11 Things We Learned From Gateshead Vs. Newcastle

3. The High Press

One of the things which caught the eye of the assembled media at United's open training session last week was new assistant coach Ian Cathro's work with the attackers. The former Valencia assistant was drilling the players on high pressing, a tactic made famous by the likes of Mauricio Pochettino at Southampton in recent seasons. This will see Untied's attacking players relentlessly close down the opponent's defenders when they have the ball, and it looked like Catho's message was getting across to the players on Friday evening. The didn't give Gateshead's players an inch, which saw them regain possession with ease and limit the home side to just one shot on target (from a free kick). One thing that is for sure that United's fitness team will be working overtime with the players so this tactic doesn't see too many make their way to the always busy physio room at the Benton training ground.