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cook said:
Nothing wrong with rivalry, but I'd say there's a time and a place, and at present it definitely isn't either for us. Newcastle lost against Arsenal. Yes it may not be the Arsenal of old, but still one of the most successful teams of recent years.

We lost against Burton Albion.

Personal opinion, I would much rather we just got our own shit in order (which I believe we are doing both on and off the pitch). Who knows if we get it right this season we could well have the chance to properly rekindle the rivalry next season.
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Looks like I'm gonna have to stop watchin' premier league games, as we're in league one :(
 

This is an excerpt from a piece in the Chronicle about how Benitez's team selection killed the atmosphere and positivity before the game even got under way. Even here, he is absolved in the last paragraph of blame for the selection. His decision to have his better players on the bench whilst having inferior options start ahead of them is bizarrely attributed to his lack of resources:

Jonjo Shelvey, who Benitez suggested could start during his pre-match Press conference, was omitted from the starting XI - meaning the midfielder, who is still nursing a niggling thigh injury, was denied the opportunity to impress in front of the watching England manager, Gareth Southgate.

But, while Shelvey’s absence was perhaps unavoidable, the decision to name Salomon Rondon among the substitutes also raised questions among supporters.

And, even though Kenedy perhaps deserved to be dropped given his awful start to the campaign, the presence of United’s marquee summer signing merely among the replacements ensured there was a lack of invention in the starting XI.

True, Matt Ritchie’s return to the side was a positive, while Jacob Murphy showed glimpses of his talent.

But when your midfield two consists of Mo Diame, who is yet to rediscover his sparkling form of the second half of last season and is more of a destructive force than a creator, and Isaac Hayden - who handed in a transfer request during the summer, looks short of match fitness and whose mentality has been questioned by Benitez himself - then you are always likely to struggle for ingenuity.

The mere announcement of that starting XI seemed to sap the positivity out of the crowd, and there was a strange atmosphere at St James’ Park throughout the game.

This is not intended as a slight on Benitez, because the limited resources he has been afforded have been well documented. He is trying to utilise his depleted squad best he can.
 
Howard the Duck said:
This is an excerpt from a piece in the Chronicle about how Benitez's team selection killed the atmosphere and positivity before the game even got under way. Even here, he is absolved in the last paragraph of blame for the selection. His decision to have his better players on the bench whilst having inferior options start ahead of them is bizarrely attributed to his lack of resources:

Jonjo Shelvey, who Benitez suggested could start during his pre-match Press conference, was omitted from the starting XI - meaning the midfielder, who is still nursing a niggling thigh injury, was denied the opportunity to impress in front of the watching England manager, Gareth Southgate.

But, while Shelvey’s absence was perhaps unavoidable, the decision to name Salomon Rondon among the substitutes also raised questions among supporters.

And, even though Kenedy perhaps deserved to be dropped given his awful start to the campaign, the presence of United’s marquee summer signing merely among the replacements ensured there was a lack of invention in the starting XI.

True, Matt Ritchie’s return to the side was a positive, while Jacob Murphy showed glimpses of his talent.

But when your midfield two consists of Mo Diame, who is yet to rediscover his sparkling form of the second half of last season and is more of a destructive force than a creator, and Isaac Hayden - who handed in a transfer request during the summer, looks short of match fitness and whose mentality has been questioned by Benitez himself - then you are always likely to struggle for ingenuity.

The mere announcement of that starting XI seemed to sap the positivity out of the crowd, and there was a strange atmosphere at St James’ Park throughout the game.

This is not intended as a slight on Benitez, because the limited resources he has been afforded have been well documented. He is trying to utilise his depleted squad best he can.
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Unbelievable that mind
 
This is not intended as a slight on Benitez, because the limited resources he has been afforded have been well documented. He is trying to utilise his depleted squad best he can.
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That is just unbelievable. How far can they stick their collective tongues up his spanish hoop?
 
It's like the Emperor's New Clothes. Wonder which media outlet will be the first to crack and say what Rafa is producing, regardless of 'net spend', isn't good enough?

They're all scared to be the first and get the backlash from the wegos but once a couple do it then it will turn in to a flood.
 
tonyfromalnwick said:
The chronicle is a shameful excuse of a newspaper. No matter what happens, they are clearly terrified of printing the truth....the fat spanish waiter got it wrong. Again.
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I think all yesterday did was prove beyond any reasonable doubt that the way he set up against City and Chelsea was a disgrace. Playing so defensively, without any intention of even having the ball, doesn't make them any better and they are round mocked up and down the country for doing it.
 
janey said:
Unbelievable that mind
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I don't know what the rest of social media is like (Twitter etc) but the majority of the comments I've read on the Chronicle are hammering Benitez. Not just for his selection yesterday but their approach to all the games this season and his signings in the window. Maybe the tide's turned?
 
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