Newcastle fans have taken to Twitter and it’s good we managed a point last night but we also have some very tough games coming up starting at Chelsea on Saturday.
Last night’s trip to West Brom is one of our easier games.
But we are also hoping we can improve and the subs last night – Aarons, Mitrovic, and Shelvey all looked like they made a difference to the side.
It will be interesting to see who Rafa starts on Saturday at Chelsea.
And Rafa has admitted he makes mistakes as well as the players – and it’s not the first time he has said that.
Rafa Benitez – makes mistakes too
Here are some tweets on a range of topics from Newcastle fans.
Howay The Lads!!
Rafa Benitez: “This group of players work really hard. OK they can make mistakes, starting with me, but we try our best and they did really well”. #nufc
— Vladimir Savic (@vsavic1977) November 29, 2017
At least the TOON ended their losing streak and got an away point #everycloud #nufc
— keegan (@KeeganNufc09) November 29, 2017
15 points from 14. Keep up that pace, and we end up with 40/41 points in May #NUFC
— Hello, I am Nicky (@ORANGEYPURPLE) November 29, 2017
For me, Gayle or Mitro has to start on Saturday. Joselu just isn’t producing. With the game time he’s had, to only net twice is ridiculous. #NUFC
— Steve Rankin (@SR1502) November 29, 2017
Mitrovic, Shelvey & Merino have to start Saturday. Changed the game. @PaulDummett is a massive miss, too #nufc
— Mat Wheeler (@matwheeler) November 29, 2017
People complaining of our squad quality but this 11 is far better than most prem clubs the only downside is that we have no depth with the rest of the squad #nufc https://t.co/gtKmzYhCdc
— jay ledger? (@jayledger) November 29, 2017
& on another note, amazing how quiet a minority of people on Twitter have gone after coming back from 2-0 down last night, have nothing to whinge about. #NUFC
— Ryan Blythe (@ryanNUFCmad1986) November 29, 2017
The team that finished the last 30 minutes of the game is the team that should be starting against chelsea.. #nufc #united
— Jonny Pickard (@JonnyPickard24) November 29, 2017
We dont expect instant success. Just better than Ashley and someone who actually wants to progress the club #NUFC
— DrGM (@FightingDoc14) November 29, 2017
Ideally, we would start with Mitrovic, Aarons and Shelvey on Saturday. Mitrovic turned that game last night, Aarons looked good but rusty through lack of game time. That defence splitting passing ability from Shelvey is needed against Chelsea. #NUFC
— K I E R A N . C (@KieranACJourno) November 29, 2017
I feel sorry for #WBA because every club that Pardew has been at, he has left them in an unbelievable mess. Just ask #NUFC and #CPFC fans ?
— K I E R A N . C (@KieranACJourno) November 29, 2017
Your were top draw when you came on. Direct and effective every time you were on the ball. Here’s to getting more game time and an injury free season from here. #NUFC
— Glenn Macandrew (@GMac1985) November 29, 2017
Why moan about the next 8 fixtures in December… isn’t this why we wanted to be in this league…? 4 previous champions, 2 clubs with new managers, a bogey team and Brighton…! 9/24 points would be a great return so stop whining! #nufc
— Geordie Boy (@Geordieboynufc) November 29, 2017
15 comments so far
NUFCadon
Nov 29, 2017 at 9:39 AM
Comment #1There is a lot of talk about Rafa making the wrong decisions. I think its important to remember being a great manager is not about who you pick on match day. Pardew and the rest always picked the team you expected and the one that looked right on paper. Rafa see’s these players day in and day out and he is a tactical genius. Loch hit the nail on the head why he is playing Joselu. He is holding teams for 70 mins (or trying) and then going for the attack in the last 20mins. Jail is right as well, could you imagine getting a Megson or a Pulis in to replace Rafa! it would be a nightmare. Lets all take a step back and look at what we have by some stroke of luck, trust in Rafa and get behind the team. Our support and love for Rafa is the only reason he is still here. lets not mess this all up because people want Mitro to start. Yes, I do as well but lets not forget he was hardly banging them in when he used to start regular. Trust in Rafa and show support for our club THAT’S THE ONE AND ONLY WAY WE CAN HELP
Tsunki
Nov 29, 2017 at 9:46 AM
Comment #2Tsunki
Nov 29, 2017 at 9:44 AM
Comment #13
Ashley Out After concluding an equitable deal before January
Tsunki
Nov 29, 2017 at 9:47 AM
Comment #3Oops didn’t mean to self – promote ha ha 😀
Tsunki
Nov 29, 2017 at 9:49 AM
Comment #4Anyone care to venture how not starting mitrovic led to us conceding, and then bringing him on stopped us conceding any more goals? Was he defending from the front ?
bettyswallocks
Nov 29, 2017 at 9:52 AM
Comment #5Jesper,…….. Some interesting comments from you this morning on last nights match. Did you watch it?
bettyswallocks
Nov 29, 2017 at 9:55 AM
Comment #6Tsunki…….. The problem with Rafa is that he uses his instinct and intuition as oppose to following the stats and forming proper judgements.
Jail for Ashley
Nov 29, 2017 at 9:56 AM
Comment #7Tsunki,
I think my favourite was “Rafas had three windows to sort the team out”
????
The first one was spent getting rid of a bunch of mercenaries who didn’t want to be here in the PL never mind in the Championship then persuading a group of players to drop into the Championship. There wasn’t even a second window ffs. Last summer Charnley spent ten weeks on getting Lejuene who had a buy out clause.
Jail for Ashley
Nov 29, 2017 at 10:00 AM
Comment #8Swallocks,
It’s baffling, our resident Dane now won’t share with us if he watched the game or not. We just have to assume his insightful footballing comments might come from A: The lunatic unhinged comments on here. B: The stats on some stat type website or C: That he actually took 90 minutes of his precious time and watched the game.
Tsunki
Nov 29, 2017 at 10:01 AM
Comment #9Actually Betty i hate to disagree but I think it’s the other way round
He analyses strengths and weaknesses across the pitch and selects to match them. How can you say his team selection led to two goals conceded? If we hadn’t then we would have won 1-0 without our “saviours”. I like others believe its in his plan to contain away from home and use impact on a tiring team to push for a win. He knows we haven’t got loads of goals, mitrovic is seemingly our best and least used asset but he’s been with us years, had countless chances and he is mediocre at best in the pl and that gives him credit.
beefman13
Nov 29, 2017 at 10:02 AM
Comment #10The game came to life for us when we conceded the second goal, I said last night that at that point we had bugger all to loose but to go for it, we did and we scrambled a draw at the end against the worst team in the league imo, yes we did come back well, but we are in for an alimghty tussle if our club does not put it’s hand in its pocket, negative comments i agree, and as much as i like and respect our manager he like to make excuses for himself a wee bit to much.
Tsunki
Nov 29, 2017 at 10:03 AM
Comment #11Ah. Betty. I missed the irony.
I have a really bad cold that’s my excuse for being slow(er) today. My heads banging 🙁
Geordie-john
Nov 29, 2017 at 10:32 AM
Comment #12YEE HAAA ! A point for the Toon, I had almost given hope after they went 2 up against us then someone seemed to give Matt a boost or a kick up the arse or something like that and away he went just like he used to. Then Rolando and Mitro came on then the game totally changed. It was good to see them really try and that makes the difference in my book. We need Jamaal back to keep them on their toes for 95 mins every game.
Joselu at the moment would be a super sub like in the last 15 mins of a game until he settles down and finds the back of the net on a regular basis as not everyone can settle down in the first season ( Warren Barton springs to mind ) Mitro looked hungry last night showed a different side to himself I thought must have been the crowd chanting his name that done it. Never mind these are only my opinions and like the great Rafael Benitez no body is perfect we all learn from time to time.
armoadam
Nov 29, 2017 at 10:33 AM
Comment #13I would love to meet the 17 morons who voted for Horselu!!!
armoadam
Nov 29, 2017 at 10:41 AM
Comment #14Geordie-John Horselu has scored a whopping 35 goals in 8 seasons over his career! So he will never “settle down and start finding the back of the net”! You and Rafa both need to wake up!!!
Geordie-john
Nov 29, 2017 at 1:37 PM
Comment #15armoadam,
Not only are you correct against me which I can take as I don’t know you but you are correct over one of the top 10 managers possibly in the world ? REALLY ! Wait and see. You could be wrong !