Robbo

Gouff and Cabaye coming on..

Marv hasn't done much this half

Santon has been excellent defensively

FFW ‏@FrenchFtWeekly 1m To catch NUFC fans up..Thauvin wants to leave LOSC as they are not in Europe, and chose Lille the first time as he didn't want to leave FRA

He is on the England coaching staff to be fair to him, not exactly going to call Ashley Cole a massive cheating bellend

He wasn't on the Man City video of the players going into the changing rooms. Must've camped out on the bus

http://espnfc.com/blog/_/name/thetoepoke/id/4429?cc=5739 Video: Robert Pires spotted in crowd at local Greek game, invited to play second half As things stand Robert Pires hasn't officially retired, but seeing as he made his last professional appearance for Aston Villa over two years ago now, it's fairly safe to assume that the 39-year-old former World Cup winner didn't spend his weekend in the Greek coastal town of Rafina on the hunt for a new club - though that's exactly what he got! At a loose end and with approximately 90 minutes to kill, Pires toddled along to watch local side Storm Rafina play a pre-season friendly against AO Mykonos, but fans quickly spotted the Arsenal legend in the terraces and the fuss was duly noticed by the Rafina players, who sidled over at half-time and politely asked the Frenchman if he'd be willing to turn out for their side in the second half to help overturn a 1-2 deficit. Pires agreed to pull on the Storm Rafina strip and unsurprisingly proved to be the difference after coming on after the break, both scoring a goal and setting up another as his new side came from behind to win the game 3-2...

That bench ffs

Wish more clubs did behind the scenes things like that. Fascinating stuff

12:15 in that video, Hatem and Pardew having quite a frank discussion coming down the tunnel at HT, you can hear Ben Arfa say "You can ask anyone yourself..."

Soul destroying stuff.

Good penalty box defender but totally out of his depth against any team with pace and movement Wouldn't even call him that, given his eagerness to handle the ball at all opportunities

Was at fault for goals 1, 3 and 4

Newcastle United FC ‏@NUFCOfficial 4s #NUFC (4-2-3-1): Krul; Debuchy, Taylor, Coloccini ©, Yanga-Mbiwa; Tiote, Gutierrez; Ben Arfa, Sissoko, Gouffran; Cisse #mcfc #bpl

Mark Douglas ‏@MsiDouglas 41s Strong murmurs that Cabaye won't be playing. Just waiting for confirmation of #nufc team...

@27StevenTaylor Stevie Taylor hates the Mackems! RT if you love the toon ignore if you have loving feelings for Lee Cattermole! Retweeted by Steven Taylor

Dunno how you can bring yourself to hate a) our best striker and b) such a lovely bloke

Adam Campbell ‏@adamcampbell_ 4m Nice to get my first assist for seniors

From the paintballing video on NUFCTV, Obertan providing commentary; "There's not much movement from the players' side..."

"Papiss, you're on the wing again..."

In Sainsbury's they've started stocking "Sports Direct Magazine", a bargain at only £1

Good God. It's a friendly FFS, what's the point? Wouldn't be an issue if he was actually good in the air. Can't remember him actually winning a header ffs

I'm still optimistic. It was only the other day the silly old cunt was suggesting it would take up to 8 days

NUFCTV interview: said the grass was too long Jonas "back to his best"

Glassing himself? Jesus