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Guthrie unlucky.

Bassssooong excellent defensive header!

Haaha going to struggle to see the other side of the pitch soon.

A cross from Downing which evaded the Newcastle defenders, but Alves rose onto the ball from about 8 yards and headed over. Awful mistake by Danny Collins for the Elmander goal.

Butt special, possibly N'Zogbia.

You could say we are shading it, but the final execution is terrible.

Hardly an atmosphere at the game.

Damn, crossbar!

Great ball by Guthrie and unlucky from Martins, caught by the Boro trailing leg. Bassong nulifying Alves.

Not much of a spectacle, but the defence is coping well. Bassong most impressive player so far.

Boro trying to utilise the direct ball and Tuncay is winning most headers against Coloccini but Bassong is covering well. Martins is a threat, we just need to release the ball quicker rather than dwell on it. Enrique has not performed at all, many stray passes already.

Oo thought Martins was in there.

Pogatetz good or bad tackler? Seems like whenever he does go in he really goes for it! Possebon, Moscow tackle causing ban and one on Owen there.

Bassong looks like he is following on from his Chelsea performance.

N'Zog driving around town in his Chrysler.

We are doing good mainly because our 2 strikers (Sammy & Nile) are bigger than anyone else they play against. No CB's at U18 level can cope with these 2. So really its more luck than talent? No, the pair of them are decent/good youngsters but when you watch any 11 a side game & your strikers are a lot bigger than the CB's you going to do okay. Do you rate younger Ameobi? I watched the Academy guy's assessment and he said he's really good but a bit inconsistent. He is good at U18 level but he can drift out of games. I thought he did well playing out of position at LW today. Is LW not his position? I've only ever saw him play there.

Ballack > Cole.

I thoguht it was serious for Owen there after that tackle.

Butt man! Chelsea should have done better.

Great block Colo.

Cole clip himself after minimal contact?

I take it Kadar didn't play as he is in the squad for the first team game?

Embarassing defending from Arsenal btw for City's goal.

Bassong playing like our £9m signing.

Bassong did well again there. Poor touch from Martins before.