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Most disappointing by Ugochukwu so far. Not dominating the midfield as we were led to believe he could.

It's raining goals.

Sell Charly, take money, get Ramsdale. Yeah, that'll do.

That is some equaliser.

1-0 Fernandes Great strike.

What an odd 19 months that was for Charly. Liked him, will miss him.

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Very much getting Frederic Piquionne vibes from this new striker.

Aribo needed to just clear that and Mccarthy had no command of his area. Very poor goal to conceed.

Forest set up smartly, using their physicality to press us and nullify our passing game. Smallboner most dissapointing so far. Lesley on for him at half time please.

As long as he's ready to put a boot in. He'll be fine.

Should this actually happen, Cam needs to found a new COT.

I don't remember him doing anything wrong. Shame he's now 41. Could be a better option then the rest of our crop.

I mean, it was assumed they were talking about the prospective new 'keeper............

A friend of mine suggested, 'Blow - job.'

Considering my wife and children's hair colour...... No.

One of the more frustrating players we have had. Will be remembered for depriving Man Citeh of the quadrouple.

Not a lot of starts for Sporting. But seemingly a great loan spell at Estoril. Not sure what judgements we can make on him.

Basically: Well. Familiar weaknesses cost us.

If only there was a man, we could target up front. Maybe with some physical presence and a goal scoring history. Clearly I must be over simplifying this. Tall order to make any sense of it.

Mixed emotions here. Fundamentally, we played well. In a game where we could have expected a very, very tough time, even with 11 v 11 we looked the better side. But, the negatives of the style of play that have seen us do well cost us a point. Will this prompt us to up our efforts to bring in a new 'keeper? Hopefully. But, as disappointing as this was today, it does leave me feeling more hopeful for the season ahead. And, great debut for Sugs. Hope he is not injured.

Certainly throwing the kitchen sink at it now.

If we cannot get at least a draw from this then we can mark it as a disappointment. All defense for Newcastle.

What a chance that was.