Hi Craig, I was at the match yesterday, and one thing that stood out for me was the Southampton supporters. Bottom of the league with only 6 points and 31k+ turned out to see their team, and they never stopped singing. It made for a great afternoon.
I most pleased for the travelling toon army today. Those die hards must have had a shocking journey down this weekend so for them more than anyone else i'm chuffed with the 3 points. Have a safe trip back everyone. Cheers as always craig, have a safe trip back yourself too.
@@craighope_dailymail ..work successfully.....it's like they dont even acknowledge each other on a conscious level...it's alll the more powerful sub-conscious level where these two communicate....also, Thank you Miggy....21st century Nobby Solano.....
For me, i think Antony Gordon is selfish player. He is more likely does not want isak to score, he would rather miss the shoot than passing the ball to isak. He is no more better player than Murphy.
Before you said anything I thought Tonali just got better and better he has such a engine unbelievable fitness with pure top quality 👌 Hes the number 6 we all wanted u nsung hero Tonali is worth 100 mil all day
tonali is by far our best player, different level. criminal that he was benched for longstaff and people argued that we had better stats with longstaff when sandro had not been given a chance
He wasn’t benched for Longstaff. That’s the big myth that people believe. Longstaff started ahead of Tonali to begin with because Tonali hadn’t kicked a ball for 10 months, and he needed to get back up to speed with Eddies style of training gradually and carefully, and the plan was always for Tonali to start ahead of Longstaff and then never come out the team…and yes while he was on the bench for us he played 90 mins twice for Italy but that was the Nations League which are basically glorified friendlies that nobody gives a shit about, so he could easily stroll through 90 mins of those games because they don’t come close to the intensity of the Premier League. Eddie carefully nurtured Tonali back into the squad, the intensity & the system and look at him now
@@Stevelee1983but then you wouldn’t have the Tonali you have today and he’d have probably got injured. Think I’d rather take Tonali now and have faith in Eddie rather than an absolute clip like you 😂
People keep putting Tonali v Longstaff when this was absolutely not the point. It's Tonali as DM v Tonali as CM. Tonali is better than Longstaff but aint nothing wrong with saying that it wasnt working with Tonali as CM. It aint that deep
Or tonali wasn't ready, needed time to adapt, couldn't complete 90 mins due to cramp, wasnt playing anywhere near this level and howe managed it perfectly?
Tonali is majestic! Like you Craig, I love watching him play! He is one step ahead of anyone else and his career can go right to the top. Hopefully that is with Newcastle.
Isak has been our best player this season for me. Not just his goals, but his link up play and leading the line are the reasons we have been winning games rather than drawing them. While the midfield 3 have been excellent, especially Tonali deeper and Bruno between the lines, they are not destroying the opposition. Take today, at 1-0 down there was so much space for Southampton in midfield when we got the press wrong. Even when we were 3-1 up, our midfield 3 can be passive at times as Howe just tells them to hold their shape and limit the space between midfield and defence - but how many times have I seen one pass get through that screen and the opposition are in a threatening position. Don't get me wrong, it is usually effective in limiting the opposition but it offers less control than being in possession or how we use to play where Burn was LB and tucked in. The current way leaves the full backs 1v1 often and this can lead to crosses/ cut backs which have resulted in goals. Bournemouth's high press is by far the best pressing tactic I have seen this season and our midfield couldn't cope, a big reason being Joelinton's lack of technical qualities for quick control/passing football to beat it - I would love for Miley to be given a run in that midfield. Great win today but we must follow it up with another win against Fulham.
There is so much to pick you apart from your comment but a) I can’t be bothered and b) I can tell there’s no point anyway because you only see the game from 1 perspective and I’d just be wasting my time
To really understand Wor Sandro, take a look at the upturn of the Italy National team. May sound a crazy comment, but that ban I believe has helped in n o ends, speaks great English, settled in the N/E without the pressure of playing and understands how much he's loved up here while getting his sweed sorted.
Thank you for clearing up Bruno's substitution today. I thought he was tiring and he lacked stamina in the second half. The reason -he was under the weather. Tonali is everywhere and he is eververscent! He is the clock battery, which keeps us moving! Var was our friend today and rightly so. Another week to recover and reset for the Fulham game. Thanks, Craig!
Tonali is unreal.....not human. He's android-esque.......a machine. Last week against Bournemouth he did a high clearance and was almost first to it when it dropped. The guy's going to be heading his own corners in at this rate.......... Phenomenal-i 👌
He's been here a while and it sounds mad but I've noticed players are getting the ball to Isak at every opportunity a lot more than in the past . Wish people would just praise Tonali without having a dig at Eddie and Longstaffe !! Another great summing up of the game Craig 👍
@ That’s what worries me, Craig : not least because if they’re not with us next season, I doubt if Eddie - one of our best ever managers - will be either. The great thing about supporting the Toon for as long as I have is that you’ve always seen worse. My worry now is that we’re in as good a place as we’ve been for years and we’re in danger of not making the most of it.
@@johnenglish929It’s going to take time for Newcastle to grow to the point when they can be legitimately be considered one of the best 4 teams in the league. Until then we can’t expect to be finishing in CL places every season. We’ve deserved to finish where we have for the last couple of seasons but we are massive underdogs and will be for some time. Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea can spend so much more than us, until that changes we have to hope 2-3 of them have bad seasons and so far we’ve been a little lucky too. If they all get their act together we’ll struggle to finish ahead of them. It’ll probably take 5 years until we have a similar revenue to any of those teams, we probably won’t challenge for the title in the next 3-4 years (hopefully we’ll get closer though), so we have to be realistic and realise that players like Isak, Bruno, Gordon and Tonali won’t be here by the time we are challenging. However, that’s fine, the club has bought very well and we will make large profits on them all. They found and bought players of that quality once so they’ll just have to do it again, the sale of these players would let us strengthen in multiple positions though and as a team we’d be stronger. I know it’s a lot to expect of the club to replace these players with players of equal quality but that’s why the club hired Mitchell and have expanded the scouting network, they are professionals and we have to trust that if we lost an Isak or Bruno the club would use the money we received to not only replace them but also strengthen the team in other positions.
Great and very enthusiastic report! Were in a good place right now with some top talent but it needs backing by the club now not in the summer, I fear your spot on Craig no European football then the top talent will be gone sadly 😢
look back at everton away - Burn did exactly the same to calvert lewin, it was an awful var call; look at how long they took to make the call, it was far from clear / obvious error. look at 2 min 12 sec in highlights th-cam.com/video/rMYbnlXzjY0/w-d-xo.html
Couple of slick goals from Isak & Tonali. Shame Isak didn't get his hat-trick but he was still ice cold today. Good win for the Mags and a possible banana skin avoided. Brring on Fulham. HWTL.
@@michaelrobinson7143 Well, in that case perhaps Tonali can get quite a few tips on how you score goals just in general from Isak? Why always this playing down one player to elevate another. Both are amazing.
I do think we'll get Champions League, but I don't understand your assertion that Isak will go if we don't, Craig. It's not like it's just up to him. He's under contract for several more years and the club can essentially price him out of the market. I think he'll be here whatever happens.
Unless a team like Real Madrid come in for him, he will for sure want to leave and they have the huge spending power to force our hand. Imagine though: Mbappe, Vini and Isak front three. Would be devastating for the CL.
Contracts mean nothing these days if Isak says he wants to go the club will have to cash in on him. I agree with Craig if we don’t get champions league Isak will be gone.
Another win, fantastic. I would like to see us control the game to protect a lead. We seem to have a tendency to sit deep, even against inferior teams.
I think this season has shown why we were going in for a right sided centre half in the summer Tonali and Murph have really stepped up this season I don’t think that was our best performance, but the difference in quality of players showed
Remember the days when we went behind and the *manager" would bring a defender on, these days we go behind I always think we got this. Great team spirit, and your always going to get 90 + minutes 👍💪👏👏👏👏
I thought the Toon Army was fantastic well done to them! Murphy and Isak have a geeat understanding long may that continue Tonali was brilliant and mofm! Great video Craig
The NBC/Peacock co-comms was also adamant that it wasn't a pen. Whoever he was, I've heard his anti-Toon bias before. Edit: it must have been the same feed. It was Okoku on co-comms on Peacock.
Sandro, or is it Sandy? Hopefully you can score an interview with Tonali, Craig. His English sounding so much better. Obviously, a sign he is invested in this club.
Me and my GF were at the game, just to the right hand side of the press box in the home end which was fun! (Not) Did come over to say hi but the steward wouldn’t let us up into the top section ! We both agree that Sandro was top class and it was also the first time my GF had ever been to a live football match ! She much preferred the stadium experience over watching on TV
Fulham next week is a test for us. We can beat the very bottom teams comfortably and give the top teams a good game. We're yet to be convincing against those mid-table teams like them Palace, Brentford & Bournemouth.
While today was for the most part comfortable, it's worrying that I wouldn't have been confident of a win if we'd have made 4 or 5 changes today against the worst team in the league. Mitchell has a gargantuan job in the summer to rebuild this squad with Dubravka, Wilson, Lascelles out of contract & how many players are over 30. I assume that's why they're not spending in this window
I hate the term 'underrated' because it gets so overused, but on current form Murphy really is underrated. His pass for Isak's second goal was sublime and without his assists this season Isak would not be hitting the numbers that he is.
@@craighope_dailymailBeardsley was a very different player a box of tricks as well as a provider but Murphy is in a ridiculous vein of form nobody could have predicted at the start of the season. If we could afford an upgrade this January window it would be his position for me - to at least give him some competition - but it seems like we can't.
according to Paul Mitchel our tansfer policy "wasnt fit for purpose" Aye we signed, Trippier, Bruno, Botman, Burn, Isac, Gordon and Sandro. 7 TOP class players worth every penny. Since Mitchel came in we have signed lloyds kelly on a free. its not the transfer department that wasnt fit for purpose, its the finance department thats not fit for purpose. Wheres the sponsorship deals ? Muppets. Sandro Tonali is the best number 6 in WORLD FOOTBALL ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT 👏🏻
I think that when Murphy tires, tino could play up on the right with trips behind him for the last 10 mins- I'd rather spend well in the summer than overspend in the winter
@@broonybroony9564Based on your career as a professional football manager and what you see of him in training every day? It’s alright lads, forget what Eddie and a large, professional coaching setup thinks, Broonybroony9564 who gets out of breath going up the stairs says Osula is ready!
Shout out to Murphy again. He has 8 assists in the Premier League now which is the 4th highest. Even if we do sign a new right winger he ain't getting in ahead of Murphy...
The fella on the optus sport broadcast was adamant that it wasn't a pen. It was a stone wall pen for all that has a brain. You summed it up well Craig - we have players who can grab a game by the scruff of the neck and drag us over the line. We need to be proactive and protect that by making at least one signing in this window. Doesn't need to he blockbuster, we don't need to break the bank. See you on the next one 🇦🇿
Craig, could you find this out please as no one I’ve spoke to seems to know. What happens to Champions League place if: *someone outside the top 5 wins the FA Cup *if someone in the top 5 wins the FA cup and the other finalist is outside the top 5 do they then get the place *Man U or Spurs win Europa league and aren’t in the top 5 Are 6 places then assigned as CL places, or do one of those teams take the place of the 5th place league side
We just need 1 or 2 back up on the bench and we are good imo. Blank out all the social media nonsense and focus on the games! Howe is good at this! Keeping the players focused on the games! #howay
Tonali!...if Longstaff was last seasons Dark, well Sandro is this seasons 'Light'......when it takes Longstaff 3 touches to receive, control, and pass, Sandro lets the ball come to him, and turns onto the ball as it comes past him into an attacking direction, he doesnt even touch the ball! he lets it do the work, just next level footy thinking.....he was a bargain at 60 million. Now, imagine if we bought Kleivert!
I still think we're defensively weak - me fingernails were bitten doon to me elbow. If Southampton had scored their chances it would have been much harder. If Isak gets injured we're in big trouble. In terms of this, and so that we keep our best players, we MUST strengthen the squad in the Summer irrespective of PSR.
Does anyone know who the co commentator was who was adament it was never a penalty ? He was getting reet on my nerves. Had to have Southampton links either a former player or manager 💯
How can anyone pick any one individual out of our team they all thrive off each other and long may it last I hope we don’t spend in this window as not to disrupt the team with a already very strong bench and players due back from injury what’s the point HWTLs ⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚫️
Yeah, the commentary was horrendous. Whoever the co-commentator was obviously hates Newcastle. The delusional, biased comments towards Southampton got to a silly stage. It was quite unbelievable. 2 examples were him saying the penalty decision was probably the worst decision he's ever seen, and him saying he hopes they ''don't draw the line straight'' when their offside goal went to VAR. I thought commentators were meant to be neutral??
Excellent performance but what was Schar doing..? Consistently he just went missing. Tonali my MOTM, Isak ice cold…but there were two goals (1 disallowed) where Schar was AWOL
Without putting downer on things. Tonali and Bruno are relatively good footballers in modern game but have deficiencies and arent on same level as true greats like Xavi, Pirlo, Totti, Gascoigne. Isak has potential to be in conversation with greats of history Schar is also one of our best players and the league doesn't get recognised enough. Gordon cant dribble well, pass well or shoot well. But some seem to think hes top quality
Finally someone who sees through the Gordon hype he’s bang average majority of the time. People saying we need a right winger for me we need a left and right winger.
Everybody kept talking about the team scouting David and people saying it's to be second striker but no way. To me, it's in case Isaak leaves he would be the replacement. Not that I want to happen.
I think it was more likely it took them 4 minutes to desperately try & find a reason to disallow it. When they couldn't, they had to award the pen.. Wouldn't surprise me at all.
the ref said no = they had to prove him wrong. In reality the ref got it right imo; look at Burn tacklinjg dcl exactly the same way earlier this season, not given by ref or var. 2 min 10 in these highlights th-cam.com/video/rMYbnlXzjY0/w-d-xo.html
I analysed his performances at the time. They weren’t good enough. Evidenced by the different level he’s performing at now. I’ll always say it how I see it!
shouldve had more today to be fair. i have said for a while we are as close to unravelling as we are to success. no europe and the better players will want to be off
Hi Craig,
I was at the match yesterday, and one thing that stood out for me was the Southampton supporters.
Bottom of the league with only 6 points and 31k+ turned out to see their team, and they never stopped singing. It made for a great afternoon.
I most pleased for the travelling toon army today. Those die hards must have had a shocking journey down this weekend so for them more than anyone else i'm chuffed with the 3 points. Have a safe trip back everyone. Cheers as always craig, have a safe trip back yourself too.
Thanks Monty!
Gordon still gets a lot of the plaudits for his wing work but Murphy's understanding with Isak is another level
Murphy-Isak link-up I never thought I'd see.
@@craighope_dailymail ..work successfully.....it's like they dont even acknowledge each other on a conscious level...it's alll the more powerful sub-conscious level where these two communicate....also, Thank you Miggy....21st century Nobby Solano.....
For me, i think Antony Gordon is selfish player. He is more likely does not want isak to score, he would rather miss the shoot than passing the ball to isak.
He is no more better player than Murphy.
@@bodinski100did you see Nobby play? Miles better than Miggy "Deadwood" Almiron..
I’ll spoil the party and say Murphy isn’t the answer, he’s missing most of the time. He has progressed though, I will give him that.
Before you said anything I thought Tonali just got better and better he has such a engine unbelievable fitness with pure top quality 👌 Hes the number 6 we all wanted u nsung hero Tonali is worth 100 mil all day
Tonali the maestro.
Murphy unsung hero.
Murphy has turned it around and turned into a player that impacts results.
Murphdinho was definitely the unsung hero
"Isak so clinical- should be in a white coat"- Classic Craig 🙂
He's the midfield maestro from Milano for a reason. Definition of a class act.
tonali is by far our best player, different level. criminal that he was benched for longstaff and people argued that we had better stats with longstaff when sandro had not been given a chance
He wasn’t benched for Longstaff. That’s the big myth that people believe. Longstaff started ahead of Tonali to begin with because Tonali hadn’t kicked a ball for 10 months, and he needed to get back up to speed with Eddies style of training gradually and carefully, and the plan was always for Tonali to start ahead of Longstaff and then never come out the team…and yes while he was on the bench for us he played 90 mins twice for Italy but that was the Nations League which are basically glorified friendlies that nobody gives a shit about, so he could easily stroll through 90 mins of those games because they don’t come close to the intensity of the Premier League. Eddie carefully nurtured Tonali back into the squad, the intensity & the system and look at him now
@@Bennyboy138 bollocks id rather have a 50% tonali than a 100% longstaff
@@Stevelee1983but then you wouldn’t have the Tonali you have today and he’d have probably got injured. Think I’d rather take Tonali now and have faith in Eddie rather than an absolute clip like you 😂
People keep putting Tonali v Longstaff when this was absolutely not the point. It's Tonali as DM v Tonali as CM. Tonali is better than Longstaff but aint nothing wrong with saying that it wasnt working with Tonali as CM. It aint that deep
Or tonali wasn't ready, needed time to adapt, couldn't complete 90 mins due to cramp, wasnt playing anywhere near this level and howe managed it perfectly?
Tonali is majestic! Like you Craig, I love watching him play! He is one step ahead of anyone else and his career can go right to the top. Hopefully that is with Newcastle.
Isak has been our best player this season for me. Not just his goals, but his link up play and leading the line are the reasons we have been winning games rather than drawing them.
While the midfield 3 have been excellent, especially Tonali deeper and Bruno between the lines, they are not destroying the opposition. Take today, at 1-0 down there was so much space for Southampton in midfield when we got the press wrong. Even when we were 3-1 up, our midfield 3 can be passive at times as Howe just tells them to hold their shape and limit the space between midfield and defence - but how many times have I seen one pass get through that screen and the opposition are in a threatening position. Don't get me wrong, it is usually effective in limiting the opposition but it offers less control than being in possession or how we use to play where Burn was LB and tucked in. The current way leaves the full backs 1v1 often and this can lead to crosses/ cut backs which have resulted in goals. Bournemouth's high press is by far the best pressing tactic I have seen this season and our midfield couldn't cope, a big reason being Joelinton's lack of technical qualities for quick control/passing football to beat it - I would love for Miley to be given a run in that midfield.
Great win today but we must follow it up with another win against Fulham.
There is so much to pick you apart from your comment but a) I can’t be bothered and b) I can tell there’s no point anyway because you only see the game from 1 perspective and I’d just be wasting my time
@phoenixfire6559 100% agreeing with you
To really understand Wor Sandro, take a look at the upturn of the Italy National team.
May sound a crazy comment, but that ban I believe has helped in n o ends, speaks great English, settled in the N/E without the pressure of playing and understands how much he's loved up here while getting his sweed sorted.
Thank you for clearing up Bruno's substitution today. I thought he was tiring and he lacked stamina in the second half. The reason -he was under the weather. Tonali is everywhere and he is eververscent! He is the clock battery, which keeps us moving! Var was our friend today and rightly so. Another week to recover and reset for the Fulham game. Thanks, Craig!
Tonali is unreal.....not human. He's android-esque.......a machine.
Last week against Bournemouth he did a high clearance and was almost first to it when it dropped.
The guy's going to be heading his own corners in at this rate..........
Phenomenal-i 👌
He's been here a while and it sounds mad but I've noticed players are getting the ball to Isak at every opportunity a lot more than in the past .
Wish people would just praise Tonali without having a dig at Eddie and Longstaffe !!
Another great summing up of the game Craig 👍
Yes, the urgency with which the ball is played to Isak has noticeably improved.
Tonali is world class . Favourite player now too.
Tonali and Isak deserve to be playing in the Champions League and they surely will be next season. I really hope it’s for us. HWTL.
They won’t be around for long if not.
@ That’s what worries me, Craig : not least because if they’re not with us next season, I doubt if Eddie - one of our best ever managers - will be either. The great thing about supporting the Toon for as long as I have is that you’ve always seen worse. My worry now is that we’re in as good a place as we’ve been for years and we’re in danger of not making the most of it.
@@johnenglish929It’s going to take time for Newcastle to grow to the point when they can be legitimately be considered one of the best 4 teams in the league.
Until then we can’t expect to be finishing in CL places every season. We’ve deserved to finish where we have for the last couple of seasons but we are massive underdogs and will be for some time. Man City, Man Utd, Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs and Chelsea can spend so much more than us, until that changes we have to hope 2-3 of them have bad seasons and so far we’ve been a little lucky too. If they all get their act together we’ll struggle to finish ahead of them.
It’ll probably take 5 years until we have a similar revenue to any of those teams, we probably won’t challenge for the title in the next 3-4 years (hopefully we’ll get closer though), so we have to be realistic and realise that players like Isak, Bruno, Gordon and Tonali won’t be here by the time we are challenging.
However, that’s fine, the club has bought very well and we will make large profits on them all. They found and bought players of that quality once so they’ll just have to do it again, the sale of these players would let us strengthen in multiple positions though and as a team we’d be stronger.
I know it’s a lot to expect of the club to replace these players with players of equal quality but that’s why the club hired Mitchell and have expanded the scouting network, they are professionals and we have to trust that if we lost an Isak or Bruno the club would use the money we received to not only replace them but also strengthen the team in other positions.
Great and very enthusiastic report! Were in a good place right now with some top talent but it needs backing by the club now not in the summer, I fear your spot on Craig no European football then the top talent will be gone sadly 😢
Well I'm not sure rhey will be unless things change, they re 5th now
Some lovely passages of play today against a poor Southampton side. The Tonali team goal was great. He started the move and finished it so clinically.
Tonali the Swashbuckler!!! That's the word for him. Amazing player.
type of work Craig would use as well so suprised he hasn't used that !
Two future potential Ballon D'or winner in Isak and Tonali..Let's hope they are still playing with Newcastle for many years to come.🤞
It was Efan Ekoku on co-comms, he was adamant on No Pen. Must have watched a different game than me.
look back at everton away - Burn did exactly the same to calvert lewin, it was an awful var call; look at how long they took to make the call, it was far from clear / obvious error. look at 2 min 12 sec in highlights th-cam.com/video/rMYbnlXzjY0/w-d-xo.html
Say it again, if we dont get good cover for Murphy and Isak in the next few days, we are taking a huge chance on where we finish this season
I[m loving the Tonali Story. Glad he's getting what he deserves now. We build the team around him, quite literally. He controls Newcastle.
Normally a toon banana skin and after last weekends defeat I was somewhat worried but a great win and a reboost to confidence
Tonali is effervescent! Finally got it right!
Tino was outstanding today too, all over the pitch.
But left his man in the box
Couple of slick goals from Isak & Tonali. Shame Isak didn't get his hat-trick but he was still ice cold today. Good win for the Mags and a possible banana skin avoided. Brring on Fulham. HWTL.
I think Isaak needs some advice from Tonali on how to finish on 1 to 1. Brilliant performance.
@@michaelrobinson7143 Well, in that case perhaps Tonali can get quite a few tips on how you score goals just in general from Isak? Why always this playing down one player to elevate another. Both are amazing.
Mint report Craig 👌
Thanks Roger! An easy one to do.
I'm with u Craig nailed on pen.
I couldn’t believe the debate!
I do think we'll get Champions League, but I don't understand your assertion that Isak will go if we don't, Craig. It's not like it's just up to him. He's under contract for several more years and the club can essentially price him out of the market. I think he'll be here whatever happens.
Unless a team like Real Madrid come in for him, he will for sure want to leave and they have the huge spending power to force our hand. Imagine though: Mbappe, Vini and Isak front three. Would be devastating for the CL.
Contracts mean nothing these days if Isak says he wants to go the club will have to cash in on him. I agree with Craig if we don’t get champions league Isak will be gone.
Another win, fantastic. I would like to see us control the game to protect a lead. We seem to have a tendency to sit deep, even against inferior teams.
Excellent review Craig, enjoy your post-match pint (or 3)...
Thanks Andy. Was only a couple, up early writing again now!
Yes you are correct both are amazing.
I think this season has shown why we were going in for a right sided centre half in the summer
Tonali and Murph have really stepped up this season
I don’t think that was our best performance, but the difference in quality of players showed
Remember the days when we went behind and the *manager" would bring a defender on, these days we go behind I always think we got this. Great team spirit, and your always going to get 90 + minutes 👍💪👏👏👏👏
I thought the Toon Army was fantastic well done to them! Murphy and Isak have a geeat understanding long may that continue Tonali was brilliant and mofm! Great video Craig
The NBC/Peacock co-comms was also adamant that it wasn't a pen. Whoever he was, I've heard his anti-Toon bias before. Edit: it must have been the same feed. It was Okoku on co-comms on Peacock.
Sandro, or is it Sandy? Hopefully you can score an interview with Tonali, Craig. His English sounding so much better. Obviously, a sign he is invested in this club.
It's definitely not Sandy
@Rintrah85 look at footage in the dressing room yesterday. The team was definitely calling him, "Sandy".
Me and my GF were at the game, just to the right hand side of the press box in the home end which was fun! (Not) Did come over to say hi but the steward wouldn’t let us up into the top section ! We both agree that Sandro was top class and it was also the first time my GF had ever been to a live football match ! She much preferred the stadium experience over watching on TV
Fulham next week is a test for us. We can beat the very bottom teams comfortably and give the top teams a good game. We're yet to be convincing against those mid-table teams like them Palace, Brentford & Bournemouth.
Bournemouth aren’t a mid table team, they’re fantastic
What concerns me an injury to isak we will struggle massively, when bruno and isak went off we looked terrible.
Great info as usual from the no1 Daily Mail reporter.
Thank you John!
Tonali is a composite of De Rossi, Pirlo and Gattuso. Terrific player.
While today was for the most part comfortable, it's worrying that I wouldn't have been confident of a win if we'd have made 4 or 5 changes today against the worst team in the league. Mitchell has a gargantuan job in the summer to rebuild this squad with Dubravka, Wilson, Lascelles out of contract & how many players are over 30. I assume that's why they're not spending in this window
Tonali is on another planet and for me the best player in the Premier League.
Lovely work Craig .. “it was so clinical, he should have worn a white coat!”
I hate the term 'underrated' because it gets so overused, but on current form Murphy really is underrated. His pass for Isak's second goal was sublime and without his assists this season Isak would not be hitting the numbers that he is.
Is he the Beardsley to Cole??
@@craighope_dailymailBeardsley was a very different player a box of tricks as well as a provider but Murphy is in a ridiculous vein of form nobody could have predicted at the start of the season. If we could afford an upgrade this January window it would be his position for me - to at least give him some competition - but it seems like we can't.
To be fair, Isak has provided plenty of assists to Murphy as well this season. Only they haven’t always resulted in goals.
Thanks Craig excellent.
Great review Craig. I gather the American transfer window hasnt yet opened which is holding up the deal.
according to Paul Mitchel our tansfer policy "wasnt fit for purpose" Aye we signed, Trippier, Bruno, Botman, Burn, Isac, Gordon and Sandro. 7 TOP class players worth every penny. Since Mitchel came in we have signed lloyds kelly on a free. its not the transfer department that wasnt fit for purpose, its the finance department thats not fit for purpose. Wheres the sponsorship deals ? Muppets.
Sandro Tonali is the best number 6 in WORLD FOOTBALL
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT 👏🏻
Tonali is by far the best player in that squad and the only world class player.
The only world class player? We’ve got the best striker on the planet 😂🤦🏻
@kingquinn3897 ”the only world class player?” Is Isak a baseball player? 😂
@@freakyalien5449 I don't rate him. He can't do anything other than tap a ball into the net after it has been passed to him.
@@kingquinn3897 …aaaand that’s such a lie. You must be talking about Haaland or your not watching the games…
Tonali has the aura of a winner. With him in the side I am starting to believe we could win a trophy
We were under the Kosh yet again for the last 20 minutes and lucky not to have 5 put past us.
Murphigo is so underrated
I think that when Murphy tires, tino could play up on the right with trips behind him for the last 10 mins- I'd rather spend well in the summer than overspend in the winter
Tino can’t he hasn’t got that end pass
Others gets the plaudits but must admit Tonali is my favourite player. Pure class.
Great video again Craig! But why do you think Eddie won’t trust osula to come on still at this stage in the season? Safe travels home
Because he's not ready yet, I think we all can see that now.
@@craighope_dailymailDisagree Craig,he’s good enough for the last 10 or 15 minutes.
That’s fair, if he can’t get minutes against bottom of the league then we need to make sure isak doesn’t get injured
@@craighope_dailymail if Osula isnt 'ready yet', whys he on the bench?? Pointless.
@@broonybroony9564Based on your career as a professional football manager and what you see of him in training every day?
It’s alright lads, forget what Eddie and a large, professional coaching setup thinks, Broonybroony9564 who gets out of breath going up the stairs says Osula is ready!
Shout out to Murphy again. He has 8 assists in the Premier League now which is the 4th highest. Even if we do sign a new right winger he ain't getting in ahead of Murphy...
The fella on the optus sport broadcast was adamant that it wasn't a pen. It was a stone wall pen for all that has a brain.
You summed it up well Craig - we have players who can grab a game by the scruff of the neck and drag us over the line.
We need to be proactive and protect that by making at least one signing in this window. Doesn't need to he blockbuster, we don't need to break the bank.
See you on the next one 🇦🇿
Craig, could you find this out please as no one I’ve spoke to seems to know. What happens to Champions League place if:
*someone outside the top 5 wins the FA Cup
*if someone in the top 5 wins the FA cup and the other finalist is outside the top 5 do they then get the place
*Man U or Spurs win Europa league and aren’t in the top 5
Are 6 places then assigned as CL places, or do one of those teams take the place of the 5th place league side
It’s limited to 5 places per country. So if Man U win Europa League and finish 10th, they get CL and 5th gets Europa League.
@@craighope_dailymail thanks Craig
Tonali has always been the missing ingredient. He's utter class...
so at this rate jacob murthy’s value is highest this summer, are we going to sell?
It’s a good question. They won’t, i would say. But there is an art at selling at the right time, that the club need to master.
Murphy's getting closer to scoring a long-range effort with his weaker foot. This week he was stopped by the post, next week?
Sandro Tonali covered more ground than when he was looking for a bookies in Gosforth. He was top class in everything he did.
looking for a wetherspoons more like
We just need 1 or 2 back up on the bench and we are good imo. Blank out all the social media nonsense and focus on the games! Howe is good at this! Keeping the players focused on the games! #howay
Who remembers our team almost 4 years ago to the day vs Leeds? 🙈
Great win for Newcastle.
Can't believe there was any question about the penalty. Seemed clear cut to me.
Tonali!...if Longstaff was last seasons Dark, well Sandro is this seasons 'Light'......when it takes Longstaff 3 touches to receive, control, and pass, Sandro lets the ball come to him, and turns onto the ball as it comes past him into an attacking direction, he doesnt even touch the ball! he lets it do the work, just next level footy thinking.....he was a bargain at 60 million. Now, imagine if we bought Kleivert!
I still think we're defensively weak - me fingernails were bitten doon to me elbow. If Southampton had scored their chances it would have been much harder.
If Isak gets injured we're in big trouble. In terms of this, and so that we keep our best players, we MUST strengthen the squad in the Summer irrespective of PSR.
looks like we've finaly found the correct palms to grease at stockley park
Massive massive 3 points Fulham next another big game if no injury worries it's another fantastic away win simple,s
Totally agree the stars Craig
Know it's not that bold a statement however I've never thought Forest would finish top 6
Does anyone know who the co commentator was who was adament it was never a penalty ? He was getting reet on my nerves. Had to have Southampton links either a former player or manager 💯
How can anyone pick any one individual out of our team they all thrive off each other and long may it last I hope we don’t spend in this window as not to disrupt the team with a already very strong bench and players due back from injury what’s the point HWTLs ⚫️⚪️⚫️⚪️⚫️
Lad in front of me had a toon army Macedonia flag
Yeah, the commentary was horrendous. Whoever the co-commentator was obviously hates Newcastle. The delusional, biased comments towards Southampton got to a silly stage. It was quite unbelievable. 2 examples were him saying the penalty decision was probably the worst decision he's ever seen, and him saying he hopes they ''don't draw the line straight'' when their offside goal went to VAR. I thought commentators were meant to be neutral??
🧊 Cold Isak
🇮🇹 midfield, Mystro, Sandro...
Where the Diffrance...
We still need to get into 4th, 5th gear. For the full 90 minutes, imho...
as a discipline we should look at the warning signs, win or lose
Excellent performance but what was Schar doing..? Consistently he just went missing.
Tonali my MOTM, Isak ice cold…but there were two goals (1 disallowed) where Schar was AWOL
Murphys service to isak
Needs more discussion !!
The Conductor 😉
Dear Craig,
Canny video as always👍
Regards,
Hi another first class analysis. John
Without putting downer on things. Tonali and Bruno are relatively good footballers in modern game but have deficiencies and arent on same level as true greats like Xavi, Pirlo, Totti, Gascoigne.
Isak has potential to be in conversation with greats of history
Schar is also one of our best players and the league doesn't get recognised enough.
Gordon cant dribble well, pass well or shoot well. But some seem to think hes top quality
Finally someone who sees through the Gordon hype he’s bang average majority of the time. People saying we need a right winger for me we need a left and right winger.
Gordon in games vs the traditional big 6..... 18 games, 10 goals 6 assists. I know bang average.
What is even more mental is that Isak should have another 4 from his missed 1 on 1’s that you’d bet you mortgage on
Everybody kept talking about the team scouting David and people saying it's to be second striker but no way. To me, it's in case Isaak leaves he would be the replacement. Not that I want to happen.
Yes, I think you’re right.
I think it was more likely it took them 4 minutes to desperately try & find a reason to disallow it. When they couldn't, they had to award the pen.. Wouldn't surprise me at all.
the ref said no = they had to prove him wrong. In reality the ref got it right imo; look at Burn tacklinjg dcl exactly the same way earlier this season, not given by ref or var. 2 min 10 in these highlights th-cam.com/video/rMYbnlXzjY0/w-d-xo.html
Tonali has scored in the premier league... on his debut ??
Did u mean this season ?
It was efan ekoku hopey mate who was the commentator saying never a pen 😂
I never understand why when Isak is getting subbed Osula doesn’t come on
Isak 3 tonali 2 Linton 1...excellent performance...tired last 20 mins..but it's the same 11 every week so.its expected
Thats when Isaks unwell and Bruno ill? overhead side kick point blank save Dubs made helped stady the Eddies.
Sandro Tonali jogging back home 🖤🤍🇮🇹
Where are all those that said Craig had it in for Tonali now 🤔
I analysed his performances at the time. They weren’t good enough. Evidenced by the different level he’s performing at now. I’ll always say it how I see it!
@craighope_dailymail 💯
@@craighope_dailymailagree when he came in after a great debut against Villa for me he wasn't Premier League ready. As for now, wow.
Isak and Tonali both score tens, however Tonali just takes the three stars slot
We have a Ferrari and a Rolls Royce in our squad garage
And a keoenigsegg 😉
@andrewvaughan5686 that'll be Isak?
@@SensibleMoniker who else
It’s was Efan Ekoku on the premier league productions feed saying it wasn’t a pen. Absolute tit!
shouldve had more today to be fair. i have said for a while we are as close to unravelling as we are to success. no europe and the better players will want to be off
Em, Tonali has scored in the Prem - on his debut for the club. Unless you meant he hasn't scored in the Prem this season.
Yes, this season. It’s 20 minutes of talking to camera non stop - forgive me the odd missed word!
@@craighope_dailymail No worries Craig! As an American, love catching your videos walking around Newcastle. Only been once but I loved it.