Tsunami

Who was the last Newcastle player to score for England before tonight?

Wtf is the ref on, was that Walker now?

It didn’t. Loads of shirts back then didn’t even have the club badge on. Here’s Georgie.

There’s some Forest (and a load of Mackems) fans reckoning Forest got a bit of a rub deal today….. If that’d been Carroll or Mitro and not Yates he’d be serving a 3 game ban. You can’t look at your target, elbow it and get away with it. There was no protecting element; it was a pre meditated elbow to the face. Oh, and Willock’s was a clear penalty.

He needs to become Longstaff in his work rate and tenacity. The undeniable truth is that we’re more balanced with Longstaff and it’s all about that little extra “effort”. It’s difficult to put a finger on it but it’s just there. Call it a water carrier, dirty work or whatever, but it’s crucial. Bruno hasn’t got the game for it, neither does Jo, Tonali has and if he does we will be so much better. On a separate but related note; a fit, confident, Willock makes such a difference. He’s the one player who can glide past a player from midfield at pace and make a run into space. Reminds me a little of Dyer, not as dynamic with his running but certainly offers something different.

Could’ve been a red that

Hoddle knows his stuff….

Hoddle on glue. Player forgot he was on a yellow apparently, also thinks there’s another goal in this for Spuds. It could be 7/8 already.

Hilarious

One thing that’s noticeable is his improved stamina. He was blowing out his arse after 60 mins last season. Don’t know if it’s just match fitness through regular game time, which is huge, but, he looked like a 90 minute player today. He made an absolutely crucial interception around 85 mins in the middle of goals which last season he wouldn’t have even attempted to close down. He said he doesn’t seem himself as a FB, he can be and he needs to embrace it. He’s a young lad he has loads of time to develop his position.

MOTM for me today. Did all of the dirty work superbly.

His pre match drill always has him catching crosses and also involves a coach blocking him. Opposition sides seem to have decided it is a weakness, especially with corners.

We looked a better shape when Longstaff came on and Longstaff did harder yards than Tonali and it showed. Howe needs to find a way to make a midfield with Tonali in it to work. We can’t be having a situation where we are missing Longstaff simply because of work rate and ball recovery. That’s where we are at the moment.

Trying to take a step away, we’ve over achieved so far and FFP has us tied up in knots. Our squad isn’t deep enough and we have players in our best 11 who really shouldn’t be there. It’s hard to accept but there we are.

Never a pen