Louise Taylor was at St James’ Park tonight, and her verdict is in. Here it is! Thanks for reading this MBM.
Eddie Howe’s turn! “It was a tight game … a very bright start and a strange opening … we didn’t quite carry that on for the rest of the first half … the second half we were quite good, we just couldn’t break them down … West Ham have got very good players … I don’t think we stamped our authority on the game … we had a couple of good chances to win the game but it didn’t happen … we allowed Declan Rice too much time … undoubtedly [Newcastle missed Bruno Guimaraes] he’s our difference maker, he’s got that creative flair we possibly missed today … I’m really pleased with [Anthony Gordon’s] debut … teams when they play us now will make it difficult for us … the onus is on us to break teams down.”
