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Another 1-0 win for West Brom tonight. Back in the playoffs. P.S. This c*nt will obviously be hoping his beloved United win on the 26th.

Great. Well done Fulham!

Just remembered Fulham also conceded a 93rd minute winner against Man Utd (Garnacho) just before the World Cup. Hopefully not same again against one of the better sides.

They're not battering down the door, but I am still expecting Chelsea to get a late winner. Mind, we did as well against these, which would have been annoying to the likes of Liverpool, Chelsea, Spurs etc.

Thought he was off there. They're obviously nothing alike, but I sometimes get him and Paulinha mixed up (with being new and beginning with P), so thought it was a second yellow. Mind, there was a VAR check. Seems to be fine.

It was pretty one sided coverage, and some Saints fans weren't happy: https://www.saintsweb.co.uk/topic/59873-sky-tv-last-night/ Must admit this one did make me laugh out loud: I don’t think you understand Nick. Unlike any other city in the world Newcastle people work all week and at the weekend like to get their money and enjoy themselves, they like watching their team. They also love a striker up there. Such great people a great city and club. I for one was pleased to lose to them.

Jumpin' All Around (from club to club)

Real Madrid vs Valencia build up starting now on ITV4. Kick off 8pm.

In some ways playing Man Utd help help a bit with the overseas profile, social media followers, and possibly sponsorship opportunities, especially if we were to win. It just has a very big feel about it, and much more of an actual occasion. Bring it on.

SkyBet 'to lift the trophy' - Man Utd very slight favourites at 8/11, Newcastle evens. Even money to win a cup competition.

Class.

Unfortunately not many outside of Sunderland care about us, they never have done and never will. I stopped getting pissed off about it a long time ago. I just don't care anymore. Totally agree. They play good football and are unfortunately only going to get better over the years. We just need to concentrate on ourselves. So what if we will always play second fiddle to them, we're used to it to be honest. I honestly don't even care about them. I mean I guess nothing he's saying is untrue of course, but he just joined last week, 5 posts and pretty much everyone of them is subtly derogatory. Needs to be a bit less obvious.

My sons school got 50 tickets last week from SAFC. I'm lead to believe that all 50 of these tickets will count towards the attendance figure, even if they're not all taken up and used on the day. Surely that can't be true. It would make a mockery of any attendance figure as it won't be the only school to get a few. Is that someone off here?

It's a goal keeper for Forest. I'm mainly just watching this Carabao Cup match to see if there's any Andy Carroll like drama. Would have watched Hearts had that have been on Sky or BT, but don't have access to dodgy channels.

Very strong Man Utd team. I know they are at home and might want to put on a show etc. but I'd have definitely been resting a few of the key players, especially with their forthcoming schedule. 3-0 from the away leg is a massive, almost insurmountable, lead. Thoughts Frogster?

So what is the crack with that red in terms of suspension?

SHIT, SHIT, SHIT

Seems ages ago since Sean's 2nd goal.

It would still have been the same score on agg, with them scoring the last goal and in the ascendancy.

Definitely feel more nervous than I should leading 3-1. I guess if it was 0-0 over there and we went 3-0 up at home, then it might have felt a bit different for some reason.

Southampton to qualify has just come in from 16/1 to 9/1 at SkyBet in the past hour or so. Perhaps more money was going on at that price, or they will claim it was a palpable error or something. https://www.oddschecker.com/football/english/efl-cup/newcastle-v-southampton/winner You can still get 14/1 at 365, but I did think 16/1 looked huge, and should have been nearer 9 or 10/1.

I know Howe was saying nobody in for the sake of it, but it will be a bit disappointing if we fail to bring in midfield cover. Slightly different circumstances as they will probably have a bit more pull, probably more resources in place, and more chance of first team football, but Man Utd knew they had a midfield problem once Eriksen got injured and have acted upon that, so if they could bring someone in quickly, you'd have hoped we might be able to. Not saying we could / should have looked at that Bayern player, but a similarish 6 month loan deal with options, not obligations, or perhaps neither, would have been perfect.

I'd imagine there would be a few others in the same boat. It's not quite as uncommon or weird as it sounds

7pm again, so a full hour.

I'm a sap, and have just stuck £12.50 on Southampton to 'win the tie' at SkyBet, returning exactly £200 profit if it comes in. 100%, not even 99.9% hope to lose that money, but I guess an extra £200 in my pocket would be a tiny degree of comfort should the worst happen. 16/1 does look massive generally if looking at it from an objective perspective, it's only 1-0.