Pilko

Tell you what like, if he contrives to fuck this one up I'll fork out for the hitman meself.

Absolutely amazing goal. P.S. the ball in from Jonas that lead to that was first-rate, let's not ignore that

he's class

He's an absolute monster. I like how he finds space between defence and midfield, keeps popping up in those little pockets. Great pass to Cisse too obvs.

Class goal.

fucking hell, our corners ffs

Jesus fucking Christ, would have been typical if that flew in.

YES! Class assist from Sissoko.

Nearly, Santon!

Cisse please learn offsides thx

That corner man fucking hell

Sissoko is so good at finding space in those little pockets between defence and midfield.

HTL

Anyone else listening to Mick Lowes interviewing James Perch inside a cave?

Cisse, Aguero, Fletcher, Walters to score acca

Bigirimana for Sissoko on 58 minutes go 1-0 down after 68 minutes .. .. ..... Shola Ameobi for Cisse on 81 minutes Williamson for Taylor on 90+2 minutes

hate to say it, but let's see how the game pans out. He's dropped Shola and Williamson and those were the two most glaring weak links in the team. Not that I agree with Perch over Anita or Gutierrez in the team, like, but it's a microstep forwards.

Krul; Debuchy, S.Taylor, Coloccini ©, Santon; Perch, Cabaye; Gouffran, Sissoko, Gutierrez; Cisse. Harper, Yanga-Mbiwa, Williamson, Bigirimana, Anita, Sammy Ameobi, Shola Ameobi.

Krul; Debuchy, Coloccini, Taylor, Santon is the back five... then my fucking BBC Newcastle feed stopped

I'm pretty confident that if Shola and Williamson don't start the game, we'll win. I'd like to see Jonas dropped but of the three, he's the least shit and we can probably just about carry him.

Sissoko is 25/1 FGS with Betfred. Ludicrously good. Quite like NUFC -1 and Watford -1 too.

Why do people think Anita won't play? Did he pick up a knock or summat that I've not heard about?

Betfred doing 25/1 for FGS tonight... gotta be worth a punt!

gerrin

I do understand in some respects that because of the influx of new signings (and Colo staying) that several might have gotten a bit carried away into thinking we're nailed on to win tonight, and those who are of a more pessimistic nature have been falling over themselves to remind them that we could still lose. I'm fairly confident, but still have that thought in the back of my mind that we could lose. FWIW there's no point in being really, really negative unless at quarter to seven we see the lineup and it's Cisse on the right with Shola up top.