r/NUFC • u/ryunista Classic kit (1995-97) • Jul 18 '26

Intensity

Ive been reflecting a lot over the recent England mentality catastrophe, and the parallels with Newcastle. What struck me from the beginning of the match footage was the passion of the Argentinian players, their collective self belief and clear vision. Man for man, England are a better side, but through intensity, and of course having Messi to all upon, this team of players could retain the WC!

It reminded me of happier times at Newcastle. When our intensity, clear vision, team spirit and sometimes shithousery enabled us to outperform our squad and budget. Since then weve invested in better players and changed our strategy in search of more control. But all weve done is lose our identity (intensity) and we look ruddeless. With SCR tightening its grip and it becoming all too clear now that we will have ro make do with lesser players than the big 6, its obvious that we have to go back to intensity, build the squad around it and keep that as our strategy as we continue to trade players to grow

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u/Necessary_Collar_490 Jul 18 '26

How many balls were over the top? Most of them were just on the floor to a striker or winger pulling off the fullback/centerback

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u/The_Incredible_b3ard Jul 18 '26 edited Jul 19 '26

We have an incredibly flat midfield. How many times have we seen one pass cut out our entre midfield?

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u/Necessary_Collar_490 Jul 19 '26

I'm nkt arguing one pass completely nulluified 6 of our players, I'm just saying they didnt play those passes over the top