Norwich started on the front foot at Carrow Road and were all over Newcastle in the first half. They would fashion three excellent chances early on. The first required a terrific save at his near post from Martin Dubravka on a Todd Cantwell shot in the fifth minute.
A couple minutes later Pukki would collect a cross in the box but drag the shot wide of the post. He would get another chance a little later as Dubravka was again able to make a near-post save.
Newcastle would get some golden opportunities against the run of play. The first had Emil Krafth chest down a Ritchie pass in the box, but lacking composure, he fired the ball over the bar for a Norwich free-kick.
Martin Dubravka– keeping Newcastle in the game
Isaac Hayden was Newcastle’s brightest player, other than Dubravka, and made some tricky runs down the right.
He managed to put a couple of threatening crosses into the box, one of which Joelinton would head just wide. It was a chance he should have buried and could have changed the course of the game.
Newcastle just did not mark Norwich striker Teemu Pukki well at all, and it ended up costing them. He volleyed a weak clearance into the back of the net in the 32nd minute for the lone goal of the half. Martin Dubravka was able to get a hand on the shot but couldn’t to do much about it.
Newcastle have been completely dominated by Norwich who have enjoyed the bulk of possession and pulled all the strings.
There are only two attacking options on the bench for the Magpies in Sean Longstaff and Yoshinori Muto. Steve Bruce will have to find some answers at halftime or it’ll two opening losses for the boss.
Newcastle can still get back in this and salvage a result. They need to wrestle away some of Norwich’s control in the midfield and create more chances for the front two.
269 comments so far
West Lancs Geordie
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:34 PM
Comment #121Free transfers 3 Big Spenders f….ing nowhere
Essex Geordie Bill
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:35 PM
Comment #122That’s enough for me, rubbish!
geordiegav1987
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:35 PM
Comment #123U know some fans would never boycott, but i think its the only way to get to ashley
c-dog
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:35 PM
Comment #124Players not playing for manager
Toxic personalities like maximin and Joelinton introduced
I stand to win a grand if we go down
The only positive
lochinvar
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:35 PM
Comment #125Jib@8
A sign of a good manager is how he shakes things up at half-time
Rafa was great at it
We’ll see
Didn’t take long to decide now did it ?
toon kk
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:35 PM
Comment #126Pardew mk2 is back! Good luck Brucey!
SPRINGY
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:35 PM
Comment #127Norwich were whinging they had players out….this team already looks like they dont believe in the management….or each other for that matter…. toothless,embarrassing, joke of a display.
BenArfa the magician
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:36 PM
Comment #128Norwich score 3 wtf are Liverpool going to do to us
The next Mike Williamson
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:36 PM
Comment #129Benitez could lose the firstfive games and Id have 100% faith he’d stay up.
Bruce could win the first five games and Id have faith he’d still go down.
What’s this cabbage head doing in the premier league in 2019?
Trent1211
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:36 PM
Comment #130Well done all the nuggets who booed and jeered me and others when we walked in late last season. Our own fans. Burying their heads in the sand. Allowed Ashley to get away with it. Well, this is what you get. For the love of all things black and white start boycotting. There is nothing left to support.
IrishRob
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:36 PM
Comment #131Were not this bad, were a good team when we are set up and directed twice. This is more clear evidence of Bruce’s ineptitude.
Toon Tang
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:36 PM
Comment #132I wonder if brucey will have full use of pardews random excuse generator?
Moonraker15
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:36 PM
Comment #133Belfast
If you’re pinning your hopes on Andy Carroll we are doomed. He can’t even run let alone score goals!
GeordieTwo
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:36 PM
Comment #134It’s sad to watch this happen.
TomaKaThor
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:36 PM
Comment #135How many times did We lose in 3 years by 3 goals under Rafa? But hey Atleast we are playing attractive attacking football….oh wait
Mike's Iron Curtain
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:36 PM
Comment #136Everybody should boycott immediately and in perpetuity until the club changes hands.
Better to do it now with a PL season ahead of us and inevitably going down to the Championship, than doing it in the Championship when another potential drop could happen.
Kill the cancer now.
ilovetoon8788
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:36 PM
Comment #137@toonkk
Its about the manner of the defeat. It was embarrassing today. There is nothing on display that say we will even finish 19th. We are looking like we are in a rush to go straight down to the championship.
c-dog
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:36 PM
Comment #138Pardew was far better than Bruce
Awful comparison
The next Mike Williamson
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:37 PM
Comment #139Norwich have many injuries too.
Spellcheck
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:37 PM
Comment #140We’re doomed. Can’t see us winning a game any time soon with this team/squad. Martoon can I change my position in the league position.
#BoycottAshley ( OP)
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:37 PM
Comment #141Out played and out classed by a newly promoted team with five injuries and they spent buttons.
What a shower of shit Ashley has assembled.
We are run like a pub team but with less professionalism l.
#BoycottAshley #ashleyout
c-dog
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:37 PM
Comment #142Bruce Out!
GEORDIE69
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:37 PM
Comment #143STEVE BRUCE AND MIKE ASHLEY = Wake up you idiots!!!! STOP SUPPORTING THIS REGIME…… BOYCOTT NOW………………………………..
GeordieTwo
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:38 PM
Comment #144We’ve been Pukkified.
The next Mike Williamson
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:38 PM
Comment #145We shouldn’t be discussing these types of manager in 2019, other than to wonder if they’re still managing.
jazzyp
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:38 PM
Comment #146sign of a good manager is how he shakes things up at
half-time
Rafa was great at it
We’ll see
I guess we have our answer then eh.2 Games 2 losses.
But hey it’s only 2 games in..Things can change.
Hahaha,Mike Ashley F@ck dolls
Moonraker15
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:38 PM
Comment #147Irish
Rafa had us overachieving! We are crap without him! It’s a disgrace and actually, it’s not fair on Bruce!
Laurent Robert The Legend
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:38 PM
Comment #148Bruce out..Ashley well his running of the football club is beyond laughable..we’ll be relegated this season with Bruce in charge and eventually will be stuck in championship forever like leeds..thats how criminal this Bruce appointment is.
naptoon
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:38 PM
Comment #149commentators blaming players yes theyve been shite but this is down to the manager and his set up.
ilovetoon8788
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:38 PM
Comment #150Our players are so static!!!!!
lochinvar
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:39 PM
Comment #151Brighton 1-1 West Ham at the moment
Look around us…..just a pointer but shambolic isn’t in it.
That’s two more season tickets gone in January
NezzaNUFC
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:39 PM
Comment #152Don’t worry lads, only 36 games to go, but hey jibs mate traitor Bruce will turn things around.
Come on let’s give him till at least 30 games, we know he’s a Conte.2 lol
West Lancs Geordie
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:40 PM
Comment #153Well goal difference won’t be the key to staying up this season. I’m finished till this regime goes and that’s not likely in my lifetime.
ChicoUSA
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:40 PM
Comment #154Hope Ashley is Pukki’ng into his fireplace. Shambolic performance!
davetoon
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:40 PM
Comment #155Bruce hoped to nick something away to Norwich.
The next Mike Williamson
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:40 PM
Comment #156I only predicted 17th on martoons league because I know Bruce can’t possibly last that long. If I was Ashley id be looking for a replacement already. Thank god he’s on a low wage.
Rotonda heights
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:40 PM
Comment #157Thank goodness Charnley and Ashleys judgement is better than Rafa’s!!!! 40m for joelinton….hmmm.
Agent bruce doing what he does. Did anyone expect different – 134 gd!! But its ok coz he’s better than rafa’s + 203 !!
Blofal
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:40 PM
Comment #158We are devoid of any structure. 3 in the midfield just doesn’t work. We have been tactically worked over today…. by Norwich.
Rafa would have never given them the space to run at our defence all day like they have. This is horrible.
Lee Charnley Bunga Party
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:40 PM
Comment #159Haven’t even heard the away support this game as well even they have had enough!!
The team is no longer working hard which basically is game over for us as that’s what Rafa had us doing best players are just walking all over the pitch !
Charlie in the Gallowgate
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:40 PM
Comment #160Thought we played well today kept them down to 3!!!?
Pity help us when we play against a first team and not reserves