by Durhamfootman » Sun Feb 26, 2023 7:59 pm
Ah, that's a shame, but thoroughly expected. I had no way of watching the game, so I stayed well away from it and had a look at the score once I was sure the race had been run.
If I'd been asked to make a prediction, I'd have said 2-0 to Man Utd, with Rashford scoring early and Sancho finishing it off late. Wasn't quite like that, Casemiro early and an OG deflection from a Rashford shot straight after, but sadly, since the new year, Newcastle have gone from a team that scores without conceding to a team that concedes without scoring, so any chances of a cup win have looked remote to me for about 3 weeks.
They appear to have had plenty of possession which is normal for this season, had plenty of shooting attempts which is normal for this season, but failed to convert any of it which has been the story since the turn of the year.
It sounds as though they did okay, but with no cutting edge.
Still..... getting to a final will have given every long suffering Newcastle fan like me a filip. Just a shame that no-one in the squad looks like they have any goals in them atm. At least we know what the priority has to be for the summer.
The job now is to put the disappointment aside and correct the scoring/conceding imbalance before a European spot slips away too. Newcastle does feel like a team on the slide, but we will probably need European qualification to attract the kind of proven quality striker that it has become blinding obvious we're missing.
hey ho.... the small matter of a trip to Man City next up...... onwards and upwards
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