Andy

Weird that they're turning on Zirkzee like that, aye he's shite but at least he actually tries unlike some of their players.

We must never give Isak more than 5 seconds to think

Aye you just expect an assured performance from him at this point. He's come on leaps and bounds even since the opening games of the season. No doubt there'll still be times when he comes up against an elite winger like Salah and struggles, people have to expect that he will have those games. But you can take those learning curves on the chin if he can be this good in the vast majority of games against standard opposition.

One of the best aspects of his game is the way he drops into defense to cover btw. At times today he found himself at centre half covering Schar who'd pushed forward, and in both full back positions at various points. Genuine game intelligence and he has the engine and athleticism to do it seamlessly.

Same although I still think the frustrations and criticism earlier in the season were justified. He seems to have solved the problems, that's the main thing the main thing now is finding consistency until the end of the season

The shot he hit the bar with was an absolute stinker though, if he'd missed that at 0-0 he'd get absolutely crucified

Villa fans on Villa Talk seem to think Duran was a yellow and Joelinton was a red. I understand every fan has a bit bias, but how anyone who has ever kicked a ball in their life can come to that conclusion is beyond me.

Joelinton man, why give them something to even look at? Stupid.

He 100% has control over what he's doing there btw. He kicks his leg forward. It's definitely a deliberate motion.

Alex Ferguson levels of analysis of Newcastle vs Villa We've dropped back since scoring to try and catch their high line IMO.

Give him 30 seconds and no defenders, he randomly turns into Emmanuel Rivière

Just thinking that too. Very assured on the ball.

Fair play to Eddie, he's found a way to make it tick again. We look so much better with the adjustments to the midfield. This had banana skin written all over it, but we've dispatched them incredibly comfortably. Beat Villa and all of a sudden we're in a great position to push on.

Willock out for 6 weeks with bad Kicked Football injury

Murphy reminding me of Zidane today

I think people tend to remember Shearer at the end of his career. At Blackburn in particular he was miles ahead of Isak, and that isn't a knock on Isak by any means.

Turned into Luuk Dr Jong in those situations, except with less shot power

Joke that they still haven't got the semi automated system up and running

Thought they weren't meant to check handball in the build up unless it's by the player who scores? Unless they've changed that now

Pretty embarrassing that we're still below Man City in the table, but hopefully we can pull within a point of them with a good performance here

Anyone else ever look at Matty Cash and think "prime Cafu"?

He's probably earned some leeway tbf They are just completely devoid of confidence and, understandably, struggling to replace the best player in the world who they've built their entire system around.

I'd feel more confident if we were going to the Bernabeu tomorrow This one just has classic NUFC 2024 away performance written all over it.

It's ridiculous. Equally ridiculous that some parts of the media talk about Maresca like he's performing miracles.

I don't think we're referring to the same discussions. I don't even remember arguing with you about it, although I'm not saying it didn't happen My mindset has always been that you play your best midfielders. For me, that meant Tonali coming in to the team and finding a way for it to work, which is what has ultimately happened.