TLDR newcastle injury list can’t be an excuse due to multiple factors like form, chemistry, bad squad depth and most importantly how much the players who were injured/suspended had an impact on the team with Bruno G being a good example from last season however if you think I’m wrong then please educate this newcastle fan.
As you might have guessed I’m a newcastle fan and i’ll be talking about the question whether or not the injury crisis at newcastle is an excuse for the bad performance recently. As you might of known newcastle has been suffering a major injury crisis ever since our 1st encounter with Dortmund where we picked up most of our injuries but when the injury list is brought up it is usually labelled as an ‘excuse’ with varying opinions saying that our team is worth more money than Bournemouth and they also have injuries up to 7 players and yes while these claims are indeed true and not helped by the fact we were indeed piss poor today with Bournemouth absolutely deserving the win. What isn’t considered is the human body and I want to ask all of those who think the injury crisis is an excuse that can your team play a match every 3 days with practically the same players, they would be battered no matter how good they are. You’ll probably say what about the bench and that’s another thing, our squad depth is horrendous and you can tell from the bench because we’ve resorted to picking players whom haven’t even played in the premier league this season and we have no functioning striker at this moment in time with even academy players under the age of 19 were even given chances to play. Another thing to add was chemistry, we practically had half a team that had rarely or if not haven’t played with each other this entire season although not as a valid excuse.
The biggest reason for Newcastle’s deterioration of performance as of lately is how much the player who is injured or suspended had an impact on the team as for an example once Bruno g was suspended our team lacked any offensive capabilities and I think man city fans can agree with me here as once Rodri was suspended their team was never the same and they folded against wolves and arsenal whereas they likely would have won with Rodri in the squad.
The problem is not just injuries. But the effect these injuries have had on what was a fairly weak squad to begin with.
Because of Europe, the team barely trains. Coupled with some players having to play 3 games a week due to no rotation (due to having no fit players), and other players being integrated into the team for the first time there is no cohesion, and not much left in the tank for the senior players to give.
Suspensions happen in football, so can’t begrudge Bruno to much- it’s not his fault his replacement is banned for a year!
For context, Newcastle were missing 12 senior players last night, and lost another half way through the first half. Man City would struggle with those kind of losses because nobody’s squad of 25 is stacked all the way down like that.
I think we played our best game last night of the season, you could say due to your injuries which is 100% true, but I feel we have finally clicked which was bad timing for you guys as normally we still would have lost
No club bar City can cope with an injury crisis. They’re the only club who have a squad of top players.
If I am going to make a criticism of Howe’s team and how they have handled this season, then I would point out that he probably should have been working some of the younger and fringe players in earlier and trying to build a few more strategies that allow us to adapt. He doesn’t use his subs enough, IMO.
I think he probably realises this to an extent, he’s a young coach that has taken a huge shortcut to the elite level before anyone was ready for it, although I don’t think he really shoulders a lot of blame for what has been really really bad luck.
Some of the injuries are really odd like Murphy and his shoulder, Barnes and his toe, Anderson with glandular fever. Then there is the suspension of Tonali and Bruno… Add all those up and you’re going to get a bunch players forced to play more minutes, which results in more injuries… With multiple players out for months, we’re just a snowball rolling down a hill at the moment and it’s no wonder Trippier, Longstaff, and Schär look absolutely exhausted.
Now Eddie has to find a way to adapt, we can’t just accept defeat, that’s his job… But one away loss to Bournemouth in the league, and one to Dortmund in the UCL are hardly panic stations. Clubs are allowed to have bad performances, we have had them before, and we saw him change strategies. He now has to find a way out of this quick sand and he has an international break to do it.
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Matches can be lost. That’s are you expecting?
Every team has injuries. I’m an Arsenal fan, lot of our starting 11 is out. I def think it’s a valid excuse.
Where is the official statement confirming this?
Newcastle have a small squad and are still in all 4 competitions. A few injuries was always going to cause problems
I think with 10 injuries, 2 suspensions and a few looking like they had their momentum impeded by knocks, we’re beyond a few absences now. But this can happen - indeed Spurs & Brighton have a lot of players out, Chelsea have struggled with injuries as well, and we’re not the first team where extra Euro games has had a drawback on player availability. Hell its not the first time at Newcastle - happened in 2006/07 and 2012/13 as well where extra games just totally ruined our ability to keep players fit
Yesterday was crap but understandable as it did feel like it was getting too much. We need to spend the next two weeks figuring out better ways to manage the workload, not least given December is going to be busy and most of our injured won’t be back until at least Christmas
I think it’s injuries, lack of quality squad depth, a more taxing schedule and combining those issues with the intensity of the league and their CL group.
Newcastle are still quite early in their building process, most match days they still have 5-6 starters who were there under Steve Bruce and today they had to bring in a few teenagers.
Their CL group is great for neutrals but a long slog for Newcastle, and these recent games against Dortmund have been sandwiched between tricky domestic games.
Wolves away (saw how well they did today against Spurs), another away game in the cup, a tough, and intense home game v Arsenal, another tough away game in the CL, then yet another away game the length of the country away with loads of injuries.
I don’t think they’ve fallen off due to lack of quality, just a lot coming at them thick and fast at the moment and squad is being stretched thin.
Injuries happen. Look at spurs. All the injuries have killed the team
Except when it happens to Man Utd, then it’s always the manager being bad.
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Relax, you beat the champions elect last week.
I didn’t see Liverpool fans making posts like this when we were getting called Hospital FC after winning the PL.
Your account was created in 2023, so you probably wouldn’t have seen those posts 👍
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Yeah I remember the posts.
Did you get banned from r/NewcastleUnited?
r/NUFC is the Newcastle sub but good effort