Shola Ameobi

You look at the last home game we played, the way we played against Tottenham, the way we took the game to them.

And you've got players in there that can do that.

And to then revert back to, I guess, a more defensive shape will be frustrating for some of those players.

At the end of the day, Rafa is a manager, he's a top manager, and he understands that he has limitations in his team.

And when he comes up against top sides like Chelsea, who personally I don't think are a much better team than Tottenham were, but he just felt today that that was the right way to go.

We look at the last game of our season.

Newcastle were really up for the game.

They really took the game to Chelsea.

And I think at some point in the game, you have to do that.

Especially when you're soaking up so much pressure.

There has to be a release file because eventually you're going to

you know, you're going to lose a goal.

And that's what's happened.

Yes, albeit it was a very dubious penalty, but when you have that much pressure, you wait.

Yeah, definitely.

And there's a lot of energy that goes into defending that deep.

And concentration.

Yeah, and that's what's going to happen.

And I guess for Rafa, it's finding the balance, right?

Yeah, I mean, you look at the chances that were created in the second half, most of it was down the Tottenham end, wasn't it?