BlackandWhite

Sweet karma for them after they survived by Hawk-Eye failing to operate against Sheffield United a few years ago, leading to a fair goal not being given. They'd not be anywhere near where they are without that, they'd have gone down to the championship.

I was fuming at the performance and the prospect of bottling it against a mid-table side with nought to play for, overwhelmed with the frustration knowing how good we’ve been this season, but I am very happy that I’ve been made to look like an overreactive clown. The champions league makes me feel very okay with that, and even if we didn’t make it; it’d still been the best season of my Newcastle-supporting life on reflection anyway. Football can really carry you away with emotion, though. Fuck me.

Fucking awful, man. Bottled it against a half-injured mid-table team with nothing to play for! The performance is a roll back to the Ashely years, fucking hoorrible.

Hopefully, we get them early and then late in the season so there’s no European matches around the games.

That’s Villa getting 69 points.

Spurs are most definitely the lesser of the two evils. Let Man Utd rot, please.

It’s a shit day, but we are still in a strong position, which we should be grateful for. Fail to beat Ipswich and we’re not worthy of UCL. Beat them and we only need to win half our remaining games at most.

City virtually certain of a UCL spot now given their run in. Down to any two from four for the remaining.

Athletic Club will well beat them. Rangers rode their luck to only lose by two, Athletic were all over them from 1st to 180th minute.

It’s a retro Man’ Reds match this where a bribed referee gets them out of jail. Classic Man’ Red on show.

He always talks about how he can’t stop thinking about football; how he couldn’t even enjoy the cup win because he couldn’t stop thinking about the next game. I love his passion, but as much as someone might love their job there’s such thing as being too obsessed and overworking yourself to the point where something like this can happen. The man has sacrificed his health(hopefully, only to a minor degree) in a bid to bring us glory! Get well soon, Eddie.

To be fair, there’s nothing to suggest Emery would not have done as good of a job, he’s been just as transformative for Villa as Howe has been for us. I’d be surprised if he doesn’t win them a trophy by the end of next season. Could well be the FA Cup this year, more than likely in the semi final and only one of Sky’s six left.

When he, Bruno and Tonali play together they are the best midfield in the league, and they proved that today.

Over the line? Yes, clearly. 100% over the line and not just 90 or so? Much harder to tell.

For performances I’ve seen in the flesh: Florian Thauvin. He was a good player overall in his career, but clearly didn’t want to be at us and was forced to move for the money. His performances showed it.