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Yeah, I was right behind it, looked an impossible angle so knew it must’ve come off Burn to go in the near post. He was hitting it across.

Mugged Mac Allister off several times, always good to see.

Significant deflection on Jones goal as well.

I thought both sets of fans did well. The bar is obviously different when you're comparing away and home fans. Away fans are self-selecting for the hardcore, especially on a weeknight in Newcastle, they're bound to be consistently louder than the home crowd.

You can't think like that about fixtures IMO, they're all individual. People who worry about "well we didn't beat Palace, so now we have to beat Liverpool" are tying themselves in knots for no reason. It's not how football games work.

Who would he be pressured by?

Ah yeah, it's a pen. I thought they could have had one as well, at the Leazes when somebody stepped on the back of Diaz's leg (I think). I was worried about VAR for that.

SJP sounds completely different depending on where you're sitting. I thought the Liverpool fans were probably the loudest away crowd this season, but I was sitting in the Leazes.

FWIW I thought he had a mixed game but his ceiling is so high and his desire is so strong that you just have to persevere with him. You won't get better materials to work with, we just have to make sure he's working on things and not getting distracted.

But he also did brilliantly to get a quick shot away which would have surprised the keeper. True it wasn't in the corner.

I don't think Willock is tidy enough TBH. Neither is Joelinton really but at least he has the physical domination. Maybe it'll depend on the game.

The Liverpool fans were very loud TBF, but we gave a decent account as well.

Barnes is a forward, Murphy is a box to box worker. You can see why he gets picked even though it's extremely unfortunate we're in the position where it's happening.

He reminds me a lot of Obertan, although Obertan obviously never gave half as much for the cause.

I got accused of being a Liverpool fan by a guy who was absolutely off his tits. I think middle of the Leazes is the most irritating area of the ground, worse than the East Stand even. All the whinging but none of the silence Overall atmosphere was class though.

I think our eventual midfield will hopefully include Tonali, Bruno and a new signing. In games we want to dominate anyway. We don't really have the third piece to make it world class. For now I would either bring Miley in or go Joelinton if we sign a RW in January.

He covers ground very well and has the instinct for where the ball is going to go. Top player.

No and probably not.

Not entirely true, if it was then good teams wouldn’t smash poorer teams so much. Has an element of truth of course.

Thought the ref was generally very good but I don’t think I’ve ever seen a PL game stopped like that.

Have you been in a coma and think it’s still the Ashley era? I have good news.

I wouldn’t describe people being gay as something they do mind, it’s something they are. Unless we’re saying it’s OK to be gay as long as you don’t do anything sexual, which is patently just as bad a conclusion.

The whole ‘sin not sinner’ argument stretches logic to the limit like. How can you really value someone equally if you think something they do naturally and as a key part of their being is fundamentally wrong?

Yeah, absolutely fair, I just don’t think that’s usually the argument against the signing. All fair points though.

I guess the justification was listening to the fans who wanted it, but it’s clearly unfair. Not that absolute fairness is the only criteria I guess. You might want to allow some advantage to the people who are prepared to put effort into the general sale.