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Wolves 1 Newcastle 2 – Sunday 15 September 4.30pm
Instant fan / writer reaction from some of our regular contributors on The Mag.
Nat Seaton:
‘Another win without being at our best 😉
Three points away from home, absolutely brilliant.
Bold substitutions (helps when the bench had quality on it) made a difference.
Pity about Isak but hopefully he will be ok for Saturday.
10 points from 12 – hard to believe!!’
Billy Miller:
‘Another tough watch with an exhilarating five minute spell snatching us the three points.
We’re still unbeaten and now joint second in the league.
It’s fantastic looking to the bench and seeing genuine strength in depth and game changers.
Barnes has got to be one of the best in the league at those wonderful curling efforts off the left wing.
Unfortunately for him, Gordon is one of the others.
Schar’s goal may have taken a deflection but he was excellent on his return and not many centre backs would have got us back into the game by having a crack from that sort of distance.
How doesn’t he have his own song? Here’s one I’d like to get going (to the tune of Livin’ On A Prayer).
Whoa, he’s everywhere
Whoa oh, Fabian Schar
Give him the ball, and he’ll score from anywhere
Whoa oh, Fabian Schar
Fabian Schar’
Mark Jankowski:
‘Another away performance where we’ve started strongly but ran out of ideas as the match has worn on.
Sloppy play from Sean Longstaff left us exposed for Wolves goal but it was too easy for us to get flooded out on the break.
Howe was refreshingly decisive at half-time making 3 changes (although I think we’d all have liked Isak to stay on).
The impact from the subs wasn’t immediate and we still laboured for large parts of the second half but our quality shone through, especially with Harvey Barnes winner.
We’re picking up points through the quality of our player rather than the quality of our performance at the moment, but if we can play for 90 minutes rather than 25 at a time, then we’ll take some beating!’
GToon:
‘A great win and a couple of cracking goals.
For periods in the game we looked awful but then towards the end it could have become 3 or 4.
I don’t think Eddie has got his best starting 11 yet but he is showing that he certainly has a plan B and the players for it.
And at the other end Pope made a brilliant save and even caught a corner!
I can’t wait for us to find our rhythm and start playing really well too.
Nice win where I live – loads of wolves fans around here. Hahaha. Funk them.’
David Punton:
‘A comeback win on our travels – pretty impressive after a slow start and pelters re the team selection.
That Tonali and Barnes didn’t start was a huge surprise.
Never mind – for now we can drink in our best start to a season since 95/96.
Schar and Barnes with the goals.
The leveller courtesy of a deflection, while Barnes proved again his prowess in front of goal.
Can we play better? I actually think we can, but hey, we’ve come off having won.
Onwards we go. Up to third place.’
Jamie Smith:
‘Oof. Winning away from home is always a situation where you take the result whatever but the form still hasn’t turned around.
I’d hope that the big takeaway for Howe is how much better things looked second half after the Tonali/Barnes/Willock introductions.
Longstaff and Joelinton have both had their moments this season so far but both were horribly sloppy first half.
With Isak only temporarily inconvenienced by a bust nose, the team selection against Fulham hopefully presents the option for a more controlling performance (after a week’s rest and recovery, which is nice after the extent of internationals called away).
Win there and it sets up a top of the table slobberknocker against Man City and we’d all have taken that.
PS. Another game we don’t win without Nick Pope in goal, save of the month at the end there.’
Bazoox:
‘What a great result.
I love Harvey Barnes.
We have had an excellent start to this season so lets all give Eddie and the Hotrods the praise they deserve.
This team has got something about them.
I’m so proud tonight.’
Matt Busby said to Joe Harvey:
‘Three points. Still unbeaten. Up to third in the table. What’s not to like?
Well…
Isak was forced off at half time, but I can’t say the same about Longstaff and big Joe, when Eddie had presumably seen enough?
Much better second half but I was fearing the worst as the game entered its final quarter.
Then we had a bit of luck for the equaliser but once we got it, momentum was there.
You have to ask why Harvey didn’t start.
Great save from Nick Pope at the death.
Imagine if we can win at the Cottage as well. HTL.’
Tony Mallabar:
‘In the week the Government released 1,700 prisoners early, it was our turn to get out of jail.
On Thursday I come down with a heavy dose of food poisoning (thanks scouse for that piece of cheese pie).
So watched in front of the tv.
Totally different watching it from the away end.
First thoughts.
Bruno g was totally anonymous, how Eddie keeps picking Longstaff and Murphy instead of Tonali and Barnes baffles me.
But a win’s a win I suppose and on the plus side am writing this from my armchair and not on Danny’s coaches looking forward to a 4 hour trip home.’
Simon Ritter:
‘We started well, pushed Wolves back, but were wasteful with the final pass.
Another incompetent referee allowed the cynical hosts to stifle Gordon by foul means.
When he finally broke free and beat his man on the outside, he nearly scored a wonder goal. The better option would have been a low pass across the six-yard line for a tap-in.
The opener came from Longstaff losing possession about 80 yards from our goal-line.
While our midfielders and defenders ball-watched, two unmarked opponents broke into the penalty area for a simple finish. That gave Wolves all the encouragement they needed.
Three subs at half-time boosted our momentum but that gradually faded until a Fab strike from Schar hit the back of the net, partly thanks to a kind deflection.
With the idiot blowing the whistle finally booking a few home players, we were finding space and Barnes did what he does best, cutting in from the left wing, fooling his marker with a little shimmy and curling a powerful shot into the far corner.
Roberto Carlos would have been proud of that one.
Three more points, earned by a few moments of sublime skill (Pope’s full-length save to his right was a cracker) and a great deal of toil.
Just wait until we hit our peak!’
Wolves 1 Newcastle 2 – Sunday 15 September 4.30pm
(Stats via BBC Sport)
Goals:
Newcastle United:
Schar 75, Barnes 80
Wolves:
Lemina 36
Possession was Newcastle 51% (63%) Wolves 49% (37%)
Total shots were Newcastle 14 (3) Wolves 12 (5)
Shots on target were Newcastle 6 (1) Wolves 5 (2)
Corners were Newcastle 7 (2) Wolves 4 (2)
Touches in the box Newcastle 22 (7) Wolves 27 (8)
Newcastle United team v Wolves:
Pope, Livramento (Trippier 64), Schar, Burn, Hall, Joelinton (Willock 46), Bruno (Kelly 87), Longstaff (Tonali 46), Jacob Murphy, Isak (Barnes 46), Gordon
Unused subs:
Dubravka, Krafth, Osula, Almiron
Newcastle United upcoming match schedule, confirmed to end of November:
Saturday 21 September 2024 – Fulham v Newcastle (3pm)
Tuesday 24 September 2024 – AFC Wimbledon v Newcastle (7.45pm) Sky Sports+
Saturday 28 September 2024 – Newcastle v Man City (12.30 pm) TNT Sports
Saturday 5 October – Everton v Newcastle (5.30pm) Sky Sports
Saturday 19 October – Newcastle v Brighton (3pm)
Sunday 27 October – Chelsea v Newcastle (2pm) Sky Sports
Saturday 2 November – Newcastle v Arsenal (12.30pm) TNT Sports
Sunday 10 November – Forest v Newcastle (2pm) Sky Sports
Monday 25 November – Newcastle v West Ham (8pm) Sky Sports
Saturday 30 November – Crystal Palace v Newcastle

 
