We asked for your views on Newcastle’s Champions League exit at the hands of Barcelona on Wednesday.
Here are some of your comments:
Bob: Absolutely no shame in a team the current stature of Newcastle getting beaten heavily by one of the favourites for the Champions League, one that has been performing magnificently of late! Everyone at Newcastle United should be proud of their efforts in reaching a stage never before reached. All of the Negative Nellies, ones using such idiotic terms as “humiliation”, need a reality check.
Paul: Sometimes you have to acknowledge that the other team is just better than you. The important thing is to decide what you can learn from the experience. The whole Newcastle squad need to watch this match again and again, not to feel sorry for themselves, but to look at the individual skills of the other team and to learn new tricks of the trade for themselves. It might have been an almighty drubbing but it also brings opportunities to learn and improve.
Davo: First half Newcastle again matched Barcelona. Second half they didn’t use the wings as often, kept giving the ball away and passed backwards more than forwards, including a free-kick from the opposition half which ended up back at Ramsdale. Overall nobody gave us a chance in the tie, but we proved when we do get it right, we can hurt the big teams. The instant calling for Eddie Howe’s head from certain media people is sickening. In four full seasons in charge we have seen Champions League twice and won a trophy. People need to get real. We still have one hand tied behind our backs from rule changes brought in to stop us spending.
Alvin: A maelstrom of mixed emotions. It was apt that Elanga’s long overdue breakthrough performance was sullied by frailties that have defined this season. Plenty of positives but the negatives always seemed to find a way to dampen the mood. So, neither ecstatic nor depressed but also both at the same time? Well, nothing a derby win this weekend can’t fix. Howay the lads!!
Phil: Scoreline doesn’t reflect how we played across both legs. For three of the four halves we were arguably the better side but then Barcelona showed why they’re a top side. Despite the result, Newcastle should take a lot of positives from going toe to toe with one of Europe’s elite.
Richard: We are so far off being able to compete at this level. The second half was dreadful, totally outclassed by a great team who may well win the competition.
