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
The next Mike Williamson
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:41 PM
Comment #161Its all the worst elements of benitezs football without any of the good stuff.
JP...from The Rock
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:41 PM
Comment #162Krafth has showed how mediocre he is. At fault for 2 of our 3 goals conceded. More of our money wasted!
Moonraker15
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:42 PM
Comment #163Mikes
There won’t be any problem with the boycott now! Watching this will create suicides !
Toon Tang
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:42 PM
Comment #164Bruce to be handed an 8 year contract when the whistle blows.
toon22
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:42 PM
Comment #165-134
theartfuldodger
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:42 PM
Comment #166The sad truth is that whether you go to games and support the team…or you boycott…we are going down…Eitherways…
Gambling on players untested in the league…manager not good enough…Not even sure what hes trying to do…Can barely watch the game…
Maybe theyl get Pardew in aftr 10 games and ask us to get behind him…Or maybe thats always been the plan…Instead of Rafas replacement, get him in as our saviour…To reduce the animosity to him…
nut meg
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:42 PM
Comment #167Get ready for a lot more rankings… goals against column will go through the roof.. this is just the beginning of our worst nightmare!
nut meg
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:43 PM
Comment #168Tankings
GeordieTwo
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:43 PM
Comment #169As I said yesterday, I’m going to be worried as long as Bruce is with us. This is just the beginning. Mikey and Lee will start the excuse campaign and then disappear very soon now.
danishmag
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:43 PM
Comment #170THE WORST TEAM IN THE LEAGUE.. SPORTS DIRECT FC!!!
I said it before the season even started.. We will not get more than 25 points..
We went from a Ferrari to a Fiat, trading Rafa for that fat twat, Bruce..
He has no clue at all.. Hayden as the front midfielder of him, Ki and Shelvey.. Hayden is an excellent defensive midfielder, but going forward he is NOTHING. He GIVES NOTHING going forward. Instead Bruce puts Shelvey as the defensive one.. What the fcuk is he on?
I made a bet with a couple of mates, before the season started, that we would reach no more than 25 points..
After today we have ZERO from two games..
Next three games we face Watford, Spurs and Liverpool.. How many points in those three you reckon? ZERO is my bet..
And if you look at the next five games, i only see one game, where we might get points..
So thats a maximum of 3 points after 10 games..
BUT YOU LOT KEEP GOING TO GAMES… YOU LOT ARE DESTROYING THE CLUB TOGETHER WITH THE FAT FCUKING LIAR MIKE CASHLEY..
WAKE THE HELL UP!!!
geordiemark
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:44 PM
Comment #1712 games in and the teams a nightmare, like i said last week the team was all over the place v arsenal and its the same again were relegated end off
Markaccus
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:44 PM
Comment #172C-dog
Contact your bookies. They may pay out now.
I only have a small bet, worth about 50 quid when we go down.
Moonraker15
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:44 PM
Comment #173It’s the curse of Ashley! Every business he’s involved in at the moment is in trouble!
Well he’d better start counting the parachute payments for next season cos this team is going down!
lochinvar
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:44 PM
Comment #174Blue Line, NODA, ABC, LA, Deans I don’t care which of you takes to job but there’s a passenger well three actually who need collecting from Carrow Road, Norwich.
Where to?
As far away as facking possible
ctommo
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:45 PM
Comment #175Utterly horrible performance. Shocking
ChicagoToon1
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:45 PM
Comment #176Absolutely awful. Defense is trash. Midfield is trash. Forwards are trash. Hayden is the only one that wasn’t. I can’t think of anything positive from today that you could point to to build off of. Terrible
toon22
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:45 PM
Comment #177All of this due to Jabbas ego
Mike's Iron Curtain
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:45 PM
Comment #178All the fight has gone from all player but 2. The organisation has gone. The discipline has gone. The leadership has gone. The energy has gone.
We’ve got a £40m dud who doesn;t fancy it and are back to picking up lots of niggling injuries.
The players cooing about Bruce’s training sessions is because they’re obviously much less structured and demanding than Rafa’s.
A culture of casualness and lack of focus has been sown and it’s affected all but 1 or 2 of them already.
Only chance we stay up is if Bruce is gone by game five, somebody new is brought in and Gayle/Carroll get fit and stay fit.
Back the boycott.
West Lancs Geordie
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:45 PM
Comment #179Put up the For Sale signs. But he won’t get any takers now. There’s F all to sell!!!
Lee Charnley Bunga Party
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:45 PM
Comment #180Spurs , Liverpool , Leicester and Watford in our next couple of games we could be on the receiving end of a fair few pastings in that time!
GeordieTwo
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:46 PM
Comment #181We’re on the Highway to Hell lads…..
Moonraker15
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:46 PM
Comment #182My prediction for our league position is wrong! and I said 17th!
Anglo Saxon
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:46 PM
Comment #183Well I think it’s pretty safe to say we need Carroll fit asap.
If Carroll is watching this Sh*te he’ll be injured until the end of the season.
Markaccus
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:47 PM
Comment #184We are sh1te. We have potentially decent players but not a manager who can get the best out of them. No flexability in the system.
4 defenders on the bench ffs. No attacking midfielder in the 3 cms. Bruce is out dated and rigid. I don’t hate Bruce, I don’t even hold him completely responsible, but Ashley has assigned yet another person to a position beyond his capabilities.
Moonraker15
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:47 PM
Comment #185Would he take £200 million from the Sheik now?
IrishRob
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:47 PM
Comment #186Poor Hayden looks wrecked from running around all day but he still didnt give up the chase.
geordiemark
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:47 PM
Comment #187Moonraker15
try bottom of the league and relegated by christmas
West Lancs Geordie
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:47 PM
Comment #188It’s a very sad state of affairs when we have so called supporters betting on their team – hoping they ‘ll go down and they’ll make money out of it. SAD SAD SAD.
jazzyp
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:48 PM
Comment #189I cant boycott lads cos I want to go to the first home game of the season ,And see the new lads that Mikey signed with his hard earned money make there debut.
Another F@ck doll
Lee Charnley Bunga Party
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:48 PM
Comment #190Rafa will be swimming in a bed of Chinese money thinking thank god I didn’t sign up for another 3 years of this!!
Cause its not that the fans would be blaming Rafa for losing Rondon , Perez and replacing them with substandard replacements which is what Ashley wanted to do when they wanted Rafa to lose control in his new contract!!
AncientC
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:48 PM
Comment #191Bruce could be a tactical genius but it means naught if he cannot get the players amped-up. The tempo just isn’t there… Norwich delivering an early season lesson in that regard, and Bruce should be thankful for the wake-up call.
GeordieTwo
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:49 PM
Comment #192Take a good look at what a decent striker can do to a disorganized defense Mr. Brucie. Pull your head oot now before it’s too late. Resign and save yourself further disgrace.
c-dog
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:49 PM
Comment #193Bruce you pig!
#BoycottAshley ( OP)
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:50 PM
Comment #194I bet theres a sale rumoured tomorrow
c-dog
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:50 PM
Comment #195AncientC
What tempo would you expect with Ki and Shelvey as your engine?
Mike's Iron Curtain
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:50 PM
Comment #196Danishmag
Hayden has been our best playmaker. He’s more than just a ballwinner. Has the ability to be box to box. Does good work in the right channel.
Yes in a 3 he should perhaps be the protective DM though, because Shelvey is a chocolate fireguard and plainly cba, back to his worst.
It’s immaterial anyway.
The problems are sown on the training pitch and in the dressing room. The decline in commitment, focus and organisation is clear already.
lochinvar
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:50 PM
Comment #197Pundit: “Steve why play Kraft instead of Manquillo ?”
“Well it was like this. I thought i should give all the lads in the squad a run out to keep them happy”
” and how do you rate that decision against last weeks of making the ill judged substitution ?
“well that was just unlucky”
Pundit: ” ye gods”
West Lancs Geordie
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:50 PM
Comment #198Moonraker The Club has never been up for sale. Our only hope is he’ll be carted away to an Asylum for the Mentally Insane. Unless the Inland Revenue really do him over
JP...from The Rock
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:50 PM
Comment #199Yey we scored. Nice one Shelvey. Too little too late.
geordiemark
Aug 17, 2019 at 4:51 PM
Comment #200#BoycottAshley ( OP)
yeah and i bet its the sun yet again no doubt, wonder how much ashley pays them to sprout his bullshit