Beren

Kharkiv being very crafty now Pressuring the refs, making us compete less aggressively...

Game veering towards the Man Utd/Arsenal away games level of openness now. Only way we look really threatening though, and we do need to force the pace of this a bit tbh.

Love how willing he is to pass and move, thereby giving whoever he has passed to options/destabilizing the opposition's marking. Like fucking gold dust in our team.

Conceding possession from your own throw-ins

:lol:

Yanga-Mbiwa at right back has worked out well. They haven't had a sniff down that side.

Good, enjoyable half. Bit toothless to begin with but grew into it and showed some better movement as things wore on. Pleased

Would like Santon to be a bit more positionally disciplined now. Appreciate his zest, but he's out of position too often atm.

Santon over-extended himself big time there.

Saylor

Tiote's popping about nicely man. I'm not seeing what others are

He is playing well. Just a shit set piece putting us under pressure that caused us to be short at the back and now he's picked up his customary yellow card and he's been shit all match long. Not sure who was saying that?

Silly from Cabaye (but I love his passion )

He is playing well. Just a shit set piece putting us under pressure that caused us to be short at the back and now he's picked up his customary yellow card and he's been shit all match long.

FFS Cisse, man.

We're so vulnerable from our own set plays

World class save

Old goalie = shoot lots!

Goraiynov, eh? Shoot from range!

Feels like a big occasion this

Stubbs, trolling like fuck (I actually like him) "So.. Newcastle. Haven't won a trophy in 43 years... and if Bradford can...."

Attendance, roughly?

Right-back has been a problem position for us, tbh. Quite interesting to see how he does there. Don't mean to suggest I want him there long-term at all, but we've been exposed on our right-flank a lot in the Europa so far. Interesting decision from Pardew tbh. Might truncate the potential of overlapping attacks on the right but maybe not a bad trade-off for a clean sheet at home