TBG

Has it been confirmed his wife is pregnant or was that celebration in fact aimed at those fans balling their eyes out like babies over his supposed release clause?

Can't park there mate

*scouser.

Like watching your dog getting old seeing his hair turning grey.

0-5

First time here?

Disappointing to see Pope not get one.

Title could come down to goal difference

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Gordon, close.

Batman scores that if he travelled with the squad.

Do I celebrate or complain he's playing

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Batman and Hall apparently not with the squad.

For those wanting to watch it, can we have a sweepstake on what minute Simon will say "I've always said Newcastle are a big club, a big club in Newcastle".

Maybe it was just Howe picking up the lingo and meant ney.

The xG means absolutely nothing if they don't score though. If we had absolutely battered Milan but didn't score, no ones take away would've been "Disappointing to come away with a draw. Happy to take that xG into the next game though. Phowoaahhhhh"

Given they weren't players we had genuine interest in, none.

Not at all. I agree that, Villa aside, we've been pretty poor as a whole and certainly nowhere near last season, but some of the hyperbole following those games has been nothing but a joke. Folk were happy to shout from the roof how difficult of a start we had/have. How difficult of a Champs League group we have. Folk will spend the entire week building up the opposition and how difficult of game it will be, only to complain when what they've built up to happen, happens. There seems to be no in-between for some people when it comes to the team and players. A win and we're winning the league and Murphy is lifting the Ballon d'Or Get beat and we're shit and Murphy should be the first out the door.

Think what makes it frustrating is we've just went through 14 years of "Support the team. Not the regime". I'm not saying fans weren't just as frustrated, but the likes of SackPardew/AshleyOut gave fans a focal point to air their grievances towards poor ownership and (with some exclusions) poor management, yet plenty were happy to sit on their hands and continue to accept mediocrity if it meant a piss up on a Saturday under the guise of "Support the team...." Supporting them is a different matter, but we now have a ownership that matches the ambition of the fans, and a manager who given the time has what it takes to get there, yet for some fans 14 years of rubbish was acceptable but not performing in 5 tough games isn't.