madras

I think it started out and he was eventually brought down in.

I thought that but there's one angle from behind, basically the refs view where it looks very much like a push ( would've been soft and he should have a got a shot away but Ive seen them given loads). The shirt pull on Murphy was a clearer shout. They got away with loads of shirt pulling and Loftus Cheek's repeated fouling was ridiculous.

Little made of the two pens we could have had.

And financially a draw is worth £800,000. A win is £2.4mill. We could get as much extra from the group stage as a years worth of sleeve sponsorship.

Very happy with a point. For all they had the better of it their chances were largely from distance or straight at Pope, its not like he had to make a worldie at any point. I really only think the Leao brain fart was a nailed on goal that wasn't. While I'm on has Loftus Cheek ever been booked ? Is he allowed to just foul and foul and foul and foul ( we counted 8 blatants) without being booked.

Full of slitty throat gestures and throwing stuff from a safe distance etc when we were last there. Very scarce on the streets after we were let out though.

I think I'd well up if I heard that being belted out round the ground.

Make sure to go to Bergamo for your return. Last time we gave some kidda a lift to the airport in our taxi, only on reaching the airport did he realise there's more than one airport and Bergamo is long way from Milan. 20yrs later I still wonder what happened to him

It wasn't letting them off, they hated it more than treating them as relevant.

There was a while when they got more pissed off that we didn't need to take the piss. Our recent "success" has came so quick that we are still taking the piss. Give this disparity another year or two and we'll not need to and they'll just be quiet except when talking to their own.

Weather perhaps. Train here in the dry as opposed to the torrential rain co.ing down over there.

Where are NUFC fans congregating over there ? Might be worth checking some webcams later.

BBC Radio Newcastle Total Sport done a good one off last Thursday (so still on sounds) focusing on the Champs league run of 20yrs ago but also the other champs league run, loads of interviews and commentary snippets. It's about 20mins into the programme.

Ah right. I was thinking WC qualifiers.

I agree with not shunting the qualifiers to the Summer but why does it have to be 18 games ? Why not have 2 qualifying groups,

If you look back at the start of last season we stuttered a bit at the start. For all we were better than, we didn't exactly purr against Wolves,Palace or Bournemouth. It's still early season, things take some smoothing out and we haven't hit our stride yet.

I thought they played a game where they let him have the ball knowing he'd not he creative with it ( a bit like what teams done with Dummet at LB) but he used it to get far enough forward to give them problems. I wouldn't used it as a tactic going forward though.

As part of a group of stats it can build a picture. On its own it doesn't tell much.

It was, but it seems the amount of spilled Bovril over the years has strengthened it to the point where Leazes Terrace isn't the problem anymore...... its that the East Stand is now indestructible.

I like the way the marks are round error. As if they don't think it was and something elsr was at play.

Sure you weren't just coughing some phlegm up ?

It was a friendly.

I say sell him for 100mill......... then immediately buy him back for 100mill. Yeah its an obvious FFP dodge but so is loan with obligation. Not being serious btw.

And the opposition/circumstances.

Interesting that there was a social media post from (or to) Leo Sharar along the lines of "see you soon" . Team mates at national level I think.