Why this awful defeat was a POSITIVE for Newcastle United!

The Daily Mail's Craig Hope reflects on Newcastle United's dismal 2-0 defeat at Crystal Palace, and explains why he thinks it might be no bad thing.
Who gets his merit stars? And what did Eddie Howe say afterwards?
Click here to read Craig's match story from Selhurst Park... www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/foo...

[@RENCHER]

The overreaction to results is maddening. When we win people act like we're about to challenge City for the title. When we lose it's like we've been relegated. The reality is Newcastle are an upper mid-table side. We can beat anyone, and anyone can beat us. We'll still finish 6th or 7th.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Whether you like it or not that's 95% of our support minimum. But what about people like me who've known we've been lucky these past few years? And knew the wheels weren't stable or bolted on properly?

[@RENCHER]

@JohnKobaRuddy So we were just lucky to beat Man City, PSG, Arsenal, Man Utd, Chelsea and Villa? Righto.

[@falconarrow]

@@RENCHER boom. Exactly! The only luck we have had is being drawn in the same CL group as two semi finalists, drawn against finalists in the carabao cup and finalists in the FA Cup. The worst possible luck! Cannot make this shit up.

[@raylaqua9334]

The point is to do better than the previous session if you want to become a giant team

[@BrianPinas9]

We won't beat Burnley and Brentford

[@brettharter143]

Lewis Hall looked lively when he came on

[@falconarrow]

Shame he got injured a couple of weeks ago, left back spot was his was the rest of the season. Hope he stays fit now and plays regularly.

[@nickc8476]

There goes your Eddie is the best Monday to Sunday manager analogy

[@heikkisanelma6625]

was laughing at this on firts half :D then too irritated and went to sleep, thank god.

[@grahamsidney9214]

Cant wait for the day longstaff is no where near the starting 11.

[@Steph-wq9it]

🥱🥱🥱🥱You ain’t got a clue about football then.

[@grahamsidney9214]

@@Steph-wq9it ok then

[@mikesimpson3121]

He had a poor game but so did a lot of others, and he is playing with an injury that requires pain killing injections. Have a look at how the opposition view him sometime. Spurs had him as the 4th most important person in the team and predicted that Son would lose out against him, fully fit or not.

[@user-eo2xu4qc2q]

Fuck off to Sunderland then!

[@craig-rp9jh]

he is the most infuriating player too slow to do anything. constantly screming at the tele he is woeful

[@paulyoung5514]

Virtually every game in London this season has been the same. Chelsea, Spurs, Arsenal and this terrible performances. Even the two wins against Fulham were lucky.

[@anderswillestofte9376]

yea we back that it whas for years on years ther lose like 90% of match in London, but we back to be 1 of the worst away team in the league ther has ben for most of the time in PL, last year whas just 1 of them who some times come ther allæ think we has fixe or away form, but we back to not show up in most away games, start to think no manager can changes the mentaly in the club that just roll over then away from home.

[@chrispotts6727]

No positives can be taken from that shitshow

[@BrianPinas9]

Howe out

[@Steph-wq9it]

@@BrianPinas9🥱Take the bus to Sunderland 🥱

[@robferriday9945]

The problem started with the anxious play between Murphy, Kraft, Schar and Burn. Pretty much set the tone. Longstaff was again incredibly frustrating. Diving when its better to shoot. Did it in Milan if i remember rightly. Howe's position is still very secure. I think this was the hardest fixture of the final 6 based on form

[@BrianPinas9]

Insecure. He'll be sacked in a few weeks

[@givemesomewine]

so did Eddie think the Palace defence would be so far forward like Spurs ? .....the Palace defence sat back and swamped our BIG 3 ....Eddie was outsmarted again .

[@brunoactis1104]

Honestly, the tactics weren't really the problem. The problem was that the players couldn't mantain possession in areas where they should, and gave terrible passes every time, and when the passes weren't that terrible, the receiver couldn't control the ball.

[@Adamm357]

​@@brunoactis1104 We were bullied in midfield but Elliot Anderson effectively played left back when we were defending and it just exposed Longstaff. Hall should've been on at HT but he just left it when we all knew that we were going to concede. No foresight and inevitable.

[@BrianPinas9]

Yep, by another German speaking manager yet again

[@lydis284]

Craig there is nothing to take from this, we did okay??? We got dominated like we where palaces bitch god what a awful match that was

[@jakesy2569]

Eddie Howe always thinks the game plans ok when everyone else can see it coming. Always makes the usial 60th min subs and never before unless he has too through injury.

[@jamiekirkbride3414]

Palace deserved to win, they hammered us in the middle of the park all nigh. Eze is a quality player, how I wish we had someone like him in our team. Andersen solid at the back. Will Hughes ran the show. We need to win our next two games and hope the wrong Man Utd turn up at old Trafford. We've said it a million times already this season but we need to get rid of the players who cannot take us forward and invest in quality. You could tell Gordon was frustrated today.

[@billmoore7137]

When Hughes runs the show then you know your team is playing shite

[@corronord]

Craig, can you be honest on Sean Longstaff. You don’t have to out right throw him under the bus. But please be honest.

[@willfoster2664]

Not Surprised by the result to be honest. Palace are playing a very fast high press game which we struggle to play against. Eddie got it correct against Spurs but Wrong tonight . We are playing probably 4 or 5 players that are not premiership standard. Final note I thought there young Wharton was outstanding made Longstaff look like a total clown in comparison.

[@scoob40haha]

Sensible words from one of the decent North east journalists

[@givemesomewine]

we are so far from Elite its not funny . ...def too many average players .

[@BrianPinas9]

Yeah, Anthony Gordon is not a starter. He's average at best

[@ChristianBassedas6]

Agree. He's overrated. He did nothing yesterday and was awful in the Champions league. We're missing Saint Maximin ​@@BrianPinas9

[@RichAnderson-im4gw]

If Howe is so good why did he keep two better defenders on the bench and not change it at half time and kept Tino on the bench all game .

[@davidhughes4489]

Tino was not fully recovered from his long term injury apparently ,,,but was ok for him to come on against Spurs when we was well in front the game previous. I cant work that one out.

[@seb9093]

The worst thing about us this season: As soon as we concede away from home we lose. Eddie's team selection was once again questionable and, as usual, didn't seem to have any plan B on how to deal with Palace who I thought were excellent throughout. Inconsistency and being a "soft-touch" are our identities on the road!

[@geordietoonforlife.1155]

So if Eddie changed the team from the one that beat Spurs do you not think he would have been criticised or even hammered if the result was the same🤷‍♂️ No matter which way he went he would get criticism from online fans, until we have our strongest squad available ( next season now) these results will happen and let’s not just blame Howe, the players let’s give Palace credit for being so good they do have some cracking players and a manager who has changed how they play, beating Liverpool away and putting 5 past West Ham in the same week is no fluke, yes we were bad no doubt about that but Palace made us bad and fully deserved the win it’s football it’s not a shock.

[@rossmcfarlane1219]

​@@geordietoonforlife.1155😂

[@geordietoonforlife.1155]

@@rossmcfarlane1219 🤡

[@TyneBridge90]

​@@rossmcfarlane1219whats so funny ? Hes reet

[@rossmcfarlane1219]

@@TyneBridge90 he's isn't though.

[@johnwebber8994]

Was it an emergency for livramento to come on against spurs at 4 nil up? Can't see what's changed in 10 days

[@trimley]

That was a fair account of a poor performance - looking forward to a great team display on Saturday v Sheffield United

[@stephennutkin2477]

It is common for the odd player within a team to have a bad day at the office but for Newcastle this season (injuries apart) we have had many games where most of the team have had a bad day.

[@michaelmckie9164]

Howe is working with Dubs, Murphy, Longy, Krafth in starting 11 a couple of years post takeover. Performance had me furious, rather than result, but I’ve calmed down now and ultimately those players are relegation/championship players. He needs the chance to have ‘his own’ team and not still lots of players inherited. If this lots finish 6th it’s almost better than 4th for me. Needs to be a big reboot in summer though and sadly that means one of Bruno or Isak will go.

[@grahamsidney9214]

I didn't think we would win. Palace are on a high and we are inconsistent. We aren't a top team despite what many of our fans think. Few good players but quite a lot of championship level players. So why should we go away from home in a difficult league and win games like this.

[@AizuddinDanian]

Positives? Craig, you're grasping at straws! :)

[@BrianPinas9]

Always sticks up for Eddie Howe. He should've been sacked after the AC Milan defeat

[@thegoat11111]

The most positive thing about last night was the final whistle. Newcastle's first team is carrying too many passengers who need to be got rid of ASAP.

[@Steph-wq9it]

I agree we must remain positive, we aren’t ENTITLED. Negativity gets us nowhere 🎉

[@damienreilly4347]

I completely agree with you, Howe is a great manager (although he can be stubborn at times) but even someone like Klopp or Pep would steuggle getting results from these players, Longstaff and Murphy need to go in the summer for me. Longstaff is awful, its bot even the fact he loses the ball or passes awfully but he just doesnt look like he cares half yhe time, and he falls over far too easy for me.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Doubt pep etc would play longstaff. We have players way better than him even under the current injury crisis.

[@TyneBridge90]

​@@JohnKobaRuddyplayers such as ????

[@damienreilly4347]

@@JohnKobaRuddy like who? We literally have 3 fit midfielders

[@rory0949]

Fair comments Craig👍

[@falconarrow]

What disappointed me the most about the performance is that we had a 10 day break but Palace were overrunning us. Massive credit to Palace, fully deserved to win. Could have got cheated by that pathetic tumble by Longstaff.

[@johnstorey4298]

The biggest realisation from last night for me is that I think we (Edit:’re going to be forced) have to sell Bruno. We have so much shit in our squad that it’s impossible to replace them without sacrificing a star player to fund replacements. Longstaff, Krafth, Murphy, Dubravka shouldn’t be playing in black and white. Burn shouldn’t be near the starting 11. You’ve then got all the shit that is in the squad that needs shifted: Dummett, Gillespie, Ritchie, Hayden, Fraser, Hendrick, Karius, Lewis… You’ve also got the crocks and inconsistent players: Targett, Wilson, Miggy, Willock… In order to win things and consistently deliver European football you need rid of 80% of the above list and have reliable, quality replacements. We haven’t got the budget to do that. My growing concern this season has also been whether Eddie has the balls to be ruthless with these players as he likes them as characters. Time will tell but it feels like this summer is a massive fork in the road for us, we either progress or we risk stagnating.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Massive NO to that. We need to start breaking rules quite frankly. Who cares about 12 measly points we can get reduced further for one season 10 years from now.

[@TyneBridge90]

The biggest thing you took from a shite performance was we need to sell our best player???? Really ?

[@johnstorey4298]

@@TyneBridge90 in fairness I should reword that to say, I think we’re going to be forced to. The point is FFP is going to stop us progressing unless we sell a star. We’ve got too many poor players in the squad and restrictions on finance to replace the crap.

[@johnstorey4298]

Obviously don’t want him to go he’s our most important player

[@BrianPinas9]

Almiron is better than Gordon and Barnes. They're average at best

[@NorthernAlphaSk]

Nice video!

[@ytmjoyce]

Newcastle were bullied by a team with more desire on the night. Tactics and skills are nothing when an opponent wants it more

[@mackyjack3929]

They have better players than us they played really well just couldn’t handle them they could of won 4 0🥴

[@johnenglish929]

Well balanced as usual, Craig. I don’t think you are saying anything controversial here, just articulating what many are thinking - we know we are a long way from where we want to be - and will be one day. HWTL.

[@MarkWeir-cr5tk]

Inconsistency is our identity this season and you called this at Christmas, great win followed by a poor performance, again and again. Yes we have players that need to move on but that team is better than tonight and we have huge game against Sheffield Utd

[@Mr.Newcastle]

spot on. the squad players out there are honest hard working good characters but just not good enough to beat a decent Palace team. PL ready players required in the summer.

[@StreetRider-iz7tg]

Longstaff did ok??…..Craig I think you spent too much of the game looking at your laptop.

[@BrianPinas9]

British favouritism

[@Adamm357]

It reminds us that the Manager has his limitations. If Steve Bruce set the team up like that and just waited for Palace to score before changing it, you'd be all over him. Praising the team for playing well for 90 seconds? Embarrassing. We were lucky to get in at 0-0, make changes and try to change the game. Didn't happen, yet again. Brighton away, Bournemouth away, Everton away, Luton away, and now Palace away.

[@gavinblenkinsop6250]

What changes could he make with the bench Howe has available to him? 3 kids, 2 full backs. The squad has been stretched beyond its limitations this season. Newcastle aren’t in a position to bring a worldie off the bench or even someone half decent. The best 11 players they have available at the moment are out on the pitch. Put Pope, Trippier, Botman, Joelinton in that team last night and it’s a different result.

[@BrianPinas9]

​@@gavinblenkinsop6250Forget them. It's Miguel Almiron who's the biggest miss. He miles better than Barnes and Gordon

[@gavinblenkinsop6250]

@@BrianPinas9 you’re kidding right? Gordon and Barnes are far better than Almiron but as someone to bring off the bench Almiron is a better bet than a full back

[@BrianPinas9]

@@gavinblenkinsop6250 Other way around. Almiron has to start ahead of Gordon. Gordon isn't technically good enough. Not premier league quality. Barnes isn't a better all round footballer than Almiron. Almiron has everything

[@gavinblenkinsop6250]

@@BrianPinas9 Almiron lacks composure and a right foot. Barnes and Gordon are clear upgrades on him and Saint Maxim we need to do the same with some of the other mob that played under Bruce

[@billedgar7748]

Agree with the sentiment at the start of the video, but the premier league is ruthless and doesn’t wait for anyone. Performances like Wednesday’s have cropped up a little too often this season, whether that be down to injuries, fatigue, or just a lack of tactical nous. We need that ruthlessness back.

[@alanthompson3780]

totally agree with you graig ..a lot of fans cannot except that a lot the players are lower premiere league players and in some cases championship players it,s been a miracle that we have finished 4 and hopefully 6-7 this season ....like the comment below ! we have all criticised howe to some degree but some people straight away after a awful performance want the manager sacked !!! great video I don't always agree with you but I do agree with you tonight !

[@1702PK]

Positivity has its place, but is often used as a clumsy attempt to shut down negative or alternative views. I see nothing positive about our dreadful away form, Bournemouth, Brighton, Everton, Luton, Palace and not great at Fulham ,Wolves. I’m afraid I do not see Howe as the elite manager to take us to the next level.

[@mitchdNUFC]

Longstaff did ok? he's been a passenger all season and offers absolutely nothing. Hes not good technically, he never shows for the ball, and he never looks to carry the ball forward. It's always just side to side short passing with him. How Krafth is still playing for us as well is mind boggling, he's champ level at best. The tactics were all wrong playing 5 across the back last night.

[@stephenokoye7791]

Craig, you can't honestly judge a positive outcome of a match with 2min out of 95mins. Eddie had 2ndhalf to revert back to 4 3 3 as that tactics can never work against Crystal Palace. We all knew it wouldn't even before the match but Eddie somehow sees different. He make excuses for simple things.

[@cedricagaba5373]

Thank you for ur vids, how long till we win the champions league. I can wait

[@neilsnowdon2863]

Very balanced, Craig. Mirrors my own thoughts. Disappointing night. I wouldn't have given any merit stars for this lacklustre performance. Palace were up for it, we weren't. Our away form or lack of it is very worrying. Shades of the old Newcastle from decades ago when we never won in London. On we go to the weekend!

[@user-sc7kl7md3j]

It appears your like for Eddie as a person means you simply cannot criticise him under any circumstances. Which I’m afraid strains your credibility which is sad to say

[@BrianPinas9]

Yep, the bloke favours the British. Anthony Gordon is nowhere near an elite footballer. I've been saying all along that Miguel Almiron is our best left winger

[@TyneBridge90]

​​@@BrianPinas9Definite mackem⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️⬆️

[@montybrewster7]

I'm getting tired of writing the same old comment about inconsistency. What a frustrating season. Cheers as always craig.

[@yuyuleung1506]

What make me sick is that We felt shameful to accept their excuses under fat ass Ashley era but this season we are starting to make excuses ourselves for the awful performances, especially for the away games. I am not calling for Eddie’s head but what he should do all the season is not that just realise we have not performed good enough, but to correct the wrongs.

[@ericengleby265]

Howe has us overachieving thos season with the injuries we have had.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

I knew the recent wins would paper over the cracks. But our lot are deluded for the most part. Whether we like it or not.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

​@@ericengleby265really? Gave away leads to Liverpool etc, games where we've not turned up, burn at left back when everyone targets him specifically. He's not that good. If he was called Eduard Howez you'd all be foaming at the labia.

[@ericengleby265]

@@JohnKobaRuddy For Newcastle to be competing for a European spot with the biggest injury list in the league throughout the season plus having a lot of bang average players is a miracle

[@falconarrow]

@@JohnKobaRuddy if Eduard Howez got our limited squad into the Champions League last year, I think he would have enough credit in the bank to fend off people calling for his head in an injury ravaged season.

[@ronniechambers2555]

Not in the top 8 come November, and I fear Howe's time will come to an end. A good manager, who would make a great replacement for Southgate when he is dragged kicking and screaming from the England job, but if Newcastle want to kick on, think they will decide to bring a big name manager in, if it looks in November like things are going to repeat themselves. It was never a penalty, unless a defender is no longer allowed to touch a player in the box.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Howes not a winner. We would have won his first match in charge if he didn't have English managers syndrome.

[@BillyfromConsett]

I dont understand why Eddie has a seeming fixation to play out of form players and not ever substitute them. One in particular, but it can apply to a few.

[@phoenixrisin5848]

We've been like this all season, even Fulham where they should've been out of sight by the time we got a foothold in the game. Absolute garbage attitude from the players that have a champions league record at home and relegation record away. Tiredness? What, since august ?

[@Cory-lh3yp]

Without calling out the bad traits in specific players the way to look at it is very simple and tells you everything you need to know - which of the ‘big 6’ would the following players start for if they joined them tomorrow; Longstaff, Krafth, Murphy, Burn, Dummet, Ritchie… if the answer is 0 then they shouldn’t be at Newcastle it’s as simple as that. Longstaff for as much as he runs is absolutely awful, he goes down to easy and cost us a goal yesterday and also stopped us scoring one when he again went down to easy in the box. I know our options are limited but is he really better than Joe White? If the answer is yes then I’m sorry but White needs to go as well. No room for sentiment this summer we need to be ruthless across the whole team. However I have an awful feeling that we’ll start the first game of next season with at least Longstaff and Burn in the 11.

[@BrianPinas9]

The new manager will get rid of Burn and Longstaff straight away. He'd be like Patrick Swayze being appointed as head bouncer at the double deuce.

[@Cory-lh3yp]

@@BrianPinas9 I think Eddie deserves a season with a fit squad and a few more quality additions before we talk about replacing him but he does need to toughen up on certain players - this summer will be a good chance for him to show he can be ruthless - I hope he can do it

[@BrianPinas9]

@@Cory-lh3yp God no, that would be a nightmare

[@r0sco_1]

Dreadful performance last night. Palace wanted it more. It was obvious 5 mins in the formation that worked against Spurs wasn't working against Palace. That's on Howe. That being said. The passing was atrocious. Gordon wasn't on it and he usually helps drive the team forward. That's on the players. Its very obvious we need more quality in depth, looking at the bench is very depressing.

[@Yorkshiremag]

I couldn’t agree more with your comments I have said that we have lived on borrowed time now with a few of the players in this squad , yes they have over performed and we have done well but to really progress we need world class players in every position and have the depth.

[@AnthonyODOnnell-tt8gh]

*Eddie got his tatics wrong ! *The players weren't hungry enough ! *Reactive, again, rather than being proactive, with the substitutions. When it was blatantly obvious how piss poor we were 20 min's in !

[@NUFC2412]

Palace pressed and hassled us. We couldn't handle it. Spurs passed sideways and backwards hence why it was different. We looked absolutely awful all over the pitch

[@cedricagaba5373]

How was that not a penalty, it was amazingly clear

[@yanited1892]

I thought it was a penalty but I can see why it wasn't given. Longstaff made a meal of it, there was a drag back yes but he threw himself to the floor arguably too late.

[@falconarrow]

Im running out of patience with Longstaff. What a soft penalty if it was given. Have some belief in yourself and take a shot lad!

[@shaundasheepmurphy1589]

Because Longstaff tried to cheat instead of getting a shot off, he felt the arm and tried to blag a penalty, he is shite!

[@mark.lawrence]

i totally get why it wasn't given... hughes didn't do enough to bring him down, & he didn't... until he decided not to shoot, & fell over... pathetic... take the shot ffs.

[@BrianPinas9]

​@@mark.lawrenceExactly. He hardly touched him. He didn't force him off balance

[@gr1809]

Palace turned up to an fa cup final, they never gave up and we struggled in every area of the pitch. Eze is an unreal player, he’d get into a top 4 side (imo). Maybe if we had joelinton and tonali alongside Bruno in midfield it would have been different game, but that sums up our season. It is what it is…

[@aaronglew4985]

This wasn’t on the players, it’s on the manager and his team for the prep for that game. If the game plan was to try and re-create what the did vs Spurs against a team who don’t play like Spurs then the management team is the issue. All the press are terrified of criticising the manager. We have had a few good results but our performances have been awful for most of the season. For the Eze they have we have Isak so overall the teams were probably on par (he wasn’t involved in the goals either). Please listen back to this and listen to your own words in how you described the game and climb out of Howe’s ass and maybe start to ask some more challenging questions to him.

[@niallpowell5456]

I wasn’t unhappy the team that played against Spurs started but after first half it showed the formation was not working and a simple sub of hall for Murphy as tino was not ready. But of course it was waited until Eddie time 65th minute to make change when we are behind reactionary as usual.

[@markjenkins2262]

No mention of how well Palace played?

[@AnthonyODOnnell-tt8gh]

Obviously, it's a Newcastle united, you tube video "Palace were amazing ", do you feel better 😅

[@markjenkins2262]

@@AnthonyODOnnell-tt8gh thanks much 😍

[@ivxv1]

Howe gets a far too easy ride Craig. Non of yous ever give him a tough time.

[@mark.lawrence]

two observations from last nite: • one team wanted it more • EH obsessions with two players we can still qualify europe if we get something against man utd (a)

[@falconarrow]

Longstaff is in too crucial a position to the control and dynamic of the team to be such a limited player. Can Joe White be any worse than a half-knackered, fully useless Longstaff?

[@Steph-wq9it]

🥱🥱🥱🥱🥱Here we go again, looking for a scapegoat. 11 players on the field?

[@falconarrow]

@@Steph-wq9it Call it what you like. I'm saying we need a second CM that is comfortable to receive the ball and control the Tempo. Longstaff's lack of ability is putting too much emphasis on. Bruno who then gets marked out of a game.

[@Steph-wq9it]

@@falconarrow So it was all Longstaff’s fault? that is what your saying! There is no one better at the club for what he offers & does for the team in midfield. Maybe if Tonali had been available or Joelinton not injured, then we have a replacement, other than that there is no one.

[@falconarrow]

@@Steph-wq9it what exactly does he do and what does he offer?

[@raylaqua9334]

I love Eddie. He did what he came to do, time to say goodbye. Now if we want to progress, we need someone who has a champion mentality and can change tactics based on the opponents and not play every game with the same strategy

[@BrianPinas9]

Howe out

[@ChristianBassedas6]

​@@BrianPinas9Howe out

[@robertduguid-mcquillan1071]

I don’t think we played that badly tbh. Let’s give some credit to Palace, they played about as well as they can and are in top form. They hounded us from the first whistle and we couldn’t get going. When that happens we need more quality to make something happen, simple as that. We can’t play the prefect game every week.

[@davidrobinson2776]

To be very blunt, player for player, apart from Man City, Arsenal and Liverpool, we are better that the other teams in the league. Isak, Bruno and Gordon would get into any team. Wilson, Trippier, Joelinton, Willock, Livramento, Anderson, Botman, Schar and Barnes would also walk into sides like Palace, Fulham, Bournemouth, Forest, Luton, Brighton, Wolves, Sheff U, Burnley, Everton etc. With this in mind, we are playing well below our potential. We are actually a better side than the likes of Villa and Spurs yet they are well ahead of us. We are just like Man U. The sum of our parts is actually greater than the that of our team. The problem lies with how we are setting up. The players are more than capable of controlling and dominating ordinary sides like Palace yet time and time again we fail.

[@georgeclarke1183]

our full team are winding down for there holidays

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

And some (isak and Bruno) are getting ready to potentially leave. So what Bruno bought a house. Anyone with serious money can buy a house, leave it, do it up and flog it.

[@davidcook7743]

Another inept away performance, to many players went missing, we should never “want it less” than our opponents

[@stevec6887]

Once our defenders realise they cannot pass the ball out, instead of clearing lines, murphy and bdb regularly give it away cheaply, and cause pressure, or take eye off ball instead of belting it upfield for a throw.. (giving defenders the seconds needed to get back etc.. also midfield longsttaff is awful at giving the ball away or fouling etc.. those three have cost us many points all season..and Howe never addressed it, some favourites are picked not dropped also

[@toonarmy1946]

Where was our defence?

[@truthfactory8139]

You need to look at the vital stats of a player. Bruno lost possession 18 times. Dan Burn lost possession 20 times Anderson lost possession ETC ETC This is why the possession stat in 1st half was as low as 25% with Palace at 75%. When some NUFC players are put under pressure, they look like a Championship side. PL status players can handle it often making a key pass to expose your high press. NUFC just kept losing the ball and inviting pressure and the goal was coming. Palace had 9 shots to NUFC's none. I thought with the exception of Isak , a lot of players were crap and some were not at the races due to the incorrect personnel and tactic employed. In the long run, Eddie will need to clear out a lot of these guys or he will get schooled by proper PL level players like we saw in Palace. If i was Bruno or Isak, the only thing that would make me stay at NUFC is the fact there are good PL level players that are currently out of the team and they will come back. But even then, ou still need better backup players than the ones NUFC currently hold. You can not wish to win things and be happy with players that can lose a football 20x a game. You cannot provide anything to front men when you are losing the ball that much at the back. Its like one of them makes a mistake and the other follows it. When you are in possession, sending a hopeful ball that goes out for a through in. It was a bad bad performance from the team and i have to say Eddie played a hand in it too.

[@joinmeonthedarkside2]

Some early challenges again on our players def see the ref on their side... I've seen those pens given and any money if that was us in defence it would've been given. Gordon isak Bruno just couldn't grab hold of it at all

[@gazmo71]

Strange one for me was they scouted Wharton for ages and for some reason didnt want to pay the £16m Blackburn wanted. Kid looks a future star and is probably worth double that now

[@adamhopkins2976]

Anyone who thought that all of our problems were behind us following the spurs game was too optimistic. We go from 'season over' to 'we're going to catch the teams above us and reach 5th' week to week. 3 winnable game coming up, we need to target 7 points from 9 minimum and we'll still be well in with a shout of European football. HWTL!

[@Travelcompanion2024]

The yo yo effect of toon fans is laughable , we have just went on a decent run and everything is Rosie .. 1 defeat and poor performance and people calling for eddies head again 😂 a top 7 finish with all the injuries and 4 or 5 championship players in the starting 11 every week should be applauded

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

A decent run? A lucky run. Unbelievably lucky.

[@rossmcfarlane1219]

No wonder we haven't won out for 69 year 😂

[@chrisk3189]

Another game whereby Longstaff was anonymous, lazy and sloppy in possession. The back 3/4 looked terrified everytime the ball was passed to them. Creating our own problems trying to play our way out of the back. We must turn in a performance on Saturday.

[@andyhammond5649]

Eddie has to take responsibility for this one as ultimately the buck stops with him

[@davidkavanagh531]

fair assessment as always Craig. however I think you went too easy on Longstaff's performance. Far too often last night he watched the game go past him. He makes it look like he's doing something but in reality he had virtually no impact on the game. I know he's playing through an injury, but why subject him and everyone else to the same non-performance every week? Why can't we take the long term view, rest Sean (like the club have done with Miley and Willock) and give one of the other youth players a chance until the end of the season?

[@andythompson992]

Not good enough, MASSIVE lack of effort from the whole team. They all had nice little holidays then should've been coming back refreshed, fit and sprinting all over and they literally only sprinted around for the 1st 5 mins, then gave up and looked clueless. No urgency on the ball, looked half asleep. And just because the formation worked against Tottenham, why did Howe assume this was the right setup to beat Palace? This was such a predictable move and Oliver Glasner clearly saw through it and set them up to quash it from the off. You need to match their attacking pace with defensive pace, so Livramento and Hall should've both started, or atleast come on very early in the game, when it was clear we were making zero impact and nowhere near matching them. The "sit deep and counter" was the total wrong tactic for Palace, which should have been obvious before the game even started.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Don't see any point flying anywhere else Saudi frigging Arabia every few months to "recharge". Did man U do that when they were winning trebles. Today's players boil my urine.

[@TyneBridge90]

​@@JohnKobaRuddy Aye and complaining about playing too many n matches then scarpering to the other side of the world the minute the season is over...announced within seconds of exiting the FA cup so they knew we wouldn't be at Wembley

[@Jules220965]

Think 10 days break came at the wrong time but some players need moving on harsh but true need more creative midfielder and some pace in defence I think Eddie will know what he wants. My Problem is DOF when he comes hope Eddie and the staff can work together if it’s a foreign one could mean a new manager and I believe in Eddie we are still carrying Ashley’s Players.🌑⚽️

[@Jackosaurus117]

Conference League would be better for us anyway. Just hope we actually get there and don’t continue to bottle it

[@zepherreload]

Longstaff is terrible, Eddie is not good enough

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

bUt hE iS oNe Of uS. Anywhere else on earth would class a town, namely north shields a full 10 miles from Newcastle as not Geordie. Weird how Durham somehow also gets tagged along despite being closer to Middlesbrough than us.

[@BrianPinas9]

Eddie Howe is like Steve Cooper from Forest

[@zepherreload]

@JohnKobaRuddy honestly I didn't like burn as left back and he's good as CB but lomgstsff is not good anywhere on that field he leaves his man constantly dives all the time. He has nothing as a footballer and to be paid rhat much is a joke!

[@kkiat424]

This game players need to take responsibility for their performance, it was terrible. And we really need reinforcement. #NUFC #ToonArmy

[@mikem9309]

This i agree with but not sure i could stretch it to a positive. We are still short of a stack of our top players and still fielding a lineup that includses alot of dead weight. Longstaff Ritchie Kraft Hall Anderson have their strnegths and weaknesses but are not elite by any. Burn schar barnes Dubravka were not great last night nor terrible but were not up to scratch - even Isak wasnt at his best by any means. Point is we should celebrate big wins against the likes of Spurs cos thats better than we should expect at this stage, losses like this should not come as a big blow either. We are top middle team at best right now who sometimes have a great game, sometimes have a bad game like any team. If we scrape Europe it will have been a good season.

[@christopherchurch9415]

Hope in name and in nature

[@georgeclarke1183]

toothless performance newcastle united should refund all the newcastle travelling supporters travelling costs no positives in that performance

[@Nienna1837]

Nah. The fans in the stadium love it. They clap off the players and the manager every single loss. It seems it is acceptable to them. If it was the Milan ultras, the players and the staff would get a good 10 minute telling off under the curva sud.

[@stevenmurray436]

Not sure why people didn’t see this coming - we are mid-table quality currently. Eddie should be given another season absolutely but the transfer activity needs to be much more focused on one or two quality players but then building more of a squad. However, I do think Eddie should be getting a bit more of a critique - he has shown his flaws this season but he seems to get a free pass in the media.

[@TyneBridge90]

maybe because he got us in the champions league with a squad that was nowhere near good enough

[@JackBurton3963]

The fans will use every excuse under the sun to explain why we can’t maintain success now and for years to come I imagine. The mentality is not right. Edward baffled by the players? He’s deflecting from his poor management.

[@Hustlersambiton]

It was obvious that what happened against spurs would not work again. To me anyway. We got gifted goals that game and son was no where to be seen. Our defence was not really tested.

[@Hustlersambiton]

One positive is Howe finally realising burn is not a left back as he moved him to cb in the second half. He’s learning

[@BrianPinas9]

Dan Burn is even worse at centre back. He's an absolute liability

[@ChristianBassedas6]

​@@BrianPinas9Yep, makes fatal mistakes in every game

[@johnnyj8348]

Wants to stay Eddie Howes mate. You’re not doing this club any favours for your personal access to the manager. He’s insistence on never improving on a team that won the weak before is the mindset of an average manager. Dan Burn and Longstaff need to be sold by the club owners to force him to not play favourites. Play players in their positions! Stop with the easy injury update questions and ask him tactical questions.

[@michaelmckie9164]

Who would he have played tonight instead? No one else is fit! He didn’t have another CM or CB!!!

[@johnnyj8348]

@@michaelmckie9164 play Hall at Left back and play Burn in CB. Kraft potentially at Right back. Or Play three CBs and Hall and Murphy as wing backs.

[@ChristianBassedas6]

It's a no brainer to sack Eddie Howe. We've not progressed and he's just wasting millions on average British players

[@audreyhall8644]

Craig im sorry but Howe needs moved on if we want to progress. Team,and tactics,were pathetic again. Another laclustre performance,after 10 days off. Made Palace look like Real Madrid.

[@BrianPinas9]

Howe out. We can't afford to waste another £400m on average British players

[@ChristianBassedas6]

Howe out

[@janlievens6964]

Its a wake up call yet again for Eddy , he must drop Sean play Hall and Tino for the next 5 games = Wilson is not the answer at all

[@deanlatimer2323]

Good lad, it seems the only content creators who say it wasn't a penalty are longer in the tooth. Although we do see them one's given, that was unfortunate because Sean went looking for it instead of just shooting..then he screams obscenities to the referee. Booked for decent of course. It was a very slight attempt at a pull back, although Hughes was already on a yellow card, he didn't follow the offence through. Tough to take, but not a penalty. It was one of those nights. We move on. Not the end of our world kids ..

[@chriscurrie2439]

Soft as it may have been Hughes pulls him so it should be a pen but Sean goes down too quickly & I think the reason he does is that he's more confident of Isak putting the pen away than actually taking it on himself which is worrying. You're bang on mate! There's a least 4 or 5 in this squad that as much as they've given & played their part in our recent success it's time to upgrade. We need better quality in moments like the Longstaff incident & greater depth for rotation & injury contingency plans. Love the channel! 🙏

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

I bet you £20 longstaff etc will still be here next season.

[@BrianPinas9]

​@@JohnKobaRuddyThe new manager won't retain him

[@HolloMollo8]

Craig, nobody and I mean NOBODY cares about your merit stars, people want you to ask proper questions never mind give merit stars on KZbin.

[@BangkokJack858]

i care

[@falconarrow]

The merit stars are fine for a insight for those who cudnt watch the match. What I don't care for is the constant reminders that he is working to a deadline and the copy is almost finished before the match is. Bloody hell, media is not printed anymore Craig!

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

​@@BangkokJack858here's your participation award for coming second last 🏆

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

​@@falconarrowit's printed mate. Papers do exist.

[@TyneBridge90]

so youre speaking for everyone now ?

[@timgill2003]

I know it sounds bizarre but counter attacking works better at home and it's away where we need to dominate possession because this frustrates the home fans.

[@TyneBridge90]

You are right it is bizarre. Surely at home we should be attacking teams to get our crowd onside ???? I cant think of owt worse than watching us sit back every game at home. Youre a lunatic

[@conormartin3015]

Barnes stats would suggest he’s better coming off the bench. 🤷🏻

[@ChristianBassedas6]

It's a mental thing

[@jimmyhillschin9987]

Some fans, of all clubs, have a ridiculous level of entitlement, that their team should always win and it's a disgrace when they don't and the manager should be fired. They forget that they are playing against opponents who also have quality and also want to win. I think there is a lot of projection of personal inadequacies going on.

[@JohnKobaRuddy]

Or just simple frustration? We had 1 shot in an hour of football.

[@Nienna1837]

Yeah a manager who spent 400 million is expected to have his team put in a shift and compete. How very entitled of the fans. Fans should not have to wait until the 85th minute for the team to actually have a shot on goal. You do not win matches if you do not shoot on goal, even then you need to put the ball in the net. But that is entitlement according to some of you.

[@earthlingcarl3179]

COPE

[@geordiedog1749]

We’ve still over fifty per cent fat Mike players on the books.

[@broonybroony9564]

Sorry Craig if you thought Longstaff was decent you’re in the wrong job.However the rest of the video was spot on.Personally I would criticise Eddie Howe for naivety thinking the same tactics and set up which worked AT HOME against Spurs would work against Palace.He could not have got it more wrong.Then again he can only work with what’s available and that team last night would struggle to avoid relegation.Too many average and below average players.Somehow we MUST buy big in summer or next season could be the same again.