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The dross like Brighton?...That dross that is already 2 wins ahead of us Doesn't mean they're not dross. We've had the hardest run of fixtures in the league.

Aye, after Kenedy.

Need a Bristol equaliser me like.

Aye, I was gobsmacked by the 11 corners in the first half like Looks like you could struggle on the goals front mind.

Has there been a throw in, in the first 5 mins of the Chelsea game?

brutal

Aye - I'm at 7/10 like. Have faith in Rafa to maybe pull something out the bag but I think this negativity will grow as the season progresses and inevitably we fail to spend in January.

What is this symbol and what does it mean? Doesn't equal. Because two things are happening at the same time, doesn't mean that one is causing the other, basically. Fairly logical in hindsight just never seen it used before that's all. Every day's a school day.

Tin hat here - but I don't think Shay Given was that great as an all round keeper. World Class shot-stopper like. Dubravka commands his box better and uses his feet better.

What is this symbol and what does it mean?

Probably. Was the Walker Tech coming out in you.

Cheers HTT - Chris was excellent in goal like and probably our man of the match. I lose track of who's who on here - but is it Dr Spaceman who was on my team? Tall and left footed? Whoever it is, is a good footballer Everyone played well and it was played in the right spirits as always. Someone must have stood on my toe like cause that's black and blue and my legs are geet stiff today. Still lying on my bed with no intention of moving haha.

Cheers Aye, like if they scored their two and got the pen they could have had 3. Equally, we should have had a pen (thus making it 3-3) but we missed 2 or 3 good chances too. Second half was pretty much all out Man United...

I like a daft bet, but you may as well have given money to charity on that one.

I just put £0.50 on no throw in's in the first 5 minutes in Southamptons game. 10/1. Thought that was alreet. Especially if Chelsea get kick off. £1.00 on the below accumulator: Bristol / Sheffield draw Rangers / Hearts draw AC Milan Chelsea Celtic Liverpool Barca PSG 340/1 £0.50 on Under 2.5 Goals and Under 10 Corners and 4-6 Cards in Southampton v Chelsea Over 2.5 Goals and Under 10 Corners and 4-6 Cards @ 5/1in Liverpool v Man City Returns £27.00

Fantastic keeper and an absolute bargain. Really like the chap.

Hope you get seen to and sorted mate.

Have to be 100% behind him like. From a constructive viewpoint alone, who else would improve our situation?

I've always thought Atsu was fairly terrible mind. He makes the wrong decisions like all the time, and very rarely shows anything other than pace. I agree with the rest though

Aye - I don't like criticising those doing their best tbf. Which I feel our squad does. Just so frustrating.

At least Manquillo has some sort of brain.

He is by far and a way Newcastle's worst player in the first team squad.

We played with plenty heart and desire as is the bare minimum under Benitez. We went out with a clear game plan to pressure them intensely and snatch an early lead of which we executed perfectly. Unfortunately, I cannot agree that we defended well or in an organised fashion after the first 20 minutes. It was more a case of all hands on pumps than actually preventing them scoring through good discipline. Mourinho brought on Mata and they stretched the play wide. As so often is the case for Newcastle at the moment we were cut open by another good quality side through the use of good wing play. Defensively Yedlin is not good enough and never has been. Manquillo isn't good enough full stop. The ball was put in the box countless times and actually at half time we should have probably been about 5-2 up and at that stage the game would have probably been dead, but nonetheless Mourinho is a top drawer manager and would have no-doubt identified weaknesses from the 1st half display. Had we have got that blatant penalty I think the game would have been put to bed at 3-0. Obviously they probably should have had one too but I think at 3-0 their fans wouldn't have seen any hope, nor would their team. Nevertheless, it was predictable that they'd come out a totally different side and after we escaped the 1st 15mins of the second half without conceding I thought it was going to be our day. Their fans turned the screw (fair play) and so did the team in turn. They brought on players worth probably in the region of 100m and we brought on players worth around 20m. Not only this, Sanchez, Fellaini and Mata play for the leading countries in the game and our 3, well...they barely get in any of their respective squads or even near them. Diame made a silly foul that he should have made further up the pitch and that tackle arguably cost us the game. Yes it was a bit of individual brilliance from Mata but given the fragile nature of the club at present it was enough to destroy our confidence and send us into complete disarray. I think that's the point NEEJ is probably trying to make. Football may be a simple game but the nature of human beings isn't. Our confidence was noticeably shattered especially after Kenedy went off too. Ultimately, another frustrating loss. We deserved to beat Spurs, should have got a draw vs Chelsea and should have got a least a point here. 5 points and we'd be out of the relegation zone. That combined with converting the penalty vs Cardiff and we'd be mid-table. Which brings me to my final point - we've played something like 6 of last seasons top 8. Cardiff and Leicester have been the only two games that I've truly been worried about the results and probably more so the way we have played. We made a profit in the summer and we stood still whilst everyone else progressed. The issue here, as has always been the case is Mike Ashley. Benitez isn't faultless, nor are the players, but the difference is that these people (and the fans) are all trying their best to over achieve and show ambition, for that their faults can be accepted. Mike Ashley's ignorance, arrogance and negligence cannot.

Good game chaps and some good performances. Was great to see some familiar faces and some new ones too! Always knew the Reds would win...