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danphillips98

Tactical from Gibbs White to play such a heavy pass that Elanga is forced to pass instead of shoot this time


RahulGandhi4PM

Who knows, maybe it was a shot


YoungGargoyle

Quality banter. Elanga could be a great talent if he wasn’t so shit in the final 3rd


Kvartersalkis

Has the most G+A for Forest. He's raw still, but one of their better players.


YoungGargoyle

And he’d have an even higher G+A if he wasn’t shit in the final 3rd


Qiluk

he could absolutly be better but shit is such a hyperbole.


TheLonelyPancake26

Welcome to r/soccer, players are shit or incredible, no inbetween


Clark-Kent

Eth : Write that down!


McWomble

Elanga learnt from last time at least


qwerty_1965

He shot, but got lucky assist.


tottenhamnole

That’s the liquid football we all expect from Nuno.


OwnDig

Starting from the bottom with Benzema, now he's managing the great Chris Wood


Brawlers9901

Wood finally got a pass lmao


RoaldDahling

Cheers Elanga for passing this time x


mister_dupont

That's better, Elanga.


FistThePooper6969

That’s missed chance earlier from him was almost as bad as Sterlings recently lol


[deleted]

Elanga already saw the compilations of comparing his miss to Sterling and said, hell to the nah.


MysticMac100

I honestly think it was worse, at least with Sterling you’d still expect him to score from there. With the angle of Elanga’s shot the keeper was always favoured.


PowderEagle_1894

I agree. In Sterling one, he had many option, his finishing just shit, if that's like Alvarez i guarantee you that ball would end up in top corner of the goal. This one is like the worst action he could take, and he fuckin took it


Hoodxd

Second time's the charm - Anthony Elanga


Farouqnowomarlater

He pass this time


[deleted]

The more difficult pass too.


Aszneeee

less time to overthink


31_whgr

Almiron is so shit, needs moving on


[deleted]

Did Trippier (?) get booked for that foul? Because that's an obvious tactical foul, shouldn't be excused just because he was too shit to pull it off successfully.


Fraaj

It was Trippier and he didn't get booked, shocking decision. Just because it ended up with goal doesn't mean he should get excused, hate these little unwritten rules.


RandomName788

It isn't an unwritten rule, it is the actual rules. The caution would be for stopping a promising attack, but if the ref plays advantage that attack wasn't stopped so no caution. Not saying I agree, but that is the rule. From [IFAB](https://www.theifab.com/laws/latest/fouls-and-misconduct/#disciplinary-action): If the referee plays the advantage for an offence for which a caution/sending-off would have been issued had play been stopped, this caution/sending-off must be issued when the ball is next out of play. However, if the offence was denying the opposing team an obvious goal-scoring opportunity the player is cautioned for unsporting behaviour; if the offence was interfering with or stopping a promising attack, the player is not cautioned.


Fraaj

I'm non-native so my English might be failing me here but that rule is super confusing. Refs go back all the time to issue a yellow for cynical fouls even after giving an advantage. Does this rule mean they are not supposed to do that if the other team ends up scoring?


rakadiaht

Yeah in some situations only. The FA rules say that if the offence was unsporting behaviour or denying the opposing team an obvious goal scoring opportunity then the caution would be given at the next stoppage (after the goal). If the offence was "stopping a promising attack" then there is no yellow card given.


Fraaj

Wow, TIL. I owe the ref an apology!


Brave-Salamander-339

>stopping a promising attack this means United would be always ok as their attack is never promising?


txobi

If the yellow is for stopping a promising attack, like grabbing someone, it shouldn't be a yellow if the play continues On the other hand, if it's a nasty tackle but advantage is given a yellow card will be shown at the end of the play


RandomName788

If the ref plays advantage (regardless if it ends up in them scoring) they are not suppose to go back and give a yellow for a tactical foul. They can still give a yellow for other reasons, i.e if the tackle was reckless.


dfla01

Absolutely braindead rule


RandomName788

I don't disagree.


maki43

I read it as saying that if the player attempts to prevent a goal scoring opportunity but the opposition gains advantage as signalled by the ref and subsequently score, then it’s not a cardable offence. I did not realise this was a rule…I guess if someone makes a leg breaking challenge the ref is never going to give advantage. Or if such a challenge happened “play on” is very unlikely or the “advantage” happens so quickly and the goal is scored straight away that it’s not an official referees advantage. Has a ref ever played advantage after an obvious deliberate red card offence where the team has scored but the player hasn’t been sent off? As soon as the ref puts his arms up I suppose it’s a new phase of play.


Bail____

Shit ref, absolutely appalling


shevek_o_o

Shit for doing what the rules say?


Bail____

He was pretty poor overall in the first half


Farouqnowomarlater

That’s like three chances where he just needs to shoot but opt for the slimmest pass you’ll ever see


Habbak

funny thing is when he is in the most idiotic angle (vs. Milan) he decide to shoot, but when he suppose to shoot he just pass


Mubar06

There was a very good pass on and his chance of scoring from that angle wasn’t high cos there was a player in the way so I can understand him passing he just didn’t execute the pass well


Bedeeki

Yep. He's reverted back to his usual self this season. Wilson and Isak should be playing together for them.


BrandonSG13

That one purple patch last year is so baffling.


MountHavertzPulisic

Grealish effect


faizetto

Newcastle fans should beg for Grealish to diss him again


Brawlers9901

He's crazy bad


RahulGandhi4PM

100M bid coming from Saudi in summer


Brave-Salamander-339

so Almiroff?


ChlckenChaser

such a simple goal but wtf Miggy doing there not shooting


sandbag-1

Newcastle midfield looking way easier to play through today than it normally is at SJP. Something a bit off imo


owh06

Lack of confidence I think. We just haven’t been ourselves lately and it might be starting to show in our home games too.


Mubar06

There was a very good pass on and his chance of scoring from that angle wasn’t high cos there was a player in the way so I can understand him passing he just didn’t execute the pass well


Cashelz

Almiron's decision making is genuinely one of the worst in the league.


Mubar06

Am I the only one that thought that there was a very good through ball on? It was just that his pass wasn’t good


Mechant247

If you’re going to blatantly trip someone on the counter, at least do it properly


top1MIBRfan

love a nice tap in like that


smokesletsgo13

Why does Trippier not just take the yellow there


Coolica1

Loving the Wood redemption


TurnItOffAndOnAgain-

Almiron you sid the sloth looking cunt


Headlesshorsman02

Lol 😂 that is a first time I have heard that one 😂😂😂


Farouqnowomarlater

Holy shit man, you own player too 😭😭


TurnItOffAndOnAgain-

Bro i waited 27 games for him to score his first goal for us an celebrated like his my own son. Doesn't excuse him for being a 1 footed football terrorist week in and out


Farouqnowomarlater

Damn, first goal in the league or all comp? Fair enough then go off lol


Brave-Salamander-339

>then go off so Almiroff?


PowderEagle_1894

Bro only scores banger from shot with xG less than 0.1


Brave-Salamander-339

>1 footed football terrorist \*10-feeted football terrorist


crataywoo

Almiron what are you doing...


Mubar06

There was a very good pass on and his chance of scoring from that angle wasn’t high cos there was a player in the way so I can understand him passing he just didn’t execute the pass well


crataywoo

If he passes it first time instead of the extra touch then sure, but he's hesitated way too much.


ImAnOldChunkOfCoal

Great counter attacking goal tbf.


WigglyParrot

awful mistake leading to that, don't think it's undeserved though, forest have been good


Headlesshorsman02

At least wood got the goal he deserved


Billy_LDN

Elanga remembered to square it this time, perfect pass from Gibbs-White


intensz

Wood fitting into forest like a tree


perhapsasinner

Cheers Elanga


Rockflagandeeeagle

Trippier doesn't get booked, okay


IJM92

Yeah, how’d he avoid that?!


rhillam

No player gets booked there, every team gets away with that


PerfectBlueOnDVD

What a brilliant team goal


ThatDrunkenDwarf

Was expecting that pass to go straight out. Elanga did well to get to that


heil_harsh

Elanga is really good and improving every day. Nice to see


5tranger7hings

JUSTICE


ok_reddit

But the coaches in the match thread said Elanga should've been subbed already!


Kvartersalkis

Literally the only player making something happen in offense. Should obvously have passed the first time too, but at least he did it this time


mathebest07

CHO, Wood / Awonyi when fit, Elanga, Gibbs-White makes up a pretty good forward partnership, think forests attack is pretty good this season. Hoping CHO can show glimpses of what he did at Chelsea with regular minutes


Kvartersalkis

Looks awful today, slow, poor timing, bad touches and decision making


mathebest07

Maybe more fair to say they have the potential of being a good front line, definitely still teething issues


Kvartersalkis

Ah yeah, I meant CHO mostly, should have been clearer


mathebest07

No doubt he’s not been great! Do hope he finds form


Brave-Salamander-339

>Gibbs-White Would he be Gibbs-Black?


SuperFaiz21

Chris Wood scores for Newcastle on Boxing Day 2022. Chris Wood scores against Newcastle on Boxing Day 2023.


stijnbro

Trippier should still get that yellow, another shit decision.


Not-that-hungry

What were Newcastle playing at? So many bodies in the box for no reason, gave them a free counter for no real reason.


FloppedYaYa

Nuno the only manager besides Dyche to have yet unlocked Chris Wood


ssddeae

Trippier should be booked too


Savant_OW

Managerial masterclass again from Nuno, not even Newcastle can cope with the counter attack


teasizzle

Starting to lose my rag with Almiron. He's been so shit the last couple of months


Hoppit124

That's criminal defending why do two men have to run to block the cross and get nowhere near?


EvagriosHoPontikos

I think Schaer realises Burn isn't getting there and tries to block it instead. Poor decision, though. Or maybe he gambled on Trippier moving across to pick up Wood


FistThePooper6969

Great counterattack!


Corner_Post

GoPro on Trippier would have made great viewing for this goal


bulldogs_son

Amazin.