I think Isak on the left amd Wilson in the centre is definitely a second half tactic. Joelinton is far better on the left other than when we are sitting back. Longstaff is going to be missed so much
I agree. Wilson has got to accept that he needs to play for the team and that his best contribution is running at tired legs for 35minutes or so, not managing himself over 90.
I dont think we should use it at all i find isak on the left doesn't work for me it would be like putting Wilson on the left we just wouldn't do that. My only critical points of the game was the fact that we didn't take our chances when we had them and Also Bruno joelinton Wilson and isak just didn't have the best of game's these things happen unfortunately but onto the next game Howay the lads 👍
At the first replay I could see it was 100% not handball but as soon as I saw VAR take ages to decide I just knew it would swing the game. It's very hard to be at constant pressure at home against a top team but not scoring and then VAR is essentially a tool that kills off momentum if the ruling goes against you.
Definitely a frustrating match. But like you say, there's no shame in losing to the current best team. Especially when it could so easily have been a different result had a few bar rattlers gone in. Also, look what happened in the next few games last time we lost a match...
Man Utd losing and still having three points and a game in hand over Liverpool leaves me feeling not unhappy with yesterday, I thought it was a game of fine margins in some ways, 4 games left so let's reset and go again.
@@chrisdawson6156 aye fine. Two good teams. They took their chances, we didn’t. Was that simple. Another day could have been 4-4. Confident we are better than the remaining teams. Brighton is the main concern, but at home we should have enough to beat them.
Neither of these teams have what City has. That's it. Arteta uses language like 'revenge' and penalty overturns bothering players 15 mins after the event. This is where the difference is between great teams and very good sides.
As an Arsenal supporter I have to say Newcastle were great and have been a breathe of fresh air this year, along with Brighton. Manager Howe is fantastic. The first half could have been 2-2, 3-3 easy. Being in my 40’s I appreciate the physicality of this Newcastle team. No nonsense tough tackling. Xhaka was flopping all over to break momentum, but it is what Arsenal needed. Good luck to the Toon Army for the rest of the year.
Good luck to the Toon Army? Are you serious? Newcastle United should be ashamed of themselves & their thuggish behaviour. How none of their thugs got a red card yesterday is a mystery. Smh
@@maltlickytexas Absolutely! they were outclassed on every level so resorted to fouling.Newcasoil the club that endorses public beheadings,and supports human rights abuses.filthy club with no morals.
I agree Bruno and Joelinton probably had their worst games for us. It was a blip and one we know they will bounce back from. The emotion got the better of many in the team. Arsenal won the mind games and then ultimately showed their quality to go on and win the match.
I agree, but my guess is that Bruno is affected by that injury which means that he often can’t do what he needs/wants to do, and that causes him frustration. We have a lot of players affected by cumulative exhaustion who need a good rest. I hope we are careful about who plays in the ‘promotional’ matches in the close season. We’re not the same team when Bruno’s not on song.
How many times did Bruno get caught in possession? In fact the first goal came after he lost it in midfield. This happens every game now as he dawdles the opposition just run up from behind and steal it from his toes. THEN HE GETS ANGRY AND FOULS THEM WHICH GIVES AWAY A FREE KICK SO A DOUBLE PROBLEM. He needs to wake up and stop playing to the crowd. The other teams know his game now.
Kept saying at the time, don't mess with a system that works and was sick of pundits and the media saying "play them both together". Joelinton does his best work on the left and got caught out of position a few times today which is unlike him. Regardless, if we'd been a bit more clinical with our chances we might have walked away with something and even with us being poor the lads came close against an Arsenal side that despite not being quite at Man City's level, are still a quality team when they want to be.
He would’ve played Joelinton on the left of the front three if Longstaff was fit. Isak up top and Wilson on the bench. But I agree with the point you’re making. Joelinton is not comfortable on the right of the midfield three. He does not have the tactical intelligence to switch sides of the pitch and maintain the same level of performance. It would be like switching Botman and Schar sides at the back - they become accustomed to the dynamics of their side of the pitch.
Spot on re Longstaff and lack of pace in our back 4. However not going to be negative after the season we’ve had and will continue to have in our last 4 games.
We totally missed Longstaff (I hope he isn’t out for the rest of the season), priority to find a like-for-like replacement for him in the Summer. More shooting practice during the week I think….we had the chances but didn’t have the finish. It probably did hit the players leg BUT it wasn’t clear and obvious so should not have been overturned. We let them wind us up the whole game, including the ref. Normally at home the 50:50 decisions go for you but unfortunately not when you are playing a member of the cartel. Isak on the left is wasting his talent in my mind. Wilson was back to the form he was in after the World Cup, which you could tell by his niggly digs at the defenders. Burn’s weaknesses were shown occasionally but to be fair so were Trips defensive frailties. They doubled and tripled up on Bruno and Isak so there must have been space somewhere but we couldn’t find it. Having said all that where we are now compared to 18 months ago is amazing. Great match review, thanks Craig.
Guimaraes really awful in shooting and that's a very bad weakness and also sometimes I the transition from defense to the attack he's slow and he don't play with one quick transitional passes , and in general all newcastle players need to train how to shoot and how to finish , their finishing and shooting throughout the season in general was awful
Bruno and Joelinton do spend too long complaining to the referee about fouls, I remember when Bruno first came last year and he was getting fouled but what impressed me was the fact he didn’t even look at the ref never mind complain, he was totally focused on getting on with the game. As someone new to the league he wasn’t fazed or distracted by the physically. He needs to get back to that attitude, ignore the ref and focus on the next play
Fair and balanced report, Craig - especially about Longstaff. The fact is we’ve got a good side but a thin squad and there was always going to be a time when that caught us out. Given the number of games some of these players have played at the level of intensity we play, it’s not surprising there are signs of tiredness. We are way ahead of where I thought we would be this season and top four is still in our own hands. HWTL.
Sean longstaff makes nufc work. Discuss (100pts) PS I never take any notice of merit marks. I agree about the subs. At least we know that EH will have learned from this.
So, here’s my theory. The secret to a working midfield is having player who work together and don’t take up each others space and rolls. Sean dovetails perfectly with Bruno. I just don’t think we ever seem to be a fluid when those two are not playing together.
Craig can you and media buddy’s now stop asking Eddie when is he going to play Isak & Wilson together as is it clear to see it didn’t work today leave this man to do the fantastic job he is doing and stop trying to pick the team for him this is one video I won’t be watching this week…
Bruno caught on the ball again.needs to focus on the game not chewing is gum.pope should have saved the 1st.looked shaky all game(get Leeds keeper if they go down)disapoiting finishing thank god man u lost Liverpool still a worry
On the money Craig. No pun! Isak wasted on the left, his quality level better served in the middle, but we tried with the 2 together. Midfield battle won by them, and hands up, like whole team comparison they're of a higher quality; for now!
There was no plan b starting both strikers.....on the day arsenal where the better team....there defence was on top form along with the goal keeper.....so fair play to arsenal...they upped there game exactly when needed.....the penalty was not a penalty anyway.... Newcastle played well but the starting line up done us over from the get go.....we needed a plan b for arsenal....there goal keeper is insane
For what its worth i think your assesment is near spot on. The better team won. That defence has been carved open too much for me lately and Bruno, who had been fairly press resistant all season is showing signs he may be running out of gas in the tank. Hopefully a week to get some energy back and sharpness to his game. I think hes gonna be the key to a result against Leeds. We need 3 points there as i cant see us beating Brighton and you dont want to be going to Chelsea on the last day needing 3 points.
I thought it was a closer game than that ,they had chances ,we had chances ,could have easily gone the other way ,the midfield was abit tired but this arsenal team is brilliant, 2 more wins and we have champions league
Top games like this are won and lost on small moments and on the day arsenals 2 goals were a little fortunate and Newcastle’s 2 efforts hit the post and shar had his header saved point blank. Having said that, a terrific game. Newcastle have come so far in a year. Recognition for Longstaff whose unselfish running and closing down is being missed in midfield but all efforts must now go into finishing the season as strong as possible to secure a top 4 place. Who’d have thought that? Incredible.
Like Villa we missed Longstaff in the middle. The balance in the team with him is night and day. He does allot of the donkey work and breaks their play down. Just feel today actually past couple games Bruno hasn’t been great, looks like that injury is effecting his as you can see it when he shoots, he’s crouching down and tapping it with the inside of his foot.
Good game for neutral and ar3sneal Fine margins . Early hit the post and then subsequent chances that should have been put away, overturned penalty and another hit the post . Arsenal won the midfield and that got them the win
Don't think playing Isak and Wilson from the start paid off today. Both became isolated as the game wore on. Would of liked to have seen Maxi come on earlier rather than later. Some suggest he should have started. End of the day Arsenal were more clinical, and deserved the win.
Substitutes should have been brought on a lot earlier a 1-0 down after half time change things around willock had a disaster and still played till 80th minute
Arsenal kept stopping the game every ten minutes or when newcastle had more possession - then they all went to the bench told what to do by mikel arteta. slowed our game down
@@s28569122 Revenge is whatever, it's strange you would think it's that important, but I don't have any issue with Arsenal playing for the result. The key is for us to not lose our heads and play around it, and we weren't able to, correct result in the end. We'll be back though. Good luck in the hunt, still seems just out of your reach.
I have serious doubts about us making top 4 without Longstaff. What he brings to the balance of the midfield cannot be understated. We will struggle against a dogged Leeds at the dreaded 12.30pm Saturday kick off. I reckon we get 5 points from remaining games.
If these games were middle of the season I’d be more than confident of 7 points, but with the pressure of them being the last 4 games and what they mean I’m terrified we’ll crack under the pressure. But remember if someone had offered us europa league at the start of the season we’d have bitten their hand off. I predicted us 7th at the start of the season
@@johnyates1376 I hope we make the champions league but the reality it will probably kill our season next season. Squad is probably about 8 players short and I d say at least 4 1st team players. Still plenty of positives and a massive step forward. Like ya say 7th would of been unthinkable a year ago. Pressure on us, Liverpool and Man U so it could go any way
I think it all rides on the Leeds game. Win that, we only then need 4 points from 2 home games to mathematically qualify. Leicester are done, and hopefully Brighton send today's team, 4 points should be more than doable. Big, big game this weekend
Small margins. On another day we come away with 3 points. Proud of the lads but really worried about Leeds away (have been about most away games but we’ve won most of them!) HWTL. Proud if we finish 3rd, 4th or 5th. Trust the process
Its ok to say that a better side beat us. Its not the end of the world. YES, that penalty delay dragged on forever and they came back recharged. Shots not hitting the woodwork changes the entire match and we're talking about different points. Cheers to the lads. Still in it for Champions League!!!! (I was present for that Wed night win when Juventus came to town - bloody awesome atmosphere) ⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜
From what I see…Arsenal hit the post once and got two lucky goals. Toon hit the post twice and Schar missed a point on header. Both keepers made good saves. Xg suggests a 1-1 game, which many would have seen as “reasonable” weeks ago. Arsenal would have been ruined with that and know they escaped. That’s my opinion.
You say the defence was poor and midfield poor. On that basis Arsenal must have been quite mediocre to only win 2-0 and allow us to hit the woodwork twice and have several good scoring opportunities. On the other hand maybe we played well but title chasing Arsenal are a bit better than us. Nothing to complain about in that. 2 good teams, the better one won.
I think if we didnt start with wilson and Isak we would all be complaining that we didnt put our best foot forward. And we took a game to Arsenal. We made out intentions clear that we wanted to win this game. And I wouldnt have changed that. I think Arsenal had to show 100% concentration for 99minutes in that game. I bet they were relieved to have come through it. I mean the first goal was a great strike and well they have the players with the ability to do that. Newcastle still lack a bit of that star quality. And in tough tight games its quite often you need some individual moment of brilliance to turn the game in your favour. And Miggy came on and was totally anonymous. Fair play to Maxi he was running at the Arsenal defense but I didnt really see Miggy do anything. I think we can be proud of the performance but it was a real battle of a game. The positives to take from the game are teams now know when they come to Newcastle they are going to face a fierces press and have to match our levels and not be out ran. I meanthats a million miles from where we were 2 seasons ago.
Horrible as it sounds, I think the game highlighted the 16 point gap between the top 2 and us and man United is there for a reason. We held a good account of ourselves but they were the better team. Leeds next
Atleast you speak sense. Seen other people slating people like murphy and bruno. Not the game for that. We have many holes to fill in this team but no one deserves criticism after what theyve done for us this season.
I cant blame pope for odegaards goal someone has to close him down far to muxh room for him to shoot from 25yards if you give quality teams that much space to have a shot at goal you get punished and that's what happened
Think if we would have scored when on top in the 1st 10 mins as Murphys chance etc it would have been a different game. Once going behind we had to take chances and thankfully Nick Pope saved us. Poor finishing,no control in Midfield due to Bruno and Joelinton having shockers then two unlucky goals we conceded. I really worry about us for a top 4 spot. I think we could well finish 5th or 6th. Which is still massive improvement. Though i don't think we will ever have a better chance to finish top 4. My worry is noChampions League means some of our transfer targets could go elsewhere
Don’t see where we could have been 4-0 down in the first half and as is now the case with most punditry and reporting every win or defeat is either the end of the world or the new coming when in fact it was a very good game of football and had Newcastle grabbed a goal as they should have done then i think a draw would be more than fair. The over the top reporting that arsenal were somehow far better certainly doesn’t fit with what i watched.
I always look forward to your video analysis, Craig. I think you are spot on RE the pen - rules are rules. The ref had a poor game but got that decision right. A lot of our big players were missing today - most notably, Bruno. If he played vs Jorginho 10 games in a row, he wins that battle 9 games out of 10. Just a bad day in the office for him a few other names. If we had of scored early on, I think we have the momentum would have been all us. Credit to Arsenal, their big players showed up (Odegard was class). Isak was double teamed and we just lacked that quality in the middle of the park with the creative passes from the likes of Bruno etc. MASSIVE game against Leeds mid-week now, almost season defining in my eyes.
9 times out of 10 Bruno wins the battle against a heavily decorated Jorginho who has won trophy after trophy at the highest level? Jorginho showed his maturity and experience yesterday against Newcastle. When Bruno let his emotions get the better of him. Jorginho stayed composed and kept Arsenal going forward moving the ball quickly through the lines.
Well craig we didnt put our chances away ramsdale i think for me posted the fact he is england no.1 pope i think is probs for me not the answer between the sticks . Arsenal did us ,, to the fact slowing the game down just shows they done us at our own game ...... Big big result for arsenal today not going to make a difference to championship which im sure is still going to go to city . Todays game on reflection is the fact that it shows isak and wilson both for me cant start the game . Wilson is better coming off the bench and/ or vice versa .... Bruno for me was ar best 6/10 .... looked over run in midfield oedegard was far superior , his goal we gave him so much space to pick his shot off . Missed longstaff , cant believe id say that !! .... Defence looked at times disjointed . Today it just shows the large gap in class between the top 2 and the rest . We have a massive game against leeds now with liverpool starting to show their form ....when you look at the top 5 teams again we have not taken much in the way of points away from these matches . This is something we need to do next season ....man city 1 point , arsenal 1 point , liverpool 0 , and manure only team we take a positive tally from ..... On reflection it just shows where we are , alot more positive than last season , its a base for rebuilding again on this seasons foundations . Lets hope its another minor blip and we get back on track , it certainly wasnt as bad as the villa defeat which was a poor performance all over the pitch. Lets hope we can pick ourselves up from this blip !! Good talking points again craig .....in eddie we tryst hwtl
You're joking right. I'm arsenal fan I would happily swap Ramsdale with Pope. Poe should've been England number 1. Anyways both Pope and Ramsdale are miles better than Prickford.
Bruno was shocking yesterday. That was his worst game ever. He gave away the most ridiculous free kick for their first goal. He grabbed someone around the waist and made headed the Arsenal player’s stomach. That was the phase of play that resulted in their goal. He did the same for Everton’s goal, gave the ball away cheaply. I love Bruno, but no-one should be above criticism or be absolved of responsibility. Wilson looked like he didn’t fancy it. There were times when he was closer to the ball than the opposition, yet they got there first. Willock didn’t fancy scoring against his boyhood club, probably a sub-conscious (though not deliberate) wish for them to lift the Title. JL, I thought played well and fought for everything. I would have taken Bruno off, before him. My son, who’s an U18 Academy goalie, said, if you watch their goal, Pope had plenty of time to adjust as the distance was far out. Pope didn’t step-dive, he wasn’t ready, on his toes, that’s why it found the net, not because of the bodies in front. We can’t criticise Pope, because he was the last chance at the end of that phase. It was a needless foul by Bruno. Additionally, booing our team off at HT, is a sh1te thing to do. Those fans need to be ashamed of themselves. Do they boo their children when they don’t get an A grade, or don’t win a school race? Would they like to be booed when they screw up at work? Why do they think that our players will react positively to being booed? They’re human beings and encouragement and support will have helped us win that game. Arsenal silenced us, which is what any good manager and team would have set out to do. If we want to stand together, let’s shout louder, sing louder and get behind the team when they really need it….it’s when we’re losing, that we need to make the difference. Any fan can sing and chant when their team is winning. We call ourselves the best fans in the league. Not from where I was sitting. We’re good time Charlies. Don’t retort with we came when we were shit. Perhaps if we’d cheered and encouraged during FMA’s ownership, we’d not have been so sh1t. It’s water under the bridge. We got away with it because the FA/PL wants the excitement to continue so ManU had an engineered loss, just like we did. (How many decisions went against us, which were clearly wrong? The same thing happened at WHU for ManU). It’s still in our hands. HWTL!
Craig I understand what you’re saying about Pace at the back but which team has pace at the back🤷♂️ in general terms forwards will always be quicker than centre backs with maybe the odd example, so forwards being quick makes defenders look slower🤷♂️ I’ll always go with what Howe picks team wise because we only judge off 90mins of football and don’t see what training brings and what they are working on depending on the opposition. Personally I’d go back to what has worked so well for most of the season playing Miggy on the right because he has a better understanding with Trippier and Bruno playing in that triangular formation. On the left is a much harder call again just my personal opinion I’d play Joelinton on the left Wilson up top and Miggy on the right keeping Isak, ASM, Murphy, and Gordon on the bench and it gives us more options if things are not working out the way we want them, remember Leeds have a terrible defence and they always have a mistake in them and they lack quality in midfield compared to Arsenal so hopefully keep it quiet for the first 15mins let our football do the talking and don’t get involved in a fight like we did yesterday and we should win this game. Only my opinion 🤷♂️
The pen delay definately affected the team, as it affected all of us watching. However, what a great game from both teams we have come on so much this year and we can only get better in the years to come. I am delighted that people are starting to see just how vital to our team Longstaff is, in fact how vital a defensive minded midfield general is to any top team. Bruno, J7 and Willock don’t really have the defensive mindset. Oh how I would love Declan Rice in our team.
Newcatle wasn't expecting arsenal rocking up and playing like they did. We are arsenal just remember that, we walked away with all three points. Newcatle are having great season, arsenal was just better on the day. Arsenal wanted it more!
No issue with Arsenal, wanted you to win the league. You were the better team and deserved the win. I will say the moaning about the way we played at The Emirates is a bit of a joke based on your behaviour yesterday. However, great team and played very well. We weren’t at our best which is frustrating but post pen you didn’t allow us to play well and I did think you wanted it more and I thought we expected to win and didn’t press as usual. Best of luck for the run in.
Howe said at the press conference they initially thought his foot was just bruised but since that assesment it looks to be a worse injury and will keep him out.
It was clear to see that Bruno and Joe were getting frustrated with their game. Catch 22 playing both Wilson and Isaak at the start. Win and it’s excellent decision , Loose and…. Was it a foul when Anderson was shoved off the ball by a defender using his backside ? Was Miggy dragged off the ball which lead to Arsenal running to the other end causing an OG. Arsenal did not stroll to a victory yesterday and to me Man City definitely well ahead on all levels. Several good buys in the summer and we will be competing equally with Arsenal as well as Manure, Liverpool etc. Have to add that for the first time Tripps was not his cool self and leading by example . I think there was frustration at how Arsenal had the ref in their pocket shown by their amateur dramatics with every contact and getting away with it.
I think if we finish out of the top 4 it will be a struggle to top this season. As we will not have as big a budget for players that we would have if we finish top 4.
@@ericengleby265 It's a long term plan mate, this isn't all or nothing. Of course it would be great but it's wildly ahead of the schedule they've set and none of us were thinking we'd be here back in August.
Agree that they never turned up but they deserved to loose because in the final third especially second half they were very very poor. Bruno was so rubbish today he did nothing seems like he's gone downhill and everyone has raised their game . Arsenal's midfield made it looked piss easy they did not even try to press . Newcastle did not look motivated at all it was even worser performance then Villa
Penalty var decision we lost our focus. Playing 2 strikers left midfield weak. Odegaard ran the show. Bruno was marked out the game. I think the officials are corrupt favouring the big 6.
Using isak in the left from the start is stupid move end of discussion. That game proves that we need a proper left back ( Rotate with targett, the burn trick needs to finish) and two midfielders ( one DEFENSIVE 😠😠 and one more technical for foul etc. ) We know that our squad are mediocre and overachieving this year. 6-7 transfers for next season
I think Isak on the left amd Wilson in the centre is definitely a second half tactic. Joelinton is far better on the left other than when we are sitting back. Longstaff is going to be missed so much
It was a close. Even battle. But newcastle couldnt handle The pressure second half
I agree. Wilson has got to accept that he needs to play for the team and that his best contribution is running at tired legs for 35minutes or so, not managing himself over 90.
Need Joelinton in midfield when longstaff is injured
I dont think we should use it at all i find isak on the left doesn't work for me it would be like putting Wilson on the left we just wouldn't do that. My only critical points of the game was the fact that we didn't take our chances when we had them and Also Bruno joelinton Wilson and isak just didn't have the best of game's these things happen unfortunately but onto the next game Howay the lads 👍
Joelinton and Burn.. Have a good understanding like you say.
At the first replay I could see it was 100% not handball but as soon as I saw VAR take ages to decide I just knew it would swing the game. It's very hard to be at constant pressure at home against a top team but not scoring and then VAR is essentially a tool that kills off momentum if the ruling goes against you.
Definitely a frustrating match. But like you say, there's no shame in losing to the current best team. Especially when it could so easily have been a different result had a few bar rattlers gone in. Also, look what happened in the next few games last time we lost a match...
Man Utd losing and still having three points and a game in hand over Liverpool leaves me feeling not unhappy with yesterday, I thought it was a game of fine margins in some ways, 4 games left so let's reset and go again.
Are you planning to visit the USA for the Summer Series?
I am!
@@craighope_dailymail love that. Are you in an Official Capacity or in with the riff-raff?
We’ll win the next 4.
Hi Phil are you alright after last night's result I hope to god they win the next 4 games my team play their last one today
@@chrisdawson6156 aye fine. Two good teams. They took their chances, we didn’t. Was that simple. Another day could have been 4-4.
Confident we are better than the remaining teams. Brighton is the main concern, but at home we should have enough to beat them.
@@philcross6569brilliant my wife supports Newcastle United and she was very disappointed with the result
Neither of these teams have what City has. That's it. Arteta uses language like 'revenge' and penalty overturns bothering players 15 mins after the event. This is where the difference is between great teams and very good sides.
Not easy to match a team like Man city who blatantly flaunt the financial fair play rules without any conciquencs !
@@patrickbates4472 check tor spelling
As an Arsenal supporter I have to say Newcastle were great and have been a breathe of fresh air this year, along with Brighton. Manager Howe is fantastic. The first half could have been 2-2, 3-3 easy. Being in my 40’s I appreciate the physicality of this Newcastle team. No nonsense tough tackling. Xhaka was flopping all over to break momentum, but it is what Arsenal needed. Good luck to the Toon Army for the rest of the year.
Good luck to the Toon Army? Are you serious? Newcastle United should be ashamed of themselves & their thuggish behaviour. How none of their thugs got a red card yesterday is a mystery. Smh
@@maltlickytexas Absolutely! they were outclassed on every level so resorted to fouling.Newcasoil the club that endorses public beheadings,and supports human rights abuses.filthy club with no morals.
I agree Bruno and Joelinton probably had their worst games for us. It was a blip and one we know they will bounce back from. The emotion got the better of many in the team. Arsenal won the mind games and then ultimately showed their quality to go on and win the match.
I agree, but my guess is that Bruno is affected by that injury which means that he often can’t do what he needs/wants to do, and that causes him frustration. We have a lot of players affected by cumulative exhaustion who need a good rest. I hope we are careful about who plays in the ‘promotional’ matches in the close season. We’re not the same team when Bruno’s not on song.
Who’d have thought at the beginning of the season that anyone would admit that our most critical midfielder would be Sean Longstaff
How many times did Bruno get caught in possession? In fact the first goal came after he lost it in midfield. This happens every game now as he dawdles the opposition just run up from behind and steal it from his toes. THEN HE GETS ANGRY AND FOULS THEM WHICH GIVES AWAY A FREE KICK SO A DOUBLE PROBLEM. He needs to wake up and stop playing to the crowd. The other teams know his game now.
He had a bad game but is usually very difficult to dispossess
He also lost the ball for Southamptons goal last week. It's becoming a bit of a thing and I feel like he's being targeted.
Also in the cup final to give the free kick. But he’s been one of our best players for a long time
a little undiciplined and too mouthy
Kept saying at the time, don't mess with a system that works and was sick of pundits and the media saying "play them both together". Joelinton does his best work on the left and got caught out of position a few times today which is unlike him.
Regardless, if we'd been a bit more clinical with our chances we might have walked away with something and even with us being poor the lads came close against an Arsenal side that despite not being quite at Man City's level, are still a quality team when they want to be.
He would’ve played Joelinton on the left of the front three if Longstaff was fit. Isak up top and Wilson on the bench.
But I agree with the point you’re making. Joelinton is not comfortable on the right of the midfield three. He does not have the tactical intelligence to switch sides of the pitch and maintain the same level of performance. It would be like switching Botman and Schar sides at the back - they become accustomed to the dynamics of their side of the pitch.
Spot on re Longstaff and lack of pace in our back 4. However not going to be negative after the season we’ve had and will continue to have in our last 4 games.
We totally missed Longstaff (I hope he isn’t out for the rest of the season), priority to find a like-for-like replacement for him in the Summer. More shooting practice during the week I think….we had the chances but didn’t have the finish. It probably did hit the players leg BUT it wasn’t clear and obvious so should not have been overturned. We let them wind us up the whole game, including the ref. Normally at home the 50:50 decisions go for you but unfortunately not when you are playing a member of the cartel. Isak on the left is wasting his talent in my mind. Wilson was back to the form he was in after the World Cup, which you could tell by his niggly digs at the defenders. Burn’s weaknesses were shown occasionally but to be fair so were Trips defensive frailties. They doubled and tripled up on Bruno and Isak so there must have been space somewhere but we couldn’t find it. Having said all that where we are now compared to 18 months ago is amazing.
Great match review, thanks Craig.
Arsenal were just better the lads give everything ❤nufc
Guimaraes really awful in shooting and that's a very bad weakness and also sometimes I the transition from defense to the attack he's slow and he don't play with one quick transitional passes , and in general all newcastle players need to train how to shoot and how to finish , their finishing and shooting throughout the season in general was awful
Bruno and Joelinton do spend too long complaining to the referee about fouls, I remember when Bruno first came last year and he was getting fouled but what impressed me was the fact he didn’t even look at the ref never mind complain, he was totally focused on getting on with the game. As someone new to the league he wasn’t fazed or distracted by the physically. He needs to get back to that attitude, ignore the ref and focus on the next play
Fair and balanced report, Craig - especially about Longstaff. The fact is we’ve got a good side but a thin squad and there was always going to be a time when that caught us out. Given the number of games some of these players have played at the level of intensity we play, it’s not surprising there are signs of tiredness. We are way ahead of where I thought we would be this season and top four is still in our own hands. HWTL.
Sean longstaff makes nufc work. Discuss (100pts)
PS I never take any notice of merit marks. I agree about the subs. At least we know that EH will have learned from this.
So, here’s my theory. The secret to a working midfield is having player who work together and don’t take up each others space and rolls. Sean dovetails perfectly with Bruno. I just don’t think we ever seem to be a fluid when those two are not playing together.
Agree with most comments. We haven’t been that great defensively for a while
Craig can you and media buddy’s now stop asking Eddie when is he going to play Isak & Wilson together as is it clear to see it didn’t work today leave this man to do the fantastic job he is doing and stop trying to pick the team for him this is one video I won’t be watching this week…
Bruno caught on the ball again.needs to focus on the game not chewing is gum.pope should have saved the 1st.looked shaky all game(get Leeds keeper if they go down)disapoiting finishing thank god man u lost Liverpool still a worry
Pope's saves kept us in the game.
Chewing gum playing football is dangerous!
Bad example for you players playing without medical back up!!
They played through our midfield far too easily. End of the day with better finishing it could have ended 4-6
On the money Craig. No pun!
Isak wasted on the left, his quality level better served in the middle, but we tried with the 2 together.
Midfield battle won by them, and hands up, like whole team comparison they're of a higher quality; for now!
Stop it Arsenal are not Spurs!! That is why you lost. Newcastle gameplan was to overwhelme Arsenal and that played right into Arsenal's hands.
There was no plan b starting both strikers.....on the day arsenal where the better team....there defence was on top form along with the goal keeper.....so fair play to arsenal...they upped there game exactly when needed.....the penalty was not a penalty anyway.... Newcastle played well but the starting line up done us over from the get go.....we needed a plan b for arsenal....there goal keeper is insane
Brighton heavy defeat today also is good for us , Liverpool played 1 extra .
We're better than that against arsenal , keep the faith.
For what its worth i think your assesment is near spot on. The better team won. That defence has been carved open too much for me lately and Bruno, who had been fairly press resistant all season is showing signs he may be running out of gas in the tank. Hopefully a week to get some energy back and sharpness to his game. I think hes gonna be the key to a result against Leeds. We need 3 points there as i cant see us beating Brighton and you dont want to be going to Chelsea on the last day needing 3 points.
This could be the moment for ASM, Gordon to come to the last 4 game party and get us over the line.
I thought it was a closer game than that ,they had chances ,we had chances ,could have easily gone the other way ,the midfield was abit tired but this arsenal team is brilliant, 2 more wins and we have champions league
It actually was a very close game looking at the stats also they’re pretty close.
nice one craig.
Rejoice!
We are definitely the third best team in the league!
Man U are imploding!!!!😂😂
Craig love your honest Videos keep up the good work mate
I feel we really missed Longstaff, his help strengthens Jolinton and Bruno's performance
Top games like this are won and lost on small moments and on the day arsenals 2 goals were a little fortunate and Newcastle’s 2 efforts hit the post and shar had his header saved point blank. Having said that, a terrific game. Newcastle have come so far in a year. Recognition for Longstaff whose unselfish running and closing down is being missed in midfield but all efforts must now go into finishing the season as strong as possible to secure a top 4 place. Who’d have thought that? Incredible.
Like Villa we missed Longstaff in the middle. The balance in the team with him is night and day. He does allot of the donkey work and breaks their play down. Just feel today actually past couple games Bruno hasn’t been great, looks like that injury is effecting his as you can see it when he shoots, he’s crouching down and tapping it with the inside of his foot.
Good game for neutral and ar3sneal
Fine margins . Early hit the post and then subsequent chances that should have been put away, overturned penalty and another hit the post .
Arsenal won the midfield and that got them the win
Wise words Craig. Keep up the good work.
Don't think playing Isak and Wilson from the start paid off today. Both became isolated as the game wore on. Would of liked to have seen Maxi come on earlier rather than later. Some suggest he should have started. End of the day Arsenal were more clinical, and deserved the win.
Substitutes should have been brought on a lot earlier a 1-0 down after half time change things around
willock had a disaster and still played till 80th minute
Arsenal kept stopping the game every ten minutes or when newcastle had more possession - then they all went to the bench told what to do by mikel arteta. slowed our game down
Agreed 👍
You did the same when the game was 0-0🤣🤣😂 at emirates. REVENGE IS sweet
@@s28569122 Revenge is whatever, it's strange you would think it's that important, but I don't have any issue with Arsenal playing for the result. The key is for us to not lose our heads and play around it, and we weren't able to, correct result in the end. We'll be back though. Good luck in the hunt, still seems just out of your reach.
I have serious doubts about us making top 4 without Longstaff. What he brings to the balance of the midfield cannot be understated. We will struggle against a dogged Leeds at the dreaded 12.30pm Saturday kick off. I reckon we get 5 points from remaining games.
If these games were middle of the season I’d be more than confident of 7 points, but with the pressure of them being the last 4 games and what they mean I’m terrified we’ll crack under the pressure. But remember if someone had offered us europa league at the start of the season we’d have bitten their hand off. I predicted us 7th at the start of the season
@@johnyates1376 I hope we make the champions league but the reality it will probably kill our season next season. Squad is probably about 8 players short and I d say at least 4 1st team players. Still plenty of positives and a massive step forward. Like ya say 7th would of been unthinkable a year ago. Pressure on us, Liverpool and Man U so it could go any way
I think it all rides on the Leeds game. Win that, we only then need 4 points from 2 home games to mathematically qualify. Leicester are done, and hopefully Brighton send today's team, 4 points should be more than doable. Big, big game this weekend
what happened to bruno he was half a yard off the pace ...fast asleep...
Small margins. On another day we come away with 3 points. Proud of the lads but really worried about Leeds away (have been about most away games but we’ve won most of them!)
HWTL. Proud if we finish 3rd, 4th or 5th. Trust the process
Its ok to say that a better side beat us. Its not the end of the world. YES, that penalty delay dragged on forever and they came back recharged. Shots not hitting the woodwork changes the entire match and we're talking about different points. Cheers to the lads. Still in it for Champions League!!!! (I was present for that Wed night win when Juventus came to town - bloody awesome atmosphere) ⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜⬛⬜
From what I see…Arsenal hit the post once and got two lucky goals. Toon hit the post twice and Schar missed a point on header. Both keepers made good saves.
Xg suggests a 1-1 game, which many would have seen as “reasonable” weeks ago.
Arsenal would have been ruined with that and know they escaped.
That’s my opinion.
You say the defence was poor and midfield poor. On that basis Arsenal must have been quite mediocre to only win 2-0 and allow us to hit the woodwork twice and have several good scoring opportunities. On the other hand maybe we played well but title chasing Arsenal are a bit better than us. Nothing to complain about in that. 2 good teams, the better one won.
I think if we didnt start with wilson and Isak we would all be complaining that we didnt put our best foot forward. And we took a game to Arsenal. We made out intentions clear that we wanted to win this game. And I wouldnt have changed that.
I think Arsenal had to show 100% concentration for 99minutes in that game. I bet they were relieved to have come through it. I mean the first goal was a great strike and well they have the players with the ability to do that. Newcastle still lack a bit of that star quality. And in tough tight games its quite often you need some individual moment of brilliance to turn the game in your favour.
And Miggy came on and was totally anonymous. Fair play to Maxi he was running at the Arsenal defense but I didnt really see Miggy do anything.
I think we can be proud of the performance but it was a real battle of a game. The positives to take from the game are teams now know when they come to Newcastle they are going to face a fierces press and have to match our levels and not be out ran. I meanthats a million miles from where we were 2 seasons ago.
Horrible as it sounds, I think the game highlighted the 16 point gap between the top 2 and us and man United is there for a reason. We held a good account of ourselves but they were the better team. Leeds next
Fine margins win or lose games, that game was all about fine margins disappointed? Yes.
Destroy leeds, move on.
Atleast you speak sense. Seen other people slating people like murphy and bruno. Not the game for that. We have many holes to fill in this team but no one deserves criticism after what theyve done for us this season.
Is the longstaff the injury from the penalty Var again didn’t give us against Everton?
I cant blame pope for odegaards goal someone has to close him down far to muxh room for him to shoot from 25yards if you give quality teams that much space to have a shot at goal you get punished and that's what happened
Think if we would have scored when on top in the 1st 10 mins as Murphys chance etc it would have been a different game. Once going behind we had to take chances and thankfully Nick Pope saved us.
Poor finishing,no control in Midfield due to Bruno and Joelinton having shockers then two unlucky goals we conceded. I really worry about us for a top 4 spot. I think we could well finish 5th or 6th. Which is still massive improvement. Though i don't think we will ever have a better chance to finish top 4. My worry is noChampions League means some of our transfer targets could go elsewhere
We will have two options in place dependant on where we finish. Europe is certain .
Mostly agree mate. To say Bruno & J7 had 'shockers' is a bit harsh. Aye, not their best performances, but. Longy a HUGE miss
@@rogercookcouk don't think Longy would have made difference to be honest. We were wasteful in front of goal thats what cost us
@@stephennutkin2477 exactly two different budgets. As Europa only brings in pennies compared to Champions league. It won't be a big budget.
@@rogercookcouk they did have shockers Xhaka and Odergard bossed the game. Giving the ball away cheaply and constantly getting caught in possession
Don’t see where we could have been 4-0 down in the first half and as is now the case with most punditry and reporting every win or defeat is either the end of the world or the new coming when in fact it was a very good game of football and had Newcastle grabbed a goal as they should have done then i think a draw would be more than fair. The over the top reporting that arsenal were somehow far better certainly doesn’t fit with what i watched.
Craig do you think we’ll turf out all then horrible grey seats inside SJP for next season
I always look forward to your video analysis, Craig. I think you are spot on RE the pen - rules are rules. The ref had a poor game but got that decision right. A lot of our big players were missing today - most notably, Bruno. If he played vs Jorginho 10 games in a row, he wins that battle 9 games out of 10. Just a bad day in the office for him a few other names.
If we had of scored early on, I think we have the momentum would have been all us.
Credit to Arsenal, their big players showed up (Odegard was class). Isak was double teamed and we just lacked that quality in the middle of the park with the creative passes from the likes of Bruno etc.
MASSIVE game against Leeds mid-week now, almost season defining in my eyes.
9 times out of 10 Bruno wins the battle against a heavily decorated Jorginho who has won trophy after trophy at the highest level? Jorginho showed his maturity and experience yesterday against Newcastle. When Bruno let his emotions get the better of him. Jorginho stayed composed and kept Arsenal going forward moving the ball quickly through the lines.
Arsenal fan but that is a STUNNING stadium 👏
Well, hello again..
We are going to have off games.It’s how we respond
Enjoyable report. Thanks
Well craig we didnt put our chances away ramsdale i think for me posted the fact he is england no.1 pope i think is probs for me not the answer between the sticks . Arsenal did us ,, to the fact slowing the game down just shows they done us at our own game ...... Big big result for arsenal today not going to make a difference to championship which im sure is still going to go to city . Todays game on reflection is the fact that it shows isak and wilson both for me cant start the game . Wilson is better coming off the bench and/ or vice versa .... Bruno for me was ar best 6/10 .... looked over run in midfield oedegard was far superior , his goal we gave him so much space to pick his shot off . Missed longstaff , cant believe id say that !! .... Defence looked at times disjointed . Today it just shows the large gap in class between the top 2 and the rest . We have a massive game against leeds now with liverpool starting to show their form ....when you look at the top 5 teams again we have not taken much in the way of points away from these matches . This is something we need to do next season ....man city 1 point , arsenal 1 point , liverpool 0 , and manure only team we take a positive tally from ..... On reflection it just shows where we are , alot more positive than last season , its a base for rebuilding again on this seasons foundations . Lets hope its another minor blip and we get back on track , it certainly wasnt as bad as the villa defeat which was a poor performance all over the pitch. Lets hope we can pick ourselves up from this blip !! Good talking points again craig .....in eddie we tryst hwtl
You're joking right. I'm arsenal fan I would happily swap Ramsdale with Pope. Poe should've been England number 1.
Anyways both Pope and Ramsdale are miles better than Prickford.
@@TaxDodger I'm surprised at that I'd swap ramsdale for Pope all day long
Bruno was shocking yesterday. That was his worst game ever. He gave away the most ridiculous free kick for their first goal. He grabbed someone around the waist and made headed the Arsenal player’s stomach. That was the phase of play that resulted in their goal. He did the same for Everton’s goal, gave the ball away cheaply. I love Bruno, but no-one should be above criticism or be absolved of responsibility.
Wilson looked like he didn’t fancy it. There were times when he was closer to the ball than the opposition, yet they got there first. Willock didn’t fancy scoring against his boyhood club, probably a sub-conscious (though not deliberate) wish for them to lift the Title. JL, I thought played well and fought for everything. I would have taken Bruno off, before him. My son, who’s an U18 Academy goalie, said, if you watch their goal, Pope had plenty of time to adjust as the distance was far out. Pope didn’t step-dive, he wasn’t ready, on his toes, that’s why it found the net, not because of the bodies in front. We can’t criticise Pope, because he was the last chance at the end of that phase. It was a needless foul by Bruno.
Additionally, booing our team off at HT, is a sh1te thing to do. Those fans need to be ashamed of themselves. Do they boo their children when they don’t get an A grade, or don’t win a school race? Would they like to be booed when they screw up at work? Why do they think that our players will react positively to being booed? They’re human beings and encouragement and support will have helped us win that game. Arsenal silenced us, which is what any good manager and team would have set out to do. If we want to stand together, let’s shout louder, sing louder and get behind the team when they really need it….it’s when we’re losing, that we need to make the difference. Any fan can sing and chant when their team is winning. We call ourselves the best fans in the league. Not from where I was sitting. We’re good time Charlies. Don’t retort with we came when we were shit. Perhaps if we’d cheered and encouraged during FMA’s ownership, we’d not have been so sh1t.
It’s water under the bridge. We got away with it because the FA/PL wants the excitement to continue so ManU had an engineered loss, just like we did. (How many decisions went against us, which were clearly wrong? The same thing happened at WHU for ManU). It’s still in our hands. HWTL!
Craig I understand what you’re saying about Pace at the back but which team has pace at the back🤷♂️ in general terms forwards will always be quicker than centre backs with maybe the odd example, so forwards being quick makes defenders look slower🤷♂️
I’ll always go with what Howe picks team wise because we only judge off 90mins of football and don’t see what training brings and what they are working on depending on the opposition.
Personally I’d go back to what has worked so well for most of the season playing Miggy on the right because he has a better understanding with Trippier and Bruno playing in that triangular formation.
On the left is a much harder call again just my personal opinion I’d play Joelinton on the left Wilson up top and Miggy on the right keeping Isak, ASM, Murphy, and Gordon on the bench and it gives us more options if things are not working out the way we want them, remember Leeds have a terrible defence and they always have a mistake in them and they lack quality in midfield compared to Arsenal so hopefully keep it quiet for the first 15mins let our football do the talking and don’t get involved in a fight like we did yesterday and we should win this game.
Only my opinion 🤷♂️
The pen delay definately affected the team, as it affected all of us watching. However, what a great game from both teams we have come on so much this year and we can only get better in the years to come. I am delighted that people are starting to see just how vital to our team Longstaff is, in fact how vital a defensive minded midfield general is to any top team. Bruno, J7 and Willock don’t really have the defensive mindset. Oh how I would love Declan Rice in our team.
I think we over emphasised the build up to this game. Made it like a cup final when it didn't need to be. They rose to it, we fluttered.
We need a new number 8 and possibly new number 6 to push Bruno further ahead
Newcatle wasn't expecting arsenal rocking up and playing like they did. We are arsenal just remember that, we walked away with all three points.
Newcatle are having great season, arsenal was just better on the day. Arsenal wanted it more!
No issue with Arsenal, wanted you to win the league. You were the better team and deserved the win. I will say the moaning about the way we played at The Emirates is a bit of a joke based on your behaviour yesterday. However, great team and played very well. We weren’t at our best which is frustrating but post pen you didn’t allow us to play well and I did think you wanted it more and I thought we expected to win and didn’t press as usual. Best of luck for the run in.
Granit Xhaka was pathetic. You should be ashamed of his performance
Newcastle have no pace at the back and defenders with pace is a must in the summer.
Best defence in the league.
@@midlandgeordie still haven’t got much pace at the back
Think we need to consider going back to wilson coming on second half also we missed Longstaff
Why is longstaff out for the season?? I thought he was back to training Friday ?
Howe said at the press conference they initially thought his foot was just bruised but since that assesment it looks to be a worse injury and will keep him out.
Start of the slide i think for Newcastle.
Based on what?
@@barrylongstaff2816 Me being a massive pessimist
@@ajckarting1009 fair one
And Newcastle also they need a quick defensive line , burn , schar and botman are slow
It was clear to see that Bruno and Joe were getting frustrated with their game. Catch 22 playing both Wilson and Isaak at the start. Win and it’s excellent decision , Loose and….
Was it a foul when Anderson was shoved off the ball by a defender using his backside ? Was Miggy dragged off the ball which lead to Arsenal running to the other end causing an OG.
Arsenal did not stroll to a victory yesterday and to me Man City definitely well ahead on all levels. Several good buys in the summer and we will be competing equally with Arsenal as well as Manure, Liverpool etc.
Have to add that for the first time Tripps was not his cool self and leading by example . I think there was frustration at how Arsenal had the ref in their pocket shown by their amateur dramatics with every contact and getting away with it.
Have a horrible feeling we will need a good result against Chelsea and they're starting to come good
Caicedo and MacAllester is too much better than Guimaraes and Joelington , Newcastle really need to buy at Least Caicedo , Caicedo I a diamond player
Lads did well - just lacked clinical scoring
Yep, no need for panic stations, a result against Arsenal is a bonus at the moment.
I guess Arsenal are at that next level..an elite team that Eddie calls them Craig. We are ahead of schedule and will be even stronger next season.
I think if we finish out of the top 4 it will be a struggle to top this season. As we will not have as big a budget for players that we would have if we finish top 4.
@@ericengleby265 It's a long term plan mate, this isn't all or nothing. Of course it would be great but it's wildly ahead of the schedule they've set and none of us were thinking we'd be here back in August.
@@jdevlin1910 who says it isn't,what are you on about. Are you saying what i said is wrong
Agree that they never turned up but they deserved to loose because in the final third especially second half they were very very poor. Bruno was so rubbish today he did nothing seems like he's gone downhill and everyone has raised their game . Arsenal's midfield made it looked piss easy they did not even try to press . Newcastle did not look motivated at all it was even worser performance then Villa
Penalty var decision we lost our focus.
Playing 2 strikers left midfield weak.
Odegaard ran the show.
Bruno was marked out the game.
I think the officials are corrupt favouring the big 6.
Bruno is fooked loves getting hugged up
Newcastle United should be ashamed of themselves & their thuggish behaviour. How none of their thugs got a red card yesterday is a mystery. Smh
blah blah blah
@@jaymerjaymer Pfft.
Using isak in the left from the start is stupid move end of discussion. That game proves that we need a proper left back ( Rotate with targett, the burn trick needs to finish) and two midfielders ( one DEFENSIVE 😠😠 and one more technical for foul etc. ) We know that our squad are mediocre and overachieving this year. 6-7 transfers for next season