Jake Armstrong

🧵In Mathias Jaissle’s pre match press conference, @CharIieBennett asked a great chain of questions with one in particular referring to Newcastle’s vulnerability to transitions. Jaissle response was Newcastle need to be stronger in the counter press and “lock opponents in” #NUFC

Runs beyond/in behind can create a large gap between Palace’s midfield and defence due to the lack of mobility in Palace’s midfield, Brighton used it to score a goal and we used similar runs to help create both of our goals. #NUFC

🧵In Mathias Jaissle’s pre match press conference, @CharIieBennett asked a great chain of questions with one in particular referring to Newcastle’s vulnerability to transitions. Jaissle response was Newcastle need to be stronger in the counter press and “lock opponents in” #NUFC

I loved our second goal on Sunday and Jaissle would have been particularly pleased because of the nature of our counter press. The ball loss happens after a failed cut back from Barnes but the reaction was brilliant. #NUFC

That gap is a big worry. Because when we make an individual error in our press like Joelinton does here, the punishment can be so much more severe. #nufc

We were more man oriented in this example but look how well suited Villa are to pick up this second ball after they go long. The gap is crazy. #NUFC

That gap is a big worry. Because when we make an individual error in our press like Joelinton does here, the punishment can be so much more severe. #nufc

Haven’t had time to post my thoughts from Monday so I’m going to comply them into a little thread here. Jaissle clearly didn’t mentally prepare the team well enough and the first 10 minutes showed. Awful. #nufc

For me, I didn’t see bad football from us but I saw a bad team. Now there are plenty of reasons to why this could be (young squad, coach etc). So I don’t think there is a need to overreact too much to this result but factually it is a poor one and we need to be mentally stronger in games. #nufc

Haven’t had time to post my thoughts from Monday so I’m going to comply them into a little thread here. Jaissle clearly didn’t mentally prepare the team well enough and the first 10 minutes showed. Awful. #nufc

Second half was poor but Willock injury did mean we couldn’t bring our momentum into the second half. We were forced to 10 and had to invite pressure, they won a throw in and we didn’t defend it well enough with another poor clearance and it’s a great strike. I do have sympathy for them. #nufc

Haven’t had time to post my thoughts from Monday so I’m going to comply them into a little thread here. Jaissle clearly didn’t mentally prepare the team well enough and the first 10 minutes showed. Awful. #nufc

Was watching a YT video earlier on Wirtz and saw this viz. I see this and immediately think “god he works hard off the ball” but Steur does move so much when #NUFC have possession, to create different passing angles and move the opposition around. Think this is a testament to his all round game.

CONTROLLED CHAOS My first long-read is out. On Newcastle United 2.0: analysis of the start to the season, the intelligence of Sean Steur and Nico Gonzalez, Joe Willock’s resurgence, Rory Finneran at Notts County and a bit of vibe scouting on Martin Baturina. Enjoy! 🔗👇 #NUFC

One aspect of Willock’s game, which is hugely underrated, is his strength. For me, this is partly the reason why Jaissle opts for Willock in the "10" because he loves the counter movements between him and Wissa. 1/ #nufc

Knocks it back to Murphy, who moved cleverly off the ball, which positioned him nicely to collect the loose ball. 4/ #nufc

One aspect of Willock’s game, which is hugely underrated, is his strength. For me, this is partly the reason why Jaissle opts for Willock in the "10" because he loves the counter movements between him and Wissa. 1/ #nufc

You can see in this pass network against Spurs that Willock is practically our centre forward in possession. 2/ #nufc

There’s no excuses for not winning tonight but it’s been pretty obvious that this team is still “a work in progress” We’re conceding way too many shots at the moment. For me that is coming from: #nufc

▫️Decision making on when and when not to press. We’re getting it wrong quite often. ▫️Lack of leadership/organisation on the pitch ▫️Tactical stuff, like Liverpool using central rotations to create gaps in midfield and Bournemouth using beyond movements to create space on the edge of the box. #nufc