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Brighton 2 Newcastle 1: Post Match Review
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Iain hosts Michael to discuss Eddie Howe's decision to name an unchanged side for the game, despite the Brazilian boys' international traumas; to pick the bones out of individual performances and finally to assess whether we are (or should be worried) about this most exciting Premier League season turning into a damp squib.
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Post-Match Emotions: Brighton vs. Newcastle
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Hello and welcome to the Daily Newcastle. My name's Ian Mackay. I'm the host tonight. I'm joined by my good bud, Michael Grameslaw, to discuss Brighton 2, Newcastle 1 in a little bit more depth then and a little bit less emotion than Michael was showing last night immediately after it. Michael, how are you?
00:00:36
Michael
Yeah, I've recovered a little bit, if I'm honest. ah was very emotional ah yesterday. One of those where another sucker punch laid on. Didn't feel great at all. I've had a bit of time to recover. I've watched Man United beat Liverpool. Four defeats on the bounce for them. That's a small smile on my face, but not as much as it should be ah today.
00:00:59
Michael
But yeah, getting better.
00:01:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, I seem to remember, and ah seemed to him was it the first Liverpool defeat that we watched that cheered us up after the sucker punch against Arsenal?
00:01:10
Michael
Yeah,
Liverpool's Losing Streak & Player Critiques
00:01:11
Michael
100%.
00:01:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
and But it is amazing that they've lost four. And it's delightful to see Isaac looking like somebody poked his eyes out. He just looks completely lost up front for them.
00:01:21
Michael
Yeah. hundred percent
00:01:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just absolutely wandering around like the the rest of the Liverpool team don't know who he is.
00:01:27
Michael
yes Yeah, for me, it's it's one of those where everything Newcastle fans said about Alexander Izzak
00:01:27
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When Ekotike comes on, he just shows it look
00:01:35
Michael
in the summer is coming true. And I think a lot of the time we didn't want to believe it ourselves, um but it was maybe a bit of, oh, we don't want to lose him. um But it's fine because he doesn't track back. He doesn't press. He's horrible at one-on-ones.
00:01:51
Michael
And actually... you know We were saying he's better than Nernan Harland three months three four months ago. Actually, maybe we were deluding ourselves a bit that he's and you know not as he is he's not as good as we thought he was because everything seems to be coming true.
00:01:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
December Fixture Predictions for Newcastle
00:02:07
Michael
There's no doubt in my mind. that they'll have a run maybe December when they play Sunderland, Leeds, Wolves. I think they've got Leeds twice that month, West Ham in there as well.
00:02:18
Michael
There's no doubt when those games come along, that's when he's at will get probably eight goals, nine goals, and all of a sudden he'll look incredible again. um But yeah, it's it's it's quite nice to see. And to be honest, turns out Newcastle fans who watched him for three years actually did have a bit of a clue about him.
00:02:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, well, I mean, I do think that the Newcastle team was built to service Alexander Azak. That's why he got so many goals.
00:02:45
Michael
100%.
00:02:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
And and all of those all of those jokes about having sold the mobile phone but he didn't take the charger because he didn't buy Jacob Murphy as well are coming true.
00:02:46
Michael
Yeah.
00:02:56
Michael
Yeah, 100%.
00:02:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because although restricted time for Jacob Murphy and he didn't start in favour of Valanga again yesterday, he he can get a cross in.
00:03:07
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he He can set up assists.
00:03:09
Michael
yeah
00:03:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
He supports whoever it is up there.
Eddie Howe's Team Selection Decisions
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Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, let's look at that game yesterday, Michael. Eddie Howe went with... and normally we Normally we would just agree with what Eddie Howe has chosen. He's seen them in training and he picks his number one team and we agree normally.
00:03:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I don't think I'm agreeing with going with the same 11 that played against Nottingham Forest two weeks previously at all. um What do you think? What do you think that Our fabulous best premiership midfield three should all have started, given that they've travelled about 30,000 miles between them in the last four nights?
00:03:51
Michael
Yeah, something like that. it's It's one of those, for me, I don't think you could drop. For a game like this, I don't think you could drop Bruno or Tonali. But I think this is probably the game where you look at Bruno and Joel Linton and then go, you both just played two absolutely pointless games in Asia.
00:04:09
Michael
Granted, Joel Linton didn't feature in the first one, but he still travelled, still did all the warm-ups, still did all the training.
00:04:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:04:15
Michael
So it's one of those where it takes it out of both players. This is an excuse, obviously. Brighton had exactly the same issues with a couple of their players. Minty played for Gambia, for example.
00:04:25
Michael
um But it's it's just one of those for me. You're sitting there and thinking, don't play both of them because Brighton are a team that are going to try and run you ragged. ah
Effects of Travel on Newcastle's Midfield
00:04:34
Michael
you need energy in midfield. And Bruno in first half, I thought second half, he was fantastic.
00:04:39
Michael
First half, he wasn't with it. Joe Linton, first half, he obviously got hooked at half-time for a good reason. I think you were going into it. I saw the team shooting where that's...
00:04:51
Michael
I mean, I'm happy because that's a brilliant midfield, but I'm a little worried it's going to get overran and that's exactly what happened. We'll get to that. But I think Joe Linton and Alanga were the two...
00:05:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Amen. Amen.
00:05:02
Michael
I wasn't 100% sure on them starting. Obviously, I mentioned Alanga in the preview we did. um But yeah, those are the two where i was a bit not sure I wanted to see them start. What about you?
00:05:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
and I was the same I thought Joe Linton came back with but ah apart from having had a an airline potential airline accident incident as well so they did more than there and back to Asia they they ah did they not take off and then go back and have to land again and then take off again something like that there was of a problem on the plane they did loads more travel they got back later than they should have done
00:05:33
Michael
I'm not sure, to be honest, if you haven't seen that.
00:05:40
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Joe Linton, Brazil reported to Newcastle that Joe Linton would be coming back with a groin injury. And then Joe Linton said, no, no, I'm all right.
00:05:47
Michael
Wow.
00:05:49
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I would have just said, sit this one out, Joey.
00:05:49
Michael
I haven't seen that.
00:05:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
We need you for Tuesday or something. And started maybe with Ramsey or Miley. and Because both those guys came on and I thought did pretty well in the second half. think that was, I thought that this is
Anthony Gordon's Performance Challenges
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Global Sports Podcast Network
it. You see, I think it's a squad game and we need to be,
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In the midfield, we need to be like where we can play Chow and Bachman at centre-half, but if it's Byrne and Schaar or any one of them, we're OK with it because we've got four great centre-halves.
00:06:22
Michael
Yeah.
00:06:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
We need five or six great midfield players. I think we've just about got them, but it doesn't seem like Eddie Howe trusts Miley or Ramsey yet to take that strain.
00:06:28
Michael
I'd agree. Yeah.
00:06:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
That was a perfect game.
00:06:35
Michael
Yeah.
00:06:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
I agree entirely. Joe Linton should have sat that one out. Alanga, he did nothing against Nottingham Forest. um Let's be honest, he is looking expensive for what we've seen from him, even if he got the man of the match against Barcelona.
00:06:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
And, of course, I would have started Gordon because he was so good against England. But,
00:07:00
Michael
Yeah, you expect
Debating Newcastle's Defensive Setup
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Michael
them to push on.
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Global Sports Podcast Network
as it turns out, what on earth is going on with Gordon?
00:07:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think, here's something for you to ponder. Gordon hasn't got the freedom to do what we like Gordon to do, which is to take the guys on, get to the byline, come across, cut in, shoot, because he hasn't got Lewis Hall or Tino Liveramento behind him.
00:07:16
Michael
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:07:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's got Dan Byrne. So that half the time he's looking back to see if he needs to support him. And he certainly doesn't have Dan Byrne overlapping and backing him up and playing the little one-touch stuff that he does with either of the other fullbacks.
00:07:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Another reason why... and Big Dan Byrne needs to be a centre-half and not a left-back, in my opinion. Have you thought that?
00:07:44
Michael
yeah Yeah, I mean, after the um game me yesterday, day did a little bit of research on it.
00:07:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Has that occurred to you at all?
00:07:52
Michael
And to be honest, what you say completely backs that up. One player I looked at in particular i was Gordon and where he was positioned during the game. He actually took most of his touches in the number 10 position.
00:08:04
Michael
In fact, most of his touches were more advanced and central than what Vultemar does was. Vultemar was more on the sort of right side. literally none of our players were taking large depth of their touches on the left-hand side except from Dan Byrne.
00:08:18
Michael
And to be honest, it felt that from the eye test. You were watching the game and seeing Dan Byrne on the edge of the box on the left-hand side and thinking, well, that's not going to work. And it nearly did a couple of times, to be honest.
00:08:30
Michael
it was um There was a couple of crosses he put in which were okay.
00:08:31
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i
00:08:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
And also, if he was six foot nine instead of six foot seven he would have got his toe on the end of that one right at the end to get an equaliser, wouldn't he?
00:08:41
Michael
Yeah, it's just not all over Vardam Burn, is he?
00:08:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
and but Not tall enough.
00:08:45
Michael
Yeah.
00:08:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, Eddie, where'reat we're questioning why you went with a clearly
00:08:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
fatigued and probably injured Joe Linton. That was a mistake. When you've got Hansi fully fit, raring to go, two weeks full training in with the boys.
00:08:58
Michael
yeah
00:09:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Miley didn't go to play ah overseas, but came back and was was with them. I don't know if he'd had much training. and Maybe Miley was also carrying an injury as well, and that's why he didn't go that way.
00:09:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
We don't know these
Newcastle's Strategy: Weak Starts, Strong Finishes
00:09:16
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things, do we? But, um yeah, I thought they they were wrong. they were wrong um I couldn't like the rest of the team, though. I thought that was pretty good.
00:09:25
Michael
Yeah, rest of the team is fine.
00:09:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Although, I don't i don't like Byrne at full-back. What about a back three with... Hold on to your hats here. Anthony Gordon and Jacob Murphy wing-backs.
00:09:42
Michael
I think we're looking a bit too much like Man United if we do that.
00:09:43
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Do
00:09:46
Michael
i think I don't think the defensive prowess is there yet.
00:09:47
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you reckon? Is that the... is is Is that the Man United that just won at Anfield that you're talking about?
00:09:55
Michael
Yeah, it's also the Man United that have only led 11 times under Ruben Amaram. That all led 11 times at halftime, should I say. um so they have just won at Anfield, but most of the time they are absolute dog.
00:10:09
Michael
LAUGHTER
00:10:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
I do think that we've got... I think i don't know. i think we're so used to having a Tino or a Lewis Hall on the left-hand, left-back position.
00:10:21
Michael
Yeah, both of them are massive misses, and I don't think anyone realises just how much.
00:10:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
that that we've got to do something. We've got to do something. and I don't know if we could try maybe trips across there and play craft at right back.
00:10:33
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trips' Trips would support.
00:10:33
Michael
It's all the potential, yeah. I think if we were going to go about five at the back,
00:10:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
don't know.
00:10:39
Michael
I'd actually be bit more confident trying. We did it a little bit last season, um where it was almost Joe Linton as into the back five, just playing them more as that left, not a left winger, as to say, but like a left midfielder more.
00:10:53
Michael
And we do what England do, where... ah the right on the opposite side, obviously. But England, the right wing-back, pushes all the way forward. And then the left ah back just sort goes into the back three. Trippier comes into the back three. Joe Linton's almost a midfielder that drops back, if that makes sense.
00:11:12
Michael
But again, it's experimenting. We probably don't have time to do that experimenting during these games.
00:11:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, we don't have we don't have time.
00:11:18
Michael
um But something needs to change.
00:11:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
we don't We don't have time when they've all been away for a fortnight with England, etc.
00:11:24
Michael
Exactly.
00:11:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
So anyway, disappointing and some criticism of Eddie's team selection. But and look, let's listen to Ken and his bedtime story about Bionique.
Analyzing Brighton's Goals & Defensive Errors
00:12:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you, Kane. Part two, the game. Now, did you notice, Michael, that Newcastle are playing everything back to front this year in that traditionally we are really super fast starters, get three up at half time and the second half is a ball fest whilst we just bat it out.
00:12:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's not happening that way this year.
00:12:36
Michael
Yeah.
00:12:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'm generalising a little bit there, of course.
00:12:38
Michael
nope
00:12:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
We seem to be starting really, really poorly in the first half and then coming on really strong at the end. We did it yesterday. We did it when we beat Nottingham Forest, because that first half was a bit of a non-event.
00:12:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
We did it when we came back almost to beat Liverpool. um
00:12:59
Michael
We'll say in that game, we were brilliant in the first half.
00:12:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
What's going on?
00:13:02
Michael
We just didn't take our chances. ah
00:13:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's true.
00:13:05
Michael
But we were. i say we were brilliant. We were good in the first half. We were brilliant in the second. So it does still meet your point. But well I can't say we were bad in that first half.
00:13:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, that's true.
00:13:14
Michael
But again, were better in the second.
00:13:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
So where's that coming from? Is that because he starts the wrong team and it's the subs that come on and change it all? I mean, to be fair, they haven't really affected the game a lot, although I do think the substitutions that were made yesterday were worked very positively for us.
00:13:34
Michael
Yeah, substitutions. I think yesterday was the first time I actually thought the substitutions came on and did something really well. um I have to say Lewis Miley and Jacob Murphy were fantastic.
00:13:45
Michael
um I don't know what it is really because we should be starting the games. I mean, we did
Late Game Tactics and Near Comebacks
00:13:52
Michael
um on Saturday, the first 10 minutes. Excellent.
00:13:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
First ten minutes is great.
00:13:56
Michael
And then... as soon as Brighton got their foot on the ball, it felt like Guimara's Tonali and Joe Linton were just standing on each other's toes pretty much. And ah the ball was still going through them.
00:14:08
Michael
There was very little gaps between Bruno Tonali and Joe Linton. And they were still managing to just be, but i mean, it was mainly Ayari, I believe doing the damage, but he was passing through the lines just incredibly well.
00:14:21
Michael
And we just couldn't handle it. But as for why that's the reason in other games,
00:14:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:14:26
Michael
I'm not quite sure, and I think it's a large part that is down to the confidence of the wingers. I think when we go in the games, we've got two players who realistically should be absolutely excellent at beating a man and getting a cross in, Alanga and Gordon.
00:14:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah
00:14:44
Michael
Gordon wants to come in and play number 10. So every time he gets the ball, he's knocking it back to Dan Byrne or trying to go into that number 10 role. And Alanga just... I'm not going to slay Alanga, but it looks like he's the least confident man on the planet right now, which maybe that'll change when he gets a goal.
00:14:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank
00:15:02
Michael
Um... I hope it does because he certainly doesn't look like a £55 million pound man right now. ah But he was brought in. He probably thought he was going to be playing with these one of his best mates, Alexander Izak. Now he isn't.
00:15:15
Michael
um So I can only imagine he's gone through a bit of a mental rollercoaster as well. So not going to add to that. Not like he's going to be listening. But he will be sort of seeing a lot of the stuff online. So I think we've just got two wingers who just don't want to beat a man and get a ball in because we look so much better with Jacob Murphy in.
00:15:34
Michael
And Murphy isn't a great footballer, but his mentality is, I'm just going to get it to the byline and I'm going to whip a crossing or I'm going to cut inside and whip a ball in.
00:15:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:42
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yeah
00:15:45
Michael
And it's when we do that, we look dangerous. i mean, there was a couple of times on Saturday Murphy did it and there was nobody in the box. You could tell he hadn't even took a look. But it was better than Alanga in the first half getting, I think we want a break.
00:16:00
Michael
He ran 30 yards forward, then realised, oh, there's no one in front of me. I'm just going to turn around, pass it back and lose all danger at all.
00:16:09
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it bring thirty bug
00:16:12
Michael
And he's sitting there going, what are you doing? This is horrendous. But that summed up the first half really for me. I don't know about you, but I thought we were shocking in that first half.
00:16:24
Michael
Well, after the temp.
00:16:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
We seem to get... well After the first 10, we just
Defensive Mistakes and Welbeck's Goals
00:16:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
seem to get really tired. And I mean, i know half of them have got an excuse to be really tired. But, you know, Dan Byrne didn't.
00:16:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
He played a half, didn't he? Um... Joe Linton, he did his travelling, but he only did one game. He might have been injured, like we said. and I don't know. It's like, do they have to play every three games to stay match fit?
00:16:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because they've had a fortnight off. Does that take the sharpness away just from missing a weekend?
00:16:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know. But it just looked so, yeah, he was excellent.
00:16:56
Michael
I'm not sure what it but Yankouba Binti went to Africa, didn't he?
00:16:59
Michael
And he was electric again.
00:17:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he was very good. He was very good. and So we sort of tailed off and tailed off and tailed off and tailed off to the point where we conceded.
00:17:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
i mean, this is a Newcastle defence that had been four one and a half away games without conceding a goal. And then it was like they thought, well, that's enough. We'll just stop now.
00:17:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because I think the midfield and the two centre-halves all switched off at the same time. Because that looked just look like a 10-yard forward pass.
00:17:30
Michael
Yeah. Yeah.
00:17:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
He turns around and another 10-yard forward pass. And Welbeck's on the penalty spot with nobody to challenge him. that's That's their goal, isn't it?
00:17:39
Michael
yeah Legit, yeah. but When Van Hecker plays the first pass to Jorginho Ruta, literally the centre circle, the width of that is the width of distance between our three central midfielders.
00:17:54
Michael
And then about not even 10 yards away from those are Alanga and Gordon. But Van Hecker just plays a straight ball, straight into the feet of Ruta, and you're thinking... That's when midfield bypassed in the easiest way possible, but it's fine.
00:18:09
Michael
We've got two of the best centre-backs in the league there, in my opinion.
00:18:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:18:12
Michael
ah And then... Welbeck gets behind Sven Botman. ah Botman, I think, loses his man a little bit. um Malik Chao's not close enough um to do anything, but there's a... I can't remember, I think it's Diogo Gomez, who's running in as well. So if Chao gets too tight, Gomez just runs into the space. but So Botman needed to do better there, really.
00:18:37
Michael
He doesn't have enough awareness of where Danny Welbeck is, but yeah, Ruder is allowed to run all the time in the world. Midfield don't get anywhere close to him. um And he just slots it into Welbeck for Welbeck's first very good finish of the day.
Impact of International Duties on Performance
00:18:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, and to be honest, at half-time, having just listened to it, um I'm glad I didn't see how bad that goal was when it was happening. um I suppose was kind of thinking, well, I'm glad it's just 1-0.
00:19:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
Surely they can't be as bad in the second half. And Joe Linton got hooked at half-time.
00:19:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
and Gordon was ineffective. When did he get hooked? At about an hour.
00:19:14
Michael
Yeah, rightfully so.
00:19:20
Michael
ah Yeah, Gordon was about an hour. I think, was it a barn? No, 70 minutes. um He came off and all of a sudden we looked really dangerous for the 10 minutes afterwards. We were growing into it 10 minutes before, but we looked really dangerous when Ramsey and Barnes came on, even though neither of them did particularly well.
00:19:41
Michael
I think it was just a lot more legs.
00:19:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, that's proven how tired we were, of course.
00:19:48
Michael
Essentially, yeah.
00:19:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then we've we've got to we've got to say our pressure was building. It was looking good. And then we equalised with, why is this man just save something special and gets cleverer and cleverer with each game?
00:19:58
Michael
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah,
00:20:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
That, first of all, fair play to Lewis Miley running beyond the ball to pick the ball up and lay a very intelligent ball into the box, which fooled the defence because no one could guess that Valtomar was going to do a little off his backheel.
00:20:12
Michael
he was right.
00:20:25
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They didn't really.
00:20:26
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Into the button for him. It was a wonderful goal. but And he meant it every minute. Yeah.
00:20:26
Michael
Yeah, it's a classic Ayode Perez flick, as I called it yesterday.
00:20:34
Michael
ah Beautiful stuff. But it was great on that.
00:20:37
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Very like the goal he scored against stem against Union Saint-Gélois, actually.
00:20:44
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That went in off his heel. And that was just an instinctive little flick out from Tonali's shot.
00:20:44
Michael
Mm-hmm.
00:20:48
Michael
Yeah, he's got great reactions.
00:20:51
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But that was wonderful, running onto it. So yeah, so one all, and then we're all getting excited, aren't we, Michael? We're all thinking there's only one team going to score again here, and they're playing in green.
League Standing Concerns for Newcastle
00:21:03
Michael
Yeah.
00:21:03
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You know who I mean.
00:21:05
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i But the dastardly Danny Welbeck has other ideas.
00:21:05
Michael
ah
00:21:08
Michael
It's happened again.
00:21:13
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And it's so ironic that Byrne makes a fantastic saving tackle.
00:21:19
Michael
He does.
00:21:19
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Um, but It looks like oh this is the Newcastle that has not let a goal in all season now, defending for their lives. Brighton aren't going to get close. He makes a great tackle and the ball just rolls so kindly for Welbeck. Again, I thought he took it really well.
00:21:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
You said it wasn't the bottom corner. It was enough in the bottom corner for it to fly in.
00:21:40
Michael
It was still a decent finish. Yeah.
00:21:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Very good finish. And then it's too late for us to do anything else, although we did try. as I said, Dan Byrne, if he'd only been six foot nine, would have got an equaliser.
00:21:51
Michael
There's
00:21:52
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um And I think right at the end, Voltemada, Voltemada have a header which he put wide.
00:21:56
Michael
a couple of sniffs that go.
00:21:58
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little bit of sniff. Yeah. Disappointing though, isn't it?
00:22:02
Michael
Yeah. Very difficult.
00:22:03
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Disappointing.
00:22:04
Michael
Yeah. I think with the second goal, it's a little bit similar to the first way.
00:22:05
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mean, we'd,
00:22:09
Michael
um I managed to, when I was looking at a back, I managed to stop the the frame exactly on the moment it passes Jacob Ramsey. And I'm i'm not going to fault him. um At least I think it's Jacob Ramsey.
00:22:21
Michael
um I'm not going fault him. But the bo if he's here, the ball is literally there. and do you think I saw it quite a bit with Volta Marder. He does it a little bit as well, um where it's just too busy looking to see where players are and the ball just ends up almost going through him.
00:22:29
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Thank
00:22:37
Michael
um Which, to be honest, if there was ever a player that didn't have his head up looking to see where player other players are, I'd be criticising him for that. um But it's just one of those where feel it looks like he's looked up and tried to look around at just the wrong second.
00:22:53
Michael
So he's not quick enough to react.
00:22:55
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You
00:22:55
Michael
Maybe I'm making excuses for him because I do quite like him as a player. and But again, it's just the fine margins. And with that, I will say there's no excuse for Harvey Barnes to be five yards ahead of Weaver and to end up 20 yards behind him by the time the right-back gets the ball.
00:23:13
Michael
Now, Dan Byrne realistically shouldn't have to make that tackle. um But he does. He does it really well. Credit to him. Another proof he's probably a centre-back rather than a full-back. And then the ball, as you say, just...
00:23:27
Michael
drops to Danny Welbeck and he blissfully puts it in the corner. i see it through gritted teeth.
00:23:33
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it's so deflating. It's so deflating.
00:23:37
Michael
Yeah.
00:23:38
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It leaves us, Michael, and
Player Performance Metrics and Concerns
00:23:40
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let me see if I can remember, i think that is nine points from eight games played,
00:23:45
Michael
Yeah, that's correct.
00:23:46
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in the la languishing down in 13th place. If Brentford beat West Ham tomorrow, we'll drop another place to 14th. This is not how we wanted the first 20% of the season to go, ah don't think.
00:23:59
Michael
No.
00:24:00
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and But look, Let's hear from the Bin Dipper ruining Liverpool's fourth consecutive loss and what he thinks about Zencastle.
00:24:44
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It's just that last Zencaster that gets me.
00:24:47
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Jesse's meant to be but be a scouser.
00:24:47
Michael
Yeah.
00:24:48
Michael
and
00:24:50
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Oh, never mind. Thank you, Jesse, for stepping in and not complaining every week when I call you a bin dipper. and Part three. Anyway, Michael, one question to talk about part three.
00:25:04
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Are you worried?
00:25:07
Michael
Yes, but I am not worried about the performances of the team. I am worried about the performances of specific players. um And I'm going to give you a question here as well.
00:25:17
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and
00:25:20
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right
00:25:20
Michael
Based on expected points, which I hate using these metrics, but expected goals or expected ah for against expected against per game, where do you think that has Newcastle United in the table?
00:25:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. and Well, let's see. That would have had us beaten Villa, three points, beaten Liverpool, six points.
00:25:43
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and Can't remember the rest of the games. We probably would have beat... ah bit Draw with Leeds, seven. Draw with Arsenal, eight.
00:25:55
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Beat Wolves, 11. 14. Yesterday, can't remember. I think we were ahead yesterday. We should have won yesterday. Top.
00:26:04
Michael
Yep. We're not top. We're not quite top, but we are in fourth.
00:26:07
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Second. Yeah. Yeah.
00:26:10
Michael
So it's one of those. Our
Ideal Team Formation and Attack Strategies
00:26:12
Michael
expected goals against is still one of the lowest in the league. Two great, well, a number of great finishes against us this year. We just haven't really. Maybe it's closing down.
00:26:21
Michael
We're one of the only teams that's conceded more than their goals against. um But... We're not playing horrific in comparison to the teams we're playing.
00:26:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:26:31
Michael
when it's When we're in a horrific game, both teams have been pretty poor. Bournemouth, electric against everyone else. Against us, it was boring 0-0 because we're taking them out of that.
00:26:41
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yeah
00:26:43
Michael
i mean, it's horrible watch, but I'm not all that worried. But as say I'm worried about the likes of Harvey Barnes, Anthony Gordon, Anthony Alanga, mainly the wingers. Um...
00:26:58
Michael
as I've mentioned there, just simply not performing. Because think when you look at it, Newcastle as a whole, the midfield three have held their own this year. I'd say less so about Joe Linton, but Tonali's had a great start of the year.
00:27:11
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Yeah.
00:27:13
Michael
Bruno is the only player other than Volta Mada who I think has scored in the Premier League for us. I may be i might be wrong. I might have missed one. But he's looked very good as well. I thought second half yes against Brighton, he was great.
00:27:27
Michael
Joe Linton less so. And then I'm looking at the wingers and I'm going, well, other than Jacob Murphy, what of the rest have you done this year? mean, Gordon got a brace against Union St. Gilroy, both penalties. um Not impressive at all.
00:27:42
Michael
Alanga was great against Barcelona, but in the Premier League, he's been very, very poor. um So, i mean, Dan Burns got more assists than...
00:27:48
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It's weird.
00:27:53
Michael
ah Gordon, Alanga and Barnes put together. So what if can do about that?
00:27:57
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Because he has one. And the others don't.
00:27:58
Michael
Yeah, he has one. Good on him. It's one more than anyone else.
00:28:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's crazy. That'll make Lewis Smiley have more assists than those three as well, because he got yesterday's, didn't he?
00:28:08
Michael
Yeah. Yeah, he was excellent.
00:28:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um, I agree with you. I think performance-wise, um, and And let's not say, if there's one little aberration yet, I think the second one's down to luck.
00:28:20
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We defended that well and it just drops for Welbeck.
00:28:22
Michael
I agree.
00:28:23
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first one First one, we went AWOL. And that's one mistake every eight games that our centre-back pairing is going to make, I'll take that.
00:28:32
Michael
Agreed. Yeah.
00:28:32
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and Because you can take that normally and win 3-1.
00:28:34
Michael
Hmm.
00:28:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's just, when we're not scoring the goals, it's critical. we've got We've got to score goals. Now, am I worried? I'm not worried because we bought Valtemada and he is scoring goals.
00:28:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've got Wisser coming back, who I'm hoping is going to be able to hit the ground running when he comes back. He's scored a lot of goals in the Premier League before. And and if if somebody else is scoring, maybe that just takes the pressure off.
00:29:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Gordon, I think Gordon might have getting asked to take a more central role. And that's why he cuts in so much. Knowing that there's not a centre forward there, knowing that he was picked to play centre-forward in the first three games before Valtemada joined.
00:29:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know if he's asked to get across there because Valtemada likes to come back. It's the wrong thing to do. need Valtemada to come back and have each of the wingers running beyond them.
00:29:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
But also Bruno and Tonali running in front of them as well.
00:29:30
Michael
Yeah.
00:29:31
Michael
Yeah.
00:29:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I think that makes Valtemada players a number 10 and we don't have a number 10. I think we've got some great players, Michael. I just don't know if we've worked out how to how to line them up.
00:29:46
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It's not clicking, is it?
00:29:46
Michael
Yeah, i think I think for me it's it's a case of
Injury Updates, Fixtures, and Champions League
00:29:50
Michael
on the wings. I think we're so used to Lewis Hall and Tino Livramento basically playing as midfielders, bombing forward, overlapping every time we get the ball.
00:30:01
Michael
Trippier, great as he is, he hasn't really got the legs that he used to have. Dan Byrne, As much as he tries and as much as, to be honest, when he gets the ball, he is fairly decent.
00:30:12
Michael
But at 6'7", if anyone expects him to do anything but look like he's towing a truck, then you know you're greatly mistaken. He's a great, great player, but he isn't a left-back.
00:30:24
Michael
And he does well when he's put there, credit to him. um But I think it's one of those where everything we do, if if it isn't Jacob Murphy whipping a cross in, it has to come from the centre of the pitch because Gordon's not doing anything. He's trying to come too central. As you say, maybe he's being told that.
00:30:43
Michael
I'll be bemused if he is because his best work comes from the wing. And Alanga just doesn't look up for it. So I'm relying on Jacob Murphy for pretty much it every bit of creativity I worried at the minute.
00:30:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, we saw what Bruno did for Brazil, though. I mean, Bruno is capable, and we know Tenard is capable.
00:31:01
Michael
Excellent. Yeah.
00:31:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, let's not be too worried, because Lewis Hall's injury is almost sorted, isn't it? He's coming back for the end of this set of games.
00:31:11
Michael
Yeah. No.
00:31:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah That means he'll come on for the last 10 minutes in the last game before the international break. But anyway, he should be fit. Tino's not that far behind. This is an eight-week, and he's been out for four of them already.
00:31:22
Michael
no
00:31:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
So they should be back soon. um We should have a centre-forward coming on with Wisser when he's sorted. And maybe with the extra players and the extra competition, we can see some of the form that Gordon shows when he's playing for England and all that competition after his place.
00:31:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't think he thinks he's ever going to fancy Barnes ahead of him.
00:31:50
Michael
No. Unfortunately not.
00:31:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
maybe Maybe there's a little bit of that. That's why he should get part Park Sung-Soo on let's see how this lad can do you're old enough I don't know I'd like to see him I'd like to
00:32:03
Michael
It's the fact he's probably not good enough. but He was playing in the Korean second tier when we found him.
00:32:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah but he just he looks good doesn't he in the friendlies we've seen that we've seen that that assist from against Mansfield that's just a fantastic ball whatever pitch you're playing on and anyway look let's not get too down
00:32:20
Michael
It is. It's good.
00:32:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
Can't be two down because there's always a game coming up tomorrow, although it happens to be on Tuesday.
00:32:30
Michael
Yeah.
00:32:32
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So, ah yeah, Benfica in the Champions League. Very exciting. I'm going.
00:32:38
Michael
Lovely.
00:32:39
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I haven't got that one.
00:32:39
Michael
but I'm not going to Benfica, I'm going to Athletic Club. um To be honest, I am going to keep an eye out um because I had seen the word ticket the word tickets still on NewcastleUnited.com,
Closing Remarks and Fan Engagement
00:32:50
Michael
but every single time one pops up, it's it's either a junior or a disabled ticket.
00:32:55
Michael
And I keep clicking, I keep checking, but I might even give in and just go to one of those um sort of second hand, not second hand, but and you know what I mean.
00:33:05
Michael
seat pick or something like that and try and get a ticket there.
00:33:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
out on the top oh dear
00:33:09
Michael
Yeah, the old touts. Just to see how it goes, because on the day of the game, you do tend to get a couple that are alright priced. um Although, while if feeling like it, I might even go over the top. But we'll see. The only ones available on there that are decent at the minute are Benfica away support, which tells you they're probably not bringing too many.
00:33:28
Michael
LAUGHTER
00:33:30
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excellent Well, look, I'm sure we will be... some bit i'll I'll be on with someone tomorrow previewing that game, I think.
00:33:37
Michael
Yes, I believe it is you and Nicola.
00:33:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Joanne? Me and Nicola. All right.
00:33:42
Michael
Yes.
00:33:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
I thought Joanne was kicking around at some point. Anyway, who knows where they've gone? Missing in action. Thank you very much for joining me to talk about this one, Michael, because, yeah, I'm not on the schedule to work tonight either.
00:33:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
But never mind. Never mind.
00:33:56
Michael
No.
00:33:57
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We improvise.
00:33:58
Michael
Things are always changing, and thank you for stepping in.
00:34:00
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Well... No problem. um Thank you very much, everyone, for listening. If you've been watching us on YouTube, please like and subscribe. The likes make it more visible to more people or something.
00:34:13
Michael
Yes.
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Too technical for me. But if you can like it, we'll all be very pleased. And if you subscribe to it, you'll not miss another one. I've been Ian Mackay, joined by lovely Michael.
00:34:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you, Michael. We're going to toodle pip.
00:34:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.