Benwell Lad

Does anyone fit that exact mould never mind 20 possible candidates ? If there is a mould for us, as such, Eddie Howe is still probably the best fit.

Never let facts get in the way of a firm opinion on an online forum

How has Madley been allowed anywhere near this fixture, even as 4th official where he can still influence decisions, after he's fucked us over at every possible opportunity ? Guy fucking hates Newcastle.

As is normal they've been frothing about every metro, bus, train and everything else about tomorrow online, while there has been next to nothing said on here due to having other things on our minds. Anyway, the time has come. GET INTO THEM AND FUCK THEM UP !!!

If only we'd been relegated to the 3rd division it wouldn't have been so long and 16 year olds would have seen us beat them. Can't really blame the fact we never sunk to their level for things.

Spot on. The overall standard of the PL and it's competitiveness is way above any other league. I watched Wolves on Monday night and they looked excellent! The teams from the other nations who qualified can cruise through a lot of their domestic fixtures, you just can't in the PL. That was our 50th competitive match last night (?) and about 20 in the last couple of months. It's been the hardest schedule ever and we did it with a lot of key injuries. Only thing that surprises me is that we didn't run out of gas much earlier.

It was terrible, but no way did that reflect the whole 200 minutes of the tie. It wasn't embarrassing but it was a calamity of a second half. We absolutely matched them if not bettered them in the other three periods of the tie. Let's be honest the draw from the beginning, like the previous CL campaign, did nothing to help us and the timing and manner of the two penalties could not have been worse nor had a bigger overall impact, but that seems to be the way it has gone for us this season. It's over and mainly it was fun, but now the most important thing is how we react on Sunday.

They got off with six yellows over the two ties.

In time it will be told, about how corrupt football, FIFA, UEFA, the PL were in this current era. There are things that happen, so that certain teams prosper, in order to appease their global audience and sponsors.

In mine, I nearly scored myself but it came back off the left post and Harvey Barnes lashed in the rebound.

No one could have played Yamal better than Lewis Hall did in the first leg, but still saw enough of that amazing touch, vision and ball striking ability to think that he will be the main difference between the teams tomorrow night. Hope not but even in a relatively suppressed performance he looked a very special player.

Howe was really a one game a week, preferred starting eleven, kind of manager but just abut every manager in the PL would prefer that given the option. We've become a strong cup side on three fronts and along with the demands and pressure of of now needing to succeed in the PL, rather than just exist, we are to some extent victims of our own success, especially against the backdrop of a confused close season and long injury list. I think he has really developed this season as a two games per week, squad rotational manager and that is improvement on top of what was already being a brilliant. top rate manager.

Oh no has Madley been named as the ref like ?

Nah. Just like we didn't label ourselves "The Premier Club" when they weren't in the league. Everything about them is about us. It's our third most important game out of three this week, but will still be very sweet to win it.

Best Newcastle manager ever.

What's it come too, they've lost all control around set pieces and now this ? Maybe after a season of ridiculously biased or totally incompetent refereeing against us it was just the bold and final "Fuck you Newcastle" statement from the PGMOL.

Congratulations Skip. So well deserved.

Just brilliant today and for the last few games. Sometimes it's like Bruno is hardly missing.

He is such an important player for us, makes so much happen.

And while we're on, bears shit in the woods and the pope's a catholic.

It could be said Sunderland's record against Barcelona is better than ours, never having lost to them. The same could be said of Gateshead, West Allotment Celtic and the Dog and Duck Sunday morning second eleven.

There's a good case for treating both legs of this as if we are playing away. Go for for a draw and possibly nick it. A mindset in the first leg of "we need to build up a lead to take into the away game" could be counter productive and overly risk losing the home game. It's a real difficult one, very tactical and edgy for Eddie and his team, but personally I'd be happy to be going into the last 30 minutes of the second leg on level terms.

And has been stated many times previously, Consett, Stanley, the Derwent Valley, and indeed most of NW Durham, has always been predominantly black and white by quite some margin. The vast majority of people in those places regard Newcastle as their city for entertainment, shopping, social life, transport etc. Newcastle has always been known as "the town" in those places and even further afield through County Durham.

I think we can win over there. Hopefully we take a lead but a draw would still make a very interesting away leg. We've been solid away in the CL and are Barca better than PSG ?

That aged well