ChrisMcQuillan

Normally a sign of being tactically outdone, that.

Holy shit, he gave us a free kick. Oh, then makes us retake it.

This ref... Can't believe what I'm watching, in all honesty.

This referee needs sacked.

Ref gave the exact same thing against him.

Watkins turning in the kind of performance we normally only see from giants like Welbeck and Nunez.

Not a foul.

Love that little players tactical meeting instead of celebrating.

"Newcastle will be an elite Adidas club with unique items." Walk out at Aston Villa with identical tracksuits.

Hadn't heard that, if he has.

They’ll get annihilated in the Champions League if they manage to win the final.

I’ve never, ever heard comms as bad as this.

They’ve just spunked all over the comms box.

Was a pleasure to watch him in person last night after finally winning a ballot. There was a point where the ball was in the Gallowgate/Leazes corner, and we'd just lost possession fairly early on. Tonali turned to check who was near him, saw a Palace player who would likely receive the ball next, then looked over his other shoulder to identify where the pass after that would go before their first player had even received the ball. He started positioning himself to intercept the follow-up pass. The Palace player passed as expected, and then made the follow-up pass. Tonali intercepted with ease. His reading of the game is sensational. In a split second he'd worked out the next two Palace passes and positioned himself to get the ball back before the first pass had even been played. Incredible player.

I do have a suspicion Tonali isn't on set pieces for his ability to break up counter attacks. Trippier doesn't have the pace (nor do most of the team who you wouldn't want to already be in the opponent's box).

Schar grabbed his hamstring fuck sake.

You can really tell Barnes is enjoying his football atm. For some reason I wrote "toffee" instead of football initially, but gladly caught it before posting.

Isak was obviously annoyed that Bruno didn't pass, even after he scored. Not sure I like that too much. But cracking result, this.

Smashing goal, that.

Need to video call Eddie in at HT. Edit: Late to that joke, whoops.

GFTI

6-0

That was a beautiful, beautiful free kick.

That moment where Howe sprints and demonstrates the move. I remember the penny dropping for me at that moment that this takeover was real, and we were about to repair and rebuild. It's the little things you remember, sometimes.