Newcastle were dominated by Leicester on New Years Day when they lost 3-0, and going down to 10 men for over half an hour through injuries didn’t help either. The Athletic’s Newcastle writer Chris Waugh was sympathetic to Steve Bruce’s men because of the circumstances, but it’s clear plenty of the Newcastle faithful didn’t agree on being so forgiving.
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According to WhoScored, the Magpies had just 23 per cent of possession yet still managed to make fewer tackles than their opponents, 15 to 17. The site also notes they managed just two shots on target the whole game compared to Leicester’s 10, and it was Waugh himself who described the second period as Newcastle taking part in a “defensive training exercise”.
He pointed out “they have covered some serious ground” but it appears that’s not good enough for the Newcastle fans who clearly expected more from their team on New Year’s Day. In reply to the tweet from the journalist, fans responded to show just how disappointed they were at the performance of their team and how much they disagree with the reporter’s comments.
80mins: #nufc haven’t folded, to be fair on the players out there. They are offering nothing in attack, & are essentially taking part in a defensive training exercise, but they haven’t stopped running. They have covered some serious ground
— Chris Waugh (@ChrisDHWaugh) 1 January 2020
You can see some of their reactions to the tweet below:
I’ll have a pint of what you’ve had Chris. This is men against boys. Embarrassing
— Ally (@allypetrie81) 1 January 2020
Absolutely scraping the barrel for positives I see.
— Y2Craig (@Y2Craig) 1 January 2020
Do we ever offer anything in attack?
— davey_S (@daveyS17594463) 1 January 2020
I have been saying: this team is awful and we have been playing awfully “football “ since day 1. Team is bad, coach is not good enough. But we have been lucky. Lucky has gone, we started to lose match’s. And I’m 1 month we will be in relegation zone. And we will stay there
— Henrique Netto (@henriquenettoo) 1 January 2020
If that’s your best defense for this mob we are well in the clarts, would rather go down like Norwich trying to play attacking football than just putting out 11 runners who cant win a tackle!
— Lescurry@gmail.com (@Lescurrygmailc1) 2 January 2020
Final whistle we had players hadn’t broken sweat- obvious they don’t beleive in Bruce utter utter shambles of a mediocre team at very best
— TUG and BIBI (@MTNORDIC) 1 January 2020
didn’t in the first half hour like..!
worst “effort” i’ve ever seen at home and had a ticket since 1991👍🏼— mark-nufc (@M_P_J_) 1 January 2020
Newcastle fans, what did you make of the team’s performance against Leicester?
