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Who can I blame? I will blame Anderson because I'm a bairn and it makes me feel better.

Rafa is so cool man. You could totally understand him having loyalty to Liverpool but he just plays it nice.

Eddie seeing Anderson as a CM might have something to do with him playing CM TBF.

Nice from Eddie that.

Yeah that's a great shout. Nobby is doing soccer AM tommorow, so he could get the train up too. Would be class to see a generation of players there. Harper and Shola are easy wins for the club. Shays always knocking about. In fact, go and get Bernard from his pub in Blyth?

I still can't quite fathom how good he is. It's like the U9s have invited an U11 to play and their just bouncing off him. He's just so much bigger, quicker and physical than most (all) other midfielders. It's like the way people talk about Haaland bullying defenders, Joelinton bully's midfielders. If he had just a bit more killer instincts around the opposition box he'd be absolutely unstoppable but I'm more than happy the way he is.

If they don't know who keegan is.... they will after they have met him.

What a bizarre thing to say.

I think I'm in 531, on there.

Left on there I think.

Massive if we can get him back and let Joelinton go back out left.

They'd get 8m back if they wanted to.

We just need to make them doubt themselves. Go to war in the first half. We have the legs to beat them in the second.

brunos dad with the lads.

Ah it's for the Saint Oswalds hospice.

All four of them goals would have been saved by a better keeper. Was stunned by how easy we made it.

Let's talk about 1998 and 1999 finals. A couple of things have struck me, while looking back (I was 10 at the time). 1. Unfortunate that we were managed by Dalglish and Ruud for them games, as opposed to Keegan and Robson who were in charge either side of them. 2. Also unfortunate that we played 2 of the best sides the league has had in Viera/Adams Arsenal and then Treble winning Man United. As opposed to Chelsea, who won it in 1997 and 2000. Can anyone recall expectations before those finals? It feels looking back as Newcastle were very much the underdogs to the champions. We also made some horrific defensive errors in both games. Goalkeeping was all over the place. I mean we had Laurent Chavet playing. Can't help but feel that we are much better equipped, certainly defensively.

That will be cup final suit right?

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We won't give them half the space Barca are mind. They will have to work much harder for a goal.

Knowing Eddie has his notebook out.

I think it will be that but I'd play Gordon as number 8. I don't want to lose that crucial balance we have in CM, besides, how often did Willock stick to his role in the middle? Hardly ever. Let Gordon play number 8 but have license to roam. With Miggy, Tripper and Longstaff all around him, he should have plenty of cover. I really don't want Joelinton in the number 6 role.

You will be fine. Really wouldn't worry.

He was hardly going to have a good game, when the team as a whole were pretty shite. Overall, I still saw signs of him being a dangerous player. He's quick, got skill, knows where the net is. What's not to like? On the hand he's young, likely to be inconsistent and will take time to find where he fits our set up. Without 3 central players, I'd like to see him into the number 10 and start behind Wilson.

I know none of us condone violence but if anyone sees Thogden in the newcastle end, smash his little bastard head in, ta. I think we can all agree that a Newcastle fan should not be missing out for the daft little bollock.