Sean Longstaff: Newcastle United fans tear into midfielder after Everton shocker

It’d be fair to say that this season has proven to be a reasonably disappointing one for Sean Longstaff after his breakthrough under Rafa Benitez last term. After all, this is a man who Manchester United reportedly wanted to sign months after Pep Guardiola claimed his Manchester City could handle him and Louise Taylor of the Guardian compared to Michael Carrick.

However, this time around, it’s not been far from plain sailing for the 22-year-old. Under Steve Bruce, Jonjo Shelvey has largely been preferred in the ball-playing central midfield role alongside Isaac Hayden and Andrew Musgrove of the Chronicle conceded the academy graduate was playing at ‘nowhere near’ as well as he had been.

So, during what was another disappointing performance away at Everton earlier this evening despite a late comeback, Longstaff was absolutely torn into. As per WhoScored, the midfielder lost possession 3 times, the most of any Toon player, invoking the ire of supporters online. With that in mind, here’s a look at some of it.

https://twitter.com/danmcfady3n/status/1219712428923084802

https://twitter.com/razorscharp/status/1219712286178320384

https://twitter.com/Joeeeeeee_96/status/1219713257159700480

We ArE sTrOnG iN cEnTrAL MiDfIeLd: nufc after seeing bentaleb signing. I’m glad Bruce and the board disagree. Sean Longstaff is awful I’ve not seen one good performance from him this season #nufc

— Lee (@lee_wilson1) January 21, 2020