Dom

That little dummy finish from Raphinha for makes his goal, see’s Burn is running across goal and that little dummy shot leads to the angle re opening to find the far corner. Barca overloading Newcastle’s backline 5v4, Tonali or Joelinton man marking Lopez between the lines who I feel needs to drift and rotate with others more often. Barca in control but their high line is very exploitable, wouldn’t be surprised to see Wissa introduced at some point.

He's trusting Skura too much, he clearly has a connection to Dec through the development squad but the truth is Declan isn't ready for this level yet. Ball playing abilities such as press resistance, passing range and more isn't up to scratch. Squad selection hasn't been 100%.

Loud and proud in the Welsh capital. That was for you BLUES 💙

Connor Taylor. Outstanding tonight 👏

So pleased with that win. Compact in our mid block for the whole game and we didn’t change to a back 5 for the last period of the game! On the ball in the first half we frequently had players dropping from high to low to connect play and attempt to overload the Cardiff press. 2nd half Morley often dropped into the backline with the CB’s split allowing the FB’s to advance. Lots of runs in behind from the half spaces higher up the pitch (led to Vidigal’s goal). Combine frequent runs in behind, Morley’s passing range along with rotations in the structure higher up the pitch and it gave us a great chance to win the game which we did. 4-4-2 mid block for the whole 90 is great to see, not changing to a back 5 shows learning from errors in previous games and Duff continuing to get a better understanding of his team and where they’re at mentally and physically. Onto Saturday!! 💙🦢

Solid start in our mid block, 4-5-1 which can become a 4-4-2 with Henderson pushing into the frontline, from there we can transition again into a man to man high press IF necessary but that’s not happening too often. Front 2 focussed on blocking central progression instead of pressing the Cardiff CB’s.