Fulham 0 - 2 Newcastle United: FA Cup Match Reaction
Joe Buck dissects Newcastle United's FA Cup win over Fulham at Craven Cottage. Goals from Dan Burn and Sean Longstaff secured the Magpies' passage into the Fifth Round.
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00:00 So Newcastle United threw the fifth round of the FA Cup for the first time in four years
00:05 with a comfortable 2-0 win over Fulham and it really was, I think comfortable might actually
00:09 be the wrong word, I think it was comfortable by the end of the game, by the last ten minutes
00:12 you could see Fulham were tired, you could see they were a bit of a disjointed team after
00:16 making seven changes before the game, you could see that they really, you know, they
00:20 threw all their eggs in one basket, they you know certainly went for it in the midweek
00:22 and you could tell that this wasn't really their priority with their game against Everton
00:26 especially come next week but to Newcastle, you know, it wasn't the best first half for
00:30 them, actually I think Fulham were probably better in the first half but they got their
00:33 opener through Longstaff, a fantastic goal to be fair, you've got to give them lots of
00:37 credit, it was a brilliant effort, a bit of pinball in the box and Longstaff both felt
00:42 them smash the toe on the volley and yeah he's just doing media over my shoulder there
00:47 so yeah he was certainly one of the, I wouldn't say stand out performers but again no one
00:52 really shone, it was a weird afternoon, I think, or evening, sorry, Newcastle were decent,
00:57 they did what they needed to do, they got the win and in cup competitions to be fair
01:00 that's all you need to do, they're into the fifth round, you can't ask for more than that
01:03 but did any of them really stand out? Probably not, did any of them play particularly badly?
01:07 Probably not either, I think it was one of them days, a lot of, I see my colleagues Dom
01:11 Scurr's rating but a lot of sixes and sevens and that's all it was, yeah, the second half,
01:16 I think Newcastle were better in the second half, they got their grips with it more, Fulham
01:20 had a couple of chances but never really tested the Bradfordshire team which, there was never
01:24 a point where they were, you know, really testing and putting Newcastle defence under
01:29 sustained pressure and Newcastle got their goal, again, as I said, peaceful, Botman with
01:34 a brilliant header, good save by Roderick and Burn was first there to react, smash it
01:38 home against his old team and all of a sudden Newcastle turned it up and that was it really,
01:42 I think, there was no way, you didn't sense Fulham would come back, I mean if they'd got
01:45 a goal that match would have changed, they could have felt a bit of belief but it didn't
01:48 really look like that and then that was it, Newcastle saw out the game very well, Eddie
01:52 Howe didn't make any changes so the 75th minute, only did a couple in the end and with Villa
01:57 coming up maybe he might, maybe not regret that but maybe he might feel that he could
02:02 have made some other changes but, you know, there'll be 4,000 fans going home happy after
02:07 being, you know, the kick-off time, more travel back on trains, etc, so it's good to see them
02:13 go back happy and Newcastle are in it the next round, simple as that, they'll be hoping
02:17 for an EZ Cup draw, it's not something that's going to happen too often this season with
02:21 Sunderland, Fulham, both Manchester clubs and Chelsea in domestic cups and obviously
02:25 we all know the Champions League draw but they'll be hoping for an EZ Cup draw and then
02:29 who knows how far this group can go, no-one will want to play them at St James' Park that's
02:33 for sure, there'll be very few teams Newcastle won fans chances against, they'll have to
02:37 play better than this but, you know what, they're through with the next round, I think
02:40 that's it really, they're through with the next round, that's the main thing and they'll
02:44 go to Zilla with a bit of confidence and really their season starts probably after that game,
02:50 I mean you can't really write games off at this point in the season but certainly after
02:53 that game the season starts but it's a good win, it was another, you know, just their
02:56 fourth on the road all season which is, it's just good, you know, they need to start picking
03:00 up wins away and hopefully they can take confidence from that with a couple of home games and
03:05 relatively easier games to come in the Premier League in February so, you know, as I said,
03:09 good afternoon, solid day's work for any house side, into an exit on the FA Cup and who knows
03:14 how far they can get.