Pilko

Absolutely shambolic start. Fucking crap.

10 mins in and it's plain to see we've got another dickhead intent on giving everything to the opposition today.

Shelvey gets the ball there, fucking bullshit from a cunt ref yet again.

Can just about abide Lascelles being in although I'd have played Fernandez with him instead of Schar. Lewis > Ritchie he's got right and otherwise I quite like the lineup. Please can we have no individual errors and win ffs

One that's happened loads watching us in the past few weeks. Ref waves away what looks like a foul on us, only to give a foul against us for an identical challenge five seconds later.

If he retains Lewis and Manquillo in the full back positions I think we'll win. Any daft shite like bringing Ritchie back in or choosing any of the Championship chod gang like Gayle is the only thing that stops us winning today IMO.

That's a great finish by Bowen

Mount's like the Reverse Pickford. Unreal for his club, absolutely chod for his country. Like two different players.

3-1 win I reckon. Maxi back on the boil and causing havoc.

Newcastle Boro & btts Blackburn 26/1 Will likely do Lascelles & Westwood cards on our game later but waiting for team news

Glad I got down to the Gateshead game nice and early

I wouldn't put either of them back in but I can see the reasoning behind Lascelles going back in - he's captain, he brings physicality and we'll need that v a team like Burnley. Ritchie back in ahead of Lewis would be a ridiculously poor decision. I don't think Howe will do that given how well Lewis played the other night, I think Ritchie might be introduced from the bench.

9 pens conceded by Sonko.... in 62 premier league appearances roughly a pen every 7 games. What a player

"The ball was wet" quite clearly Dubravka would be a world beater in the Saharan Premier League.

He just said "dust ourselves down" for Burnley piss taker

Thought he was very good, needs to stay in for the weekend.

He's picking Clark. When Fernandez is available. What other context is needed? It's so so stupid.

Thoroughly unimpressive so far. Matchday selections have been absolutely baffling and he's pissing away points just as quickly as the two divvies running the show before him. Fail to beat Burnley and he may as well save his kids the bother of moving schools, it'll be done and dusted.

Magnificent again today.

We must be the only club in living memory never to experience "new manager bounce". Think the last time was Robson in 1999

Crap on the first one. Good to see he's not lost that knack of throwing one in every three games.

Who'd take 0-0 now if offered it?

9.5 If we can somehow eke out a 0-0 here and then beat Burnley I think we're just about still alive. Feels mega unlikely though.

Yes, he's inherited a poor squad in rotten shape who've been sat on their arses four days a week; two years of Bruce damage and fourteen years of Ashley's shit to repair. The glossy videos of innovative training sessions, in every day, coherent press conferences, forward thinking attacking style, a proper coach... And yet none of it means shit so far, because on a match day he couldn't pick his own nose. Darlow over Dubravka, Krafth and Ritchie away at Arsenal and now Clark over Fernandez. Wonder whether he'll sit ASM down for Gayle next week? I've a horrible feeling he's listening to Jones, these are the sort of shit picks he was making a few weeks ago. Time for him to start earning his money and stop with these mental decisions which are directly costing us.