The Newcastle United doom mongers are out in force – Beware! | OneFootball

A lot of over the top negativity I am seeing about Newcastle United.

Eddie Howe’s side weren’t great today but on the other hand, they were far from the shambles that some fans are claiming.

Newcastle United weren’t lucky to get a point at Bournemouth.

I think that was a very fair result and indeed I felt NUFC edged it.

I base that on the evidence of my own eyes and the stats below.

I can’t remember Nick Pope having a real difficult save to make apart from the goal he had no chance with, whilst at the other end Neto made a series of excellent saves in the final 20 or so minutes, before and after our deserved equaliser.

Some Newcastle fans are claiming Bournemouth controlled the whole game, which is laughable.

Newcastle were really good the first 20 or so minutes and dominated the game, they just couldn’t get that final pass right. Then they kind of lost their way a bit and Bournemouth were edging it, they then took the lead and it didn’t exactly help that then as the home side looked to disrupt NUFC attack after attack by fouls, the referee was so reluctant to get his cards out.

The final 20/25 minutes saw Newcastle United back in the ascendancy and the equaliser was more than deserved. As for that ‘winner’ late on, it was blatant handball and a simple decision for VAR to deny Bournemouth what would have been a very lucky victory.

The Cherries are far from being push overs and a hate this attitude of ‘we should be beating teams like Bournemouth…’

Yes, they might be able to fit all their fans inside a bus shelter, but the fact is they are again establishing themselves as a Premier League club thanks to Premier League riches and have just spent over £40m on a striker.

Bournemouth only lost six of nineteen PL home games last season and four of the six were to those who finished top five in the table.

A draw is not a disgrace at Bournemouth.

Nor is playing 73 minutes at home with 10 men, keeping a clean sheet and beating Southampton.

Plenty of room for improvement, yes.

Time to panic, no.

Bournemouth 1 Newcastle 1 – Sunday 25 August 2pm

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Stats via BBC Sport:

Bournemouth 1 Newcastle 1 – Sunday 25 August 2pm

Goals:

Newcastle United:

Gordon 76

Bournemouth:

Tavernier 37

Possession was Newcastle 61% Bournemouth 39%

Total shots were Newcastle 14 Bournemouth 16

Shots on target were Newcastle 5 Bournemouth 4

Corners were Newcastle 9 Bournemouth 8

Touches in the box Newcastle 32 Bournemouth 27

Newcastle United team v Bournemouth:

Pope; Livramento (Trippier 58), Krafth, Burn, Kelly (Hall 69), Longstaff (Willock 70), Bruno, Joelinton; Jacob Murphy (Barnes 58), Isak, Gordon (Almmiron 89)

Unused subs:

Ruddy, Targett, Osula, Alex Murphy

Newcastle United schedule to end of October 2024:

Wednesday 28 August 2024 – Forest v Newcastle in Carabao Cup round (8pm) Sky Sports

Friday 30 August 2024 – Summer transfer window closes at 11pm.

Sunday 1 September 2024 – Newcastle v Tottenham (1.30pm) Sky Sports

(The first international break of the season)

Sunday 15 September 2024 – Wolves v Newcastle (4.30 pm) Sky Sports

Weeks commencing Monday 16 September AND Monday 23 September – Carabao Cup round three (This round split over two midweeks)

Saturday 21 September 2024 – Fulham v Newcastle (3 pm)

Weeks commencing Monday 16 September AND Monday 23 September – Carabao Cup round three (This round split over two midweeks)

Saturday 28 September 2024 – Newcastle v Man City (12.30 pm) TNT Sports

Saturday 5 October – Everton v Newcastle (5pm) Sky Sports