Our man at St James' Park for NUFC v LCFC 'Nothing was going to stand in our way' NUFC
There have been a few emotionally charged, anxiety-riddled periods this season as life felt like a drawn-out distraction to the next United game, but tonight was set up to be the climax of it all.
Except maybe ten Leicester players behind the ball. I’m going to give Dean Smith the benefit of the doubt and suggest he planned to frustrate Newcastle before trying to nick the win on the break late on, because if they go down by a couple of points on Sunday this shameless attempt at merely not losing could well come back to bite them.
This in spite of Evans being paired with Wout Faes, who I’m sure at one point went around persistently stepping on a series of discarded rakes. Absolutely nowt like Coloccini. A surprising third contender turned up in Yassar Al-Rumayyan, whose appearance on Tyneside hadn’t been announced, although the efforts he attempted in his loafers were understandably bad.
It might add credence to the argument that Leicester were after a smash and grab that they chose to bring on the suspiciously benched Barnes and Maddison for the closing stages. Maddison might have had conflicting feelings about damaging the Champions League prospects of a much rumoured potential destination, but he didn’t show them as he very nearly created a sickening winner for Leicester.
Al-Rumayyan made a beeline for Eddie Howe in the celebrations and we now approach a critical point in the club’s history where the chairman has a key part to play. This success needs to be capitalised on to allow the club to compete domestically and in Europe next year, with the Champions League offering more breathing room against the dreaded FFP. Of course the rumours have started already and will only grow bigger and louder as we approach the opening of the transfer window.
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