by Durhamfootman » Thu Dec 14, 2017 1:14 pm
That's about as many as the whole Newcastle team. It felt odd picking Gayle as a lone striker, given that he's about 4'6" tall. He offered no threat whatsoever, then Joselu came on later to give him some support up front and I don't think he even touched the ball. It was an easy day's work for the Everton centre backs.
The Shelvey yellow's looked harsh from the Milburn stand, but having seen the highlights he surely can't have any complaints about either of them.
Newcastle were really hesitant on the ball, there seemed to be no movement ahead of the ball carrier, and apart from Shelvey they just didn't look as though they knew what to do with it. When the goal went in, the players visibly wilted for a few minutes. That's when I knew that the game was done, even though there was more than an hour to go.
Darlow had a shocker, which won't please yuppie much. Aarons improve things mightily when he came on, but that was about the only bright spot in a pretty grim performance.
Almost no crosses or long range shots got past the first defender. Everton, on the other hand, were pretty slick with their passing and regularly turned Newcastle inside out, but lacked an edge in front of goal
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