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Mad appointment. Not that it’s the most attractive job like, but still.

Same question from me.

Ah good points, forgot about Mama.

Except it’s a new knee.

Assume that dash represents a zero?

Straight out to buy a new shirt

Agree but it’s a big money signing and we’d likely need to sell Pope and bring in a number two as well. Can’t see it. Maybe in summer but definitely not in Jan. Also presumably Liverpool want a good backup keeper.

How hasn’t anyone signed him? Because we signed him. Silly question really.

Both were dives, obvious in both cases.

Must be bringing a keeper in then, guess Trafford as people have said. I think we’ll keep Pope as number one for next season at least. We don’t seem to have the money to spend on a top keeper as well as the other things we need.

Brucey could surely be tempted out of Blackpool with the right offer.

Sometimes just need to sit back and engage the tactical analysis brain. I didn’t develop this expertise by accident.

Personally I want to sing but I don’t want to stand up all game. Maybe I would just sit in the section next to the ultras

He wasn’t ‘that’ bad at LB really, just limited because of his skillset and looked funny because a 6’7” LB doesn’t really happen. Of course he should never play there again, ideally.

In another time Barnes could probably be a striker IMO, but probably not in an age where everyone only plays with one.

Yeah IMO if you have VAR then it has to be with the aim of correcting on-field decisions. It just looks silly to have things that are clearly wrong upheld because the ref said so. The spirit of the offside rule is harder to solve though, because it was written in a time where an inch here or there wouldn’t rule you offside. Of course, it also worked the other way where you could be ruled offside when you were actually on. Which now shouldn’t happen.

One stand is corporate and children, one stand is retired people who’ve been going for 40 years, the rest is people sitting on their own because you can only buy single tickets. It’s going to be hard to get any kind of consistent atmosphere in a normal game. Especially an easy game. We need real action on the pitch to wind everyone up at the same time. I was near to the corner so it sounded like the atmosphere was decent to me. A few people in east stand joined in. The main issue I have is people leaving 10 minutes before the end of each half. But I guess if you need the toilet and a drink it’s your only chance to get it done before the second half starts.

Bruno has to be allowed a little leeway to hold onto the ball IMO, because he can roll an opposition player and really open the game up. It’s about when he decides to do it obvs.

If they really develop an understanding they could be playing together for club and country for the next decade.

If you do that over the goalkeeper you get a penalty with no questions asked. Leave your legs behind to trail into the contact and you’re good. Found it a bit unnecessary to focus on it so much.

I would’ve brought him on 10 mins earlier but otherwise I was really pleased for him. In the warmup he always looks amazing, full of tricks and thunderbastard shots.

Hopefully Hall and Gordon both know that they could form Newcastle and England’s left side for years to come. If they can develop a good relationship then they’ll be sorted. It was nice to see Gordon using Hall on the overlap a couple of times at least. Gordon was very positive in giving the ball to others in general yesterday.

It was the reaction of the players that changed the refs mind. He was fairly weak overall on things like that.

It’s a very fine line though. I don’t think anyone would bat an eyelid if Harry Kane did that and got a pen for it.

Give it a couple of weeks