Top 4 and European Football is really starting to look like a certainty, and the last five games shouldn’t change that.
Can't say the club has missed them though, as Newcastle have the best attack, while Man City hold the best defence. The next two games provided another two draws, 1-1 vs Aston Villa and 2-2 vs Man City, where Delap had a redemption with a goal against his old club, his first goal since match 26. Unfortunately the latter injured the versatile midfielder for 4 weeks, while both of the booked players also got on the scoresheet and made it 2-2. Ainsley Maitland-Niles truly had a masterclass performance against Arsenal, as he scored and assisted Willock, another former Arsenal player, before he forced both Xhaka and Jonathan David to bring him down and be booked for it. Meanwhile Azpilicueta was placed on a wingback, but I bet they really missed him in one of the central positions.Īt this point Newcastle hadn’t had a draw in 15 games, only racking up two so far this season. And their back three of this fixture might provide an answer or two Malang Sarr, Jake Clarke-Salter and Ethan Ampadu were the ones to hold the fort. I’ve discussed the Chelsea squad a few times already, given their underperforming season so far. Towards the end he also served substitute Elliot Anderson’s goal to 4-0, once again with two goals and two assists, before the latter had another to end a terrible night for the visitors. Gerrard was not to regret that decision, as the former Chelsea academy product scored a brace and assisted a third, all in the first half. And with Delap without a goal since Palace, Ugbo had his second start in match 30 vs Chelsea. Until then he’d only scored that brace in his first start, before a number of cameos had been fruitless. Matchday 29 saw a perfect response though, as Newcastle won 7-2 vs Brighton, in a game where Ugbo scored a brace, his first goals as a substitute. Two wins (3-0 vs Palace and 2-0 vs Wolves) followed, before a 2-0 loss at Spurs provided a 7th league defeat for Newcastle. I believe Declan Rice is the first priority for Man United, but I think Højbjerg could be a good alternative, if not for having to deal with Levy. He's never injured (played every minute last season + euros), and he's shown an increasing amount of leadership in recent years, for club and country. A defensive midfielder, who can also pass the ball.
I could see it work with Højbjerg to United though. But since they are topping the league, I really doubt the Chosen One is the man in charge. I wrote about Ole being sacked a while back, but haven't played around with any idea of who had replaced him. Don't really have enough insight on neither Newcastle nor Ugbo to know exactly how realistic it would be, so I'm glad I got it right, more or less.ĭon't know about Mourinho. Well in those UCL places and with 25 MP there is still 13 games left, I am positively certain Gerrard's Toon won't let it slipĪlso Hojbjerg from Spurs to Man Utd. Oh man! I saw the shortlist and resisted scrolling down I was like *please sign Ugbo, please sign Ugbo* honestly it is such a Newcastle signing! shame Gerrard could not get the boys into a latter stages of a cup, maybe next year? But with Arsenal's struggles following the departure of Correa, European football next season is almost guaranteed already, and the Magpies should succeed in holding on to their spot in the Champions' League. Newcastle are once again out of both cups too soon and only have league football for the rest of the campaign. And to complete a perfect first start for Newcastle, Iké Ugbo was the one to set him up, scoring two and assisting two in the 4-2 win. Rashica then brought back the excitement at the hour mark, but Willock decided the game with ten minutes left. But Sargent equalized straight away, before Ugbo scored a brace on each side of half time to make it 3-1. Ugbo still got the nod to start vs Norwich though, and only 7 minutes in he had already served ASM on a counter. Delap equalized to 1-1 along the way, but was subsequently replaced by Ugbo, who came on for a lacklustre debut, even missing a decent shot before West Ham took the lead and went all in from there. The disappointment in the cup was followed by one in the league, as West Ham hammered the Magpies with 4-1, as a brace from Vlasic made him top scorer with 17, while he was also named Player of the Month in both December and January. Matty Longstaff did reduce the score to 2-1, and Delap to 3-2 later on, but the latter also missed the opportunity to equalize in injury time, and Leicester advance with a 3-2 win. Ugbo watched the next game from the bench, as Leicester shocked Newcastle in the FA Cup 4th round.
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