HawK

Does Wilson even realise he was booked

Hall with another great delivery from a free kick

Obviously playing for this now Win a game without getting a shot on target

Another great delivery from Hall but no-one has a clue how to attack an aerial ball in our squad apart from Lascelles

Absolute robbery

Osula for Gordon please

Tonali AGAIN good lord

Bruno being totally anonymous has let Tonali shine even more. Why can't they just both have a good game at the same time?!

No shit

Done. FT C Palace 2-1 Newcastle Utd

Footy trivia : Which player scored their first goal for Newcastle 5 weeks before signing for them?

Thank fuck we scored first because that opens it up now. Will force Palace to commit more forward and leave space for us.

Commentator called that Livramento clearance, a backpass. What a tool

Where to start. Gordon and Willock both struggling to get into good positions to receive the ball and are both pulling out of challenges. Gordon up front is his worst position and he's never scored a goal for us there. No idea why Howe puts him there tbh, it's not for his off-the-ball work that's for sure because that's been absent a lot this season. Schar and Burn having average games. Hall has, once again, been one of our only players who can retain the ball and slow things down and set the tone. Livramento has looked out of his depth, poor decision making and disconnected. Tonali has been good in the defensive midfield role and broke up a few notable Palace attacks. Bruno has been completely anonymous and looks like he doesn't know what he's meant to be doing. Team looks leaderless right now and that's at Bruno's door unfortunately. Players of the half for us have been Tonali, Hall and Pope. General summary is it looks like a lot of confused footballers playing as individuals that just don't know what they should be doing and where to go. For this game, I think a straight 4-4-2 with a combination of Wilson/Osula/Joelinton up top is the way to go. Sit deep in a low block and counter with pace and play to the strenghs of Willock, Gordon and Barnes.

Our entire team is built to counter-attack yet we continue to bring the ball out from the back and compress the space in the opponent's half. It makes no sense whatsoever.

Willock and Gordon can't receive a football and duck out of all 50-50s. Once you see it you can't unsee it.

Gordon and Willock's ball retention is shocking. No smarts at all.

Commentator calling everyone by their surname except Gordon, and just making up names for Joelinton. Twat.

Why does Tyrick Mitchell look so much like an extra out of The Wire?

Oh, god Gordon up front again. We're fked

Tonali in again to try to break it up

I'm up for it but only to accommodate Barnes, our join top scorer this season.