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Doku's been injured recently. Brilliant when he first arrived and on a few occasions since. More commonly been described as "playing football like a dog driving a car."

You lot must be expecting to win on Saturday. But you shouldn't get confident till City are two goals up with 20 minutes left.

Don't fuck this up you Geordie b*astards, don't do a City!

Voltaire's best joke of the 18th century was that the Holy Roman Empire was "neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire." And now Manchester u****d F.C. in 2023 is neither Manchester, nor united, nor much to do with football. Sod them.

Had that from them for 30+ years. They can have it back now. For the rest of my life I want them to be playing Tranmere Rovers if not Torquay United at a crumbling O.T. in front of 3,000 people and a dog. No, not the dog, can't do with cruelty to animals.

I wasn't too upset about City losing to Newcastle in the previous round till I saw the draw and the chance to humiliate u****d twice in a week. But I hope you batter them, beware of Fernandes moaning at the ref and i hope your seats aren't under the parts of the roof where the rain leaks in.

This sounds right. When City got taken over by the rich folks the necessary first step was winning the F.A. Cup in 2011, first major trophy for 35 years. I think Newcastle have to follow a similar path, small steps first. Question is, though, is Eddie Howe only your Mark Hughes, waiting for a more glamorous Roberto Mancini figure to step in? (I think Howe is actually better than Hughes, but he's got to win some silverware; you should have signed Cole Palmer.) Also, when City beat Stoke at Wembley in 2011 for many of us it was a case of "take me now, God, I can die happy." What's happened since feels ridiculous, but the message is don't set your sights too low, you never know - ten years hence you could be winning the CL final against a Real Madrid team with Bellingham and Haaland in it ...

Good player, poor manager, and a bit of a tw*t. When the final whistle went in the CL final in Istanbul other commentators punched the air in relief but Pearce had a face like his dog had died. You can claim him as a new fan but see item 3 above.

By the time you all get in you'll be able to wave goodnight to our early leavers heading out to catch the tram or beat the traffiic. (With all the new added time plus Eddie's delaying tactics they'll be thinking about that from 75 minutes on.)

Sergio Aguero still says hello.

This could be like last season's match at SJP and I can see another 3 -3 but won't be surprised if Newcastle win and put a marker down for the season. Isak's going to get more game time and Gordon is playing better than last year (though still as much of a d*ck.) Fact is I can't get too worked up about Saturday's result or the whole season. I turned 60 when City's money first came in, at which time we'd won nowt since the League Cup in '76. I told my brother I wanted to see us win just one more thing, Cup or League, and I could shuffle off content. They did that and a few weeks back beat the rags at Wembley and won the C.L., it doesn't get better. Waiting for the flight back from Istanbul I told the brother I've seen what I wanted, so it'll be ok if the League send us back to the Third Division as punishment for our "sins" (or success.) Could be Newcastle fans will be feeling similarly jaded/smug/content ten years from now, enjoy it if it happens. Better you than any of the red shirts anyway.

Hello Newcastle, 68 years ago Newcastle broke my 6 year old's heart defeating City 3-1 in the Cup Final, my first ever football match, too. Jackie bloody Milburn started it in the first minute. Today Ilkay bloody Gundogan says move over Jackie, your record's gone, 12 seconds. Up to you next year now, Saint-Maximin.

I enjoyed the 4-3 at SJP on the last day of the season in 1968 but I enjoyed tonight even more. Pity I don't much like kebabs but I'll find something else.

Fickle lot. I almost switched to supporting Newcastle when George Hannah got that third goal at Wembley in '55.

You understand the 18,000 and fewer you were regularly scattering around SJP in the 1980s though?