Join me inside St James’ Park to pick through Newcastle United’s 2-0 win over Crystal Palace. Who deserves the Merit Stars? Bruno Guimaraes? Lewis Miley? Should Harvey Barnes stay in the side? Did Eddie Howe silence his critics? So much to get through! #brunoguimaraes #nufc #newcastleunited #premierleague
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Did I get those Merit Stars right? And where do you stand on Barnes vs Gordon?
Great observations, however, do we really need the background moving constantly in and out, it is quite distracting and really unnecessary, other than that everything was spot on
Craig, how can you say Miley best player by far then give Bruno the 3 stars?
If we're going to use barnes as an impact sub, id like to see him come on the 55m – 60m mark to give the lad a chance.
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Lewis Maldini truly exceptional 👏 100% passing completion!! That was more like it yesterday a very impressive 2nd half which has been our achilles heel this season credit where credit is due. Back-to-back wins has seen us catch the pack in the table!! Bruno has matched his best ever tally of 7 PL goals in a season captain fantastic. Dirty Leeds next up then the Eddie Howe derby vs Bournemouth next weekend. Long may it continue Craig ❤
Put gordan on the right and barnes left
Our otha 2 right wingerz are having a shocking season
Miley gets the 3 stars for me, he was immense and if it wasn't for him putting the ball into the area then Bruno wouldn't have scored it
Tonali had a good game. He looked lively and much better than recently.
Miley one of the best players in the premiership at the moment.
Yes, but Gordon is hardly ever "on his game".
What's your thoughts on Murph's contribution of late? His form is so up and down – think that's the worst I've seen from him in a long while, is he carrying an injury?
Craig, the three ratings were spot on. A scrappy match with a strong, determined finish. Key issue is that we have got to stop giving the ball away so often. Having said that, the "incisive" play going forwards is looking better. Both Bruno and Joelinton were a key part of that swift transfer to attack on the counter.
Another week of being embarrassed and disgusted by our fans online. Absolutely shameful.
Think your camera needs work Craig zooming in and out was very distracting …. On the match we definitely deserved the win and Lewis Miley my MOTM, 59 passes out of 59 successful is amazing. Bruno defo worth mention as he and Joelinton ran the midfield. tonali was a little off the pace
Craig I think some games you should share the one stars, even if you name another two to three players. As you said to leave Malick Thiaw and Harvey Barnes out seamed unfair. On the debate between Gordon and Barnes, for me Gordon with his pace is a starter for me. Great summarization of the game, well done.
Big joelinton top man when he plays like this. Bruno never gives up great captain. Miley glided through the game reminds me of Rodri. Barnes over Gordon on the left try Gordon on the right?
Man that camera work is giving me a bit of motion sickness 🤮 Bruno is the man he is crucial to the team. So consistent week in week out consistently stringing those great passes through to forward players. Always has that winning mentality. I think Barnes should start, I feel Gordon could make a better impact coming on later in the game.
The True Faith Podcast explained the difference between Gordon and Barnes really well: "one is stupid and the other is intelligent"
Good vid-people saying it was an ugly win but i thought it was pretty good. We actually created plenty of chances and kept a clean sheet. Obviously Bruno was vital but Big Joe looked v good as well. Lets hope we can keep him fit. In terms of Barnes and Gordon. It tricky as whats been happening is that when one of them plays poorly and gets subbed and and the other plays well then starts the next game they dont do much. Catch 22. Miley also looks really good. Got all the stuff to be a top player. Big, quick and technically really good. Not many players have all those attributes
Barnes should played ahead of Murphy in my opinion. Murphy was absolutely woeful yesterday, and I still don't know how he stayed on for so long. It's not a one off for Murphy either, he's been very poor this season.
Barnes offers so much more than Gordon on the left
Gordon does a lot more defensive work. Barnes not so much. Therefore if we are still in the game Barnes help to change it Kate in.
Miley was amazing
Is it sticking to plan A if Bruno moved positions after a sub?
Just trying to give Eddie some credit for his in-game management 😁
The Boos when EH made the Subs is worrying!!
Bruno the GOAT.
We need another Playmaker to sit with Bruno someone who can break the line and spur that bit of magic!!
Saying all that mate it should have been five ,palace had one shot on target ,what more can you do than win comfortably
20 mins good. Rest v wishy washy, poor. Pleased we won, but apart from that my pulse rarely raised. Southgate Eddie.s sole Plan A achieved a win. 2 pretty average teams.
No mention at all of Jacob Murphy. He played hide and seek yesterday…Barnes sitting on the bench watching that. Come on Craig..
Can we not just play tino and trips right back now they back and push Lewis into right wing forward. Definitely better on ball and at crossing than Murphy n elanga
Joelintons best game for a while , we look more like ourselves when wissa starts thats not doing any disservice to woltemade love woltemade , I have always been of the opinion to be successful club and to challenge for the league and be constantly up there as a club you need stability and to change your manager every 14 months you dont get stability thats why Eddie Howe is so important to us
I thought Thiaw was absolutely class, he dominated Mateta today which is not an easy task
Happy new year craig thanka for the content