Abacus

I'll probably watch them all

I've only "seen" this goal on the radio man. MOTD for me tonight by the sounds of things

Tonali!!!

Isaaaak!!!!

I'll be listening on the good old wireless, having had to give my ticket up, so looking forward to knowing whether we've scored or conceded by the crowd noise before Ando and Razor confirm it. But yes, it is ridiculous.

What I liked about Rafa was that he was prepared to come out and challenge the regime. I'll be honest, I didn't always like the football he played but I know that's how he had to play, don't think he had much choice and knew there was always a plan, always the work. It's a crying shame he came at the wrong time for the club, but also a relief that he did and then provided a touch of class. I sometimes think of an alternate world where he was given the tools to do his job, and when he left I nearly checked out altogether. But, here we are, and he's a major part of where we are and could be.

Really hate that sort of pen - from Rashford, I mean. I think the award of it was probably right, the ball had gone but it was still a foul

Awesome. What a rollercoaster of a club to fall in love with. And what is a club anyway? Wish SBR was still around to see this.

I was idly thinking that a player like Isak will be wanting more trophies, but also that they'd not feel quite the same at a club like PSG, say, where trophies are expected. Maybe that's just with my Newcastle head on, but I'm not sure that for a lot of these players, including him, that they'll experience such an outpouring of joy as finally, finally winning something for us.

That's a canny poor bus taking over two hours to get from SJP to the town moor. Be livid if it's more than £2.50 and there's no Metro papers when I get on.

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"It will be enjoyed by all ages and both sexes" is what has me laughing most

We're gonna need a bigger moor.

On this, it's truly terrible what has happened with his family. I don't think anyone would, or did, laugh about that at all. And it's not preachy, it's a useful reminder that there are real human things going on outside football. I reacted to his OTT response to the measured comments made by Gayle about football, when he was asked about him in an interview and then some terrible memories of how he acted as a football manager for his spell here. No matter my own dislike of how he managed us, or even why he took the job in the first place, that's all secondary to real life but I think everyone here knows that.

Yes, but pretty decent game that.

Another pen here?

Oof pen

Goal! But Tonali subbed, so I may need to order that air fryer after all.

Alright, good goal Italy. Not quite so salty about that £2.49 now. Tonali goal and we're square. Equaliser and I'll buy a book from you Amazon.

So despite paying £2.49 to watch a match on Prime and mainly Tonali, this is dreadful. The sound is constantly cutting out altogether. Ah well never again, when I'm trying to chase away that Sunday night work feeling.

So now I've just spent £2.49 to watch Sandro against Germany, and they're already 2-0 up. Only just got the QR thing to work so not even sure if Tonali is playing.

I only signed back up for a premier league game and forgot to cancel. Shall be ordering the heck out of air fryers and then getting right the frig out of this scam

You're kidding me, it's pay per view on Amazon?

That fella. And then praised him straight after he won something. And by something, I mean a cup, any cup, which nobody would ever see us win (because we don't win stuff) who also made no excuses for who he'd lost player-wise or was up against. Especially when he usually gave up before we even started ... well, I could go on, but won't.

Bruce was the worst. Can only assume that the people who think it's Pardew had already checked out by the time Bruce came in. And fair play to them for that, no criticism here for that view. But he was a different grade of awful for me. One small example that always sticks with me, quite apart from his terrible management was that in a press conference he brought up the fact he was sat on the toilet thinking about the match ahead and then remembered players like Shearer had played for the club and said something like "wow, just wow". Not just downgrading the club like Pardew did, but telling us our best players were a distant dream, explaining what a low ambition manager he was, talking about his toilet thoughts like it's actual pre match work, and chortling away about it all in one go. A proper ambassador for the club like Eddie Howe's name should not even be on his breath.