Well, that second half performance certainly made up for a horrific first half. Barely any pass marks after that first 45 and we were seriously unlucky not to be at least 1 down by then, save for some equally bad shooting.
Second half, we made the sub I was calling for (sotirio). McCowatt, needs to do more imo. There was a moment in the first half where you could see hooper was trying to play a ball behind but he refused to run into the space. Just hugged the touchline. I really want him to do it and I think it has to be a confidence thing, but it's not happening at the mo. Sotirio was exactly what we were missing. Pace up front. Incidentally, I thought hooper was poor (first goal aside). But a lot of people were. We were so sluggish in the first half. And some uncharacteristically poor defending. There were a few occasions where marinovic went for balls where Defenders just didn't hear him.
Wilson, jury still out. Some nice touches and unlucky with the goal (wtf was the team doing at that point?!?) but didn't really shine. Newcastle deserve a lot of credit for their performance though. Did not play like a bottom side and pressed us as soon as we got the ball.
Anyway, 2 goals and a win which we were lucky to get. Am I happy,? Too fudgeing right I am. They fought through it all and got the win, and marinovic made some superb, genuinely superb saves to keep us in it in that final 10 mins. Glad the players went to him at FT, deserves a lot of plaudits. Good subs imo.
Nice to meet a sturm graz fan outside, seemed pretty chuffed with the result ?