Sho Time

I love Rafa, but in my mind he's making a lot of decisions that are starting to cost us games as we're incapable in the final third with the players he is using. It was absolutely the right decision to go 2 up top as the opening 15-20 minutes showed when we were dominating, but Mitro should have been starting. What does Joselu have to do to lose his place in the team? I'd rather Luuk de Jong than that waste of space. Later bringing on Perez instead who is both short of confidence and has looked anonymous in the vast majority of games this season is just baffling. Murphy has absolutely no confidence whatsoever and has looked absolutely appalling, I know he's only played in short cameos and needs time but he looks like Obertan at his worst. Needs to just be sent out on loan or nowhere near the team while Aarons is fit. It's not even like Murphy fits into Rafa's tactical plan as he repeatedly kept losing his man and leaving Manquillo exposed too. This is by no means a recipe to success and obviously I don't know what's going on behind the scenes for Rafa to make these decisions, but something drastically needs to change in personnel while we can't invest in the team and he needs to be the person to make those decisions. Stop trusting those players that are quite clear inept and untrustworthy as it's getting beyond a joke now. Edit: Manquillo over Mbemba is equally as baffling and frustrating. Another sub-par Spaniard who is seemingly undroppable when there is a better player behind him who can't even make the bench.

Got a point there, double whammy for Nonceson.

I wonder if Ricky Sbragia could be tempted.

If Rafa wants to sell Mitro in Jan he should be putting him in the shop window while he has something to prove, especially when the other strikers look like absolute garbage.

2-1 win.

Troy Deeney as the Mountain. Squires is back on this one.

Can't wait to get my joint NUFC-ISIS scarf.

Nowt. Ban Fenham Mag.

Reminds me of Danny Simpson, loves a good back-off.

And the overreaction of the night goes to...

Now we know why we lost then...

It wasn't really a powerful performance tonight at all. He's much more powerful than he showed tonight but clearly doesn't have the legs or the stomach for it anymore.

As if he played for Real Madrid once upon a time.

He seems to just burn himself out constantly chasing down a lot of lost causes when the rest of the team isn't behind to support. At this level there's absolutely no point sprinting like fuck to press high is nobody is helping out behind to close down the other options. Both him and Atsu have gone off the boil, the fact that both our fullbacks seem to have to gone off the boil (although Manquillo has never looked anything better than OK at times) doesn't help, mind.

Love Rafa but if this was anyone else he'd be getting pelters for still allowing Joselu over Mitro, also Jacob Murphy looks like he's never even seen a football before when he comes on. How he's getting a game over Aarons is beyond me.

Has anyone used SkyGo on their laptop to watch the game since they installed this new "Sky Sports App" for your PC? I've tried to use it a few times now, last time was about a month ago and every fucking time the sound is duplicated and screen stutters so it makes both the audio and video completely unwatchable. It was fine how it was the fucking stupid cunts, now I just can't watch any of our games.

It's like a Sunday league team hosting press conferences and that pretending to be a real football club for a laugh.

And IIRC isn't he injured just as much as Carroll?

What a crock of shit. As if Rafa would even be slightly interested in a player with attitudes like Luke Shaw/Barkley, or someone as persistently injured as Carroll. I guess it is the Daily Star though.

The only ones I'd even consider are 7, 8, 12, 13, 15. 11 is decent but Mitro isn't worthy of a flag, like.

I've went for my 1-game wildcard boost this week.

Heard he's a powerful goalkeeper.

They're all posting up the Newcastle bars and places they're staying in Newcastle too. Another reason to fewm.

Aye, the only stand-out piece though tbf.