Newcastle United – Its Getting Serious
Blog Post Written On:
10.02.2010
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In just under 3 months time, we will know if Newcastle United will be either promoted back to the Premier League, about to play in the Play Offs, or consigned to another season in the Championship. I’m pretty sure, the last of those 3 options wont happen, but as it stands right now, i’m not sure which of the 2 other options will happen.
Last night we lost 3-0 away to Derby, which was a huge blow but unfortunately for me, this wasn’t a huge surprise. I’ve got no confidence in Newcastle getting wins away from home and thats a major problem for a club that would like to either win this league or get promoted in 2nd position.
When it comes to home games, i think we can beat every team in this league, but the chances are, between now and the end of the season, we will drop points in at least 2 home games. Our home form isn’t a problem and it doesn’t worry me at all, but something needs to be with our away form. Draws aren’t enough. If we want to get promoted, we need to be able to beat teams like Derby and Leicester. We only got 1 point from those 2 teams.
Last season, Wolves won the Championship whilst winning 12 away games all season. This season, we have won 6 away games so far. We have 9 away games left this season. The question is, can we win 6 out of the 9 away games to match last seasons Wolves record?
We’re playing Swansea this weekend, and we really need to win this game to stop this poor away form. Its been over 2 months since we won an away game, and we’re starting to get a bit of an away day phobia, and this problem will be our down fall.
I’m no tactical genius, so i really don’t know where to start when it comes to setting the team up when we play away from home, but i truly believe it is a mental issue. We started with exactly the same team at Derby that thrashed Cardiff, but then we go and get beat. Football……. don’t you just love it.