20 Nov 2016 15:13:09
never happy to see us lose however that was the most pleasing loss I have seen in years (and there have been a few) great newcastle team at our level but we did well and did the badge proud. defence look good with silevstri for green. midfeild look able to both defend and create and strikers look good. I still think we will be in or around promotion which is great for us. bit unlucky and we were missing dallas and hernadez who make us stronger. like roofe love aling and really optomistic. one slight moan is douk, glad he is back in squad but think he is more a impact sub or good against weaker teams as he is not good enough to trouble best sides, I prefer sacko, that said douk would not of played had dallas and hernadez been playing so only a nit pick moan really. oh yeah and green is pony.


1.) 20 Nov 2016
20 Nov 2016 16:15:50
For me doukara was a passenger today contributed very little and we don't need passengers.


2.) 20 Nov 2016
20 Nov 2016 17:32:45
Yeah get we did ok apart from the first half an hour when we gave them too much respect which meant they gave us the run around. The frustrating thing is, even though they dominated that first half hour, they only had the one chance of note when Gayle got on the end of that quick free kick so Green's cock up was a big blow but fair play, we bounced back and had a go at them. We were never going to come back from the 2nd goal which was a good goal but we didn't fold like we would've done in previous seasons although I do think Newcastle took their foot off. I think Viera looked a bit lost today but we shouldn't be too harsh as he's still young and learning. Ayling impresses me each time I see him - other than Grimes (& possibly Green) I've been impressed with the signings Monk has made so far. In January maybe we could make a few of the loan signings made permanent and - couple of new faces to add a bit more competition and have a real crack at it. Let's be honest, we knew it was going to be difficult to compete with Newcastle, they've spent big money to be the best side in this league and they'all run away with it. At the start of the season I expected a top half finish and still think we're on course for that but depending how well we do over Xmas we could still have a real good go at the play offs. I know we lost today but I feel much more positive today than I did after the defeat at QPR on the first day of th season or at home to Birmingham. Still plenty of room for improvements but we're moving in the right direction - today reminds us how far we have to go that's all.