One step forward and ........ S4 E23

Part 1 - Real Madrid:

• If the dust has settled, what do we think?


• Where we as poor as some would have it or somehow struck by the misfortune of it all and had trouble responding after the 3rd goal


• Team selection?


• Refereeing!

Part 2 - Newcastle:

• Were we more solid? Them going down to 10-men really affected the flow of the match - complete control to a slightly chaotic second half.


• We are the only team to have beaten them in the league this season—home and hawaay! Are they are serious top 4 contender? Lots of ties and they have the same number of wins as us.


• Substitutions: Do our subs this year seem to make us worse? Personnel or tactical/formation issues? Having said that Jota could have scored 3.


• Refereeing!

Part 3 - Coming up:

• Mindset


• Team selection


• Expectations

We should be back sometime next week after Liverpool have played Palace and Wolves in the league. Thanks to Daz.

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