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They were piss poor but Barnes is quicker than many give him credit for. Probably because he is famous for being a one-two merchant rather than taking players on.

Shearer on the tangfastics

Whilst his presentation was a bit unpolished, Bellamy was an interesting pundit as he actually says what he thinks. I enjoyed hearing some of his insights and him talking about his playing career. I do think he was using the opportunity to push his credentials as a manager but who can blame him. However, I am unsure how genuine his new found fondness for Newcastle is. If you have read his autobiography he frequently talks disparagingly about Newcastle and a quick YouTube search will find you some videos of him during the Ashley era ridiculously claiming that Newcastle fans think they are a bigger club than Liverpool. A shame really, as he was an outstanding player for us, in terms of both technical ability, pace and workrate .

Flashbacks of the halcyon days of Shelvey versus Sheffield Wednesday

Thought the ref got all the pen calls for both teams correct. The Bruno one was somewhat annoying as the clash of heads makes no impact on what follows but it was a foul.

Brentford are a functional team with decent individuals but their manager is a bellend and their free kicks into the box and long throw-ins make for a grim watch.

Demonstrating FMV for an asset like a women's football team, where the market is relatively small but growing rapidly, is very tricky. There is no right answer. It is also easily manipulated. Chelsea accountants can play around with the future growth assumption and terminal value and it will magnify the valuation significantly. PL have got themselves into this mess by turning football into a bookkeeping game. Bookkeeping involves judgement which can be manipulated. There will always be loopholes and as soon as one is closed another will open. Chelsea are just playing the game that the EPL created.

After he scores last night, the NI commentator on the BBC immediately talks about Isak perfectly demonstrating why the likes of Liverpool are linked to him.

Not sure if them losing was good or bad in terms of our chances on Sunday but I enjoyed it either way

PSG look both fitter and better technically on the ball. Unfortunately means nothing in the context of Sunday's game

PSG look both fitter and better technically on the ball. Unfortunately means nothing in the context of Sunday's game

Interviewer was trying to point out an inconsistency between Kilman decision and Bowen's desperate penalty claim when she actually proved they were entirely consistent - i.e VAR does not get involved in things like this anymore

One of our best players being suspended for a cup final to Liverpool's advantage because he got a red card in an entirely different competition that we lost anyway, and which Liverpool were already knocked out of, feels very Newcastle.

I'd expect this to be precautionary factoring in the slim likelihood of getting a result anyway and the fact the final is around the corner. Still absolutely grim that we effectively write a fixture off when we are in the middle of a champions league battle.

Fair enough, I'll bow to your judgement having seen him far more than I have.

He has just turned 22 and looks reasonably good with his back to goal and hold up play. I'd say there is definitely a player in there.

Game management (by the players not Howe) was as bad as I have seen by a Newcastle team for many years. Nobody took control. Nobody played the dark arts. We were rushing all our passes despite have either a three of two goal cushion for most of the half. One of those wins which is a decent result but leaves me with less faith in the team.

Fair enough! I said I had no evidence. Perhaps I am just more nervous for earlier kick offs due to lack of beer

Crap time. Without any evidence whatsoever, I feel like our record in earlier kick offs is much worse than under the lights

Does anyone have an idea on whether the non transferable ticket policy for the final is enforced?

It is ridiculous because amortisation is an accounting concept designed to spread capital expenditure over the useful life of an asset and NOT intended to be shoehorned within a calculation to determine sustainability. Sustainability is determined by the balance sheet and projected cashflow of an organisation and has nothing to do with accounting policies such as amortisation. Amortisation is typically stripped out when assessing sustainability because it can be manipulated by accounting policies. Hence the use of EBITDA as a metric (Earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation) .

Absolutely. That Man United team was entirely beatable as we proved a few weeks later by dominating them. Just a shame the final coincided with our dip, Bruno out of team in build up, and the goalkeeping fiasco

Great goalkeeping - Nunez was heading towards the corner flag