Dire. Bruno has to take a look in the mirror for this one - team selection dreadful, non-performing players left on far too long. Scrappy game - all well and good drawing Newcastle out to try and exhaust them, but you have to then do something once the opposition starts to tire. Guimaraes showing exactly what we are missing in the centre of the park.
Kilman clearly not on it mentally with poor first half distribution and trouble all game handling Saint-Maximan, the midfield, Cundle in particular, were overrun on the break and offered little attacking threat. It was a night of Trincao, and then Neto, running down blind alleys and/or just wasting the ball, Hwang looked like a complete stranger, Fabio far too isolated. Moutinho did his best but he, Boly and Marcal, whilst being decent overall, made too many individual mistakes. Even the usual reliable Jonny looked like he'd played a game too many.
Don't wanna dig Sa out as he's saved us on many occasions, but he has no complaints for the pen. Yes Wood bought it, but he makes clear contact even if the leg was trailing it's a penalty all day long, and needless because there were two defenders covering the goal.
Could and probably should have been 3-0, and Newcastle weren't even that good.
On a positive note, Campbell looked quite bright.
Sa 5.5
Coady 6
Boly 6
Kilman 5
Jonny 6
Marcal 6
Moutinho 6.5
Cundle 5
Trincao 5
Hwang 4
Fabio 5
Subs:
Neto 5
Campbell 6
Ait-Nouri N/A
