Newcastle Fan

The Qatar world cup was fantastic to be fair, superbly well organized and full of action and one of the greatest world cup finals of all time.

Managed to get 106 this week! every single player did well except..Trippier

I think at the end a draw was a fair result, it was a very tough game and they are in great form but losing Neto will affect them big time going forward.

Do we even have a team to put out for this game?

Hasn't been his at his best today but that's understandable considering the effort he put on Wednesday, age is on his side though and he should recover well for the next game.

Superb today as he has been of late but he needs to be careful about trying to win too many fouls as the one that didn't go his way towards the end could've cost us, same goes for Longstaff.

Well he got through the day and delivered perfectly, interesting to see if he will play any role on Wednesday or be kept fresh for Arsenal.

Like the rest he needs a rest, we have two options that can play in his position so that shouldn't be a problem but today i would've liked to see one of them come on as towards the end he was on his last legs.

Much better today, hopefully he'll be up to speed now.

He seems to take more time than he should on the ball and doesn't strike me with the most confidence when he is on it, but like the others he's played way more than he thought he would in a short space of time so we need to cut him some slack.

I think that was his worst game for us? poor guy needs a rest!

I don't blame him for going with those who have consistently delivered but i would've liked to see someone like Hall come on today with everyone out there looking knackered.

Superb today, how did he only cost us 2M? he's a center back that can do it all.

He really needs to learn to catch the ball more often, i can understand punching in some situations but for their second goal today there was no need at all to punch and give the ball back to them.

The way he rushed back to recover the ball when they were attacking at some point tells you he's had a right telling off for Wednesday.

Thought it wasn't a penalty myself but we've been poor overall in this half, Tripps in particular is really off but somehow we are a goal up.

If he is still available for selection i'd start him, give someone else a much needed rest.

We might see him play for us in Saudi during our usual winter trip there.

Legally speaking does he get paid during those 10 months?

Why are we so quick to write him off at this level? he just played superb game against PSG and scored the goal that sealed the win.

Schlotterbeck was fantastic for them, i think we are still learning our way in this level and its very fine margins between getting points or losing points, they took their chances and we didn't and hopefully we'll be able to bounce back.

What a great outlet he was today, unlucky not to score.

4 first team squad players lost in a week

Wilson's body will just have to hold up until Isak is back, these groin injuries can be a nightmare, we will need to keep him out for a while in order for him to fully recover.

Looked knackered from the start tonight, his decision making was very poor too but hopefully he'll be able to take something from this game and improve.