I thought this on the night. We didnt play well but that pitch took away all ability to dribble with the ball and complete crisp quick passes. Its caused so much sloppy play from both sides, and reduced it to a very low level of football. Very much a leveller.
Its this. Part of Newcastle's improvement is not down to Eddie Howe, its to do with sacking Steve Bruce. He had them playing so badly that just removing him from the equation created an improvement. Go back to Bruce's last few months in charge and there were lots of stories coming out about how...