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Yeah it's minutes and experience. I think sub cameos will suit his confidence better.

Bless his little socks man. He's lucky he's lush.

Mitchell is a good left back mind. He's got way to much experience for a raw kid like Anderson.

Should be loaned out in January. Oddly he looks to lack confidence. Needs to feel like the big boy again. Get him a good champo club.

People turning up late. No fucker knowing where their seats where. Kids everywhere. Aye was pretty fucking horrific in there tonight.

I knew he was going to try and go down the middle. Keep read him and he fluffed it. Lesson learned Bruno lad.

Just got back. Thoughts: The game was exactly as I expected. There's a reason why i asked about pens in the pre match thread. Botmans passing between the lines is unreal. Burn was our best player first half which tells a story. Anderson isn't ready. He should be loaned out in January. Manquillo, Wood and Targett showed the areas where we still lacked depth. Shelvey was fine at passing the ball around where he lacks compared to Bruno is the movement to get back on the ball. Lascelles hates the football. Pope is mint. Couldn't really give a fuck about the performance. Good draw in the next round please.

Eddie: I was impressed with what they delivered. Steak: I'm always impressed with what's delivered.

Joe Kinnear will always be top trumps in the weird/shit manager game. Still feels like a weird dream.

I'll be honest. I don't know what the acronym stands for. Something like "proper football manager", I think. Sherwood man. Wore a gillet to convince people he was a trendy manager.

Tim Sherwood is the god of PFM morons. An absolute cockney moron of the very highest stupidity.

Howay man. A Newcastle fan doesn't know about cup competitions? Give me a break.

Replay or extra time and pens?

I was gutted at losing out on Emery but I knew Howe was the man when he rocked up at 6 in the morning to start work.

I wanted Robson to bow out gracefully and I wanted Shepherd to ask Robson to choose his successor. The way it ended was ridiculous. Souness for fucks sake.

This will be a tough game if Palace play a strong side. I just can't see Howe taking this lightly.

I can't see any more than 2 signings and I wouldn't be surprised if we were open to multiple options. What we won't do is over pay for players. Could well be the end of January before we start making moves. We will want to assess the fitness of the squad. The last thing the club will want to do is go early and go big on someone, then have Bruno or whoever pull his hamstring for the rest of the season.

I was having a little think this morning.... I wonder if Howe might consider Wilson, provided his illness has cleared. Bare in mind he's only played 45 minutes of football in 10 days. With Isak coming back post World Cup, I'd be tempted to push Wilson into the final 2 games. Ultimately, we could give Wilson an hour on Wednesday and it would hardly be too much for him.

PPG target is 1.5 for top 7. Our current points per game is 1.92. I might be wrong but averaging 2 points per game is title chasing stuff. I said a couple of weeks ago that 8th would be a disappointment. 7th is slowly creeping into disappointment territory and I feel terrible for saying that. Let's enjoy whatever comes.

I've seen enough. There's no rough patch that's going to make me think that this guy isn't the real deal. He's class, he's ours and he's here as long as he wants the job. It's a funny thing with Newcastle fans, they can decide in a week whether you are the right person for the job. If you aren't good enough, it's just a matter of time before it gets toxic and you get kicked into touch but my god if you get the love of the fans like Keegan, Robson, Rafa or Howe, they will back you for eternity.

He didn't have a hope in hell with any of them.

We've done a deal with the devil... its the only explanation for how lucky we have got with this guy. I'm not sure any other individual could have done the job he has done. The first Englishman to win the PL and he's ours, how fucking beautiful.

Saving it for later, which reminds me, I need some Kleenex.

I refuse to believe this man has anything to do with a murderous regime. Look at his little face man.

Howe pretty much confirmed changes on his post match interview. Pope Manquillo Lascelles Botman Targett Shelvey Willock Joelinton Miggy ASM Wood Thoughts: Pope doesn't need rested. Trippier won't be risked Lascelles has to get a game Botman has played fewer games than Burn or Schar Joelinton and ASM should be fresh Wilson won't be risked Left Willock and Miggy because Howe won't want too many changes.