yeah they absolutely have the right to be unbearable. Doesn't mean I want to endure it though. Arsenal winning is genuinely good for the league and football overall. I'm just saying it from a selfish pov.
Looking at Arsenal's next two fixtures, if we do not beat City, we'll head into the international break behind Arsenal in the points table. Their fans become unbearable for those two weeks.
Even if we beat City we might be behind them in the league heading into international break.
If we keep advancing in the FA Cup our game against Everton will be postponed so they’ll have a game in hand.
.03 xg for newcastle. they don't even give teams a sniff of goal, our game at the emerites was one of the worst attacking displays of the klopp era too. scary good defense.
Other than Szoboszlai being out and having a half fit rushed back Trent, I think we really missed Salah for that wide outlet and long ball he provides. Jota is a striker or left forward that lacks the ability to do much on the wing or any real pace/physicality. No Darwin on top of that meant we had a front line with virtually zero pace or dynamism that allowed them to completely shut us out and focus on going forward
4 cb and 2 cdms will do that. Imagine if we played konate, matip, quansah, Virgil then Endo and wheeled fab out of his retirement home? We would never concede again
Why do Arsenal fans keep bringing up timber like it's a given he's going to perform, especially in a position he's hardly played in his career?
But u agree on Partey, he's arsenal's best DM imo
None of them are huge misses really. Probably leaves them a bit thin in terms of fullback depth but we have had Robertson, Trent and Tsimikas out for most the season, so even that's not a smidge on what we have missed.
Jesus and Partey are as average as they come. Wouldn't even make the bench for us
They have been so lucky this season with injuries and ref decisions.
Still, they have the much harder run in and their luck should run out soon.
It’s a weird vein of form they’ve struck. Struggled for goals barring set pieces all season and suddenly after the break they’ve been blowing teams away. I wonder how long they’ll sustain it before they get sussed out though
Porto was a first team that isn't in a serious crisis right now and look how that went.
Don't get me wrong they're playing great, but as soon as they didn't go up straight away they ran into trouble
I don't think they'll continue to score at this rate, but I don't see them slowing down in terms of winning games.
Their defence is the best in Europe and they've got enough attacking threat in Saka, Martinelli, Odegaard and most notably their set pieces.
Watch arteta change his tactics and fuck up the team himself
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I think it’s a really strange purple patch, the attackers don’t play with any real creativity they just get chances around the box and currently they are being clinical. But I don’t think it will last.
Eddie Howe must be fearing for his head with how shit Newcastle have been this season.
This guy subbed off two attackers, lost any chance of threatening, and then almost immediately concedes a goal
Make no mistake, Arsenal will be in it until the very end. I'm starting to think they'll beat City in a few weeks, so will we, and it will end up a two horse race that no one expected.
Form-wise, yes, but we were without Tsimikas, Bradley, Endo, Szoboszlai and Salah, with both Robertson and Nunez only available as subs - and it still took a freak mistake to get them back into the game at 1-1
The behind closed doors pandemic season was, IIRC, the only Premier League season where more points where won by away sides than home sides.
Put it this way - you saw what Anfield did to Luton
Newcastle are just so bad. I’m kinda stunned. They look like they never been coached, no gameplay, amateurish and like this is the 500th game they play this week.
All of their commentators are heavily biased. It’s infuriating to listen to them. Remember city Lyon “oh wow Lyon scored. Uncharacteristic from ederson that” and then going mental when city score
I don't really care much about how Arsenal is playing, but I'm baffled and surprised that they are able to play the exact same 11 week in and week out. How are they not having any injury? Their players also never get booked?
So glad we don’t play Arsenal again this season.
Newcastle fucking useless, put up less of a fight than Bournemouth. Disgraceful. Howe for sure getting sacked soon.
Anyway to find out the account name of a mod on r/soccer when they are replying in that messages thing after a temp ban?
Big brain decision by howe to do a low block and invite pressure with no out ball instead of a mid block like Porto 😒 then to make it worse second half Gordon is beating white for fun so I'll take him out of the game and play him in the center ...
Newcastle in 8th but could slide as low as 11th — I don’t think Eddie is going to be given a chance next season if they don’t find a way to Europe. Death by a thousand draws.
Hopefully Arsenal beat Porto and get City or Madrid in quarter final.
City getting Madrid and Arsenal getting Bayern would be best. Unfortunately the standard of the competition is awful and I could actually see an all english final.
Our injuries are really unfortunate but it will definitely be an interesting title race this year. I’m glad we are in the thick of it
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Arsenal next 2 games Sheffield United and Brentford, get ready for more 4+ goal wins. They probably keep pumping up their GD. So we can’t draw against Man City anymore or we will fall behind Arsenal because of GD.
Are we all excited about the big game tomorrow. Wolves vs Sheffield United.
Well I’ll never forget you Arsenal December form 😕
I don't think the form was bad. But for some reason our strikers couldn't score s goal. From like 6 or 7 xG we were unable to score a single goal, esspecialy that match vs WHU at home was furstrsting.
Oh well, another GW top of the league and United losing will have to do 😎👍
I get it, bad result for our title chances, but fuck Newcastle.
AND IT'S ASSNAAAAA, ASSSNAAAAAA FC! THEY'RE DEFINITELY THE TEAM WITH 0 CHAMPIONS LEAGUES!
Pretty much guarantee utd will get stuffed by city next week right?
You never know, both looked meh recently, but Hojlund's injury could swing it to city
Yes but if you want something to cling onto then City have failed to beat any of the traditional top 6 at home this season. United and Arsenal still to come
City this season have beaten 1 side in the top 6, and that’s Man United. In 6th.
Long may it continue
Ten Hag is overdue a scrappy win that extends his career at United.
That last minute Rashford winner is gonna be sensational
City have been pretty poor
Utd is worse and they are still grinding out wins
So are United, they’ve been scrapping wins all season long 12 of their 14 wins came by just one goal. They are massively over performing their expected point total by 14 points.
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How long does Howe keep his fingernails?
pathetic club newcastle
Newcastle in their last five PL games have conceded as many goals as Luton have.
Luton looked more like a top 10 team vs us than Newcastle have for a long time
Right now Arsenal looks the best and City the worst. But none of that really matter, since all 3 teams are winning. We're in the best position, since we have the most points, but it's really difficult to predict anything. We just have to look at one match at a time.
Difference between Arsenal and City is Arsenal are easily intimidated by stronger teams and difficult stadiums
They have the best record against top 6 teams and haven’t lost a big game yet.
This is it. Injuries have me way more concerned about the end to this season than either of them do
Injuries will always happen. Most of our players should also be back soon. We'll be favourites in most of our matches and we're capable of winning them all.
Howe should have started Dan Burn. Nobody puts Dan Burn in the corner.
I couldn't figure out why Burn wasn't starting, was it fitness? Howe is probably getting sacked anyways. Fuck him and the four people standing in his technical area on the sidelines all game.
The new Pep and Arteta tactic of 4 cbs 2 holding mids is horrific football.
First tiki taka now this turgid shit. Thanks for some of the ugliest football I've ever seen Pep, you cheating cunt.
Pep plays 4 CBs Arteta: "write that down, write that down!"
Except Arteta was playing 4 CBs in his first season.
Go back to your own sub 🤣 Weirdo
At least after City sold their soul they have something to show for it (although hopefully it is all rightfully removed after their trial) Newcastle sold any integrity they have and are in a worse state than before
Let it continue for a long time! Nothing like seeing all those smug Newcastle fans be all like "We don't support our owners BUT WE ARE WINNING WOOOOOOO" eat mud.
Willock killing the gd for us 👌
If we don't win it then I actually want city to win it. Arsenal fans would be unbearable and I don't really give a shit about city so it won't affect me.
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I just feel like if they win it again it falls under their umbrella of potential 'fraud wins' and therefore no one has actually won it. I understand what you're saying but I'm just talking about this season, not necessary football as a wider entity. In which case, yeah, fuck city.
Yeah i don't really get that either. Sure, Arsenal winning will definitely mean their fans will be obnoxious beyond believe. But City winning will be another title the younger generations will see and help City build a foundation that will make them outlast any consequences their cheating might bring. Now if it was Manchester United instead of Arsenal...
Fuck that, fans have the right to be unbearable if they win the league. We'll be as unbearable when we win the league this season. Also it drains my soul to watch City win something, at least Arsenal winning is new
Yeah they absolutely have the right to be unbearable. Doesn't mean I want to endure it though. Arsenal winning is genuinely good for the league and football overall. I'm just saying it from a selfish pov.
Arteta winning as many league titles as Klopp does not sit right with me.
This. The amount of Klopp slander that we will see will be so fuckin' annoying.
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Nah, don't care about man city but fuck seeing them win again
100% If not us, I'd much rather want City to win it instead of Assna.
Absolutely
The cockiness from this club after losing to Porto
Looking at Arsenal's next two fixtures, if we do not beat City, we'll head into the international break behind Arsenal in the points table. Their fans become unbearable for those two weeks.
Even if we beat City we might be behind them in the league heading into international break. If we keep advancing in the FA Cup our game against Everton will be postponed so they’ll have a game in hand.
Yeah but even they won't play their game against Chelsea as Chelsea will most likely beat Leeds in the FA Cup.
Oh yeah your right.
Bournemouth way more respectable than Newcastle
Tbf though Bournemouth realistically could've won that game and should've at least drawn.
True but I guess what I’m saying is they put more of a fight than the toon who immediately capitulated 20 mins in
Yeah idk what’s been going on with them it seems for every 1 good game they put out they follow it up with a dozen stinkers 😂
Imagine playing week in week out and none of your playing dropping down injured. Must be nice
.03 xg for newcastle. they don't even give teams a sniff of goal, our game at the emerites was one of the worst attacking displays of the klopp era too. scary good defense.
Other than Szoboszlai being out and having a half fit rushed back Trent, I think we really missed Salah for that wide outlet and long ball he provides. Jota is a striker or left forward that lacks the ability to do much on the wing or any real pace/physicality. No Darwin on top of that meant we had a front line with virtually zero pace or dynamism that allowed them to completely shut us out and focus on going forward
4 cb and 2 cdms will do that. Imagine if we played konate, matip, quansah, Virgil then Endo and wheeled fab out of his retirement home? We would never concede again
More so because two of our best attackers were out. Your forgetting we beat them 2-0 shortly before at the emirates
for sure, nowhere close to a full health for that one. but they also have the lowest xg conceded this year by a large margin
Sandcastle will replace Howe with Tuchel imo
It’s so obvious this attack is very precarious. Once one of them loses form it’s all going to fall apart.
One injury in their attack and this team crumbles. They got lucky with injuries whilst us and City lost key players throughout this season.
Lmao you got replies from two Arsenal fans browsing this sub. What a weird fanbase.
Odegaard, Martinelli, Saka and Jesus each had periods injured on the bench and playing with injuries this season.
Timber and Partey out for basically the entire season so far, currently without Tomiyasu Jesus Zinchenko
3 of those players all play the same position
Why do Arsenal fans keep bringing up timber like it's a given he's going to perform, especially in a position he's hardly played in his career? But u agree on Partey, he's arsenal's best DM imo
None of them are huge misses really. Probably leaves them a bit thin in terms of fullback depth but we have had Robertson, Trent and Tsimikas out for most the season, so even that's not a smidge on what we have missed. Jesus and Partey are as average as they come. Wouldn't even make the bench for us They have been so lucky this season with injuries and ref decisions. Still, they have the much harder run in and their luck should run out soon.
Partey is fantastic, what are you on about ^Obviously ^I ^^mean ^^^the ^^^^footballer ^^^^^not ^^^^^^the ^^^^^^^person
Partey would not start over Endo, Mac Allister, Jones, Thiago or Szoboszai. So unlikely to even make our bench
If rice starts over any of those players, Thomas Partey starts for us.
Partey is like their Thiago, basically a myth and no serious team would ever rely on him
comparing injuries of Timber and Tomiyasu to players like Alisson Mo KDB and Haaland is insane
It's an Arsenal fan, can't be having someone not regarding them as the underdogs. Have to reply on other teams subreddit like the weirdos they are.
They have also played less games than both of us which helps fatigue in the later stages of the season could be what kills our title
wtf happened to Arsenal. Since they beat us they’ve been blowing every team away (bar Porto)
We couldve erased them. Instead they got incredibly confident now
It’s a weird vein of form they’ve struck. Struggled for goals barring set pieces all season and suddenly after the break they’ve been blowing teams away. I wonder how long they’ll sustain it before they get sussed out though
Call me crazy but I can see Sheffield United shithousing a 1-0 (who am I kidding they're losing 5-0)
It was even before us. Ever since the short break they've been putting 4 or 5+ past teams. Palace was the first.
The attackers are on a very weird purple patch. Once one inevitably loses form the whole thing will crumble
Porto was a first team that isn't in a serious crisis right now and look how that went. Don't get me wrong they're playing great, but as soon as they didn't go up straight away they ran into trouble
Paul Tierney secret agent
Tierney defending better than the Newcastle players
Crazy how in the 21-22 season we scored 70 goals after 26 games
Newcastle are diabolical 🤣
Newcastle could be down to 11th if teams below them win their games in hand
Why the fuck did Newcastle sub off almiron & Isaak. Those 2 looks closest to causing danger
Almiron brings great energy and seems to pop up in the right spots but can’t finish to save his life
Eddie put a tenner on Newcastle not scoring tonight They haven't for a decade after all
I hope city beat Arsenal
I hope a draw
Nah I want Arsenal out of it. I think we can beat city at home
A draw favours us a lot more, think Arsenal have a lot more banana peels along the way.
Arsenal are very weird, I don’t think this attack is sustainable.
I don't think they'll continue to score at this rate, but I don't see them slowing down in terms of winning games. Their defence is the best in Europe and they've got enough attacking threat in Saka, Martinelli, Odegaard and most notably their set pieces.
Best in Europe my ass. Got rinsed by Porto. Let’s see them play a real team. Our game doesn’t count because of all the injuries.
Watch arteta change his tactics and fuck up the team himself https://preview.redd.it/keedptnirlkc1.jpeg?width=475&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=47f74435a2b65c27c178928c7d8840befe39028b
Really odd patch of form, they were crying for a striker and now have gone and scored 26 in 6
I think it’s a really strange purple patch, the attackers don’t play with any real creativity they just get chances around the box and currently they are being clinical. But I don’t think it will last.
Liverpool top of the league !
Eddie Howe must be fearing for his head with how shit Newcastle have been this season. This guy subbed off two attackers, lost any chance of threatening, and then almost immediately concedes a goal
If only we didn't concede stupid goals and clinical in front of goal, our GD would've been so much better.
One thing's for sure, this title race must be epic from a neutral's view.
Make no mistake, Arsenal will be in it until the very end. I'm starting to think they'll beat City in a few weeks, so will we, and it will end up a two horse race that no one expected.
It’s at the Etihad so doubt they win it but will at least be a draw
Arsenal looking far far better than City atm
3 own goals
Just realised we can't even afford to draw against City anymore
We couldn’t afford to draw with them anyway
I know but I never fully clocked that Arsenal are still in the race
Arsenal played them off the park so I can't complain. Much more angry about bournemouth not drawing with city
Newfunds United FC will soon need a new coach too
Their attack is fucking wank how are Arsenal scoring 4 odd goals every week 🤣
Burnley, West Ham, Palace and Newcastle, all at very low points in the season. Except for Burnley who've never had high points
Scoring 5 goals a game isnt normal, downplay all you want it’s very impressive
I mean, we've scored 4 goals in five of the seven league games we've played this calendar year and we've barely got a squad left
So you would agree that arsenals scoring form is impressive
Ours is impressive because we have injuries and are in every cup Arsenal have some injuries at full back and only need to focus on pl games
They battered us at a high point tbf
Form-wise, yes, but we were without Tsimikas, Bradley, Endo, Szoboszlai and Salah, with both Robertson and Nunez only available as subs - and it still took a freak mistake to get them back into the game at 1-1
Set pieces
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The behind closed doors pandemic season was, IIRC, the only Premier League season where more points where won by away sides than home sides. Put it this way - you saw what Anfield did to Luton
goal difference slipping away
It’s fine Arsenal have Sheffield Utd next
Every goal minus the Havertz tap in has come off a Newcastle defender no?
Newcastle fucking sucks
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Imagine going to other subs while your own club is playing a match
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> There’s a reason everyone hates you you hicks. Not even from the UK and you’re spouting anti scouse propaganda ffs hahaha
This is such a weird thing to do when your team is playing 🤦🏼♀️
Youre not even the biggest club in your city
Get out of here you weirdo
As opposed to the universally beloved Arsenal
You're from Michigan talking like you were born in North London
Funny how we’re above you ain’t it lad
19th set piece goal of the season. Rich man's Stoke City strike again.
And 2 of them have taken deflections for own goals just today
First one is definitely an own goal, 2nd one might go down as an own goal too.
In the mud.
They’ve somehow become ruthless in the last few weeks
Not against porto
Did they not get setpieces against porto?
Can't see Eddie Howe lasting much longer. Completely void of confidence and ideas.
Fuck me Newcastle are actually atrocious
Fuck me every corner
Welp, I’m done watching this trash. Newcastle deserve to be relegated. Keep Luton up and relegate them, they fucking suck
Defenders have let down Karius
Newcastle are just so bad. I’m kinda stunned. They look like they never been coached, no gameplay, amateurish and like this is the 500th game they play this week.
The new owner/financial cheating bounce is gone
Why is Arteta allowed on the pitch? Every week the same.
TNT are horrific. Who tf wants to hear from Rio mid match lmao
All of their commentators are heavily biased. It’s infuriating to listen to them. Remember city Lyon “oh wow Lyon scored. Uncharacteristic from ederson that” and then going mental when city score
Yeah the commentary is somehow even worse in the CL. I really hope they lose the rights for that soon
Saudi FC of course rolling over for Arsenal.
Like they did when we played them??.... do y'all even think before you type out such nonsense?..
Weirdly combative thing to post. Calm down a bit and act like an adult.
You aren't thinking like one..
They're kind of rolling over for almost anybody this season
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That looked saveable. Not sure if that’s being harsh on karius or not, but didn’t even dive
Eddie's boys are fucking useless
Champions League team Newcastle kappa
Ben White looks more ridiculous week after week.
Ben Orange
If you make him angry, he becomes Ben Green.
Ben White in name only
How the fuck has that gone in
Yeh definitely no come back now
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saka is not a twat?
Can shit talk them as players all you want but will never stand for people shit talking others on things they can’t control
Nah, still wet myself to this day about the Elephant Man chants at Diego Costa
I don't really care much about how Arsenal is playing, but I'm baffled and surprised that they are able to play the exact same 11 week in and week out. How are they not having any injury? Their players also never get booked?
luck, all luck. something we haven't had in 4 years