Beren

Hope Pardew has a word with Barton and tells him to simmer down.

HT review: Positives: Jonas Ranger looking lively/putting himself about Only one down Negatives: Defensively poor right across the back, and the midfield protection Only Jonas looks composed on the ball Few bench options Steven Motherfucking Taylor No one looks especially motivated/alert Guthrie pressuring well from midfield, but fairly atrocious once he has the ball Ranger's decision-making The referee has been shiiiite

3 handballs.

Jonas has been class so far IMO

How was that not handball?!

Good link up with Ranger and Loven. Wrong choice Ranger

Oh, for the days of Matty Pattison... Tough job captaining this side for Barton's first assignment.

Crumbs of encouragement: We beat them for six with Nolan and Smith in the middle last time.

Colo in midfield, as a viewing spectacle, will be better than Wrestlemania if true It's been theorised for ages now. Good to see it in a way.

Fabricio obviously a victim of his own attacking success at the Wolves game after his slide-rule pass to put Barton through round the back of the full-back :colo: Interesting day, no matter what...

No Shola

Be lovely if Jose makes it through a full 90.

Breakthrough!

Fair point

They'd still get automatic promotion even with a points deduction tbf.

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I'm just hoping for a solid defensive display from Newcastle. Not to say I want us to sit back and soak up pressure (because as we know, Newcastle are incapable of such a thing!), but if we can frustrate them, I do think the home crowd might get on their back and we'll get goals. That said, such a logical and composed away performance isn't Newcastle's style, so we'll probably slog goals from the get-go and it'll end up 3-2 to someone.

Sunderland getting relegated would be a better result. Miracles can happen. Just how hilarious would that be.

Laughable. He's no Shola, man.

Not yet

Pull your finger out, Chelski!

Brum up.

Etherington.

Fulham will give Man Utd a decent game, I reckon.

That much better Barton was MoTM after: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-1307290/Wolves-1-Newcastle-1-Karl-Henry-insists-tackle--like-Joey-Barton.html