Wallsendmag

We've done well. Switched off for the corner and got punished. Other than that I'd say we've been the better team.

Playing quite well tbf. I mean we aren't going to do anything drastic like win the game, or even get a draw, but we're doing better than recently.

Shame that. I thought we'd started well.

He only has one way of playing. Regardless of how bad we've been he hasn't got a clue how to go about trying to do something different to maybe give us some sort of spark. Tbh we're losing this anyway. We haven't got it in us to do what Bournemouth did to them the other week, but I'd rather it was just by 1 or 2 rather than 4 or 5.

South Shields losing. Play offs for them then.

Fylde equalise.

Can't see York losing today. They've looked far better than Rochdale during the run in and look like the team who can handle the pressure the best.

What's the prize money per league position these days? Used to be a couple of million quid per place I'm sure so more than that now I'd expect.

Agree. Everyone could see how the following season was going to pan out under SBR and we should have parted ways in the summer, but probably out of loyalty (and Shepherd not wanting to be the one who "shot Bambi") we didn’t. Ended up scratching around in the September for a new manager and ended up with Souness cos supposedly he was the one to get the brat pack under control.

Smart money would be on Forest beating us so it's not beyond the realms of probability I'd say.

And an ex mag down the other end keeping a clean sheet!

They're all stood outside looking at the new sign.

Nah. Still remember us against Arsenal.

Not getting too excited. I remember them being 2-0 down at home to a better Bournemouth team than these after about 10 mins only for them to come back and win 3-2.

Ginola would rather have had a tab than do 5 laps of the pitch.

A win tonight puts them 7 points ahead of us and pretty much guaranteed to finish above us. Didn't think I'd be typing that this time last year I'll be honest

There's been some great players over the years who were notoriously bad trainers but their managers overlooked that because when it really mattered, out on the pitch, they would deliver. It is an easy line for Howe to trot out but on the flip side if what he is alluding to isn't the case, if I'm Wissa I'm probably speaking out at this stage to say I'm training as hard as I can. Not like he can get punished with less game time is it.

Why is Alonso unattainable? He's fairly inexperienced, he's out of work, and his last job didn't go plan. Fabregas is an inexperienced coach and at a small club in Italy. He's still cutting his teeth is the coaching world. How is he unattainable? We are one of the biggest clubs in the biggest league in the world. A League that attracted Ancelotti go to Everton and he's a far bigger managerial name than both of them. You could also argue that Emery is as well, as a manager, and he went to Villa. We aren't the NUFC of the Mike Ashley era. We're one of the biggest spenders in the league now. Our title of balance sheet champions is well and truely lost. If and when Howe leaves we won't end up with a Joe Kinnear, Alan Pardew or Steve Bruce type appointment I'm pretty certain of that. Aside from all that, what makes you think they both be the wrong choice and if Howe did leave who would you like to see come in?

Thanks for pointing it out though. I've been on and edited it. Couldn't leave it like that

He'll be best known this season for congratulating the opposition after they've beaten us.

Must have been an auto correct cos never in my life have I called them that! I'm disgusted

Any team can take points off any team at any time. We've beaten Man City, Spurs have beaten Man City. Bournemouth have just beaten Arsenal. Wolves drew with Arsenal. West Ham drew with Man Utd home and away etc etc. However if you said to Arsenal or Man City you can choose your next opponent between Newcastle and Bournemouth I reckon they'd both rather play us.

Football Focus coming to an end at the end the season after 52 years.

Any team can compete with any other on any given day though at this level of sport. Wolves gave the ln top of the league Arsenal a 2 goal lead not so long ago and ended up drawing 2-2. That doesn't mean that they're too good to be bottom though. Just my opinion but after 33 games we are exactly where we deserve to be based on performance. I can't make a case for saying we should be higher than we are because...... Yes we gave Barcelona a game up here and in the 1st half there before arguably the biggest collapse I've ever seen from a Newcastle team. QPR in 1985 is us there but we still drew that game. Barcelona went straight out in the next round. PSG away we were fantastic. Totally agree. Fully deserved a draw. For whatever reason we seem to have their number. Sadly those types of performance have been far too rare though. You've said yourself fuck knows what needs fixed. I'm the same. I wish it was easy to click our fingers and go back to the Intensity is our identity way of playing but we're absolutely miles of that this season. Thankfully It's not down to you or I to find a solution though. It's down to Eddie Howe. At the moment he looks completely out of ideas himself though.

Think Halifax were the team that Gateshead ended that ridiculous 17 game losing streak against back in February to start off that incredible revival.