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Has Eddie fell asleep?

The angle from behind showed it was a dive. We’d demand a pen at the other end but he’s tried to buy it But take Burn off now!

Every away game is like this tbh

Some of those in the clip are pretty bad like But for years they had a soft side that let other teams rattle them. My only complaints about Joelintons behaviour are when he loses his head and it’s no longer controlled. Am hardly going to take grief from Arsenal, spurs, Everton etc etc given some of the brutes they’ve employed over the years.

Yes, hopefully the players and fans sabotage the season before they realise they’re doing ok

As much as I love Wilson I’ll be fuming if he puts in anything other than a Wilson 24/25 season performance.

Hugely hugely impressive, but absolutely impossible to keep playing every game in a season with European football, so glad Howe has started rotating early in the season. Only way with the fixture list.

Nice for your kids to see their father for a bit, shame today’s draw meant their bedtime got sacked off

Of course he’s going to go to AFCON, we knew that when he signed. The injury is a major downer and no way should he go in November, he’s not fit.

He has basically signed as Shearers pal but he did a good job.

Allen was merely a poor mans Nicky Papavasiliou

The next step is to breakaway from the other 13, financially and on the pitch. On the pitch Consistently finish in the top 7, ideally top 5, and build a consistent European competition presence, competing in the business end of European tournaments. Win trophies regularly- including a European one. Not every season but enough that a player signing for Newcastle knows he will get silverware at the club. Off the pitch build revenues to support a bigger squad on more money, plus bigger transfer fees. Use the greater on pitch performances to drive higher commercial revenue as the club become more marketable. When a top 6 club falters, take advantage, finish above, push them out the CL, and reach a point of regular (say three in a row) CL qualification. Achieve that and then the league is on. IMO it will take another 4 seasons to reach that point, and there if all goes smoothly.

At least 4 points from the next two league games is pretty important in getting the league position back on track, so a bit of a must win if we want to see a top 5 finish. Don’t want to drift too far behind. Agree this is a great game to score early in and see if their atmosphere turns rotten.

It was hard last year! Would you not prefer an easy route through?

Good opportunity now but semis and final likely to be brutal.