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Surprised there's just 60 miles between the two places, pretty much the same as Newcastle to Carlisle. You just think of Coventry as a midlands club and Luton as another southern club, but they're pretty close geographically.

Women with a Dortmund top in the Koln crowd. There's a fair few BVB shirts actually. Bayern goal disallowed, so still 0-1 at halt time.

Wow.

Matches becoming few and far between now, but 2 big matches on Sky today. 2.30pm - Dortmund vs Mainz (and Koln vs Bayern) 4.45pm - Coventry vs Luton

I've not had a Newcastle top since the blue away Northern Rock puma one in 2010/11, but fancy getting the next home one.

W Just saw that Paddy Power have us 2nd favourites for the title next season, that's insane. Quite interesting comparing the difference between this time last year and now, although I can't remember who the 22/23 odds were with.

It does look good value, although it's one of the shortest prices available. Currently 19/10 and 9/5 at some well known places.

Yeah, I'm from Tynedale and always like getting to the odd Carlisle match each season. Tends to be either nearer the start, or end of the season when the weather is usually better, and Saturday 3pm - went to the Elliot Anderson Bristol Rovers match last season, and the Northampton match a few weeks ago. It's good how the ground is only like a 15 minute walk from the city centre. Newcastle have never played them in the PL era (my time), and apart from our first relegation season when they were in L1, we've always been at least two leagues higher, usually 3, and once even 4, so I've never seen them as a threat or a rival, and the very definition of a 'second' club. Hopefully they can get back into League One next season. Paul Simpson really has done a cracking job.

All I wanted was top 4 secured with a game to go so that you could just enjoy the final match and the week leading up to it, not be nervous, and just have a rare match with very little jeopardy, and that's what we've got. It would be nice to end on a high, and perhaps still take 3rd, but once CL football became even half realistic, it was all about wrapping that up, and we have, so if we were to lose comfortably on Sunday then so be it. Heading into the Brighton match only one point clear of Liverpool, and a good chance it would remain at one or two by FT, with Liverpool winning 7 matches in a row at that time, I didn't think we'd be in this position of having a 'nothing' match. Not sure my nerves could have handled it if we were level with them or only a point clear and pretty much had to win

A point for MU would probably be the best outcome for those who really want third. They would have secured CL football, but third won't be in their hands and they'd probably have the cup final on their mind, whereas if they lost tonight they'd be going for it on Sunday , and thus, probably more likely to get the 3 points.

I reckon the approach will be fairly dictated by how Man Utd get on tonight. If they win then there will probably be an acceptance of 4th, but if they drop points then will be seen as a more important match. I'm not too fussed, after fearing we'd lose 4th for a while, I'm just so pleased we are over the line and like the idea of giving others minutes, especially the likes of Miley, but I guess if 3rd is in our hands then more incentive to end on a high.

I forgot Brighton actually needed one point to mathematically confirm 6th place, even though it's 99.9999% likely. I wonder if there's the odd Brighton fan bricking it in case they lose 5-0 here and 6-0 on Sunday or placing hedge bets just in case.

Is that somewhere in Jesmond? Botman and Longstaff do seem to get on very well.

Currently just gone past 1,668,000, an increase in 27,000 since CL was confirmed, and over 100,000 additional followers since that Spurs win pretty much exactly a month ago.

I love the fact we're in pot 4 (at this stage of where we are at, it would be annoying in future years) and searching Newcastle pot 4 on Twitter and seeing a lot of references, plus possible groups like PSG/Barca Real/Bayern Milan Newcastle etc. https://twitter.com/search?q=Newcastle pot 4&src=typed_query&f=live We can kind of just enjoy who we get and how it goes, but for pot 2 teams who would fully expect to get out of the group, there would be a huge contrast in some of those teams getting like a Danish / Swiss team in the lowest ranked group instead of a team that's finished at worst 4th in the supposed best league in the world, who will almost certainly strengthen significantly in the summer.

Can't remember a PL match with so little jeopardy on it than tonight's match between Brighton and Man City. Brighton are 99% going to finish 6th and Man City have obviously won the league, minds probably elsewhere, and no points records to chase down. That said, it's two very good sides who have had great seasons, so could be a good spectacle, and live TV matches will start to become few and far between very soon.

PSG, Real Madrid, and then a Red Star/Zagreb/Salzburg from pot 3 would be the dream draw for me. Be expected to get 4-6 points from the lesser side, and test yourself against the very best, teams that we have never faced before, a chance to make some real memories and highlights (like Tino) and if we do fall short, then, instead of likely falling in the L16 should we get through an 'easier' group, have a real crack at the Europa - a chance for more European matches, a more realistic chance of a trophy, a potential final in Dublin, and a potential alternative route back into the CL the following season should we drop to like 6th or 7th in the league. I'd much rather have that group than say Feyenoord, Leipzig, Zagreb, us and possibly be favourites to get out of it, but all a little bit meh in our first season back in Europe for ages, never mind the the CL. We've also played Barca 4 times out of our 18 CL group matches (and D Kyiv 4 times as well), so I'd prefer to avoid those if we can.

Botman, Bruno, and Isak should be the blueprint. Those around 21-23 who are among the best players at their club but would see Newcastle, or the Premier League, as a big step up, and can grow and develop with the club, fit in with the wage structure, and be here for years. That Szoboszlai at Leipzig would fit the bill - 22 years old and Hungarian captain.

Incredible. Can't believe we've got there so soon. Fairly pointless star, but we have finished 2nd, 2nd, 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 5th in the Premier League era, so if we do end up 4th this season, and is looking at this stage, then we will have finished in every position from 2nd to 5th twice.

Absolutely shat myself there

If Leicester win both games they are effectively safe given their superior goal difference. They are out of the relegation zone if they win tonight.

Solano currently on TalkSport video outside SJP.

Na, a point tonight would take Leeds out of the equation from Leicester's perspective, as any win for Leicester on the final day would mean that Leeds would need to better it by 10, so that's one advantage of the draw - I've literally just asked a Leicester fan on a boxing forum if he would take a point . So basically if they draw tonight as a 7/1 shot, it wouldn't be in their hands, but a win over West Ham would mean that Everton would have to do the same. Looking on GOT, Everton fans are desperate for us to win, so that they have the fall back of the draw on the final day (assuming Leeds don't win 3-0).

Na, I was always a League Cup over CL man at the time, but now the LC has gone and CL is so close, and generally better for the club going forward, I'm happy with how it's gone. We'd already drawn 3 of 4 matches prior to that second leg (even if one was an excellent point) and there's no guarantee we'd have won it with a match fit Bruno and Pope, so hopefully secure CL tomorrow, invest wisely, and keep pushing on, and there could be bigger nights than a League Cup final ahead of us. If we mess this season end up, then aye

Yeah, I would too. It would mean that we would very likely finish 4th (although not set in stone), but the difference between 3rd and 4th is tiny compared to the difference between 4th and 5th. I would go out with the intention to win, and go out for the win, but if it's 1-1 after like 89 minutes, I certainly wouldn't be doing anything stupid to try and force the winner.