Possession tonight at home

[toonfalifekevbrown]

32%
7 shots
2 on target
At home
Attendance 22727

[ex_pat_magpie]

32%
7 shots
2 on target
At home
Attendance 22727

We just simply haven't got the quality of player capable of imposing themselves on the opposition to get more possession than the opponent does. It's going to happen time and time again this season.

[Jammy89]

There won't be a game this season where we have more possession than the opposition.

Unless we get real low league opposition in FA Cup and even then i wouldn't put it past them to have more possession than us.

[waalsendmick]

We made 7 changes against a full strength team with more quality than us.

We lost a further 3 players to injury during the game.

We had only one attacking player in the 18 man squad...

We did not lose the game.

I didn't go, but I see little to complain about. It is where Ashley has us, it is why I don't go, but Bruce and the players available gave it their best shot.

[Geordie1974]

Getting knocked out of the cup at home to Leicester is not a good result or a good performance.It just goes to show what is accepted now.

[HughieG]

Just saw the line-up and I thought it was decent for a cup game. Can't really fault Bruce or the team here.

Maybe I'm also at the point where I don't want us to win anything under Ashley. He and the media will use a cup trophy win to try and shut the fans up - "What are you complaining about!?! Ashley is a great owner, you won the cup and finished 5th under him!"

[waalsendmick]

Getting knocked out of the cup at home to Leicester is not a good result or a good performance.It just goes to show what is accepted now.

Nobody has said it was a good result, or that it is acceptable...

But... it is where we are at because of Ashley.

Steve Bruce, whether you like him or not, cannot be blamed for what happened last night, and sadly, neither can any of the players....

[Geordie1974]

Nobody has said it was a good result, or that it is acceptable..

A lot of people are saying that though.Thats why we are stuck with Ashley.Anything is accepted.Read on social media.A lot are over the moon with the performance.Media like Luke Edwards saying we played well and were unlucky.32% possession is not playing well.For phucks sake it was Leicester not Man City,Real Madrid or Barcelona.

[waalsendmick]

For the players we had available... against a full strength premier league team (with more quality, more ambition, a better manager and proper owners)

For the position we are in, and a position we will stay in as long as people feed Ashley... the performance and result (a draw) can be seen as decent.


We are out of the cup because THE CLUB doesn't compete.

I will.probably never see a steve bruce team in the flesh... I will.probably never ever see our 3 most expensive signings play....

But the lads on the pitch last night did ok...

[toonfalifekevbrown]

Bruce has an average of 32 % possession as manager