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Radio Newcastle Highlights: https://www.newcastleunited.com/en/video/687776

Its only 4 games, and performances need to improve, but so far: 3 points ahead of Chelsea 4 points ahead of Man United 6 points ahead of Tottenham And we're 3 points better off than the same fixtures last season. Not too bad, despite the performances being not so great.

The comms clarified, apparently only the manager is allowed to do it, not support staff

Can't believe picking up a ball to pass to your player is considered a yellow now

This please:

The most amount of yellow cards in a single Premier League matchday this weekend with 69.

I actually think the game changed when Trippier came on, we looked so much more assured in possession, kept it well, and just looked way more comfortable in general play. I love Tino and he offers different qualities and hasn't been bad at all, but at the moment Trippier needs to start ahead of him for me.

Can we have the BBC Radio Newcastle commentary for the Barnes goal, like right now?

The Director of Football should be at every men's, women's and under 21's game like. Ashworth always was.

That was a bit of a smash and grab, maybe given how rancid our away form has been, and game like that was the only way we where going to break it. Performances need to improve, but i'm certain that will come given the absolute character we've shown this season. That Barnes goal man, fucking incredible, he really can hit them can't he

As good as Arsenal have been since they went ahead, Spurs have basically given up since that same point, and have had no zip to their play at all.

At what point do Spurs fans start to turn on Ange? From what i've seen over the last year whenever Spurs lose, their fans tend to say they play really good football and they're dominating games, so "Trust the process" and it'll come, but this will be the second game in a row against teams they're competing with, that basic tactics of siting deep and being compact, and hitting them on the counter has been successful, all the while they have a lot of the ball but just pass from side to side like a Brendan Rogers side of 2015. Its got to start getting really annoying soon.

This game and last, Maddison has been non-existent to shite, which marries up to what Leicester fans said about him before he moved. Glad we swerved him.

Spurs love getting to the edge of the box, and than doing nothing with it.

Ange "I don't need a set piece coach" Postecoglou, coming in clutch there.

That may be the strongest bench we've had in the league for nigh on 20 years

The problem is, I don't think you're ever going to have any real consistency when its humans making the decision, especially when its such a subjective and high speed sport, its always going to be tough to have the exact same opinion from game to game.

I think the ref is having a good game to be honest.

Burn has played really well this season

Why is Neville acting like the ref has a "big 5 minutes". When he's actually ref'd pretty well and calmly all things considered

Where Spurs claiming for a red for that? It was a slightly heavy challenge, but howay

Been a fun game this, feels like there is a bit of bite to it. It's going to be the sort of game where both side complain about the ref being bias towards to other team, just due to the number of fouls

Really poor from Solanke that.