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HE'S HERE FOREVER

Terrible half so far, this

Had that come off

Needed the replay to see our guy playing him on. Didn't see him.

Everything Colback touches turns to shit.

That was miles offside man, ridiculous

Colback is shocking. How come is he untouchable?

Uuuuuuyyyyyy

Great clearance imho.

Ameobi man, don't dribble in there.

You're having fun!

You gotta hit that one man, dwelt too much on the ball.

Carver may not be ideal, but just removing the Pardew malaise from this set of players is enough to provide decent football, imho.

Ooooh, nicely thought by Cabella there.

You're looking good to be frank.

Carver looks like a fat Sean Bean.

Uuuuuyyyyyyy!!! Gorgeous ball from Sissoko.

Lovely feet by Cabella.

Watching! My record is pretty good, I have yet to see NUFC lose at SJP on the telly.

Still get a sinking feeling upon reading that surname in a NUFC lineup, until a split second later I realize it's his brother.

Spoke to soon. He's not doing too great. People say he's too conservative, score one goal and then protect the lead. They paid for it yesterday. Anyway, he's improved results over his predecessor, just not massively. Still early days.

He never got much of a crack of the whip, which is strange since he cost a fair bit and he apparently was a Simeone signing. I guess something didn't go well behind the scenes.

Is there a joke in his new name? I don't get it.

Our media are rather insular, to be honest. People playing outside Spain barely get a look unless they were already big names when they left (Torres, for example). Michu was hard to ignore in his first season, though, and the rest of Spanish players there helped drive a mini "Spanish Swansea" craze. Same happened with Liverpool under Benítez - they were the most popular English team in Spain by some distance.