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Daily Newcastle: NUFC 2-3 Liverpool: Match Review
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Iain hosts Michael in the immediate aftermath of Newcastle's heart-breaking home defeat to Liverpool, proving that with this many Scousers in town, it was inevitable something would get stolen: the three points for a win!
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Transcript
Introduction and Match Overview
00:00:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Super funky start to a late night match review. Welcome to the Daily Newcastle podcast, proud to be part of the Global Sports Podcast Network. ah My name is Ian McKay. I'm here hosting tonight with my good friend.
00:00:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Michael, who we've waited a little bit longer for Michael to come back from the pub where he was watching the match with his dad, um for us to review Newcastle against Liverpool.
00:00:36
Michael Grahamslaw
Mm-hmm.
00:00:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Yet another Newcastle-Liverpool match where we go down by the odd goal in five this time, not seven, where Liverpool score a last-minute winner. where it's somebody who should be studying for their O-levels who gets
Emotional Reactions and Match Progress
00:00:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
it.
00:00:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
We've seen this before. Honestly, talk about lightning not striking twice. that Five or six times that's happened in my lifetime. But anyway, I'm getting right through to the end there. hope no spoilers.
00:01:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Michael, thank you for joining me. How are you, bud?
00:01:10
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah, doing well. um Had a few drinks, obviously, a but not for my parents' Pearl anniversary. um Yeah, 30 years. Shout out to them. They've done a lot better than I will. um The wife hopefully isn't listening to that.
00:01:25
Michael Grahamslaw
But overall, I'm doing very well. i'm Obviously, a little disheartened at the ah the late goal, which feels like a bit of a kick in the teeth, but I'm sure we'll get to that.
00:01:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
what What a sickener. What a sickener.
00:01:38
Michael Grahamslaw
Again.
00:01:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
We are, I know, and but the thing is, they were so proud of them. um I know we'll go into detail in part two about the first half, in part three about the second half, but to go down to ten men and two behind
00:01:43
Michael Grahamslaw
Mm-hmm.
00:01:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
No matter how wonderful that crowd was to lift them, nobody, nobody would have given Newcastle much of a hope and yet they got it back to two all and they were pressing throughout that last 10 minutes, corner after corner, looking like they were going to steal a winner when right at the death, of course,
00:02:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
The kid who's not 17 yet gets brought on.
00:02:16
Michael Grahamslaw
ah
00:02:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
and ah And he is the one who does the Roy of the Rovers ending to pinch it for Liverpool, who it must be the least deserving winners of match week two in the Premier League.
00:02:27
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:02:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Please let me have that. Not
Critiques and Tactical Discussions
00:02:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
the least deserving winners ever.
00:02:30
Michael Grahamslaw
I think that's what Karaga was saying, wasn't it? Yeah, was going to say, Carrigan was saying least deserving winners ever and most deserving losers ever. Now, personally, i don't like being patronised, but I think he's realised that throughout this transfer window, Liverpool fans have just acted a little bit like twits.
00:02:50
Michael Grahamslaw
They've all embarrassed themselves a little bit. And there's Newcastle fans that have as well. But maybe he's just trying to not embarrass himself ah today, which, to be fair, I didn't hear too much of his commentary at half-time.
00:02:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
course
00:03:03
Michael Grahamslaw
um And I've only seen the quote from the end of the game. So it doesn't seem like he was too bad. But yeah, just a imagine losing it to a kid, man. I mean, he's 13 years younger than me.
00:03:17
Michael Grahamslaw
i hazard to guess how much he is younger than you. ah But 16.
00:03:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll tell you if you give for let me do the maths I'll tell you He's 40, he's 46 years younger than me.
00:03:29
Michael Grahamslaw
Jesus. Yeah, get back to doing your...
00:03:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:33
Michael Grahamslaw
Go back to school. We don't want to see you again.
00:03:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
But it's ridiculous because I remember Carvalho did that when we had fought so hard for a draw at Anfield and he scored in the seventh minute of injury time when there were only five minutes due to be played. And Klopp did his stupid grin and running up and down the side of the pitch.
00:03:48
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:03:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank God Klopp's nowhere to be seen. um although I'm beginning to hate Arnie Slott as much as him really, really quickly. um
00:04:00
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:04:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Look, let's go back to the beginning, Michael. um Interesting team news from Liverpool who brought Graven Birch back in, who effectively was going to screen the back four.
00:04:08
Michael Grahamslaw
yeah
00:04:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
I mean, they wouldn't be as exposed as they were against Bournemouth, but Alexis McAllister was missing because apparently his wife's having a baby and as Roy Keane said, what's he doing after the night off?
00:04:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's his wife that's having the baby, but I thought it gave us a chance if he wasn't playing. um the other The other plus that I thought was that Sobizlai was going to play ah right back because Conor Bradley wasn't fit enough, Gomez wasn't fit enough to start and Frimpong had been injured.
00:04:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
And To be fair to him, I thought Shabaslai was excellent at right back.
00:04:49
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah, he did well.
00:04:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know Gordon got him but got him booked early on, but he he handled Gordon a lot better than a lot of full-time right backs have. Newcastle's line-up, as predicted, I think, not as hoped for.
00:05:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
I gave a very different team line-up on my little solo preview, but I did predict that Eddie would go with the same starting XI, which is what he did.
00:05:08
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:05:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Is that what you would have done, Michael?
00:05:15
Michael Grahamslaw
No, i I have to say after a pretty poor performance against Aston Villa from Harvey Barnes, I would have been saying, you know what, let's get hot ah let's get um Anthony Gordon out on the left.
00:05:27
Michael Grahamslaw
Let's put Anthony Alanga in the centre and let's play Jacob Murphy out wide on the right, which I will also say I was saying at the end when it's two two you probably want Jacob Murphy on um because it's one of those he's played right back so many times.
00:05:42
Michael Grahamslaw
When you've got 10 men, it gives you that extra mind. But i'll I'll get into that later.
00:05:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
But but that sound that sounds, Michael, like you didn't hear Eddie in his interview half an hour before kickoff saying that they were protecting Jacob Murphy because he has a little bit of an Achilles issue.
00:05:46
Michael Grahamslaw
um but
00:05:59
Michael Grahamslaw
Then why is he on the bench?
00:06:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know.
00:06:03
Michael Grahamslaw
Why have we brought him at all?
00:06:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah don't know. thought
00:06:05
Michael Grahamslaw
Put Izak on there. He was hiding behind some kid.
00:06:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
it was i thinking i thought i thought he was wearing an Alan mask because
00:06:08
Michael Grahamslaw
ah It looked like...
00:06:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
because the sky cameras kept flipping through to Alan Shearer. And I thought at some stage, he was just going to rip it off and it was going to be Ezek underneath it.
00:06:16
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:06:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
That didn't happen.
00:06:21
Michael Grahamslaw
Here at the Panto at Newcastle United. He's behind you.
00:06:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
That didn't happen. See, I thought that we would... What I wanted to do was to play three centre-halves and have tino have Tino and Hall.
00:06:34
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:06:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Hall looked great, by the way, when he came on. He looks fit to me.
00:06:40
Michael Grahamslaw
Fantastic.
00:06:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
I don't know.
00:06:42
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:06:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Tino and Hall as the as the attacking ah wing-backs play your three in midfield, and I would have given the left half of attack to Gordon and the right half to Alanga and let them go in inside right, inside left, and make sure that Hall and Livramento were giving us the width.
00:06:55
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:07:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
I thought that had given us a lot of pace going forward, really secure in the middle. Yeah.
00:07:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
but and also took Harvey Barnes out of the equation. um But, you know, that's not what was done.
00:07:14
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:07:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
So I would have preferred to see something like that.
00:07:16
Michael Grahamslaw
yeah
00:07:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
A little bit like we did against Arsenal in the two semi-finals.
00:07:23
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah, great.
00:07:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:07:23
Michael Grahamslaw
um Played great that day as well.
00:07:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think, anyway, let's be fair. and Eddie's not going to do massive changes. We did we did hammer Aston Villa 0-0, if the truth be known.
00:07:36
Michael Grahamslaw
It was a great performance. Yeah.
00:07:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's not going to change that team.
Newcastle's Performance Analysis
00:07:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's how we lined up. That's how we got in. um And as we'll go through, actually, team played really, really well.
00:07:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I'm going to pause early and and do the bionic ad because we're going to need plenty of time to talk about each of these halves.
00:07:50
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:07:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
So let's do this.
00:07:56
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:08:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
It covers up the bionic loop. Did you see that? It started again, and I was able to blank it out and cross it off.
00:08:54
Michael Grahamslaw
I didn't see it, but I loved it
00:08:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
and Yeah, I know Michael has told me for the first time I've spoken to Michael since since the sting has been the new Sting has come out, and he hates it.
00:09:00
Michael Grahamslaw
ah
00:09:08
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah. Well, don't tell them that.
00:09:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I love it, and I play it at every possible opportunity. When I did my solo, I ah i sandwiched. the Bionique advert with a sting on both sides.
00:09:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
I love it so much.
00:09:22
Michael Grahamslaw
Oh.
00:09:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know. Anyway, it's eight o'clock.
00:09:23
Michael Grahamslaw
Oh.
00:09:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
The match has kicked off.
00:09:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I thought, to a man, we played pretty well for that first half hour. I mean, we bossed them. We bossed them.
00:09:28
Michael Grahamslaw
yeah
00:09:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
Tell me what your impressions were. Who stood out for you, Michael, in that first half hour?
00:09:44
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah, I think first half hour, it was one of those where it was starting to feel like the cup final again. and And they had the the the first shot of the game through Florian Verts. But it was one of those where we had all of the ball.
00:09:56
Michael Grahamslaw
We just weren't really creating too much with it. um It did take us a little while to actually create a chance, which is obviously going to be a little frustrating. But our press was so good.
00:10:09
Michael Grahamslaw
ah If you look at... I don't have the stats in front of me. Usually I'm the stat man. But it felt like every other pass that Liverpool did was going to one of our players because the press was just so high up.
00:10:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
They were excellent.
00:10:20
Michael Grahamslaw
I think a player that I was quite impressed with...
00:10:23
Michael Grahamslaw
um and it's just the sheer amount that he was able to get on the ball and control the game was Kieran Trippier. um i thought defensively he wasn't fantastic, but on the ball, I thought everything was going through that right-hand side, which, to be honest, I don't entirely agree with when you've got a centre-attacking midfielder playing right back for Liverpool.
00:10:45
Michael Grahamslaw
um But... it was clear that the aim was to get Trippier, Bruno and Alanga on that right-hand side and then get it in the back stick where you were hoping Sabaz Lai, you know, being a, let's be honest, not a right back, but um to actually just lose his position in a little bit and Barnes could get him behind.
00:11:07
Michael Grahamslaw
I thought we did it quite a lot. We did quite well. Trippier was probably the the best player of the first 30 minutes for me. I really liked that performance. And I am also, also I'm going to say Anthony Gordon.
00:11:21
Michael Grahamslaw
I'm really disappointed in Gordon for the entirety of that first half. But if you look at it for the, I'm disappointed because he was an idiot. If you look at that first 30 minutes, it's an excellent performance.
00:11:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you.
00:11:36
Michael Grahamslaw
ah He's dribbling past players. That turn he did on Canadi to Canadi's yellow card, it's absolutely excellent. And then the last minutes of the first half where you just want to get it get back in, regroup, and go straight at them in the second, he presses brilliantly.
00:11:55
Michael Grahamslaw
And you're like, right, brilliant. You've done your job. Just leave it there. No, he goes studs up on the back of Van Dijk. Like an absolute idiot. He's nowhere near the ball. And... I was argued with a fair bit in the pub that you know it's not a pet it's not a red, but for me, it's a red all day.
00:12:13
Michael Grahamslaw
And I think when you saw the marks on Van Dijk's calf afterwards, there was no dispute in it. But it's it's so stupid and a horrible end to what overall was a pretty positive first half, despite being 1-0 down.
00:12:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
i thought I thought he was excellent. I thought he led the press really well. I agree with you on that.
00:12:32
Michael Grahamslaw
agree.
00:12:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I thought Shobislai didn't let Liverpool down. There was a fabulous ah fabulous cross field fa fabulous ball in from Alanga who showed just how rapid he was a few times in that first half that Gordon was on to for two yards out and Shobislai came right back with him.
00:12:38
Michael Grahamslaw
No, no, definitely not.
00:12:47
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah,
00:12:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I think it's sort of a great last-ditch block.
00:12:53
Michael Grahamslaw
yeah it was a great last-ditch book.
00:12:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
that just rolled safely to Alison. There was a cross from the left from Barnes as well, um which Gordon got up really well with the header and it dropped on the roof of the net.
00:13:05
Michael Grahamslaw
The header. Yeah.
00:13:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
um I thought he, you see, everyone calls him makeshift and like like we're crippled because we've got him playing centre forward. taught Listen to Gordon talking now.
00:13:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
he sees his future as a centre forward. He thinks he's coming off the wing and playing down the middle. That's what he wants to do. so And he's good at it. He is good at it. He might not be as good at it as he is when he's playing on the wing.
00:13:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
But, um you know, I don't think we're looking toothless at all. um
00:13:38
Michael Grahamslaw
No, would agree.
00:13:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
All I got from that first half an hour, there was one bad pass from Schaar, which fortunately went to was was wasted by Liverpool.
00:13:47
Michael Grahamslaw
yeah
00:13:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
There was an incredible free kick from Tonali that he took from the left. it look It's going to be dangerous. It went out for a throw in on the other side of the pitch. I'm not sure what he was thinking of doing there. and What else have I written down here for that first half? and Liveramento overlapping. Liveramento is such a good player.
00:14:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
I've got Alanga.
00:14:08
Michael Grahamslaw
He was very good that first half.
00:14:10
Michael Grahamslaw
Agreed.
00:14:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Alanga, rapid, rapid, rapid. Anthony Gordon. He was like a wasp at the Liverpool defenders picnic, I put down. Not bad, you see.
00:14:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
I should have been a journalist, man.
00:14:20
Michael Grahamslaw
I like that.
00:14:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
i should have been no journalist, Michael.
00:14:23
Michael Grahamslaw
He should have been.
00:14:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
um
00:14:24
Michael Grahamslaw
I like that.
00:14:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was Gordon that got Canati booked. It was Gordon that got Shobbyslai booked. There's the header on the roof of the net. At some stages in that first half, when Sky does its last five minutes stats, Newcastle were 80-20 in favour for possession.
00:14:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we didn't we didn't expect that. I thought we were meant to be um ah thought we were meant to be holding off. and then hitting them on the transition when we get the ball. That wasn't what was happening.
00:14:41
Michael Grahamslaw
yeah
00:14:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
We had the ball all of the time. um
00:14:52
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:14:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Then there's that silly goal, isn't there? It was a great shot, to be fair. Just once we stood off him and gave him chance to have a look up and grab him at his shot. Got a tiniest of deflections just to make sure that Pope didn't get down fast enough.
00:15:06
Michael Grahamslaw
yeah
00:15:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then in off the foot of the post. Yeah. so annoying and it did knock us out far stride for a little while. And I think it was that frustration that had Dan Byrne, Welly, Mo Salah in the leg and get booked. And two minutes later, Gordon, who was running around like mad and closing down the right back, then the goalkeeper got got to Van Dyke way too late to be able to try and jump in like he did and got himself sent off. It looked fairly bleak at that point.
00:15:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um,
00:15:42
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah, half-time you're sitting there and you're going, I'll take a 2-0 loss.
00:15:46
Michael Grahamslaw
Just let's not let the goal difference get too badly damaged. Because we saw they'd put four past Bournemouth. And let's be honest, when you don't have a striker, you're thinking, we're not going to score more than once. we need to keep it We need to keep the score down and hopefully we'll get one or two goals. And to be honest, we did absolutely fantastically, as we'll get to.
00:16:07
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah. in that second half but it's it's it's one of those where at half time even more so after the 46th minute um a minute of the second half you're sitting there and you're thinking this is gonna be oh we're gonna we're in trouble here this is gonna be really really bad and obviously we'll get to it
00:16:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it was so frustrating. It was so frustrating because we had played so well.
00:16:31
Michael Grahamslaw
so well
00:16:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
And there just didn't seem to be any justice in conceding a goal there. That happens all of the time, of course. um
00:16:39
Michael Grahamslaw
oh
00:16:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
But it's compounded when Gordon's trying just too hard. I don't think he was trying to cripple Van Dijk, by the way. I think he's just completing that really hard press. And his over-exuberance means he goes for the tackle when he shouldn't.
00:16:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
He should just let that go.
00:16:56
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah, the worrying thing for me with that is how far away from the ball he is.
00:16:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
So...
00:17:01
Michael Grahamslaw
I think if he's not massively far, let's be honest, Van Dijk's already kicked the ball with the other foot.
00:17:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
I know.
00:17:06
Michael Grahamslaw
um And if he if he gets it on Van Dijk's standing foot, I think he gets away with it. But it's just the fact he's so far away from the ball that the refs looked at it and gone, I haven't got a choice, unfortunately.
00:17:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, he hasn't. He didn't.
00:17:21
Michael Grahamslaw
and
00:17:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
So stupid. Van Dijk's what? Is he 10 yards outside his own box?
00:17:25
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:17:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
He's already played two of the two minutes of injury time in the first half. There's nothing happening.
00:17:31
Michael Grahamslaw
Pretty much.
00:17:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's not dangerous. It's not like punching the ball over the bar when it's going in, getting sent off for that. So pointless.
00:17:39
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:17:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Very hot-headed, Anthony Gordon. We know it was because of your over-enthusiasm, not for any malice. But I imagine... Virgil van Dijk's aftermatch bath stung a bit when he put that in the hot water.
00:17:54
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:17:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yeah, anyway, so it's half time. um Good time for me to wear ask if you've got the Zencastr advert. I should have asked at the start because I'm going to do...
00:18:05
Michael Grahamslaw
hello You realistically should have, yeah. But it's it's one of those where, much like Newcastle United's performance, I'll be able to just pull something out of the hat that's absolutely fantastic.
00:18:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:18:18
Michael Grahamslaw
And it'll sound something like this.
00:18:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, it'll sound after this.
00:18:36
Michael Grahamslaw
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00:18:52
Michael Grahamslaw
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00:18:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well done, Michael. We can't throw Michael a curveball on this podcast. He reacts professionally every time. Welcome back to part three, everybody. We're going into the second half.
00:19:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
And anybody who was waiting for the kettle to boil to finish, thinking they'd get back just before the adverts had finished when they're watching it on Sky, found that they got back to their couch at 20 seconds into the second half.
Second Half Developments and Comeback
00:19:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Eketike of all people. I mean, he was cast... He was a dead cert to score, wasn't he?
00:19:30
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:19:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
But he scored... I don't know what we did. i don't know if we were caught cold. i don't think we had a touch. But Eketike scored after 20 seconds to make it 2-0.
00:19:35
Michael Grahamslaw
No, pretty much not.
00:19:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I was wondering whether I should just stop watching because I thought that was going to herald a complete cave-in and a... You know, a sort of a... Where West Ham lost 5-1. Leeds ended up losing 5-0 when they went behind eventually at Arsenal.
00:19:50
Michael Grahamslaw
yeah
00:19:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
That's what I feared at that point. How were you fearing it? We're 20 seconds in and we're two down.
00:20:01
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah, I'll be honest. i I was looking at my parents across the table from me and I was thinking I might just get you as a taxi now because <unk>s you it's your anniversary. 30 years. You don't want to watch this.
00:20:14
Michael Grahamslaw
um But I was sitting there, persevered, but I was thinking this is going to get really bad. And I was sitting there thinking... Looking at Skybet on my phone and thinking, Mo Salah, Eketike, 4-0.
00:20:29
Michael Grahamslaw
I could feel it, you know. And then I was like, you know what? No, we'll stick with it. We'll keep it going under 10 minutes. And then another 10 minutes went by and we were like, you know what? We're actually playing really well. We're not doing much against them, but we're playing well.
00:20:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think...
00:20:42
Michael Grahamslaw
And then obviously Bruno got the goal and everything changed.
00:20:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. ah Well, I think we got a bit of belief because, to be fair, and and I don't think we've said this yet, Liverpool were terrible.
00:20:52
Michael Grahamslaw
Yes.
00:20:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
Liverpool didn't take their time at all. Particularly, you've got a man advantage. Sorry. Right at the very end, they took their time, they played possession, they worked the ball, and they got the young lad into ah miles of space to score the winner.
00:21:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
They didn't do it before then.
00:21:06
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:21:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
They were... They were pushing so hard, trying to do something that wasn't on, that the ball kept running through to Pope or was intercepted and we brought it away. And then we started playing one or two nice moves to bring it out. And I think the crowd got up for it a little bit.
00:21:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um,
00:21:26
Michael Grahamslaw
I
00:21:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
Tonali got knocked over her his shoulder, didn't he? That got the crowd a little bit angry. um And then can't remember whether that was before or after Bruno's goal, but it was after Bruno's goal. so So Tonali stayed on.
00:21:42
Michael Grahamslaw
think just, yeah.
00:21:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But yeah, a sophistication brought to our set-piece routines by employing a new set-piece coach, exemplified by seven or eight long throws being tried tonight.
00:22:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
But Liverpool rubbish at them.
00:22:01
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah. Yeah.
00:22:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
It was a long throw. i think it was kind of not... It looked like it was going to be flicked on, but it wasn't flicked on. And Bruno just out-muscled Kerkas at the back and scored a little bit of a diving header.
00:22:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Suddenly it's too one and the crowd, instead of holding their breath, waiting to see when Liverpool were going to score next, suddenly got a little bit of belief.
00:22:15
Michael Grahamslaw
yeah
00:22:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
They came back in. That was evident over the TV. It must have been fantastic in the ground when that goal went in.
00:22:31
Michael Grahamslaw
100%, yeah.
00:22:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
and
00:22:31
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:22:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
I still didn't have much hope, I have to admit. Particularly when Tannoli had to go off. And Miley came on. Miley, first choice substitute.
00:22:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Definitely fourth choice in the midfield now. and And he looked assured when he came on. Quietly efficient. Gets stuck in a corner. Doesn't panic.
00:22:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Keeps control and knocks it to burn, to clear properly. um I thought Miley looked really... mature beyond his years when he came on.
00:23:06
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah, i I would say just on with that, I'd say Miley, I was really questioning being the first substitute.
00:23:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
and Then Joe,
00:23:12
Michael Grahamslaw
when he When I saw Miley, I was thinking, this isn't the game for Miley. He's not got the legs. um I thought he did do well, but I thought he did a hell of a lot better when Jacob Ramsey was alongside him.
00:23:24
Michael Grahamslaw
And I'll get to it a bit later, but for me, he looks so exciting. And Ramsey and Miley alongside each other as two substitutes, I've got a feeling we'll do that quite a lot this season and it'll be very, very good.
00:23:39
Michael Grahamslaw
But I'll get to that later.
00:23:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, um I was going to mention that he was a triple substitution on 74 minutes. The last throw of the dice, if you like. Joe Linton had got hurt.
00:23:51
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:23:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Not sure. He didn't look like he got kicked very much. I don't know if he's pulled something. Could it be a Joe Linton's groin again? Yeah.
00:23:58
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah, it looks that way. A little pull at the thigh or maybe the groin.
00:24:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:24:03
Michael Grahamslaw
As you say, groin probably looks more likely, but it just seemed a little pull. I'd say it's one of those that I don't think it'll keep him out as long as the last one did, um but it was one of those where you looked at him and went, yeah, you're off straight away.
00:24:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
So took advantage of that by taking Trippier off and bringing Hall on and switching Liveramento over to right back. And Barnes, the anonymous Barnes, finally came off and Asula came on.
00:24:28
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:24:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
um With 10 men, I think Asula was sort of kind of doing that, take the whole of the left side, because Alanga was trying to cover the whole of the right side.
00:24:39
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:24:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
But actually, it was Arnie Slott that pointed out to me afterwards that because we had a lot of... It was a very broken play, and we had a lot of dead ball situations.
00:24:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
And all of those free kicks were taken by Nick Pope, which means that you don't have a man disadvantage when it's the goalkeeper that's taking the free kick, because everybody is up where the ball is.
00:24:55
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:25:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway, that was just an observation. I think they took a... It might be the old dam Wimbledon playbook, because there was a lot of long balls going through...
00:25:15
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah. I noticed that PSG do the same. If you you look back at the old Joe Kinnear Wimbledon tapes, you'll see, they you know they i mean you probably remember, they pass ball from the kickoff and immediately it goes towards the corner flag because the most dangerous position of the pitch is that final third.
00:25:36
Michael Grahamslaw
And don't be wrong, you don't want your team to do it. But when you're 2-1 down 10 men, ten men ah so If that ball's in the corner flag, the fans are up for it. And ah well I've noticed it a few times we've we've done it.
00:25:49
Michael Grahamslaw
um And you're completely right to mention Wimbledon there because they were the masters of it back in the 90s.
00:25:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
They were.
00:25:55
Michael Grahamslaw
um But yeah, just I love to see stuff like that from us because it shows as much as we want to do we want to play good football, we know that sometimes you've just got to play a different style.
00:26:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
And you know, that was some that and the long throws at the Stoke. I can't remember who was the manager at Stoke. Was that when Pulis was at Stoke?
00:26:16
Michael Grahamslaw
Tony Pulis, Rory DeLapp, yeah.
00:26:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Tony Pulis at Stoke, Sam Allardyce, he had a bit of a go at Bolton, Dave Bassett at Wimbledon.
00:26:23
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah, he loved it.
00:26:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
They're the first managers to use statistics to govern the tactics of the game because they'd worked out where's ball got to go for us to be able to score from it.
00:26:33
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:26:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
It needs to be in the final third. It needs to get to the final third as quickly as possible.
00:26:40
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:26:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
So if that's by being volleyed out of the goalkeeper's hands and doing it in one bounce, that's as fast as you can get it up there. So interesting.
00:26:49
Michael Grahamslaw
Exactly.
00:26:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's not very sophisticated, but can be very effective as the Nick Pope free kick from 60 yards that...
00:26:53
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:26:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Byrne missed, but flicked off the back of Canate's head. And Asula, put underneath Alison's body for a for an equaliser, shows Will Asula.
00:27:07
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah. Yeah.
00:27:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
I just had said in our group chat, bring on Asula. He came on, then he scored. Nicola wants me to pick a lottery numbers on Saturday. Oh, dear me.
00:27:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway.
00:27:21
Michael Grahamslaw
it's It's one of those where I was sitting there, Sula came on and i i'll I've got no quorum saying, I saying i ah hate to say it, but I don't think this kid's very good.
00:27:32
Michael Grahamslaw
um And I hope I'm wrong. I pray I'm wrong. And then five minutes later, he scores. I look like an idiot, but I'm sitting there and I'm i'm so happy for him because it's the kind of goal he needs where, you know, when you're a striker,
00:27:44
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely.
00:27:46
Michael Grahamslaw
And you're playing a you've got a winger playing in front of you. When he came on, was saying, like if you're a striker and you're you know you're not getting started over a winger, and all people are talking about is, is it the other winger that should be starting ahead of you instead?
00:28:00
Michael Grahamslaw
It's one of those where you've got to stake your claim, and there's no better way to do that than by scoring an equaliser against Liverpool. Now, um it wasn't the greatest goal. It was a bit scrappy. But I'll take anything at this point.
00:28:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
He took it well enough. It was a 15-minute cameo, although it ended up being a 25-minute cameo because of all of that injury time.
00:28:19
Michael Grahamslaw
Injury time, yeah.
00:28:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
He scored. He didn't get pushed around by Liverpool too much. I mean, he was given the free kicks away by but pushing them a bit hard. I wonder if he's given himself a chance of starting against Leeds, who, let's face it, aren't Aston Villa, aren't Liverpool.
00:28:28
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:28:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe he's going to start against Leeds.
00:28:37
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:28:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Who knows? I hope he has given himself a chance to do that because I think he said he's is probably made it was made me sit up and think because I'm kind of writing him off to Eddie Howard want to play him.
00:28:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Maybe he's earned himself another chance by getting that goal. So, yeah, so they somehow 10-man Newcastle are pinning the champions back in their own half, corner after corner after corner.
00:28:53
Michael Grahamslaw
I think he has.
00:29:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
The only possible outcome, it looks, is that Newcastle are going to score an unlikely winner during injury time.
00:29:11
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:29:11
Global Sports Podcast Network
When Slott brings on Harvey Elliott and Rio, can't remember his name, but he's not 17 until the weekend. And just when he did that, I thought, oh my God, I wrote down on my notes, this is set up for a late Liverpool winner and I bet it's the 16-year-old who scores.
Late Game Drama and Final Reflections
00:29:31
Global Sports Podcast Network
Anyway,
00:29:32
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:29:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
Three or four corners after that, Liverpool finally start playing the ball the way they should have been doing it all of the match. They had played a really good move, got the ball out to the right, knocked the ball across. Schauber's Lie did a fantastic dummy that took Levermento out the game.
00:29:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
And this young kid just strolls up and finishes first time. It was really well-struck goal. It was a well-taken goal.
00:29:57
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah, it's a great goal.
00:29:57
Global Sports Podcast Network
you know
00:29:58
Michael Grahamslaw
Credit to the kid.
00:29:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
But it did make me almost cry.
00:30:00
Michael Grahamslaw
He's done fantastic.
00:30:03
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:30:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Even then, even after that, we had two shots in a corner that we could have maybe got something out of. But sadly, they scored so late, we didn't have much chance to get there.
00:30:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that is a final score. Newcastle have lost three two We've got one point. We're sitting in 15th, I think.
00:30:21
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:30:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
I think we'd have six points out of six if it was if points were rewarded for moral victories. But sadly, points are not awarded for moral victories. And we have started our season with a home defeat, which is a shame.
00:30:39
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I don't think anybody, um because its no place it's no consolation for everyone going, oh, no, you played really well.
00:30:39
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:30:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
You deserve to win when you've lost. Honestly, I'm not consoled.
00:30:49
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:30:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Are you consoled?
00:30:51
Michael Grahamslaw
I'm not consoled at all. I think when you look at it and you go in the game, think Liverpool, there's no way Liverpool had an XG expected goals higher than one because they created nothing.
00:31:05
Michael Grahamslaw
I'd be surprised if it's over 0.5. Weak.
00:31:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
and well it was point I can tell you this because I saw it.
00:31:08
Michael Grahamslaw
wait
00:31:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
Newcastle's XG was 0.9 something. Liverpool's was 0.7. So we had a higher XG.
00:31:14
Michael Grahamslaw
There you go.
00:31:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
We had 10 shots to their five.
00:31:17
Michael Grahamslaw
no They're really clinical.
00:31:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just a shame.
00:31:20
Michael Grahamslaw
And it's it's a shame because it's the same as the same as the Villa game where it's the same story of we were the better team, we just didn't make it count. But the one thing I did see from Arnie Slott, and I'm sorry this doesn't ask answer the question, but Arnie Slott said there was only one team trying to play football today.
00:31:38
Michael Grahamslaw
Every single Premier League team has played a home game and away game. Only one team has had less shots away from home than Liverpool this season. That was Leeds, who played Arsenal.
00:31:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:31:50
Michael Grahamslaw
So if only one team has turned up to play football...
00:31:53
Michael Grahamslaw
Well, it certainly wasn't you. You've had two shots from distance that have gone in off the post. Fair play. Eketike, great strike. Gravenberg, great strike. And you've won it late at the end.
00:32:04
Michael Grahamslaw
But don't go on being all high and mighty that yous have tried to play great football when yous have had more fouls than us. You've had an XG of, what, 0.7? And generally, you are absolutely shite.
00:32:15
Michael Grahamslaw
So you've got to wait with one there. We're absolutely fine. I'm fuming now. I'll be fine and well when I wake up in the morning because I know that we're going to sign a striker. 50 million in for Strand Larson and we'll be fine.
00:32:30
Michael Grahamslaw
But, that'sy ah yeah, but we'll go up 60.
00:32:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
That got rejected, like 50 minutes.
00:32:34
Michael Grahamslaw
Oh, see...
00:32:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Will we? Right. just to Just to finish. um Who do you single out as your man of the match?
00:32:42
Michael Grahamslaw
oh see
00:32:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
It would have been Gordon.
00:32:45
Michael Grahamslaw
also Yeah, for 30 minutes.
00:32:47
Global Sports Podcast Network
It would have been Gordon for the first half an hour, but he blotted his copy book. So it can't be Gordon. I think there's a few to choose from. I thought Burn was immense.
00:32:58
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah, I'm going to go to
00:32:59
Global Sports Podcast Network
In mean All right.
00:33:02
Michael Grahamslaw
I'm actually going to go Tino Livermento. I thought across the entire game, I thought he was one of our best players.
00:33:05
Global Sports Podcast Network
a why
00:33:10
Michael Grahamslaw
I think he had a great game. He got past Salah and Subozla. He was always there for the overlap. Defensively, I thought he was really quite good. um I think both goals...
00:33:24
Michael Grahamslaw
In the first, well, the first two goals, I think they come from Trippier's side. um i think Livermanto had a really solid game. Joe Linton in front of him. Attacking-wise, Barnes didn't really give him much to work with. But I thought Tino was excellent. And it's probably, yet again, one of the quietest games Mo Salah has ever had in his career.
00:33:44
Michael Grahamslaw
The first is when he was up against Lewis Hall. The second is when he'd been up against Tino Livermanto.
00:33:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
now Tino was definitely there I mean I thought as I say I thought Dan Byrne was immense but um I thought Bruno got better and better and better he started well and his with Tonali and Joe Linton going off I thought Bruno really grew into the game and I mean he was involved in everything by the end
00:34:06
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:34:12
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:34:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
When he couldn't keep that ball in at the end, he smashed it into his own face five times. And I forget who it was who smiled at him, but he know he smashed him in the face five times as well. It's getting a little bit irate.
00:34:23
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:34:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
Just stay in control, Bruno.
00:34:26
Michael Grahamslaw
ah Thankfully, Alison was there to calm him down.
00:34:26
Global Sports Podcast Network
We can't... Yeah.
00:34:29
Michael Grahamslaw
Brazilian to Brazilian.
00:34:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
It's Brazilian...
00:34:30
Michael Grahamslaw
and I do like to see that, to be fair.
00:34:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
So, listeners, what you think of our assessment? We think Newcastle were moral victors, but we've ended up with no points. A really good performance, actually, but but we have to see in the morning just how worrying that performance is because Sha's concussed, Joe Linton and Tonali are on the sick table, and, of course, straight red for Anthony Gordon means he misses the next three games, so we won't see him again until bloody October, I think.
00:35:01
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah, Arsenal. End of September, Arsenal. that's It's not looking great.
00:35:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
No. we definitely need it We definitely need in this last seven days of the, six days now of the transfer window, we need a striker in. Because even our makeshift striker, who thinks he's a real striker, is not there for the next three games.
00:35:16
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:35:21
Michael Grahamslaw
It's gone.
00:35:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Maybe Will Asula is good enough for Leeds. Let's leave it on that thought.
00:35:26
Michael Grahamslaw
Yeah.
00:35:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thanks very much, Michael. We'll see you soon.
00:35:44
Michael Grahamslaw
So