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Tell you what was class. He played a ball down the line to Willock just on the stroke of half time. Shanked it, went out for a Soton throw on halfway. A few people behind me started groaning loudly like he'd just missed a sitter or come round their house on Christmas Day and pissed on their kids. "URRRGH" People in front, to the side, behind and near them immediately went mental and said "fucking hell, if you can't enjoy this and you're moaning at that you may as well fuck off and not be here" Not a peep from them for the rest of the match and rightly so.

An absolute pleasure to be sat in the front row of the Milburn Paddock right by the corner flag where he celebrated the opener. Will live with me for ever that.

Agree. Murphy was crap again, definitely think Miggy had another 15-20 in the locker.

The red was probably a red but fuck me, that bald nonce Tierney was whistling Bruno for every single bloody tackle all night. His shite fussy refereeing definitely contributed to Bruno going in hot. That's obviously Bruno's fault and he needs to learn from it but the silly wanker with the whistle didn't help one iota.

Tbf that was one of the few times Pardew got it spot on tactically. Bigirimana on the right was minging but it did the job first half, if we'd conceded it was game owa. Seem to remember Cisse had one narrowly chalked off for offside before the break too. 1-0 up with 20 to go, man, if that HBA shot had gone in...

I'm only in my early thirties and no doubt the old timers on here will have more experience of it than me, but that kick in the teeth, punch in the stomach, wrecking ball in the nads that NUFC can provide by snatching defeat from the jaws of almost certain victory is downright incredible. Frankly I'd be worried if we were 5-0 up from the first leg and playing Southampton Women's U18s. Yes, new era, new owners, Eddie, all that... but as I think Glenn Roeder said during his stint as manager, failure is almost stitched into our badge.

Remember this

Remember last summer when he was confidently boasting about his year contract extension after he made three more starts oops. About as wayward as one of his 25-yard free kicks.

One more of the Championship has-been hanger-onners away then. Reunited with his "favourite teammate of all time" Jack Colback. Lovely. In seriousness, his time here consists of some moments of genuine quality interspersed with season after season of fitness issues, untimely red cards, 1 canny performance out of every 12 or so games and direct free kicks wafted into the stands. As with Ritchie, Gayle, Clark, Hayden, Darlow etc if he'd been moved on within 12-18 months of our promotion he'd probably be really fondly remembered. As it is, almost six years after our promotion I can't wait to see the back of the po-faced misery. But of course that's mainly Ashley's fault rather than Jonjo's. Good luck to him.

Definite dig in the video voiceover about "togetherness" like, bet he's buzzing to be away from that absolute roadkill splatter of a club he came from.

I reckon we'll be hoping Chelsea get Enzo & go in for Gallagher on loan.

Despite not being true in the slightest, him doing something that any coach worth their salt could do makes him "invaluable". Turn down that £50m bid from China for Matt Ritchie, he's invaluable.

Accounts & eczema

It's the baiting, attacking and winding up of the fans who are his target audience that separate Edwards from the rest. You expect it from suvvernahs on Talksport like Cundy and Simon Jordan but someone actually reporting on Newcastle United for a living and actively goading the fans like he does... he deserves all the shit he gets and more, the weird bald prick. There's a difference in tone between the stick you see the likes of Lee Ryder or Caulkin get when they get something wrong or say something daft versus Edwards because it's accepted that the former two can be thick and naive respectively but without meaning to upset anyone. Edwards actually thrives on winding Newcastle supporters up.

Surely this gets done if his contract is up in the summer, they'll want a fee for him. Probably just trying the ole brinksmanship tactics to squeeze a few extra hundred thou out of us.

Well there's a couple barber shops in there so here's hoping.

Dylan Stephenson off the mark for Hamilton on his debut

Mags knowingly selecting a drunk driver is despicable, but one of The Lads™ being up to his elbow inside a minor with the smell of special fried rice wafting through his Range Rover window and subsequently starting out wide every Saturday isn't a problem. Mackematics.

Worst barnet since Daniel Cordone.

Wayne Hennessey has been shit his entire career. I can remember him stinking up the PL circa 2010 with a stupid blonde poodle on his heed, absolutely mental he's still knocking about at the top level.

Good signing at that level. Hope he does well.

Feels like time is starting to run out a bit. I'm not saying we "have to" do anything in a given window but to leave it weaker than we started by losing Wood would be absolutely criminal given the position we're in tbh.

I think he's proven that he can he an important part of the squad over the next few years for sure but his lack of quality in passing and shooting is starting to stick out. When we do replace him we need to try and find someone who does all of his running and pressing to such good effect but with the quality to go with and that's easier said than done IMO.

Absolutely magic. Murdered his man for the goal, absolute "see ya later" moment.