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Is it enough vertical mileage to - Nope, not doing it.

Not sure he was awful, but my god for a "Tehcnical player" he had a knack of not being able to control a 5 yard pass with nothing on it and letting it just bounce off him.

Big of him to keep it quiet until the points were won and not getting distracted. Hope he's alright.

Going to west ham would be a silly decision.

The only thing that could be better karma than Kane knacking his ankle is if Lejeune had been the one to do it.

Much rather Dubravka than Reina.

Mag in Peace must be in bits right now.

Unless Staveley decides to spend stupid money buying it, it wont happen.

His finding is also a reminder of how big a win getting a good player from a smaller league can be. Obviously we need more proven quality too, but I think we could have done with casting the net a bit wider in the past. We've never gone as far east as the Czech republic lately.

Stanislas is an underrated player. Decent winger.

Why are Lille fans being absolute cunts?

Deeney bottling it after his comments

Defender is thick though

That photo is from the Pre-season they just followed us around like a lost puppy, right?

Which game did we lose that Gamez started this year?

We're one mistimed tackle away from some saying he should never play for Newcastle again, never mind England.

The turn away from Long with his first touch was lovely. Love a defender who can intercept it and have it under control cleanly with one touch.

He'd be great in those games against Minnows we so often struggle to create in.

Feels good to be considered 'too tactical' tbf. Haven't been able to say that much in my Newcastle-supporting life. If Fulham get promoted, they'll need to become more tactical as well if they have the same squad. You need exponentially better players if you want to play attacking football at the top level. I think they'd do pretty well with their current football against the bottom half to be fair.

Its a shame Lejuene and Merino's seasons have been troubled by injury so much.

This is a very valid point. I think they'll leave it as late as possible, as you never know what will happen, but I can really see that if they're looking likely to go down they'd do it this year rather than next. Right before the cut-off date. Won't happen this season. No benefit for either Short or the loan company. This time next year if they have the same board then it would be nailed on. Apart from the loan secured on the parachute money all the rest of the debt is to short. So why would he go into administration? He's also got a few cast iron sales for players out on loan. They'll get some money for Kone, even if its £4m or so. Then there are assets like training and academy (i've already heard one is sold but never seen anything to confirm it) to be sold to property developers. All that, plus the second (3rd year less so) of parachute payments suggests Administration is at least a year away. Wishful thinking to say otherwise. What would they do without the training ground? Get it back on rent?

Don't think they they have anyone who wants to move it forward as quickly as Shelvey does and I think that was a huge difference between the two sides today.

Shelvey's our best midfielder because of his passing, and Diame's the best at everything else. Our best pair.

3 for me. That feels so huge. 2 wins in a row at home, just when we needed them