Newcastle struggled to break down Bournemouth in a scoreless first half. The Magpies had the bulk of possession but were left frustrated by the Cherries. The performance has been uncharacteristically flat but the lads did surge late.
The Magpies were set up in the customary 4-3-3 with Pope behind a back four Trippier, Schar, Burn, and Targett. Bruno returned to anchor the midfield with Willock and Joelinton pushing forward. Isak led the line with Almiron to his right and Fraser on his left.
Newcastle dominated possession from the onset, often camped out in the Bournemouth end. However, it was the visitors with the first shot. Ryan Christie’s dribbling effort from outside the box was easily collected by Pope.
Bournemouth should have went ahead in the 15th minute. Jordan Zemura’s lofted cross sailed over Burn and met the head of Marcus Tavernier. The former Magpie youth product’s header was tame and drifted wide of the far post.
Newcastle’s first shot came moments later. Isak and Almiron worked well together outside of the area resulting in a shot from the Paraguayan. His low effort wasn’t well-struck and the ball dribbled into Neto’s waiting hands.
A well-worked free-kick in the 20th minute produced Newcastle’s second shot on target. Trippier lofted the ball to the right side of the box and Schar flashed a header towards the far post. Neto was there for a comfortable save.
Newcastle hit the woodwork in the 26th minute. Bruno won a free kick from 25-yards out. Trippier stepped up and curled a beauty that struck the far post and goes beyond for a goal-kick.
Newcastle were unfortunate not to move ahead with a flurry of thwarted shots in the 42nd minute. After a corner, Joelinton was expertly found inside the box. The Brazilian’s quick effort was denied by the far post. Then Neto made superb stops on follow-up blasts from Joelinton and Fraser.
Gary O’Neil will be the happier of the two managers at the break. His side have defended well and frustrated Newcastle, who need to pick up the tempo and find ways to get Isak more involved in the game.
202 comments so far
DKillers
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:48 PM
Comment #121I don’t understand for the life of me how Eddie continues to use Almiron on the right. He is obviously highly intelligent, but this just seems beyond dumb.
jimiley
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:48 PM
Comment #122We’ve just had a break.
Romford mag
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:48 PM
Comment #123Don’t think the extra week off has done us any favours tbh
Munster Mag
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:49 PM
Comment #124This is bullshit, it really is. But we didn’t invest in creativity and this is what you get once injuries happen. Budget? FFP? Probably.
Limping Toon
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:49 PM
Comment #125it seems like we have a great mentality of we wont lose games.
we also seem to have attitude that it is okay not to win. hence, all the draws.
AncientC
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:50 PM
Comment #126Bournemouth are doing to us what we did to so many teams under Rafa, and when Bruce had that season with loads of luck, defenders scoring goals to pull Bruce out of it.
This was going to happen over time. Eventually Howe makes the side better, and weaker teams now fear us. So breaking teams down is completely new to this side.
Every team in the league fancied their chances against us under Bruce and Rafa as they knew they would have the ball.
Long story short, I’d rather have the new problem of breaking sides down, than the problem of being a cowardly side that accepts inferiority and tries to park the bus.
Toon fans bad
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:50 PM
Comment #127Just realised the spacebar scrolls down, has it always done that?
ilovetoon8788
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:50 PM
Comment #128no way through bournemouth. we don’t have anyone who can unlock them.
great performance by bournemouth. came with a plan and executed it brilliantly.
shows how far we are away from being a top 10 side. our depth is laughable.
DrGloom
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:50 PM
Comment #129Poor all round , no ideas , no creativity
Limping Toon
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:50 PM
Comment #130Munster
I agree, it was so obvious we needed a maddison or somebody like that.
If they want to finish 12th ish we are going to. They half-arsed the transfers imo.
Not sure what the plan is
IrishRob
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:50 PM
Comment #131Tyran that would be some magic trick by howe to bring Anderson on.
ottawageordie2
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:51 PM
Comment #132Goalposts 2 United 0
Fenham to Chalfont
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:51 PM
Comment #133DKillers,
Calling Eddie dumb is a bit strong, settle down mate 🙄
Munster Mag
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:51 PM
Comment #134But Rom that’s exactly the opposite of what we thought. We were all pleased with the week break. And some thought we wud stuff them
DKillers
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:51 PM
Comment #135Abysmal football, if we’re all being honest. Just abysmal. Lucky to get the penalty, otherwise we lose this game. Which is completely unacceptable – losing to relegation fodder at St. James. Zero wins since opening day….maybe we are the relegation fodder.
jane
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:51 PM
Comment #136“Just realised the spacebar scrolls down, has it always done that?”
post of the day.
Romford mag
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:52 PM
Comment #137Who’s we ?
Romford mag
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:53 PM
Comment #138I wasn’t happy !
niafron
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:53 PM
Comment #139My assessement:
1 Good pressure
2 Good ability to bring the ball in the opponents last 30
3 Good ability to find space on the wings
4 Poor Crossing
5 Poor short passing game arounf the box.
6 Poor long range shooting.
JP...from The Rock
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:54 PM
Comment #140Chris Wood has come on, we’ll probably play it along the deck now lol
macn0ble (Finland)
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:54 PM
Comment #141Is a guy who makes 2 like for like changes in 88 minutes against the poorest squad in the epl while playing draw at how really the man who’ll take us to the next level?
DKillers
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:54 PM
Comment #142Fenham, maybe re-read what I said. I didn’t call Eddie dumb, I actually said he is highly intelligent. I said the decision to keep Almiron on the right is dumb. Highly intelligent people can make dumb decisions at times.
Fenham to Chalfont
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:55 PM
Comment #143Gents,
Bournemouth have had a game plan and executed it well. We have missed Maximum and Wilson for sure. We’ve been so powder puff and toothless in the final third because of this.
The negative outpouring calling out Eddie is poor IMO. Bournemouth have done to us what we’ve done too so many teams over the past few years and done well. Not eddies fault.
davetoon
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:56 PM
Comment #144Haha JP. Thanks for the much needed laugh
ilovetoon8788
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:57 PM
Comment #145without a couple of key players, our depth is terrible. we are a struggling side.
in january atleast 2-3 players needed to add strength in depth.
fraser & murphy wouldn’t even worry championship defenders nowadays.
ilovetoon8788
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:57 PM
Comment #146we can play for another 180 minutes and we are not going to score from open play today.
IrishRob
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:58 PM
Comment #147Christ almighty our crossing is beyond bad, the only one in the team who seems capable of a good cross is Trippier. Literally!!
JP...from The Rock
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:58 PM
Comment #148This is no way Eddie’s fault. The players we have as cover just aren’t good enough; Almiron, Fraser, Willock, Longstaff, Murphy, Wood etc.
Hopefully in the next few windows those will be out the door and replaced with real top quality players.
The Last Jedi
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:58 PM
Comment #149Howe should never have got a new contract knew it was a big mistake
DrGloom
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:59 PM
Comment #150No matter which way you look at it this is an extremely poor result
ottawageordie2
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:59 PM
Comment #151More time wasting.
ilovetoon8788
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:59 PM
Comment #152can switch off the tv. aint scoring another today.
Limping Toon
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:59 PM
Comment #153some people said we may trouble the top 8. i have no idea what they are watching.
on our day we can beat anybody.. but yeah. we need a full strength team and them to show up. that happens 5 times a season if you are lucky.
we are looking at 10th or lower
The Last Jedi
Sep 17, 2022 at 4:59 PM
Comment #154100 % Howes fault why is Isak on left
valle
Sep 17, 2022 at 5:00 PM
Comment #155We were bad, its as simple as that.
Arthur Romsdale
Sep 17, 2022 at 5:00 PM
Comment #156We must have the worst crossers of the ball in the league.
Almiron
Fraser
Murphy
Targett
Munster Mag
Sep 17, 2022 at 5:00 PM
Comment #157This has been like watching martinez’ Everton team. Lots of possession, zero creativity.
The Last Jedi
Sep 17, 2022 at 5:00 PM
Comment #158We will finish 15th to 11th
Arthur Romsdale
Sep 17, 2022 at 5:00 PM
Comment #159Without ASM our attack is dreadful
Arthur Romsdale
Sep 17, 2022 at 5:01 PM
Comment #160Woeful performance