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Talking forward of tonight’s conflict in opposition to Liverpool at St James’ Park, Alan Shearer has known as on a number of Newcastle gamers to start out chipping in with objectives after a ‘toothless’ show in opposition to Crystal Palace on Saturday.
Following an early harm to Alexander Isak, Eddie Howe opted to deliver on Harvey Barnes as an alternative of fit-again striker Callum Wilson; a transfer that didn’t actually work as we went on to have zero pictures heading in the right direction.
We carried no risk with out prime scorer Isak and Shearer feels it’s time for others to step up, believing the likes of Gordon, Barnes, Joelinton and Willock have to start out scoring extra objectives after the crew has managed lower than half the variety of objectives scored at this stage final season.
As he additionally factors out on the most recent Relaxation Is Soccer podcast, Shearer feels we’ve additionally misplaced that ‘power and urgent’ that made us so robust to play in opposition to in earlier season underneath Eddie Howe, describing our decline as “fairly worrying.”
Alan Shearer’s message
“I’m [concerned], yeah,” Shearer mentioned. “As a result of what have they received? Effectively, I believe they’ve received 14 objectives they’ve scored in 13 video games. Three of them had been away to Forest.”
“Final 12 months or possibly the 12 months earlier than, so many occasions we spoke about Newcastle, their power, their urgent, how they received after you. And I don’t see quite a lot of that. It’s fairly worrying, significantly within the ultimate third.
“I imply, Isak went off injured. He selected to not put Wilson on at the moment. He introduced him on with about 15, 20 minutes to go. And different gamers have to start out and rating objectives. Gordon has to attain extra. Barnes has to attain extra. Joelinton has to. Willock has to. Isak has 4 or 5 within the league this season.
“I hope he’s not too badly injured and may play on Wednesday in opposition to Liverpool. So, yeah, it’s positively regarding, completely. And like Aston Villa, Newcastle, I believe, within the backside half, possibly eleventh or twelfth within the league. So, yeah, not nice from Newcastle. They’ve to enhance.”
It’s a giant night time for Newcastle who’ve been poor within the final two video games, however a win in opposition to the leaders might flip issues round and probably shoot us up the league to only a level off of fourth.
