At this point I'd either start Moses or bring in young Feruz or play a false #9. The problem with the latter is that our midget 3 love playing tippy tappy in front of the box instead of providing a little width. Also our fullbacks never make those late overlapping runs, because there is no one to overlap with.
Bertrand has space to go out wide, but decides to come inside and cross with his right foot? Who coaches these lads? I pass back to A.Cole make a move forward for the return and cross it. Its not that difficult.
I just can't... The pressing is so poor. Making Newcastle's passing and movement look like Barcelona's . No aggressive pressing, just covering space.
Oh, how did that happen? Newcastle press the ball high and JT concedes possession. Wow what a novel idea.
Lobbed balls to Torres, what a brilliant idea. Just put Marin on, he couldn't be worse than Bertrand.
I know, right? The reality is that Di Matteo was slowly introducing a more pressing game into the team. There were certainly some work to be done, but we were pressing from the front a lot more, which is why so many of our best move and goals came from counterattacks (see Tottenham game). That complete disappeared under Benitez.