Still think there'd be goals in the team with Knocky, Murphy/March, Murray/Hemed in that formation.
And I don't think many teams would fancy coming up against a central 3 of Stephens alongside Sidwell & Kayal or Norwood. Feels like we might be able to boss games a bit better. But then the...
Agreed. We probably need freshening up and Hemed for Murray would be an obvious change on that score. I still wonder whether we'll end up playing some away games with a 3 man central midfield to utilise Norwood's passing but Hughton may well hold his nerve on that score.
Apart from their chances right at the end of the first half, Newcastle caused next to no problems in the first 45 minutes for all that they looked threatening (because we had a rookie left back and knew about their quality).
We almost went 2-0 up straight away in the 2nd half.
Doesn't it...