JoeyBartoon

The club certainly needs to improve in terms of moving players on. Howe has proven himself excellent at getting the best out of players, so there’s really no excuse for not addressing this. Murphy, while he's been outstanding this season, should ideally be sold this summer while his value is high. Imagine all promoted clubs would be keen on him.

I feel for Howe, as he’s been put in a tough position by the transfer window restrictions. However, I still can’t quite understand why he was willing to spend such a large portion of the budget on just one player (70m on Guehi). Surely he was aware that several players need to leave this summer, and many of them aren’t likely to bring in much money. Is it fair to say that Howe might be too loyal to certain players in the squad? Perhaps he needs to adopt a more ruthless approach when it comes to squad recruitment.

He’d certainly cause more problems than Wilson who looks like he’s towing a caravan. The amount of space, and against tiring legs, would have likely suited Osula.

Probably Preston

Big Joe will offer more work rate than Gordon so I’m not entirely fussed.

Absolute school boy stuff from Tino for their winner. Letting the ball bounce and allowing them to have possession is just so poor.

Surely that’ll be big Joe wide left for the final. Hopefully Miley start with tonali and Bruno

People keep rightly highlighting how Isak is a big miss but personally I think the problems at the back are gonna be more problematic moving forward

Thought Hall was the only positive. I still don’t know how you go up against Liverpool, they just look like they can change styles or up gears at any time. They really just strolled the whole game. I don’t think we keep the ball well enough and we look like we could concede goals every time teams counter us. I kinda expected this tonight but tbh I’ll be gutted if I see something similar in the final.

Got to wonder what’s been said at half time! We are not good enough to keep the ball, some of the decision making from the back 4 at times was woeful, especially burn

Mentality shown 2nd half is horrendous

I run my own sports coaching business and have been coaching football sessions for children aged 4 to 8 for the past 15 years. Based on my experience,I’ve found that 3v3 and 4v4 formats are far more beneficial for development. These smaller-sided games allow every child to have more touches on the ball, better opportunities to find space, and more time to experiment with different skills. For instance, in 3v3 games, I’m able to create triangles that encourage effective positioning and support. On the other hand, I find 7v7 to be more challenging when it comes to player development, as the ball often becomes a magnet for the kids, limiting their involvement and slowing their growth.

Pitiful effort and a throwback to a performance usually seen from a Newcastle team who were just happy to stay up. Unacceptable really

Man-to-man marking throughout the team is never gonna to work well when they press like they’ve been playing 3 games a week

Would love to know how many touches Murphy and Gordon have made here