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Hello and welcome to the Everything is Black

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and White podcast. It's time for the

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match review slash match preview with me,

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Andrew Musgrove and John Gibson. We're going

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to look ahead to the game against

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Sheffield Night on Saturday at St James

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Park in the second half of today's

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show. But first, we have to look

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back. We have to reflect on a

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disappointing night for Newcastle versus Crystal Palace

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down at Salhurst Park. They lost 2-0,

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two girls from Metetta

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in what has to be arguably

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the worst performance we've seen this

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season. And we've seen some sting as

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we have, but John, that was up there

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with the worst. Just sum up your feelings

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on last night's performance. I

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mean, hugely, hugely disappointing because

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we got 10 points from the

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last 12. We were on

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a run. Europe was

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waiting at us across the channel.

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Here we are. Come and get

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me. And

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the performance was timid. It was tepid.

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There was no courage, no belief

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shown. Attitude, which Newcastle

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United are rarely accused of

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having an attitude problem. But

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the attitude didn't seem right last night. There

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was a lot. They wanted it more on

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us, and they had less to play for

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because they were safe,

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really, which was the

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whole thing of the season was

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to get safe, make certain after

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change of manager, et cetera, et

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cetera, that they kept Premier League

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football. They were safe. We had

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everything to play for. We've got

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the encouragement of Sheffield United, of

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all teams being handed two goals

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and twice leading at Manchester United. If Newcastle

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had won in Sheffield, they'd be able to

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hang on. It would have been

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a different ballgame, but it was

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dreadfully, dreadfully disappointing. And

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it's got to be said, we were,

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Eddie Howe was given tremendous

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and Plauded. Here

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is a genius in some quarters

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and deck and understand why in

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the way Chastity set up against

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Spurs he decided to go exactly

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the same way because we won

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for nail down the Crystal Palace.

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It wasn't quite as simple as

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that andrew in my opinion because

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that too many different teams play

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have a different way. I mean

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space play with i line so

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go and man for man and

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then getting balls over the top

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spinning in getting our. Title

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it worked against Bush wasn't gonna

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work against Crystal Palace who were

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totally different ball game and I

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mean it worked. with Murphy playing

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as it is of winning, batted

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in, spurs and class on the

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right side his leash and a

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half or so both of them

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struggled. A Crystal Palace the alone

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and. Not. By any means

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alone. but that experiments with

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Murphy and with didn't work

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down there. Was formation

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is to be talking point on social media

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that amongst fans and I want to just

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touch on it now you you you don't

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see said how this set up Aca Cons

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says he had john and see it when

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I saw the team use went them are

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so what we're they start the game that

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I so anyhow had got it wrong We

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discussed it on the much preview now raised

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with see whether you would stick with that

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said open he did do so haven't spoken

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to the Crystal Palace fire on the podcast

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before the game he said and of we

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liked Played around the park. You know that's

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what we like to do. maybe Etti how

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and his coaching staff and scout and stuff

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thought that was what was going to happen.

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Up palace have more of the ball and

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you castle could set up in a similar

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win the game would without similar to that

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to did against Spurs but. What? Happened

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was Newcastle ended pavin the majority of

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the ball or think that that's what

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court about not was a really big

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flaw in in in the set up

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working. When. You so that

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he news drop john did you? Automatically.

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Think this is this is not the right

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formation. Well. without

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trying to be a clever clubs because

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I wouldn't try to out think Eddie

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Howie's the professional but I

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had apprehension. I thought it

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was the with hindsight I thought it

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was brilliant to do it in Spurs

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because nobody saw that coming against Spurs

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including probably Tottenham and Big Ants but

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it worked brilliantly. I was a

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bit apprehensive this time because Palace

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are a different side. I

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wasn't expecting to do that you know.

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Deep down inside it tends

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to go with the same team if it's done

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the business and you can't do it more than

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four and a half but that was a big

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experiment. It worked tremendously.

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Will it work again? And you

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know it didn't and

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maybe he went that way because he

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didn't want to tempt fate. Maybe he

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went that way because Leopold Manko wasn't

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quite as fit as you ought to have been.

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It didn't work and the interesting

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thing was for me is that

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not only did it not work

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offensively but if you go on

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the other side and we had talked famously

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in the podcast you know let them fear

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us we shouldn't fear them because

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we've got the front three we've got

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and we've got midfielders that can hate

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them and and get

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us to be ruthless on the counter attack.

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Our front three never

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really looked the front three they can

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be and that was awful and they

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had the best two players on the

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park and Eze and

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Matteka had scored the two goals. I

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mean they were the best two players

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on the park. I mean Eze had

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better feet than Gordon and Matteka looked a

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better finish than Anisa. I'm not talking

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about all time I'm talking about on

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the night. Eze is a wonderful player.

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You know what I think thank goodness Alicia

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wasn't fit enough to start as well

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because and he's had injury

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problems this season and therefore

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they were doing a bit of

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a cotton wool job with him. They don't want him

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to go down again and have a bad

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summer and not come back on

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all cylinders. So he

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was dropped to the bench. If

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he had played as well, it might have

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ripped us apart. Certainly as

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an absolute quality player, and Mateta

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has gone goals for Funnel, we'll

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talk about how many he's had

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gone, he's gone since the new

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manager came, and

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he's going a pile.

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And we didn't work

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from front to back. I said last

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week, when we beat Spurs 4-0, there

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was nobody who could say actually had

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a poor game in black and white.

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I honestly believe there's nobody who

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can say had an outstanding game

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in black and white at Palace. Yeah,

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I think it's very hard though John for

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me to stick the boot in on Eddie

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Howe for starting that way when

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I canvassed for it beforehand. I think it

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was really good management from the Palace boss.

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He's probably looked at the Spurs game and

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thought, I think Newcastle set up in that

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way. Let's have a look at

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how it worked for them, why it worked for them. And it

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was because Spurs had more of the

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ball, Newcastle had less possession and

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they just handled Spurs when they came into their own

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half and hit them on the counter. And as you

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said, they could pop the balls over the top and

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he's probably looked at and thought, okay, we want to

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be a possession team, but for this game, we

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don't want the majority of possession and we'll

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notify Newcastle's threat by letting them have more

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of the ball. I do think Newcastle looked

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less comfortable on it when they did have

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it at the back. Now

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the big question is whether Eddie Howe should have changed

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the formation maybe

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during the first half, which is a rarity

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in most cases, but it does happen. She've

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changed it during the break and they come

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out with a different style and different formation.

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Very easy, John, to say that in hindsight

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because Eddie Howe might argue, well, actually

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at half time it's nil-nil. Yes,

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we've been matted a little bit, but we're

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still level. If he's hacked,

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it doesn't take such a heavy touch when he's one-on-one

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with the goalkeeper, that goes in. We're one-nil up. Everyone

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says, brilliant. the set-ups working. Should

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he have changed at all? Is the

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criticism that I've seen about his in-game

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management justified? With

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hindsight, which is a wonderful thing, you would

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say, yes, it ought to

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have been changed because it clearly wasn't

8:17

working. But no doubt it crossed Eddie's

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mind that when we were in London

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last at Fulham, this match

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was following a similar pattern. We got

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battered first off at Fulham, came

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out, things were different in the second

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half and we won 1-0. That's

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a rare victory away from home

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for Newcastle this particular season. He

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was probably hoping exactly the same thing would

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happen again. To make that happen again, the

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team talk had to be good and it

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had to be taken aboard by the players.

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Now we don't know if the team talk

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was good or not. I suspect that it

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would be as good as it was at

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Fulham, but it wasn't taken aboard by

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the players. There's no question about that.

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What worried me as

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much as was the system right?

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The system was controversial to go with

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it again because he didn't like three

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centre-offs. He said that repeatedly during

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his time at Newcastle. He prefers

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a flat-back fall. He didn't like

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three centre-offs. He went with it

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with spurs. It worked. He went with

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it again. It didn't work. But what

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bothers me as much as did we

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tactically get it wrong, and of course

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when you lose you have tactically got

9:28

it wrong, was that the

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actual, what I saw was

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so frightening. We were very

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tepid. Our attitude was

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nowhere near what it should be. You

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wouldn't think we had anything to play

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for in that game. When

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we had Europe to play for, we

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didn't look as if we had anything

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to play for. I don't want to

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go overboard against a team that's taken

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10 points out the last 12 because

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they've done terrifically and had a bad

9:56

night at the office. That can happen.

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It's often said by managers, you

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know, it's not losing, it's the

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way you lose. And the

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way we lost was poor. We,

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apart from being tactically

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found out, there was

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no spark in the side. There were,

10:16

we were chepid, we were timid. There

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was no belief. You would think

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we had nothing to play for. You would think

10:24

Crystal Palace were going for sex

10:26

talk and we were just sitting in mid

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table, not going to go down and not going to go

10:30

up. And therefore if they

10:33

wanted so much, here you are, you

10:35

can have it. It looked to reversal

10:37

of roles completely. And that was worrying

10:39

because we had an awful lot to

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play for. Because believe you me, at

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the end of this season and we're

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what, only five matches away from him,

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the season will be judged by what

10:50

happens in the next five. If we

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made Europe with all

10:54

the injuries we've had and we've

10:56

got to two quarterfinals of the

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domestic cups, people will say that's

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good. It follows on

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from last season. We've had all these

11:05

huge difficulties, but we've overcome them. We've

11:07

got back in Europe, we've been in

11:10

two quarterfinals in the FA Cup and

11:12

the league Cup, we're okay. If we

11:14

don't get into Europe, this

11:17

will be judged a failure despite the injuries.

11:20

So there's a huge amount

11:23

listening on the

11:25

last six games, which included last night,

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and I'm talking about from the players point

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of view, Eddie knows that, the fans know

11:32

that, the players have, have

11:34

resurrected all hopes by getting 10 points

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out of 12 and then produce a

11:39

performance like that. And I'll repeat, it's

11:42

not that we've lost, it's the

11:44

way we've lost. That

11:46

is very disturbing. I

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think everything we criticise spurs for

11:51

lacking a few weeks back, like

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a fight, like a conviction. That's

11:56

exactly what Newcastle were lacking against

11:58

Crystal Palace. And there's so many. questions to

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how we got to this point, how they put in

12:02

a performance like that, you know, 10

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game, 10 day break, for example, and we'll get onto that

12:07

in a moment. And I just want to talk, though, about

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Eze because you've mentioned him there, John, and

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we spoke about him in the preview

12:15

podcast. The chat from Palace highlighted

12:17

what a good player he was. And he

12:19

said the one thing you cannot do is

12:22

give Eze space. How

12:25

much time did he have throughout the

12:27

game? Now, in the first half, some

12:29

will argue that they had a few

12:31

shots that didn't really threaten. Okay, easy

12:33

saves for Dubravka. Fine. But there was

12:35

one effort in particular flash just on

12:37

the post. And there was a shot

12:39

from Eze. And he had the time

12:41

and space to do what he wanted.

12:43

And that was, there was a warning

12:45

sign. The first half was a

12:48

warning sign on what was to come. We've

12:50

allowed Eze time and space

12:52

to control the game, to move freely,

12:54

to create chances for Palace, to have

12:57

his own chances. Why on earth

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in the 15 minutes that he has had with

13:02

the players, has he not said, someone get tight

13:04

to him, rattle them, get a

13:06

hard challenge on him, get on his back because

13:09

the warning signs were there. And what happens 10 minutes

13:12

after the interval? The

13:14

tetra scores. And it comes from Eze being

13:16

allowed just to do what he wants. You

13:18

know, the ball is from Eze. It goes

13:20

into Mateta to IU back to Mateta. I

13:23

mean, there's so much wrong with that goal,

13:25

John. And we could get into the other

13:27

element. But the first thing that stands out

13:29

is how much time and space Eze afforded.

13:31

And I just can't get

13:34

my head around it. You know how good he is.

13:36

So why on earth are we not stopping him? Well,

13:39

you've got to delegate one man

13:42

to look after him. Because if you don't, if

13:44

you just say, look, let the nearest man pick

13:46

him up, you're not going to be

13:48

the midfielder, the defensive midfielder or the back four player that's

13:50

going to pick him up because he's going to make a

13:53

fool of you. You've got to be

13:55

told it's your job to pick him up because

13:57

he's going to make, if it's just the nearest

13:59

man takes it. You make certain you're

14:01

not any of his man because his feet

14:03

are so quick and his brain is so

14:05

lightning short He makes he plays we've said

14:07

the new thing from needed 10 You

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know when we were looking at whether we're buying

14:12

Madison, whatever by this guy that guy is a

14:14

cat to a needed 10 This

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guy plays 10 Magnificent.

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He's got wonderful wonderful feet

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and You know,

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they used to be all about Zara

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didn't and now for me Alicia is

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to respect my Ted else call goals.

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But as as a is the news

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of For them and

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more and more so and

14:38

and we just didn't handle them and

14:40

of course defensively you

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know, you don't want to be the man

14:44

to have to man mark them because it

14:46

can make a fool of The

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best of players and then he

14:51

certainly looked The

14:53

danger last night and if you're center

14:55

forward like my teddy Hi,

14:57

Joe, we're gonna look claim to this guy

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on me and he's going a pile of

15:02

goals in just on the night because I

15:06

advocating that I've got great belief

15:08

in he's at Gordon and bonds

15:10

and I'm not gonna suddenly after

15:14

90 minutes decided that I haven't got

15:16

belief in them not at all not

15:18

at all But I'm not 90

15:21

minutes as a outdid Gordon

15:23

in Matata out there Lisa and So,

15:26

you know and we were worried about their

15:28

fun So yeah I talked about the gun

15:31

fight that okay corral if you remember when

15:33

we thought Alicia would play and thank goodness

15:35

He didn't play because Alicia as a and

15:37

my teddy or some

15:39

three as I was or some three

15:41

on a good day And and we

15:44

didn't handle or get anywhere close To

15:47

to as a but the

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funny thing is Andrew what could go all

15:51

over the park Yeah, we

15:54

didn't lose just because we didn't get a hold

15:56

of Eddie that had an awful lot to do

15:58

with it We didn't lose because our 2.5th Cup

16:00

bully by Matera in the second

16:02

half, we lost every

16:05

battle all over the park. And

16:09

the wounds were self-inflicted and

16:12

it was almost like, you know,

16:14

I once saw Bruno fight Mike Tyson

16:16

for the World title. And

16:18

Bruno looked scared. Before he

16:20

got in the wing, he looked scared. Well,

16:22

we looked next to scared last night.

16:26

You know, we didn't look as if we were

16:28

the dominant force. We should have been the Mike

16:30

Tyson last night because we

16:33

have the ability to be that. We

16:35

certainly shouldn't get taken to

16:37

the cleaners by this Crystal parasite.

16:39

Good though they're fun people are.

16:42

Because they're still, you know, you

16:46

take a couple of players out to that side

16:48

and they're an average Premier League side. That's why

16:50

they're where they are on the league table. And

16:53

we were last season at top four side.

16:55

You couldn't have told if you were just

16:57

locked in from

16:59

outer space to watch this match and

17:02

you were scouting for us. Would you have took

17:04

EZ out of Matera? Would you have

17:06

took EZ or Barnes

17:09

or Gordon? And

17:12

one display. I mean, we

17:14

ought not to allow that to happen. And

17:16

I don't want to get depressed. And on

17:18

the second half of it, we'll be talking

17:21

about Sheffield United. But, you know, this has

17:23

got to be a blip. This has got

17:25

to be a bad day at the office.

17:27

This has got to be filed away in

17:30

a draw, locked with a key

17:32

in the case on a way so that

17:34

we don't see that performance again. We've got

17:36

to learn from it. Yes. But

17:39

and we've got to be able to be critical because

17:41

it was awful. But having said that, it

17:44

was 10 points out of 12 before that.

17:46

So we and we couldn't

17:48

give up on you merely

17:50

because we were awful last

17:52

night. And we've

17:54

got to say, Manchester

17:56

United are still catchable. They're

17:59

on. only three points ahead of

18:01

us, we're still going to play them. And

18:03

the way they've played in sacrifice

18:06

situations against the championship side

18:09

country and again, Sheffield United

18:11

and twice

18:14

being behind the Sheffield United, that

18:16

they are far from good

18:19

and they're more consistently poor

18:21

than we are consistently poor.

18:23

They are still catchable. You

18:26

see, John, I can't agree 100% with you

18:28

there. I mean, not on the fact my

18:30

night on catchable, they totally are and I

18:32

still think Newcastle will probably beat them at

18:34

Old Trafford, but hopefully by that point, they've

18:37

got a few points on the menu here.

18:40

Just about being a blip though, because we've

18:43

sat here so many times, particularly

18:45

after an away game and

18:48

highlighted the same issues that are

18:50

always flagging up. Now look, I

18:53

said a few weeks ago, I've just come

18:55

to accept Newcastle are going to be very inconsistent.

18:58

They're going to concede goals. They're going to lose

19:00

games on pay what they shouldn't do. I've come

19:02

to accept it and we kind of do a

19:04

rooting branch survey in the summer when

19:06

the season's over because look, Newcastle is still in the

19:08

fight for Europe. It's going to be a miracle if

19:10

they get there, but what an achievement it would be.

19:14

But we look at this game, we

19:16

look at their away form, John, there is

19:18

a mentality issue and it

19:20

is the same issues that's

19:23

rolling into their bad form, the lack of

19:25

conviction, the lack of fight, the lack of

19:27

organisation. You mentioned about what

19:29

you said pre-game, don't

19:31

fear them from the word go, they look like

19:33

they were scared of them. That's

19:35

what I said, Mike Tyson and Frank

19:38

Buna. Yeah, and I would

19:40

love to say this is a blip,

19:42

but it's not. Their away form is

19:44

a massive, massive issue. I've

19:46

written in the report in the Chronicle,

19:48

Andrew, that I've already filed, we

19:51

aren't going to make Europe by

19:53

how we play at home

19:55

to Sheffield United and Brighton.

19:58

We've got to take six points out of that. that, but

20:01

that is not what is going

20:03

to determine Europe. It's what we

20:05

do when we go to

20:08

Burnley, when we go to

20:10

Manchester United and when we go to Brentford, because

20:12

we have lost 10 out of

20:14

16 away this season. That

20:17

is awful. That is horrendous. First, I've

20:19

gone for Europe to lose 10 out

20:21

of 16 of the away games in

20:23

the Premier League, and we lost

20:25

away last night, and

20:28

three of our five remaining fixes

20:30

are away. And they will decide,

20:32

not the two home games, because

20:34

we can get six points at

20:36

home from those two games. Indeed,

20:39

we're only in with a chance

20:41

of Europe because of a record

20:43

at St James's Park. Yes, we

20:45

might have had blips like Bournemouth

20:48

and Nottingham Forest and Luton, but

20:50

in the May, our record at

20:52

St James's Park is what's got us in

20:54

with a chance. Away from home,

20:57

we struggle. We won the last one

20:59

before we went to Palace, won nearly

21:02

at Fulham, but we were

21:04

slaughtered in the first half then and got

21:06

a result. So when we go away, Burnley

21:08

is our next away game. Now,

21:11

that's so winnable, it's untrue, under

21:15

normal circumstances. We

21:17

better not go there with the attitude

21:19

we had last night. As much as

21:21

tactics, as much as should Eddie have

21:24

changed that midstream, and I

21:26

think the tactics were wrong, and I think the

21:28

order of being changed midstream, but as much as

21:30

that is a problem, what else

21:32

we are seeing in terms

21:34

of being tepid, in terms

21:37

of not going? I mean, come

21:39

on, may or not

21:41

boys, stand up or not stand up.

21:44

Take one on the whiskers, but give two

21:46

back. We've got to

21:48

do that. Now, we'll do that at home. We'll

21:51

basically do that at home, but will we

21:53

do it away often enough?

21:57

We've got to do it quick because

21:59

there's only three away games. to go.

22:01

But those sweet and determined so much

22:04

I mean really was gonna be unbeaten

22:06

in mostly whether there's a door neighbor

22:08

in whatever, but we're If we're gonna

22:10

make you up, we need to be.

22:13

I mean you can have. You would need not

22:15

to lose in the next day. And

22:18

but with because we had our

22:20

way to defeat air during that,

22:22

there's an hour capable of doing

22:25

that. Well. It's too late, you

22:27

know. As you said it A

22:29

It's too late now to try

22:31

the right to many lungs the

22:33

day before meeting and is gotta

22:35

take place a summit A towards

22:37

putting things right that separate separate

22:40

it's gotta be as much now

22:42

without Milan about getting the main

22:44

about pumping belief in to them,

22:46

about. Pumping.

22:48

Curmudgeon to them about making shirt

22:50

no organized about appealing to the

22:52

own self esteem, etc etc. It's

22:54

just to get us over the

22:56

line. It is to near the

22:58

end of the season to do

23:00

a complete overhaul of completely thing,

23:03

get on the training ground and

23:05

sort things out we haven't for

23:07

trying to do that. In

23:09

it is much gonna be the woods

23:11

the their said in the dressing room

23:13

daily it three it yet trading at

23:15

it is tactic to what to do

23:18

when the field. But

23:20

she's the fuck Are you mentioned the

23:22

last ten away games this season? Us

23:24

Justice novel of it ain't over sixteen

23:27

there is. There's something fundamentally wrong with

23:29

you. Cast side on the road. So.

23:32

It's not bullet Zoc game against Palace

23:34

and something needs to change and. As

23:36

we both said all I think

23:39

absent units will be The result

23:41

wasn't a blip andrew but what

23:43

the result was. Too

23:45

much power for the cause. Unfortunately,

23:47

what concerns me was the money

23:49

they defeat. that

23:51

the great alarm bells we can

23:53

lose to Miller crystal palace of

23:55

would vote I tigers in look

23:57

the organized and got to play.

24:00

There were penalty when wrong step

24:02

went down and would produce. but

24:04

and with Pepper their goal it's

24:06

athletic we could look say come

24:08

on we're not going to be

24:10

that lucky again. Will last with

24:12

Simplify Steepens would lead school we can.

24:14

we're gonna be better. What movies

24:16

me as his phone tip of

24:18

when we kicked off we got

24:20

ten points out the last twelve

24:22

who we were paying his side

24:24

which. Couple.

24:26

Of weeks back. When. Relegation

24:28

probably not want nothing to play

24:30

for. We had everything a playful.

24:33

We. Start from food was.com fact will

24:35

go after that we did none of

24:37

that. That's. Willies me the

24:39

most if we didn't notably. An

24:42

end we emphasize in

24:45

our podcast. You. Know

24:47

let them be afraid. It was not most

24:49

afraid of them. And ah,

24:51

stick by that completely. It.

24:54

I think that's what was wrong. We

24:57

were afraid of them. Yeah.

25:00

I totally agree it should. As you've

25:02

said that from the face moments, I

25:04

just want to go back to the

25:07

rest of that say school because you

25:09

said that as is got far too

25:11

much space for them. What happens afterwards

25:14

is. Slightly the more

25:16

for stray him because he's played

25:18

it into my catcher. Shares.

25:21

Dive. Didn't try and get the

25:23

ball is and less mature are

25:26

behind him I you. Used.

25:28

To be odds off the edge of the box is.

25:31

Free. No one's around him. Passes.

25:33

History of back to Eumetsat who's also now free.

25:36

On. It's just it's schoolboy,

25:38

defendant. and one worse cause

25:40

i've seen cafe concede and harrys long

25:43

time and then the second goal john

25:45

it is equally nearly as bad sure

25:47

long stuff gives it away on the

25:50

halfway line chooses allowed just a sprint

25:52

freely up the pitch bruno look like

25:54

he can't really be bothered to gas

25:56

june keeps up with him ball in

25:59

the box he was there again

26:01

free to do what he likes causing the

26:03

Mateta back of the net but like there's

26:05

so many elements wrong with both

26:08

of those goals that it's

26:11

it's unforgivable actually criminal

26:13

defending and you know

26:15

i've seen people say oh they were

26:17

well-worked goals okay yeah from Christopalis point

26:19

of view you can see that

26:22

but from a new cast united point of view

26:24

from a defensive element if

26:26

you already have you ought to

26:28

be absolutely fizzing in the

26:30

manner of both those goals were conceded i think

26:35

everything you said there is right excuse

26:38

me and and

26:40

again it's it's gonna

26:42

come down to almost

26:45

Eddie becoming the top thumber

26:48

in the dressing room between now and

26:50

the end of the season because there

26:52

isn't if we are having

26:54

to work things out on the

26:57

training ground in terms

26:59

of tactics etc etc

27:01

is late in the see in the

27:03

stage of the season this is then

27:06

there's something might be wrong it's

27:08

too late we've got to go back

27:11

to basics try to

27:13

get the basics right and then

27:15

the real debate

27:18

privately with the coaches and with

27:20

Eddie starts in the summer we've

27:23

got to get there and the only way to

27:25

get there is to to

27:27

try to rally the troops try

27:29

to remember tell them the basic

27:32

things and get back i'm

27:34

afraid to the tried

27:36

and trusted which basically

27:39

speaking becomes a 4-3-3 because he's

27:42

played that most of the time

27:44

and you know

27:46

but surely john we don't

27:48

need to be sitting here and saying get

27:51

back to basics i i don't

27:53

know mark your man like that i

27:56

cannot tell you how infuriated

27:58

i am at the man There was

28:00

to go. It can see it. I

28:02

can see it. but them, You know

28:04

air. I hope the daddies is infuriated,

28:07

is you? Well, because that's what the

28:09

one thing we can do and do

28:11

with only five games to go. A

28:14

step one hand and say it's all

28:16

last now. Old, you know? We.

28:19

May as well ever sat in get

28:21

I would appear bed sit in a

28:23

deck chair because we've got no etc

28:25

etc. would go to try to make

28:28

the silk purse oh the reserves. it

28:30

ends for the last five games and

28:32

then have a really serious look at

28:35

what's wrong and a look at personnel

28:37

and is savage look at personal habits

28:39

is a want to change how many

28:42

people have been a tad too long.

28:44

A lot of the players. Are

28:46

still around and any got huge a

28:48

credit for this. With. The still from

28:51

this d boucher you it. Is

28:53

got great credit for making a much

28:55

better players in the were then but

28:57

they're still around the we need to

28:59

make great a changes to we need

29:01

to be more loosely. how much can

29:04

we make changes in initial mess with

29:06

the financial fair play or is it

29:08

in my table gonna be really bold.

29:11

And. Get a big hit out. Been.

29:13

Vase Electives of who's a big it

29:15

is by the way and as the

29:18

just to shake it up because it

29:20

needs to be saved enough. Do we

29:22

need? Want to start next season? In

29:25

see in am not having a good

29:27

particularly in the video isn't seats they

29:29

they fought with the we want to

29:31

start next season and look at the

29:33

bench and see don't sit in on

29:35

it and see which is sitting on

29:37

it and secrets acknowledged in there and

29:39

you know what's the team then and

29:42

have we got enough about the states

29:44

to do it because. Then.

29:47

They'll. Have well past the sell by

29:49

date know they've got nothing to do necessarily

29:51

with the defeat last night because the

29:53

wound around protests, classes and the box Edmunds

29:55

but. There. Is a huge

29:58

review to to. Be,

30:00

don't put it isn't two days

30:02

and time to do and there's

30:04

no point in the one in

30:06

that Because we've we've gotta operate

30:08

for five games within the structure

30:10

He until one numerically. If

30:12

if what we've got and yes,

30:15

We've got the best game possible

30:17

coming up for redemption. If you

30:19

want redemption, please please Sheffield United.

30:21

So you've got the perfect game

30:24

from enough for redemption. But that

30:26

was not. We are we can

30:28

be all doom and gloom now because

30:30

of what happened last night. bad way I

30:32

can hear the it off and I'm

30:34

not that much. we can be all doom

30:37

and gloom a that then was in

30:39

born inside again Sheffield United in think we're

30:41

walking on their warning that gets know

30:43

that is true and. We.

30:45

Should be Sheffield United like that it

30:47

was tower will last night. The.

30:49

Game that is determined so

30:51

much is not Sheffield United

30:53

adornments Burnley away. A

30:56

hangover play when I was widowed.

30:58

Burnley? Well, that's it. Goes back

31:00

to Newcastle's away form and needed

31:02

the clear months. How to issue

31:04

that? The for: We're from St.

31:06

James' Park and. Look. At

31:09

the how was not a bad manage any cost

31:11

site on a bad side of still think we

31:13

will qualify for you by still think it's it's.

31:16

Very important that that he do gibson will

31:18

qualify for you as doesn't qualify for you

31:20

at whether I'll just be conference league and

31:22

hour mark and starting out be a fantastic

31:24

speeds that equally think. As

31:28

we see, away games are a sign

31:30

and if you're worried about away from

31:32

you still think they'll make it. Doesn't

31:34

make seventh. Seventh.

31:37

The. At At I'd like to think that

31:39

beat Manchester United book it's it's that's

31:41

kind of a heart overhead and situation

31:44

given what happened last I'm in, last

31:46

night's performance is the set me back

31:48

a little bit. My competence a miata

31:50

did you last week Six: they get

31:52

a passport out. But. Maybe I've

31:54

been hit. By. A bit of a reality check.

31:56

Nothing that's the important thing is an Ersatz. The.

31:59

Book. That that not enough time

32:01

to fundamentally change the way the

32:04

play tactics will mission excedrin birthing

32:06

it's really important. Dot doesn't

32:08

result in just right in last night's

32:10

performance off because the so much wrong

32:12

with it that needs to be addressed.

32:14

You've also mentioned that John about Clear

32:16

and Players out but it goes back

32:19

to to how much it costs. Are

32:21

going to be able to spend the

32:23

summer? Yes, no, pulled them it might

32:25

which he let them go. And

32:28

I understand that the likes of me across from Jack Murphy

32:30

common for law Chris is a must. I didn't have a

32:32

good game by any stretch of the much nation. But.

32:35

Newcastle United are not gonna be able

32:37

to ship how. It. The templars

32:39

in the summer and even of the do the not going

32:41

to get that much money and for the menu is not

32:43

exactly going to. Push. Up the the

32:45

bank balance. I think people need to be

32:47

just a little bit realistic and what they're

32:50

asking for in the summer. Terms of a

32:52

clear out, both. In. Terms

32:54

of last night's performance: John, I just want

32:56

to read you. Gotta stats

32:58

show Newcastle at fifty three

33:01

percent possession to Palaces Forty

33:03

seven. Newcastle played for hundred

33:05

and three passes to Palaces

33:07

four hundred and forty one,

33:09

but this the key stat.

33:11

The accurate passes. Police.

33:14

Had season see six accurate passes from

33:16

the for for one. You.

33:18

Castle had that had three,

33:20

three seven so just one

33:22

more. And. The entirety

33:25

of the game which shows you that it

33:27

was all about being clinical with the ball

33:29

and Newcastle just get the ball away far

33:31

too often when the did months to have

33:33

it and. That's a concern

33:35

that the not. The.

33:37

Not careful with it. And

33:40

if not careful with it against with all

33:42

due respect than average say like policy. imagine

33:44

what happens when they pay their good side.

33:48

Oh. That's correct. with

33:50

that, they're not gonna play good side

33:53

further. With the rest of his decision

33:55

they made clear bet aside the name.

33:58

Because you can say palace where vet. Thy Name

34:00

last night but they're not gonna

34:03

meet a quality quality side. You.

34:05

Know when we look outwards from our position

34:07

in the jail? We're. Not gonna play

34:09

any those it out burgers but as but

34:12

it it was Start swimming is our Manchester

34:14

United and went to boost as fan. But.

34:17

It was it all. Those.

34:19

Stats did to the movie john because it's it

34:21

is a sign his net that specially way from

34:24

whom the just not. The. Not careful

34:26

enough, And possession in that's offseason kief.

34:28

Fundamental. Part the game when

34:30

we don't have a four cylinder. nice

34:32

but then again you can win that

34:34

own down to. Attitude got

34:36

is. That. The attitudes not shop

34:39

it's not positive it just as the

34:41

would be careful with the boulder would

34:43

be quicker to the ball it would

34:45

have normally agency about them. I think

34:47

the biggest problem for Eddie between the

34:50

three which will last night in the

34:52

whistle it starts the game on Saturday

34:54

afternoon is getting into the mentally I

34:56

think the the biggest worth he's got

34:58

a do is when hours sitting round

35:01

in the dressing room at the training

35:03

ground and he's standing in the middle

35:05

of them and he's talking to them.

35:07

That's as important as what he

35:10

does. On the training ground

35:12

because he's not gonna do anything revolutionary

35:14

on the twin cam didn't We had.

35:18

Great. Tweak against a spurs which

35:20

we try to carry on with

35:22

an infinitely didn't worth a different

35:24

opposition and be one was a

35:26

dorm and one was away at

35:28

math is hugely different. he is

35:30

gotta get into them. And.

35:33

And repay. Either

35:35

repay the attitude. Which.

35:38

It might be could join them. Oh.

35:41

Tell them a few home to say

35:43

don't want a year and and so

35:45

poorly in them and say your plane

35:48

if anybody's comfortable in here. Please.

35:50

please about next season and about where you

35:52

stand the list of please put yeah and

35:54

of because i want to know because you

35:57

will not be an exclusion if you're comfortable

35:59

my at this stage because we

36:01

need you to be driving on, driving

36:03

on, driving on the way you did

36:06

last season. And

36:08

the bulk of the team is the same team

36:10

as last season. Yes, we've

36:12

had injuries, but I'm talking about

36:14

attitude. I'm talking about attitude. We've

36:17

complimented these players and said the

36:19

great thing they have is camaraderie,

36:21

togetherness and good attitude. We've said

36:23

in the past we're not going

36:25

to fault them on attitude, maybe

36:27

we can fault them on tactics

36:29

or slightly on ability, some of

36:31

the individuals, but not on attitude.

36:33

When I thought last night we

36:35

could fault them on attitude. I

36:39

agree. The attitude wasn't there and it's not

36:41

often we've said that about Newcastle either in

36:43

their darkest moments of the season. We've always

36:47

at least had the right application, but it

36:49

just was not there, as he said from

36:51

the word Go Palace, wanted it more. I

36:53

mean the house pinpointed the first two

36:56

minutes, went very well for Newcastle

36:58

United, which has got a few

37:00

trickles from the farm base, but

37:02

after that it was just awful.

37:04

The 10-day break Newcastle

37:07

United had, John, we spoke about this at

37:09

length in the preview podcast, whether it was

37:11

a good thing or a bad thing, and

37:13

we kind of settled somewhere in between. We

37:16

would have liked to have had the momentum coming off

37:18

the Spurs game, but at the same time 10-day

37:21

break should allow the players to come

37:23

back refreshed, revitalised and they still should have

37:25

that buzz from that Spurs game. They should

37:27

have been up for last night. Now anyhow,

37:29

said, I thought we looked a little bit

37:31

rusty. After 10

37:34

days, you can

37:36

be disorganised, you

37:38

can laugh, fight, you can just be poor.

37:40

For one thing you should not be after

37:42

10 days as rusty. You know,

37:45

you should be... I

37:47

mean, you can't have your cake

37:49

and eat it. Managers, any

37:51

included, but all managers want their cake and

37:54

eat it. If we're

37:56

not hearing about the playing far too

37:58

often, and the poor shows... are

38:00

tired and exhausted and they sought not

38:02

to be allowed which is why we've

38:04

got rid of every cup we play

38:06

because they're far too exhausted. Now we're

38:09

told effectively they've had far too long

38:11

a break and they're all rusty. Now

38:13

give me strength. You can't have

38:15

it both ways, you can't have it where

38:17

we're playing far too much football and they're

38:19

all exhausted and no wonder they get so

38:21

many injuries because they're playing relentlessly three games

38:23

a week and then you get a nice

38:25

little break and all of a sudden you're

38:28

rusty because you've had the break. You

38:30

can't have your cake and eat it, it's

38:32

either one or the other and you know

38:34

what it is? It's

38:36

the word that's tattooed right across the

38:38

forehead, excuses. Managers

38:41

and I'm generalizing I'm not talking

38:44

about any in particular, managers need

38:46

and want in their second nature

38:49

as excuses. Oh we've

38:51

had too long within activity or we've

38:54

had far too long of too many games.

38:57

The exact opposite but both get blamed

38:59

for results. But it's

39:02

another element, another thing that needs to

39:04

be put on the list for this root and branch kind of

39:06

look at this season isn't it? Because this is not

39:09

the first time this has happened when they've had the

39:11

break and then they've come back and they've looked even

39:13

more tired than they did before the break. Like what

39:15

is going on for this to happen because there's no

39:17

way they should have looked as

39:20

depleted as they did last night after

39:22

10 days off. No

39:25

way whatsoever. But

39:27

how can you get rusty in 10 days? I

39:30

mean even if you stand out

39:33

in the rain all night you're

39:35

not going to be rusty are you? I mean it's with

39:39

respect to Eddie that is a nonsense.

39:42

The way it's often overplayed, oh

39:44

well we've had a play Saturday,

39:46

midweek and Saturday. Far

39:48

too much football. Pep goes on about

39:50

it. Eddie

39:53

always makes a point, I don't want to make

39:55

that an excuse and good for him but it's

39:57

always pointed out. I mean as people would say

40:00

don't get into Europe unless it's the Champions League

40:02

because you're going to have to play on a

40:04

Thursday and it's all going to be

40:06

too much and you're going to be exhausted. Well,

40:09

perhaps the exhaustion will mean one out, W Yeah,

40:13

I say 10 days off, obviously there was a couple

40:15

of days off then they were in training.

40:18

Goodness knows what was going on because whatever

40:21

they worked on definitely did not

40:23

show up against Crystal Palace. There

40:26

was the penalty shout, John, not

40:28

a penalty for me, not a penalty for me.

40:30

I'm sure Longstaff should stay on his feet and

40:32

take the shot and time and

40:34

time again when he's in that position,

40:36

he just goes down, look, this contact

40:39

we've seen them given, but

40:41

I don't want to see those kind of penalties given. Very

40:44

soft and he should stay on

40:46

his feet and take the shot. Yeah,

40:49

yeah, I follow that thought completely.

40:53

I mean, Bulldog Centre forwards,

40:56

Shaver, Supermac, Harland,

41:01

Aguero, don't

41:03

go down like a stack of cards the minute

41:05

the wind blows and looking

41:08

or hoping for penalties on Modern

41:10

Friend. But the reason

41:12

I haven't brought it up so far and

41:14

really dwelt on it is I

41:17

don't want to provide excuses for last night's

41:19

result. I don't want to hide behind, or

41:21

if we've got a penalty, when

41:23

Sean Longstaff was brought down, it could have been

41:25

a whole different ballgame. And, you

41:27

know, that will be hiding away from the

41:30

facts because the facts were

41:32

penalty or not. We were

41:34

poor and we got what we deserved

41:36

for being that poor and we can't

41:38

afford in the five games

41:41

left to be anywhere near that

41:43

poor again. All Europe does

41:45

disappear. No, I

41:47

agree 100%. And it's interesting that we

41:50

mentioned Sean Longstaff. He's coming for a

41:52

lot of criticism from some

41:54

fans. You know, he's playing through

41:56

the pain barrier. I Look

41:59

at someone like... Adam walked in.

42:01

In the Crystal Palace midfield. He

42:03

was bought from Blackburn in the

42:05

summer and he looked fantastic. Guess

42:08

they mentioned as a of an

42:10

even will huge looked like it

42:12

a Champions League player. Thanks Newcastle's

42:14

poor performance. Yes they put. On.

42:17

Out a Morton in particular Nicosia. I didn't

42:19

need some i that in the middle to

42:21

play alongside. Buena join the. Yes,

42:24

If we do that consistently

42:27

and. And and that most

42:29

say he had since he's moved as

42:31

from Blackburn to others which is terrific

42:33

the midfield it's all up for discussion

42:35

a different time but you're going to

42:37

have on this near going to have

42:39

my earlier going to have generally at

42:41

one apple know he had one Abdul

42:44

lived and there's gonna be no for

42:46

that. Options were still need. In.

42:48

A certain midfielder but with all

42:51

those somebody then go to be

42:53

sacrificed seven that because we're bonus

42:55

when know available. The. It

42:57

was good of fifty two million from

42:59

midfielder was never really seen it yet

43:02

and to now he was he gonna

43:04

fit into this site axes. And.

43:07

You know, and who goes out from

43:09

sixty two million that's not chicken feed?

43:11

That should be a superstar. I mean

43:13

Horton was what? Twenty million and getting

43:16

them and I last night. I mean

43:18

the optional. You're. Supposed

43:20

to be to me off in see

43:22

we're supposed to be to how of

43:24

times bet it is just on. I

43:26

already had a price for price as

43:28

well so who got to see what

43:30

can only produces because having had a

43:32

wonderful debut against Aston Villa on the

43:34

open their the season. I'm

43:36

still waiting to see exactly what we've got

43:38

to it. And. Forget about

43:41

the ban and that's a. Sinking.

43:43

Of the player. And. Morty.

43:45

Those. That. Something but that

43:47

is spending big bucks and that's

43:49

gonna be just about as twenty

43:51

eight million boundless to be justified

43:53

by. Whole. Of goes well

43:55

this is give you a next question and

43:57

did he get a personnel long last night?

44:00

Eddie Howe. Even. If you

44:02

going to set the way he did,

44:04

do you bring Louis whole into play

44:06

as that left wing back? I'm in

44:09

the end we're Palace for whoop whoop,

44:11

the press and Newcastle ten into a

44:13

flat back five anywhere. but I honestly

44:16

not really looking at home. He was

44:18

brilliant against Spears and that rulebook. Lots

44:20

questions to whether Louis Whole should have

44:23

started. To. Live a man

44:25

so. As. And is not fit

44:27

according to our the house of the

44:29

want to be Rescued Him born was

44:31

whole when he came on. Johnny he

44:33

was is probably the spark really. Amongst

44:37

quite a dog performance. Yeah,

44:40

I mean if if I was picking.

44:43

The. Site for Saturday at our go back

44:45

to fact that for our play live

44:47

a mentor if he was available. Put

44:49

on what Etti saying after the game

44:52

it looks as if he doesn't wanna

44:54

with. I mean it's contradictory. I'm not

44:56

certain what did he was say. You.

44:58

Seen his sickness to play but in

45:00

some ways he isn't in. It would

45:02

be a risk. Know what exactly that

45:04

means? I don't know any is either.

45:06

Fitness to browse, Not in them if

45:08

is on the bench. It. Should

45:10

be because you can come on influence with

45:13

him but he's not brought on by the

45:15

maze was not have been on the bench

45:17

and if I could I would go back

45:19

to fact that for river mental chabad in

45:21

the whole. On. Saturday. I don't

45:24

think you need any fantasy tactics against

45:26

Sheffield United because they're Sheffield United stuff.

45:28

Would then leave either Bonds or Murphy

45:30

to get the wind position of top

45:33

if you haven't got from and oh

45:35

you've gotta play i that class. They

45:37

all go with Murphy they in a

45:40

flashback for because you think you don't

45:42

need to many defend this because it's

45:44

happening tonight and but you know I

45:46

would. Certainly. Start whole.

45:50

On. Saturday and if at all

45:52

possible started amendola because I think

45:54

these it equality of months and

45:56

and if he's not fit. One.

46:00

What's happening Them because we don't

46:02

know and lick the eddies? Courts

46:04

would just confuse. It is years.

46:07

Physically. Fit, but it would

46:09

be a way to blame. Well, What's.

46:12

Always be a mean because you've

46:14

you've had injury so often the

46:17

him players in the past and

46:19

like Joe well again like Bachmann

46:21

the you don't want it would

46:23

again I'm not certain not fully

46:25

explain but I am certainly I

46:28

would start all and play a

46:30

flat battle with Bernie. Tucked inside

46:32

with shop. Yummy!

46:34

Never men came on against Tottenham didn't he?

46:36

So unless something kind as as happened in

46:38

between those two games that were not aware

46:40

of and anyhow will no doubt can be

46:42

quizzed about it has press conference on fight

46:44

I mean you have a question John is

46:46

one have some the Kievan ship your because

46:49

he was in the squad for that West

46:51

Ham game he was there is tracksuit. The.

46:53

That he wasn't on the bench. and then

46:55

we've we've we've not seen anything other money's.

46:57

It is a big miss alongside your lens

46:59

and he can tell anyone to. The Aga

47:02

Khan is. Our gonna say

47:04

goal in Nepal before the end of

47:06

season because against him yowling a lot.

47:09

Of the residual invalid jobs. And

47:12

the star the months saw me i think

47:14

was Hegelian that the last couple of games

47:16

Kievan trivia not too sure that we are at

47:18

play and meal craft. On.

47:20

Side yet don't think he risk live

47:22

men social be a meal craft for

47:24

me. The may dial is already open

47:26

the door to not using and we're

47:28

trying to go to the come out

47:31

with have to get. Them. In

47:33

midfield will be the same

47:35

as Bruno, Long Stuff and

47:38

and Alley Anniston from Shawn.

47:41

He needs he needs to come on the

47:43

side, but he just hasn't got the options

47:45

to change. We knockers start. You have to

47:48

say there's not a sunset. As suppose

47:50

Julian and coming back is is probably going to

47:52

be the best thing for sure because then the

47:54

com be taken out the site for for big

47:56

Joe and be given that rest and taken away

47:59

from the chris. Get in the

48:01

know top you've got Anthony Gordon

48:03

Hobby bonds and and and ease

48:05

up. Although. To. Be fair, Jonah,

48:07

I wouldn't be surprised actually if

48:09

Movie star ahead of Bonds on

48:11

Saudi. Think. The now and

48:13

I know that's why up of having order mean

48:15

is gonna be Murphy are gonna be box because

48:18

he loves murphy the emmys of them so much

48:20

you pay like back just to get him in

48:22

the site and. And but I'm

48:24

not gonna go against what I said

48:26

before the game last night. And

48:29

I said in my humble opinion

48:31

is it doesn't count for anything

48:33

cause on yeah yeah else does.

48:35

but the three best attackers we've

48:37

got. A golden. Bones.

48:40

In Asia and you've got issue warn them

48:42

in the side and I know to with

48:44

him like playing on the left side, a

48:47

golden and dead bonds and a little bugs

48:49

complete on the right side and just coming

48:51

near the way onto with the other foot

48:53

and. But. There's a C best with

48:56

got bonds was poor poor poor last night

48:58

but if you saw everybody out there was

49:00

pulled aside you can feel it. Team on

49:02

Sept it. Because. Men tend

49:04

to the more bullets. And. And.

49:07

I'm not gonna change my opinion that

49:09

I think Bonds is a better player

49:11

than Murphy. I think Murphy is essential

49:14

to Newcastle is a bench player. Coming

49:16

off the bench you got average of

49:18

bench and is good and he's willing,

49:20

etc etc etc. But. I don't think

49:23

he's better dem bones, but I wouldn't be surprised

49:25

if I mean he loves him so much. You.

49:28

Play him right back right when back

49:30

on the wing and you know a

49:32

bit of huge his plate of shop

49:35

john don't forget that is paid him

49:37

of talal I mean I think the

49:39

only position he wouldn't be considered for

49:41

gold them not to certain about that

49:44

and so is always gonna be in

49:46

the makes. An. Built.

49:49

In the i'm gonna do it last night

49:51

because there's been so much steam coming out

49:53

of your your wife got into it yet

49:55

could you so much sleep of note of

49:57

your our ears about last night and I

49:59

couldn't. understand why in so many juries as

50:01

well. But all I say, and I

50:04

mentioned it early on, is

50:06

that if you need redemption, if you

50:08

belly flop off the high dive board

50:11

in one of the most disappointing

50:14

performances, awful

50:16

performances of the season, then

50:18

you can't rush for better than face

50:20

and Sheffield United next, because

50:23

they are awful. Let's consider

50:25

before you leap

50:28

in with the theory of

50:31

you never know what's round the

50:33

corner, let's consider exactly what

50:35

Sheffield United are. The rock

50:37

bottom is the table. They've

50:39

won three games out

50:42

of 34. They've conceded

50:44

more goals than any other team

50:47

in the division. 92, which is

50:49

worse than

50:51

Derby County, who had previously the

50:54

worst record in the Premier League. 92, and

50:56

they've still got four

50:58

games to go. So the

51:01

rock bottom, three wins out of

51:03

34, most goals conceded,

51:05

least scored, 33, and that

51:07

even includes the two that

51:09

were gifted last night, but

51:12

with a table relegated in theory

51:16

weeks ago. In

51:18

practice, mathematically, it

51:21

never happens, put that down.

51:23

They have conceded four, five,

51:25

and sixes all season,

51:29

and we have stressed that

51:31

we are poor with moment, lost 10 out

51:33

of 16. We won eight,

51:35

now it's Sheffield United. That's

51:37

a bad deal. We would

51:40

turn the feet out of 16, won

51:42

eight, now it's Sheffield United. I mean,

51:44

they are awful. There's

51:47

no question. And if you need redemption,

51:49

bear in mind we are better at

51:52

home than away, most sides are, but

51:54

that's why we've got a chance at Europe. If

51:57

you've had a game like last night, next

52:00

please may I have Sheffield United?

52:04

I'm just gonna go over the

52:06

phrase famous last words that John.

52:08

I'll tell you something Andrew, if you or Eddie

52:13

Howe or Newcastle United fans or anybody

52:16

in that team that had the wrong

52:18

attitude last night thinks we

52:20

can't beat Sheffield United, they

52:23

shouldn't be in the club,

52:25

they shouldn't be supporting Newcastle

52:27

United and there's something

52:30

dreadfully, dreadfully, dreadfully

52:32

wrong. Europe, what

52:35

you said to me, a little while back,

52:38

quarter of an hour back, you still think we'll make

52:40

Europe. We should be

52:42

worried about Sheffield United in famous last

52:45

words, that should be the

52:47

match where we, by the way if

52:49

we beat Sheffield United 6-0 I won't

52:52

automatically think that means we're back

52:54

in Europe because we've beaten a

52:57

bunch of easy beats. What

52:59

will determine it's the three away games still to

53:01

come but if we don't

53:03

beat Sheffield United we may as well

53:05

pack it in for the rest of

53:07

the season and put the under

53:10

18's out. No,

53:12

look we will be Sheffield United, we

53:14

should be Sheffield United, I'm being slightly

53:16

jovial with the phrase of famous last

53:18

words but I'm always, there's always something

53:20

in the back of my head when

53:22

you expect Newcastle United to do the

53:25

right thing, to do the given thing,

53:27

there's always that little banana peel up

53:29

they end up slipping on but goodness

53:31

me, I mean the Sheffield United is

53:33

not the banana game. They're

53:36

not the bananas, they're the banana. I

53:38

mean you can't lose to Sheffield

53:41

United. If we lose to Sheffield

53:43

United or

53:45

draw with Sheffield United then

53:48

the last few games

53:50

we've got to play, we may as well stack

53:52

one because we really have no chance. We'll

53:55

beat Sheffield United but that doesn't guarantee

53:57

you a bit of. back

54:00

is home, the home form is brilliant and we

54:02

saw against Tottenham when everyone is

54:05

together, the arena is

54:07

a difficult place for a good side

54:09

like Spurs, let alone the worst side

54:11

in the Premier League like Sheffield United.

54:13

So they should beat them, they can't

54:15

afford to lose to them because then

54:17

the reaction will just be quite

54:20

something. What are you predicting, John? Are you

54:22

predicting a win? Of course you're predicting a

54:24

win. Yes, I'm

54:26

predicting, when I

54:29

use the word comfortable I'm not

54:31

meaning that we're comfortable for an

54:33

hour and a half, I mean

54:35

the eventual scoreline which could be

54:37

anything. I mean they've been letting

54:39

four fives and sixes in all

54:41

season, I mean they have let

54:43

92 goals in in 34 games

54:45

for goodness sake. I

54:47

mean that is not a colander, that is a

54:49

bucket with the button, best out

54:52

of the way, it just

54:54

rains goals whenever they play. They're

54:56

playing Manchester United who

54:58

will just let in three against

55:01

Conquery in 20 minutes. They

55:04

gifted a one-0 lead and a two-1 lead, you

55:06

know, did they end up? They let in

55:09

four goals as usual, again against

55:12

Manchester United, absolutely panicking, the

55:14

crowd biting their nails and

55:16

getting all stalky and everybody

55:19

wondering when the manager gets a sack and

55:21

all that and they still get done by

55:23

four against a dreary

55:25

old side like Manchester United.

55:27

I mean they're awful, Sheffield,

55:29

they are awful. I mean

55:32

let me reiterate, we've lost 10 out of 16

55:34

away, we're one-eighth in

55:36

LA and by the way that

55:38

wasn't the fluke one-off, they let

55:40

four, five and sixes in at

55:43

home and away regularly.

55:46

They are the

55:48

walking dead of the Premier League

55:50

and you know if we

55:52

didn't beat them, Sheffield

55:55

had more chance when they come up here in the

55:58

FA Cup, In the girly draw. Be

56:00

a bit as a way they have

56:02

more chance go to get a great

56:04

attitude in a in and day in

56:06

wheeling desire and. They're.

56:09

Fragile bless them Sheffield United

56:11

of got nothing against him

56:13

is filled with there were

56:15

lovely club add. The

56:17

manager tears passionately about the cope

56:20

it's his job, etc etc. But

56:22

bottom line: Newcastle,

56:24

Win this match. Comfortably.

56:27

Oh, we can all go

56:29

full. Time

56:31

when a button to win as well

56:34

as you say because thing about anything

56:36

or that that in Newcastle United victory

56:38

on Sunday at three o'clock kick off.

56:40

he can follow our lives to attend

56:42

a kid much did live blog about

56:45

Hanukkah livestock crude out, new key In

56:47

or Scotch and House Press conference on

56:49

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56:51

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