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Its all about the intent in his opinion, there doesn't have to contact.

That's true if someone tries to swing a punch, or a blatant stamp off the ball. In this situation he either does the player or he doesn't.

Saw Abeid in the alleys of Eldon Square on Thursday afternoon.

Flying Colo was amazing. Would have been a a legendary goal. The guy was horizontal.

It did look pretty smart yesterday, one of our better away shirts for sure.

It did, but then I really like the all white shorts and socks look for the derby.

Highlights from their win at Lyon (Official video):

Seems like Carasso was in good form and the result might not tell the whole story given the stats at the end. Still will be a tough game.

Been waiting for this fixture and especially the reverse for some time too. The thought of Shola gracing the Bordeaux stadium pitch

5-5 or Newcastle win.

Why on earth did Cisse even attempt to hit the top corner man. Fucking hell.

That's what he does. As we well know!

A bit like last season then.

That crappy game sparked our streak of awesomeness.

He was a waste of space when starting and being dead on his feet after 50-60 minutes. This bizarro, opposite Shola is very much worth having.

Feeling kinda bad for the linesman. He's going to get a lot of shit and both of the errors were so close that you just can't see those with human eye. Goalline technology is a must.

Indeed, shouldn't even have to worry about looking out for whether the ball crosses or not.

This ref is all over his place. Constantly compensating one decision with another.

No doubt the ref was covering his own arse in case the ball had gone over.

Terrible refereeing all around. How can he blow his whistle so quickly there? Pathetic.

I'd like what happened to David Ames in Vanilla Sky to happen to him, on loop, until he died of heart break.

Fantastic that one 

Was just a few seats away from Adam Campbell at the game yesterday. That is all.

Are Bordeaux any good?

Were close to turboshit first half of last season and the one before that. Suddenly turned a corner when Obraniak arrived in Jan which led to the European qualification. They still have seemingly much the same team of average players but it's clicking.

Getting to Bordeaux is a bit of a task from Newcastle like. The easiest way is to get there is to:

 

- Take a train to London

- Then make your way to London Gatwick Airport

- And finally take an easyJet flight to Bordeaux.

Interesting. Timewise it's pretty tricky, I did two Easyjet flights Newcastle-Bristol-Bordeaux over the Summer as going through London means having to change airports. Plus trains in England are expensive!

Edit: Trains in France are cheaper especially if booked in advance. TGV Paris-Bdx is three hours.

Was a fast break but still some distance from goal and plenty of players in the way.

Jonas was just having a stinker and lost it.

Too much flopping to the ground from him today.

winning a corner off Bent's face from halfway

Is that what happened?

Was too busy laughing after the fact and couldn't understand why it was a corner.

Bordeaux is quite a hassle to get to from Newcastle, unfortunately.

That Ryanair link with Edinburgh isn't always on. Maybe some company will sort something out.

Argh, too much laughing at the Hearts goal jinxed it