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Would say Diop is quicker than him and Ogbonna probably similar
Don't see Johnson starting at LCB he's always struck me as a fullback who wants to play up the pitch, don't think he has the positioning and experience to play CB even in a back 3
I don't think this is a bad game to play a back 4 though. I think Masuaku's qualities are better for counter-attacking, so maybe he should miss this out. Play Johnson as LB and put Benrahma in the team to help break them down if they're sitting back.
Newcastle have started with a 5-3-2 then switched to a 4-4-2 when they brought ASM on
As for Shelvey's claim, well, I guess he could genuinely believe that. Or maybe he's trying to build the confidence of his teammates. Either way, I would imagine Noble will remind our players of this statement before kick-off on Saturday.
Trying to be as objective as possible, I think only Dubravka, Lascelles, Saint-Maximin and Wilson would threaten our first team. Their squad may be bigger, but I don't think it's as good as ours in terms of quality.
Lingard. To quote George Best “Where did it all go wrong?”
I also admit that "fairness to Lawro" is very difficult to type 😁
Like we deserved our early leads, they weren't lucky we dominated early in each and we had chances to have greater than 3-0 leads
But also wolves and Leicester (less so) did have chances that they didn't take...and Arsenal could've won
He seems to suggest West Ham’s form is not sustainable because we have one of the highest net shots against (shots taken - shots faced) over the last couple of months. He said that in our last 5 games, we have faced a massive 83 shots against (despite taking 10 points). This is added to our shot conversation rate being 32% over the last 3 games, the highest in the league. Basically suggesting that if that clinical edge was to fade for a match, there is every change we will lose because we are likely to concede around 15 shots in the game. We have scored 9 goals in our last 3 games but our expected goals count over those 3 games is under 5. We are not creating any clear cut chances, apart from the goals we are scoring.
It made me think; is this lucky? Is this some form of negative way of playing that will eventually be found out or stop, or is it just the sign of a good side? Isn’t the difference normally between average strikers and good strikers in how many chances they need to score goals. An average forward may need 6 or 7, a good forward may need 2.
We race into a lead and then shut up shop, hence why our stats are inflated
Think we've shown throughout he season we have more aspects to us then just smashing and grabbing
Admittedly three of those goals were scored while Peter Beardsley was in goal, Newcastle's first choice keeper was still suffering from a shoulder injury and both the backup keepers were injured.
Now that teams are allowed 9 subs on the bench maybe Newcastle should include an extra keeper, just in case
PS Peter Beardsley had made plans to stay in London that evening - in Alvin Martin's spare room
Hopefully Oggy's back though.
Ryan Fraser still out with a groin injury he picked up on international duty
"Wilson and Saint-Maximin have trained all week so they're both OK. They've both had muscle injuries and they're the most difficult to manage because they both rely on explosive pace and power. There's a decision to be made."
I hate football. It's rubbish when you're rubbish and rubbish when you're good.