How Matthias Jaissle’s Controversial Lineup Choice Broke Newcastle’s Curse at Millwall
Much like Newcastle’s summer business, there’s still plenty to come out in the wash.
Teams in transition usually don’t play with the consistency of a settled side and despite Newcastle’s unbeaten start to the season, they are functioning exactly like that. Swaggering one minute, unconvincing the next. Maybe this is all symptomatic of a team searching for an identity, and leaders, and star quality, all of which departed over the summer.
Deep into the second half, Newcastle had goalkeeper Lukas Hornicek’s upright to thank, after Tairyk Arconte came within a whisker of opening the scoring, and then Willock. The Londoner swept in Lewis Hall’s cross for his second of the season following what was Newcastle’s only well-worked move since the break down the left.
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