Quote from: Versatile_choice on Today at 08:50:19 PM

Quote from: DubemIfedigbo001 on Today at 06:11:54 PM

I think Newcastle is better without Gordon, sincerely speaking after watching their match this season for 2 consecutive weeks, I cannot see what he is contributing to the squad and you can see from their play in his absence, they were more energized and manned up to Liverpool as against when they were depending on the weak Gordon up front. I think that red card was a blessing to them in that match and they almost neutralized Liverpool if not for the late goal that rendered their efforts futile in sharing the points with Liverpool. The manager should look into Gordon's performance or find a good replacement up front because that guy is stalling their attacking prowess.

Yeah, I was thinking that the absent of Gordon and Isak is going to affect them negatively but I was surprised to see them making an equalizer with the red card. if not for the sake of the red card i think the match would have been more though than it was and I'm not sure if liverpool would have been able to gain victory over them. Is obvious that the red card is an advantage for liverpool, but even with the red card newcastle was still making attempt. when I checked the match stats I noticed that newcastle have more short on target than liverpool. but all thanks to Ngumoha R, I wonder how this match would have ended if not for him.

If you watched closely, the Newcastle players delivered on Gordon up front in the first half and up until when he got the red card, they couldn't do much and he wasn't helpful in converting any chance, but when he left, every other person took it upon themselves to create chances and get something. I'm the second half, they were more determined and mounted pressure on Liverpool even after equalizing, continued to play beautiful football until Liverpool struggled to find a winner.

After watching the first match and partly the second match, I started imagining a Newcastle without Gordon. I think Isak was better. A Newcastle performance without Gordon was a better performance. He's on red card and might miss maybe 2 games. Let's see their performance without him in the next match to validate or disprove my argument.