A better result than I expected, but another awful performance.
I honestly don't see anything other than a repeat of last season. Only two games in, I admit, but we have exact the same issues as last season and, so far, the same injury jinx.
Looked like a few players did not fancy the physical side we looked a bit better with Antonio putting it about a bit but we need to match these teams in effort and not be afraid to get stuck in a bit . Nice to see rice take a yellow when needed last week we could have done that a few time but seemed scared to tackle city
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And I had thought the afternoon couldn't get any worse.
1. We don't support Newcastle.
A better result than I expected, but another awful performance.
I honestly don't see anything other than a repeat of last season. Only two games in, I admit, but we have exact the same issues as last season and, so far, the same injury jinx.
Exactly.
Marginally better in the 2nd half, and given the difference Antonio made, we'd have caused them a lot more problems with Haller on the pitch
Good to see Manu opt to stay up rather than fall over with his mazy dribble.
2. We are not in the bottom three.
Really starting to look at Pellegrini, how can he not see that Chicarito is not a lone striker, completely useless 1st half
Lanzini our best player, a little wasteful but the only one making things happen
Fornals and Wilshere poor (seriously where is the Wilshere from preseason gone)
Ogbonna isnt good enough
Antonio is limited but a handful