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Newcastle United 3-0 Ipswich Town: Match Review
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Michael hosts Iain & Jo to discuss what could be the last time we speak about Ipswich Town on this podcast, how the game went and how we were surprised by the tactics implemented by the Tractor Boys... One last thing - Say Hello to Sunderland...
Host: Michael Grahamslaw
Guests: Joanne Ayres & Iain Mackay
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Match Outcome and Introduction
00:00:09
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Hello and welcome to the Daily Newcastle podcast, after Newcastle United have beaten Ipswich Town to relegate their opposition and keep the pressure on their top five rivals.
00:00:20
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I'm Michael Grahamslaw, and today I'm joined by Joannez and Ian Mackay. I'll start with you, Ian. How's it going?
00:00:27
Iain
It's going great, Michael. It's going great. We're a little bit advanced to what I thought were going to do it today, but then can't sit and watch City destroy Forest the way they're doing at the minute. So thank you for the alternative Sunday tea time.
00:00:40
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Absolutely no problem.
00:00:41
Jo
if
00:00:42
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No one likes seeing City win. And someone that will join me in that is Joe. How's it going, Joe?
00:00:48
Jo
All good. um Fresh out of the m women's match as well, where the women actually put on a very plucky performance against what was pretty much a top of the league team from Birmingham. So we've got a 1-1 draw.
00:00:57
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no
00:00:58
Jo
So i'm happy and I'm happy for the lads and the lasses weekend.
00:01:02
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Decent results all round, unless you're a Sunderland fan. um But there's none of them here, and that's
Controversial Red Card Debate
00:01:09
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cracking. So we're going to go into the game. Jason Tindall off the touchline with suspension, but Eddie Howe back on it.
00:01:17
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Absolutely fantastic that Eddie is back, even if he's not 100%. But I actually want to start the first half
00:01:22
Jo
Thank you.
00:01:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
Well, obviously with the first half, but before the red card, because we knew in a loss for Ipswich would guarantee relegation on their end. So, you know, you expect a bit of fight from them early in the opening stages.
00:01:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
They harried us a little bit, um but we certainly didn't look ourselves early on. What did you think, Joe?
00:01:42
Jo
um i'd agree with that i think it was a very weird first half um i know obviously right at the bitter end we got the penalty which was deserved by the way um the red card was a weird one because i've spoke to like my dad and obviously seen highlights since because he was just like oh it shouldn't have been a red card and i was like well he actually was grappling with him so it was a yellow card which means it was a red he was like yeah but what i mean is he doesn't think the first yellow card was a yellow card but obviously didn't know that in the match you don't see any replays do you
00:02:00
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Yeah. Yeah.
00:02:05
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ah
00:02:07
Jo
um But yeah, i mean, but it was what it was and they got sent off. But it was a very strange one. As much as we had all that possession and we were obviously still dominating them as such.
00:02:20
Jo
Yeah, it's a hard one to describe so i just found it a bit of a bizarre kind of half. And then obviously you had the Bruno goal that wasn't. But watching that back, the keeper runs in the back of a standing still Bruno.
00:02:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:02:32
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Mm-hmm.
00:02:32
Jo
So it should have been a goal
Newcastle's Second Half Dominance
00:02:33
Jo
that counted, but never mind. um The overhead kick that he tried. nice um but was obviously cleared off the line but yeah it was just i think it was a bit weird it was a bit scrappy we weren't definitely weren't on it um it was a much different second half but obviously we'll move on to that later in the pod
00:02:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I was going to say that. there That's pretty much all the topics I had written down for the first two parts.
00:02:52
Jo
sorry great summary
00:02:52
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So but've covered that in too we've covered that two minutes.
00:02:53
Iain
thank
00:02:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
This has been the Daily Newcastle podcast. Lovely to see. yeah But what about you, Ian?
00:02:58
Jo
it
00:03:00
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What did you think? Did Newcastle start sluggish or was it just Ipswich, you know, up into gear straight away?
00:03:07
Iain
and Do you know what? It's strange. Through that first half and through a lot of the second half as well, I just thought that Newcastle knew that Ipswich were so far below them that they weren't going to have to play at ah full pelt to be able to win comfortably.
00:03:25
Iain
And that's how I saw it. I didn't see a magnificent display in the second half. I just saw...
00:03:30
Iain
us kicking into two or three really good moments where it was very easy to score goal number two, goal number three, was a very weird game.
00:03:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:03:41
Iain
um I think it was affected a little bit in the first half because there was more off-the-ball stuff going on from Ipswich than any other team that's come to St James' Park this year.
00:03:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:03:54
Iain
and think Morsi was very, very, very lucky not to get a red card for whatever it was he was doing to
00:04:01
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:04:01
Iain
Joe Willock, can only see it ah can i just say it from um from afar, like the bird's eye view, but it looks completely unnecessary to grab him and throw him to the ground when they're miles away from the ball.
00:04:02
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so yeah
00:04:03
Jo
Yeah.
00:04:07
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:04:16
Iain
So there was a lot of that going on. um I have looked at the replays closely, and he he isn't touched when he goes down. Joe Hart on Match of the Day explained that when you're at full pelt and you're bracing for a contact you think you're going to get,
00:04:30
Iain
you try and minimise how hurt you're going to be by falling.
00:04:34
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Yeah, I'd say that.
00:04:34
Iain
But then when you're not actually touched, it looks like you're diving. So I think it was a yellow card because he wasn't touched. But it probably unfortunate for him because apparently he's not the sort of player who would go looking for a dive on the edge of the box.
00:04:50
Iain
So, yeah. But in terms of Newcastle, I don't know if...
VAR Decisions and Ipswich's Tactics
00:04:56
Iain
I don't know. Willock seemed to start really slowly and it was his first start for a long time. I know he grew into the game as the game went on. The rest of the team grew into the game.
00:05:05
Iain
I know we were really on top. We were carving out chances and at the time that the sending off happened. And then after that, it was just a very strange last 10 minutes of the first half, wasn't it?
00:05:19
Iain
Bruno scored with their with with a ah bounce off the hump in his back.
00:05:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. 100%.
00:05:25
Iain
And that was disallowed. Very strange. Great move. Tonali hit the post. And then it hit Barnes in the face or something.
00:05:30
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:05:33
Iain
I mean, that should have gone in, shouldn't it? But that was cleared. And the overhead kick. I really thought we're going to get to 0-0 at half time. And that would have been a bit of it but of a nerve-wracking second half.
00:05:44
Iain
But, you know, the penalty was definitely a penalty.
00:05:44
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and so
00:05:47
Iain
And fortunately, we went in ahead.
00:05:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. Just um quickly there, ah Joe, do you agree that the penalty was definitely a penalty?
00:05:56
Jo
I do, to be fair. I mean, again, it's a tough one, isn't it? You don't get to see anything in the stadium. You've got your first initial thing of seeing him flying down to the floor. Obviously, the crowd just goes, ah, penalty. You know, everything stops and he goes over to the monitor. And you know, fine, well, when he goes over to the monitor, it's going to be a penalty. Because I think of any time of ever in any match, this is not just us, obviously seeing a ref go at the monitor.
00:06:17
Jo
I've seen it turned over once. like As in, sorry, not, you know what i mean Not turned over is what I meant by that.
00:06:19
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Yeah.
00:06:22
Jo
um
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Yeah. Yeah,
00:06:23
Jo
and watch the I've obviously, the replays back multiple times. At the end of the day, just he does pull them down, I suppose, by his arm. Look, I've seen weaker pens given as well. It's not one of the ones that's like a stonewall, I would say.
00:06:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
have to say.
00:06:35
Jo
um But, yeah, I would have still given it, being honest.
00:06:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah i have to say
00:06:38
Iain
Well, I think it's a clear pull. And what I was going off was the fact that the rest of the Newcastle players all appealed at the same time.
00:06:42
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:06:47
Iain
They'd all seen it. And it was on the blind side of the referee, wasn't it?
00:06:49
Jo
Oh, he got his arm. Yeah.
00:06:51
Iain
So that's why he didn't see it.
00:06:51
Jo
Yeah.
00:06:53
Iain
Yeah, definitely penalty.
00:06:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I think Bruno does fantastic. You get Murphy in behind first and foremost. But I think it's one of those instances where you see it at least once a game, no matter what game you watch, of there's a slight pull in the box, a player goes down.
00:07:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
And it's obviously it started outside of the box and it's continued into the box, which is why it's apparently there.
00:07:08
Jo
Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm.
00:07:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I'd say it's one of those that it's 50-50, whether it's given or isn't given in most given and most games, which made me really surprised it was actually turned over. Because usually with that...
00:07:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
They'll try and back the referee. But I also think as well, it's it's one of those where Murphy's reaction afterwards is a lot more theatrical than the fall. So it's one of those of, oh, he hasn't tried to buy it, like what Ben Johnson has done with Dan Byrne, which has ended up getting him the yellow card, um which actually I'll go into that next.
00:07:48
Global Sports Podcast Network
Simulation, Ian, you mentioned it earlier. Joe, do you agree with that it was simulation? have you seen a replay back or...?
00:07:56
Jo
I've seen it once, but it was when I initially got back and i'm not going to lie, I was a few pints in at this point. So I might need to watch that again to fully give my honest view on that one.
00:08:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Dan Bird's leg was the size of the camera.
00:08:06
Jo
Well, you know, um yeah, ah you know, I'm not going sit here and say 100%. I'm going to give my exact views on that one. But yes, I'll go with. But again, like I wouldn't want to fight anyone over haven't seen it multiple times.
00:08:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, there's a little bit of controversy about the first, obviously, Ipswich were complaining about it. I am 50-50 on it. Once the referee gives it, I don't think they were... Well, VAR can't overturn it with it being a yellow, but I don't think they would have even if they could.
00:08:32
Jo
Yep. yep
00:08:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But on the topic of not overturning things because of a yellow card, Ian, you mentioned the Sam Morsi incident um with Joe Willock. Completely baffling.
00:08:45
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um What was the reaction like... Ian, were you at the game? Sorry. i Just...
00:08:50
Iain
Yeah.
00:08:51
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Yeah. So what was the reaction like in the stadium to that? Because I only saw it at the corner of my eye on the television screen. But Ian, what was the what was the stadium like? did that Was everyone convinced it was a red?
00:09:01
Iain
Well, there were, I mean, I missed it. I was following the ball. I never even saw it. So I didn't really know what was going on. they then They then had the the notice that it was a VAR check going on for violent conduct.
00:09:16
Iain
And then it was eventually played on the screen afterwards.
00:09:16
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Yeah.
00:09:20
Iain
and And when it's played on the screen afterwards, you think, well, why wasn't he sent off? How can you look at that and say it wasn't...
00:09:27
Jo
Yeah.
00:09:27
Iain
i mean, he came up behind him, you know, stealthily came up behind him, threw him to the ground.
00:09:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:09:29
Jo
yeah
00:09:34
Iain
ah I don't get it. I don't get it. Maybe it was just, don't know, maybe the refs thought it's a coming together and they've crossed paths and bumped into each other, but it was a lot more than that.
00:09:44
Jo
I saw it happen.
00:09:44
Iain
Very strange.
00:09:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:09:45
Jo
I'll be honest. I was kind of, i don't know if I was watching out for it. Cause what, I don't know if you noticed as well, Ian, um, which I got our goat up a little bit as well in the, in the stadium was every time he was getting away with it, they're singing the Maury song, which is the same tune to Joe Linton.
00:09:59
Jo
don't know what their exact words are obviously. Um, but so every time he was getting away with WrestleMania against Willock, um, they're singing that song as well. It was almost rubbing salt in the wounds that he wasn't getting punished anyway. But, um,
00:10:11
Iain
yeah
00:10:11
Jo
No, i don't know. like he did He got away with murder of that lad that day.
00:10:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, I completely agree.
00:10:16
Iain
Going back to the Ben Johnson one though, Michael, I mean, I followed what Joe Hart said on Match of the Day, that he went down because he's anticipating being hit, and then Dan Learn pulls out really effectively.
00:10:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
You could see it.
00:10:23
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Yeah.
00:10:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:10:31
Iain
So Joe Hort's heart said, he goes over, he hasn't been touched, touched but it's not cheating. And if it's not cheating, then I don't know if it was worth a yellow card. If that's the sort of thing that that can happen in the normal the course of the game.
00:10:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:10:47
Iain
ah So I followed his argument right up to the point that he said, so therefore it was a yellow card. Because actually what you just said was, you're giving a reasonable explanation for why a player can go over without being touched by a big centre-half like Dan Burns.
00:11:00
Iain
So it's odd.
00:11:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:11:01
Iain
Anyway, it was a yellow card. He knew he'd been booked. And then the tango that he that he had with with with Alexander Izak less than 10 minutes later was obviously going to result in only one thing for him, which it did.
00:11:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
miss
00:11:17
Global Sports Podcast Network
100%. Yeah. I think the the the thing with the Johnson incident, um if you listen for the referee's whistle, which is something only nerds like myself do, um but when he goes down to the ground, he turns around, he puts his hand out to the ref as if to say, come on, give us the free kick.
00:11:36
Jo
the
00:11:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then the referee blows the whistle and gives the yellow card. He doesn't blow his whistle but until Johnson has the time to go down to the floor, turn around and claim for it.
00:11:45
Jo
Immediately, yeah.
00:11:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I think if if you're not going down, if you're not going down under and around any contact, if he doesn't claim it, he probably doesn't get the yellow card.
00:11:46
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:11:54
Global Sports Podcast Network
That is stupid.
00:11:54
Iain
tree you
00:11:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
But I think that's the way that the referees work there. um So it's unfortunate. I don't really like the fact that we needed a red card to get ourselves properly into the game, but it was coming.
00:12:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
We were up in the tempo.
00:12:08
Jo
Yeah.
00:12:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Obviously, after the the red card, Alexander Rezac missed a few chances, but I'm going to get into the rest of the the the first half and a bit of the second after our first advert, which is from Bionique.
00:13:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
Thank you very much. And you I don't know why that keeps happening to anyone that keeps us wondering that right now.
00:13:08
Iain
Thank you.
00:13:10
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yes, um it's very dirty of the advert to do that to me. And to be honest, Ipswich were a lot dirtier yesterday than I thought they
First Half Analysis and Tactical Adjustments
00:13:19
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were going to be. And I looked at it, I looked on Twitter this morning because I was thinking, actually, I don't remember them being like that in the reverse game.
00:13:27
Global Sports Podcast Network
And if you actually search for Ipswich and dirty, um thankfully the right things come up and it's it's people talking about Ipswich.
00:13:34
Jo
That's such a dangerous game to play, though.
00:13:37
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, SEO, thankfully the right keywords were were there.
00:13:41
Jo
Well...
00:13:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
But if you put it in, there was pretty much nothing about Ipswich being a dirty team, except from from Leeds fans from how they were after the promotion, and until about a couple of games ago when they played Wolves.
00:13:53
Global Sports Podcast Network
And then Wolves fans, Arsenal fans and Newcastle fans, um over the last two weeks massively all they're saying ipswich are just a really really dirty team now so i don't know maybe it's just a team fighting for their lives or do you think actually it was one of those where ipswich were just going you know what we're down we're just gonna fight we're gonna fight for it and to be honest it didn't seem like passion to me but what did you think joe
00:14:19
Jo
No. I agree. it It didn't seem like passion at all. I'm not sure what it was, I'll be honest, because if it's if that's fight, it's such a late, desperate, pathetic stage almost, because points-wise, as they were down.
00:14:30
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:14:31
Jo
It was all about the fact that there were it was the goal difference that hadn't secured the relegation, wasn't it? But they were like negative 20 anyway. like It would have taken more than a miracle for them to have survived.
00:14:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:14:41
Jo
So... I don't think it anything to do with that. I'll be honest, I don't know what it had to do with, but I wasn't expecting it either. Like I said before, and I said it during the game, it was a bit like WrestleMania with certain players. They were just absolutely grappling with us.
00:14:53
Jo
um It was just, again, it was just really strange, but there were worse in the first half than were in the second half, I noticed. um All right, there were a bit dirty in the second half, i think the first half in particular,
00:15:00
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
00:15:04
Jo
Added the fact that it was a bizarre first half, I thought. um But no, what it was, we'll never know. But it it yeah, it was pointless is what it was in the end. But yeah, I don't agree it was passion.
00:15:15
Jo
Hmm.
00:15:15
Iain
Can I observe that that one of the most oddest things of that first half was Alexander Isaac demonstrating that he is human in increasingly shocking ways.
00:15:15
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have
00:15:32
Iain
There was an awful header which got far too much on and went six foot over the bar.
00:15:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:38
Iain
Then there was ah some strange volley which I think tried to put in with his heel.
00:15:38
Jo
You
00:15:42
Iain
Maybe like the goal against Nottingham Forest the year before because it was slightly behind him.
00:15:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:15:47
Iain
But it looked like a donkey trying to... I don't mean because he was a donkey. I mean, actually, a donkey kicking it. And then a volley, which was actually a brilliant ball to keep the attack going right out to Murphy.
00:16:01
Iain
If Murphy had left it, his shot would have gone out for a throw in.
00:16:01
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:16:04
Iain
To be honest, when it got ah ah but we got the penalty and they threw the ball to him, I'm thinking... Don't let him take it.
00:16:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, he's really poor.
00:16:14
Iain
He has missed two. But ah it was very odd. and i mean, I think he improved. I think i think he took the penalty you all right, although it wasn't in the corner like he normally does. um And he was better in the second half.
00:16:28
Iain
But it just seemed to be it just seemed to be going from bad to worse for him in the first half.
00:16:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%.
00:16:34
Iain
don't know.
00:16:35
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ah ah People have been saying that quite a lot over the last few games, that he just doesn't look fit. um I do hope that's the case, because usually if a player's looking for a move
00:16:41
Jo
ye
00:16:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
you can tell by their attitude and that's, that's where people are going to go next. He was a little bit out of form because he wants to move to Liverpool or Arsenal.
00:16:52
Jo
Of course
00:16:57
Jo
they are.
00:16:57
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Uh, why would want to do that? Um, but, but what it just sort of feels like he's just a step slower than what he was midway through the season.
00:17:03
Iain
So
00:17:07
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And that can come with just a knock that, you know, we've seen Joe Linton's needed surgery this week.
00:17:08
Jo
Yeah. Mm-hmm.
00:17:12
Global Sports Podcast Network
Um, It seems like it's something that's been bothering him for a little while. So if Alexander Izak is just a little bit behind the pace, you know at this stage of the season, you can't afford to carry anyone.
00:17:23
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That includes Callum Wilson. and
00:17:25
Jo
I
00:17:25
Global Sports Podcast Network
But we do have one of the best strikers in the league right now. so And we have a third choice who...
00:17:30
Iain
so
00:17:33
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Thankfully, kind off but got off to a goal-scoring start, should we say, um eventually. But before all that, that comes all the way back in the second half.
00:17:44
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So we're going to talk about Newcastle United eventually breaking the deadlock. We've spoken about the penalty, but as you mentioned, um Ian, Isaac, didn't look the most confident.
00:17:54
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It's actually, they brought a graphic up um on the TV, which At his last six penalties, five scored, all on the left side, one missed on the right side, and he ends up putting it in on the right. So it's a decent penalty.
00:18:09
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Again, it's not fantastic, but the penalty itself, a very, very strange incident.
00:18:16
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:18:16
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That was pretty much, I listened to what Paul Merson said on Soccer Saturday, and he said, if it goes in, it's game over. Did it feel like that to you,
00:18:26
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ian
00:18:28
Iain
yeah yeah um increasingly desperate for one to go in because that previous 10 minutes with the balls off the bar and cleared off the line uh it looked for that short period of time as though we weren't going to score now i can remember match in the championship when we were going for promotion and i think it took us out of automatic promotion places and put us in the playoffs when sundland beat us in bloody playoffs
00:18:44
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Yeah. Gary.
00:18:57
Iain
where we should have steamrolled a dip switch and we dominated the match and led 1-0 right through to the end and then they equalised and we dropped points at home and it cost us.
00:19:07
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yeah
00:19:07
Iain
That's a long time ago. um
00:19:09
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every
00:19:10
Iain
If it had got to 0-0 at half time, I don't know.
00:19:10
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:19:14
Iain
it You know, if Iseg had missed a penalty, for example, and we'd really got in our heads, God, we're not going to score today. You don't know how awkward that could have been. with the previous experiences against Bournemouth and Fulham and Brighton, et cetera.
00:19:24
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Yeah.
00:19:28
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Yeah.
00:19:29
Iain
um Thankfully, we got that penalty and and we didn't have to worry. But yes, once that had gone in, we just thought the second half, we'll just be, we'll pick them off.
00:19:41
Iain
We'll get everyone off. We'll bring players on to rest them. and And so it proved. This is what I didn't come out feeling super thrilled in a way I did after the Crystal Palace match.
00:19:53
Iain
It was just... We just coasted to a 3-0 victory because Ipswich was so far behind us.
00:19:57
Jo
Yeah.
00:20:00
Iain
There was no... There was no challenge. I don't think we'll turn up at Brighton or at home against Chelsea with such a relaxed attitude.
00:20:08
Jo
Nope.
00:20:12
Iain
You know, I noticed the first half, Ipswich were getting to a lot of the second balls.
00:20:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, I know.
00:20:18
Iain
Ipswich were doing the pressing.
00:20:18
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:20:19
Iain
We weren't pressing then much, which was exactly how you do get into trouble against a team slightly better than Ipswich.
00:20:29
Iain
But, you know, all's well that ends well. The key thing on that game was that we got three points. Put the pressure on the teams playing before us to see if they can win some tough games.
00:20:35
Jo
True. Mm-hmm.
00:20:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:20:41
Iain
and
00:20:42
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. 100%. I think as well, looking into that, it was such a fun it's fantastic result but just because of what Chelsea did in the earlier game. They narrowed out a 1-0 win over Everton.
00:20:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Obviously, Villa didn't play. They were too busy he getting knocked out the FA Cup by Crystal Palace. ah which does have implications on potentially the European positions. But we might get to that later or tomorrow.
00:21:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But, Joe, just to finish off, ah when it went to were you pretty much thinking, in yeah, it's game over now?
00:21:11
Jo
Yes and no, but yeah, I felt a lot better because it was it was a funny one because like we've said multiple times already in this pod that Ipswich were just no real threat, were they? And they just weren't right through at the end of the game.
00:21:20
Global Sports Podcast Network
No. No.
00:21:21
Jo
And the stats show that they weren't they had four shots, none on target. So I didn't actually feel like they were a massive threat, but it it had that feeling of, are we just going to have this dreary kind of nil-nil draw?
00:21:31
Jo
Like, is this just going to pan out that we're just not quite going score?
00:21:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:21:33
Jo
Because we were in such a low gear that... It was just going to ride out. But now I was never worried or scared that we were going to lose. I was slightly concerned that would just let it peter out. But I'm talking about a really slight concern. I still had belief that would win.
00:21:47
Jo
But yeah, I mean, I think the only difference was going right before the half. And it's exactly House said as well. It obviously did make his hoft and halftime team talk slightly different. He says at the end of the day, going in on a one nill is absolutely different to going in 0-0, especially when you know you've had either missed chances or disallowed goals and stuff like that. So that would probably the only implication, I would say, of getting that goal before the half.
00:22:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. And then second half, it was pretty much all Newcastle. There wasn't really much to talk about
Corner Strategy Discussion
00:22:15
Global Sports Podcast Network
except from the two goals. um First of which, short corner. Personal pet peeve, I'm not going to lie.
00:22:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
um And I will ask about that in a moment.
00:22:22
Jo
ah
00:22:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
um But we double our lead from a short corner. Murphy takes, quick 1-2 with Willock, Trippi and Oxedin, Dan Byrne, back post, easy as you like. You know, it was one of those where Ipswich were going to sit back.
00:22:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
It took Newcastle a little bit of a clever set piece to to unlock the defence. But, Ian, I'm going to come to you first. Short corners. How do you feel about them?
00:22:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Do you like them or do you hate them? Because I hate them.
00:22:50
Jo
Do you, Michael?
00:22:50
Iain
um Well, I don't know why you hate them, Michael. If you look at how many times Trippier can put ah a good ball in or Gordon, when he's taking them, will put a ball into the middle and we just go sailing straight over everybody.
00:23:02
Iain
But we're not brilliant at... I mean, I know we score some with headers. Carabao Cup final, for example, we were good at corners.
00:23:09
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:23:10
Iain
I just think a short corner is a variation on... and nobody knows what's coming. And I can remember a lot of goals being scored... from a ah short corner, particularly that one with the little boy where it knocks down onto the to the byline and gets chipped in.
00:23:26
Iain
I contributed one of those for Wilson last year against Brand United, was it?
00:23:32
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. believe so, yeah.
00:23:33
Iain
um Yeah, so i'm I'm happy with a short corner. I quite like them mixing it up. Why do you not like them?
00:23:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
My thought is is just I've seen maybe it stems from more from that period where we hadn't scored a corner in, I think it was one and a half seasons or something like that and every single one seemed to come short and then the cross would hit the first man.
00:23:50
Iain
Yeah.
00:23:51
Jo
It was crazy, yeah.
00:23:51
Iain
yeah
00:23:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
They're getting more and more effective at the minute, which is what's annoying me more, um to be honest, because I'm starting to think maybe they're okay. But the amount of times you see a short corner,
00:24:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
And the cross still just hits the first man or the person who's about to cross it gets tackled or intercepted. And you've brought, let's say the slowest centre-back in the Premier League, who's six foot six. He's not the slowest, but Dan Byrne in up into the box.
00:24:24
Global Sports Podcast Network
The ball goes into him more often than not. If you bring him all the way back and let's say you're playing a Crystal Palace, as Malasar, Eberrechieze, Mateta, all of them on the break, Dan Burns not getting back there, your centre-backs getting back there. So for me...
00:24:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
The caution would be there regardless because, you know, ah a long corner i can still just come in. But automatically, you lose you more often than not, you're going to lose it.
00:24:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
And I just, maybe maybe I'm just a ah Brexit corner man.
00:24:57
Iain
i call
00:24:58
Jo
o
00:24:58
Iain
Michael, go back and have a oh back and have a look.
00:25:00
Jo
Michael, what the hell?
00:25:02
Iain
at Have a look at the highlights of the old games. i could remember can remember a corners, short corner taken out to the edge of the box, crossed all the way to the back for Bruno stealing in and heading against Brentford, against Southampton.
00:25:16
Iain
And it's the short corner routine that gets a different angle for the cross coming in. Because if it's always an in-swinger from Trippier, then it's much more straightforward for the defence to clear.
00:25:27
Iain
or to at least be in the way so Dan Byrne or Fab Shah can't get a clean header on
00:25:27
Jo
Predictable, I guess. Yeah.
00:25:33
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'll be honest, I don't mind it once or twice. But it when it seems like it's every other corner, it annoys me. But I could talk about it all day. Joe, do you have an opinion on it? or
00:25:44
Jo
i'll I'll make it quick. um I don't mind it as long as there's a plan behind it. And I know you'll know what I mean because sometimes they do it because they don't actually have a plan. um I love it when it's a great training and ground routine that ends up paying paying off.
00:25:59
Jo
But not every single cross is a training and ground routine. And you can tell that because sometimes it's like they've went to do it and this they almost changed their mind at the last minute and just knock it the first player instead.
00:26:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:26:09
Jo
So, yeah, um I love it when there's a good routine behind it. But if you're just doing it out of I've run out of ideas, and I'm just goingnna knock it short. Then, yeah, i don't like it. But I could see that about a long corner as well. And you just smash it in for the sake of smashing it in and then it's just cleared and then crap.
00:26:23
Jo
So, yeah.
00:26:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
it could it could be ah It could be argued the hatred stems from Bruce Ball, potentially.
00:26:24
Jo
so yeah
00:26:27
Jo
Well, I think it's got a massive influence, yeah.
00:26:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
But on my end. So maybe I'm still hurt.
00:26:31
Iain
put them into the book Corner the box is a bit of a lottery, isn't it? I mean, you know, it shouldn't be when you've got Dan Byrne.
00:26:36
Jo
Massive lottery, yeah.
00:26:39
Iain
It's a bit of a lottery, whereas I think a short corner is a training ground routine.
Impact of Substitutions and Young Players
00:26:43
Iain
I'm just remembering the one which Lewis Hall and Anthony Gordon did that resulted in Mark Gay putting through his own net at Crystal Palace. Now, that that got us a goal and we never had a shot in that game.
00:26:54
Jo
Yeah.
00:26:54
Iain
So there is value to it all.
00:26:55
Global Sports Podcast Network
And that was also a free kick. ah My point is proven.
00:26:57
Jo
Yeah.
00:26:58
Iain
Or was it? was a free kicker. Right, it's a free kick in the corner flag though, isn't it?
00:27:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, it's i think I'm pretty sure it's that side, but I think it's edge of the box.
00:27:06
Jo
Oh my gosh.
00:27:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
But yes, either way, I believe one of you has a Zencaster ad for me.
00:27:10
Jo
yeah
00:27:13
Jo
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00:27:29
Jo
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00:27:38
Global Sports Podcast Network
Absolutely fantastic stuff. And what else was fantastic was Newcastle United's third goal, which comes from the long corner. The good old Sam Allardyce of just whacking it into the box and hoping for the best.
00:27:46
Jo
I'll see there.
00:27:48
Iain
Thank
00:27:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Osula leaps like a salmon and diverts a beautiful header. Not too dissimilar to those if who are watching the Tottenham Liverpool game of Solanke's. Clearly he's been watching his Osula tapes. Who can blame him?
00:28:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
The better striker. and I will say the celebration does need work from Osula, but I'm sure he'll get plenty more opportunities to test it out. Joe, how happy were you to see Osula get his first Premier League goal for the Mags?
00:28:16
Jo
Extremely. I mean, when he was coming on, i was like, oh, come on, this has got to be the game, like in the team that he's going to score against.
00:28:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:23
Jo
And it took him three minutes. So fantastic. And it was my favourite goal of the game, I'll be honest. um I mean, the place erupted for him and then obviously broke into the wonderful Azula song, which I know what Ian absolutely loves.
00:28:34
Jo
um
00:28:34
Global Sports Podcast Network
yeah
00:28:35
Jo
But, yeah, come on It's brilliant to see the young lad. it just He's just hyped, isn't he? like is it He is just a kid living a dream at this point because, yeah, is still so young and he's got a lot to learn.
00:28:41
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:28:46
Jo
But, um no, I was just really happy for him. But it was a really good goal as well. It's not like it was just this scrappy little two-yard flicking sort of thing.
00:28:51
Global Sports Podcast Network
Great header.
00:28:53
Jo
It was well taken. And it was a – who did I see – Was it Bruno? No, wasn't Bruno. Anyway, one of them will be an interview afterwards, not Asula. And they were talking about the Asula header they were saying how good it was.
00:29:02
Global Sports Podcast Network
Mm-hmm.
00:29:05
Jo
And they were like, well, if he meant it. And I was thinking, how are you going to say that? I was like, he totally looked like he meant it. lasting ah Are you winding him up here? or But yeah, I mean, they did laugh after they said it.
00:29:13
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:29:13
Iain
That was Dan Byrne.
00:29:14
Jo
So it was a burn.
00:29:15
Iain
That was Dan Byrne.
00:29:16
Jo
I was wondering who it was.
00:29:16
Iain
Yeah, laughing.
00:29:17
Jo
Yeah. And he was like, well, if he meant it. And I'm thinking, well, he totally meant it. But yeah.
00:29:20
Iain
If you watch Asula's celebration in the corner flag, you can see Dan Byrne running up behind him to congratulate with a huge smile on his face.
00:29:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah,
00:29:22
Jo
but yeah
00:29:29
Jo
Yeah.
00:29:29
Iain
I mean, the the kid's oh obviously loved in the squad by all the senior players because he must just put a load of effort in.
00:29:29
Jo
Oh, they were so happy for him.
00:29:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
they're little fun.
00:29:30
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:29:36
Iain
Now, I'm hoping came on at the same time as Wilson yesterday, didn't he? I'm hoping ah that a goal like that will demonstrate that he's increasingly more ready for the Premier League.
00:29:47
Iain
And maybe he can be the first to change when it's the strikers that are being changed over. Rather than Callum Wilson coming on to geriatrically huff and puff his way up and down the edge of the opposition goal box.
00:29:57
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:30:03
Iain
Goal box?
00:30:03
Global Sports Podcast Network
ah Do you think Osula's taken Wilson's place after that?
00:30:04
Iain
Goal mouth.
00:30:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because let's be honest, Osula did more in 15 minutes than we've seen Callum Wilson do in combined games since coming on. Do you think that's a case, Ian?
00:30:16
Jo
Yeah.
00:30:17
Iain
I think so did he.
00:30:17
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:30:18
Iain
Some fantastic step-overs. Really good.
00:30:21
Global Sports Podcast Network
No.
00:30:22
Iain
And, as Eddie pointed out, good choice so of pass as well. He didn't just think I could beat everybody.
00:30:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:30
Iain
But of one fabulous shot, which I think was goal-bound until it hit Bruno and went wide, um which was after a really good run and a step-over and a left foot and drive, he hit it really hard.
00:30:43
Iain
um So he could had two.
00:30:46
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, absolutely.
00:30:46
Iain
But yeah, let's get him on. I mean, we've been shouting for Sula since we saw him score that fabulous goal against Bromley. If you want to get Premier League ready, get some minutes in the Premier League.
00:30:52
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:30:54
Jo
True.
00:30:58
Iain
Before yesterday, he'd only played 19 minutes in the Premier League, and he must have come on four or five times, so he's not really had a chance.
00:31:04
Jo
Yeah.
00:31:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:31:06
Global Sports Podcast Network
That was his longest chance and he's he's decorated it with a goal after three minutes. But Joe, what do you think?
00:31:11
Iain
Absolutely. Absolutely.
00:31:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Ursula above Wilson now?
00:31:16
Jo
I would say so. I've i've wanted a Sula above Wilson for a while. Just again, backing up what Ian's just said, you needed a chance. He needed, like like you say, 19 minutes out of all the multiple times that he's been subbed on. That's just nuts, really, isn't it?
00:31:29
Jo
um So just show us, give the kid a chance.
00:31:29
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:31:32
Jo
And I mean, if you did you know if you give him a chance and he's no good, then so be it. But you've got to give him a chance before you write him off. And he's full of energy, man. I think that's exactly what you need, especially in the kind of dying minutes of any game. I'll be honest, if you're up or not.
00:31:45
Jo
It's still nice to have someone come on who can absolutely run loops around. Like you say, i do some nice little tricks and stuff as well. But he's got the energy that Wilson, he just hasn't anymore. And it's nothing against Wilson. He's just, he's, he's older.
00:31:57
Jo
He's crocked. Let's get real. um But yeah, it's no hatred towards Wilson, but I would absolutely, I would choose Azula. He's the future, isn't he? Wilson's not. He's the past.
00:32:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah. Yeah.
00:32:08
Iain
I thought as well just ah just to mention Michael that Lewis Mighty when he came on he should has got such an old head on us such a young pair of shoulders his choice of pass is excellent
00:32:08
Global Sports Podcast Network
And.
00:32:19
Iain
and so cool under pressure. I was one one on the edge of the box where he sort of did a 360 degree turn before he laid the ball off to Tonali.
00:32:30
Iain
He could easily have got tackled and lost it, but he hangs onto the ball so well. he He's fabulous. These two players they talked about in the last week to get to get sent out on loan, but no, let's get him on the bench and be an early change.
00:32:36
Global Sports Podcast Network
I'd like to see him
00:32:45
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%. I'd like to see him against opposition where we're not ahead and high-quality opposition where the game's still 50-50. And just to demonstrate once again what he showed last season, and he is that level of quality.
00:32:56
Global Sports Podcast Network
Because when you're bringing him on, you're 2-0 up, I believe we were at the time, not 3, against Ipswich Town, who have 10 men. It's all right that he gets the chance to showcase his quality then.
00:33:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
But realistically, Lewis Miley's qualities come when he's under a little bit more pressure. So I would like to see him in those um scenarios.
00:33:11
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:33:13
Iain
but Michael, but just from memory, he started the game against Forest, which we went behind early, and it was Lewis Miley who scored the equaliser, which then triggered us going ballistic and scoring three more in the next 15 minutes or 10 minutes or whatever it was.
00:33:23
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:33:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
That was great. 100%.
00:33:30
Iain
So i think I think he's there. I mean, this guy's got Champions League experience, and he never let himself down against Dortmund or oh Paris Saint-Germain, did he?
00:33:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
No, 100%.
00:33:40
Iain
He must be able to deal with...
00:33:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
no hundred percent well um
00:33:41
Iain
her as well as as will it come.
00:33:43
Global Sports Podcast Network
What I'm saying is i I want to see it more. I want to i want to see him given more chances because
00:33:46
Jo
Agree.
Reflections on Relegation and Performance
00:33:48
Iain
yeah here
00:33:49
Global Sports Podcast Network
Willock starting in that game.
00:33:50
Global Sports Podcast Network
Willock, if I'm wrong, has come back from injury relatively recently. Hasn't started many games recently. I get that him and Joe Linton are like for like, but I would have loved to have seen Lewis Miley start the game because he's such a talent.
00:34:03
Jo
agree
00:34:04
Global Sports Podcast Network
But do want to give five minutes for the opposition because it might be the last chance we ever get to. on this podcast if Ipswich don't come back up. Joe, you had some lovely things to say about the Ipswich Town fans yesterday.
00:34:16
Global Sports Podcast Network
um Do you want to give it on the pod as well?
00:34:16
Jo
I did. Yeah, of course. um Obviously, I did put on socials, but you know as much as we've kind of slated the team a little bit for their WrestleMania tactics earlier on, I can't see anything bad against their fans. They were fantastic the whole time. I think being up in level seven, you appreciate it more um because the acoustics of St. James, as as we know, it doesn't work well. You can't really hear what's happening, sometimes aims even just below you, never mind around the other end of the stadium sort of thing. But It was brilliant. They started the Bobby Robson chants every time.
00:34:46
Jo
um It got to the point when we were still, we hadn't even scored the third. We were 2-0 up and obviously, bless them, they'd given up on the game. um They were singing their hearts out, but then they were literally oleeing our passes.
00:34:57
Jo
So I loved that. It wasn't us oleeing Newcastle's passes.
00:34:58
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:35:00
Jo
It's the Ipswich fans. And then we end up clapping them and we had a bit like just banter backwards and forwards, but it was like friendly s singing banter. um And I just loved how at the end of the game, lot of our fans stood and clapped theirs just to give them recognition that they were.
00:35:16
Jo
And to me, it's personal opinion. I appreciate that they were my favourite fans up in m St. James' ass this season. So, yeah, respect them.
00:35:22
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, bold, bold claim. And my my opinion is say hello to Sunderland.
00:35:26
Jo
Mm-hmm.
00:35:28
Global Sports Podcast Network
Bye bye. What do you think,
00:35:29
Jo
Oh, we sang that once and I found it harsh because they'd been lovely all game. And then i refused to join in on that one because I was like, oh no, like they've been great all game. And now we're going to wind them up about the Magims.
00:35:40
Global Sports Podcast Network
Oh, yes. How do you feel about up switching? Might be the last time we talk about them on this pod.
00:35:46
Iain
Yeah, well, what Joe says is right. And it was nice that that they started singing about Sibobby and we could join in with it. And there was a little bit of um trench warfare camaraderie being shown.
00:36:00
Iain
and They brought a lot up compared to some much bigger teams and much more successful teams.
00:36:04
Jo
They did.
00:36:05
Iain
They brought a lot of fans up and they sang all of the way through.
00:36:07
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah.
00:36:09
Iain
They were singing in injury time when we were coasting to 3-0. Fair play to them.
00:36:14
Global Sports Podcast Network
Yeah, 100%, I agree.
00:36:17
Iain
That's it.
00:36:19
Global Sports Podcast Network
And we can leave it there. So in summary, we've seen back-to-back seasons where newly promoted sides have all gone straight back down. Ellen Road and Turth Moor have been added back into the sat-nav for next season. and And I'll leave you with a little stat to end the episode.
00:36:34
Jo
Ooh.
00:36:35
Global Sports Podcast Network
In April, Newcastle United have scored more goals than Sunderland have had shots on target. Good night.