Saint_clark

BBD misses a sitter...? Oh no.

Sugawara being the one to come off baffles me. Should have been Stephens, but of course he's one of Martins beardy banter boys.

I agree, but we KNOW he is like that so just don't put him under that kind of pressure.

Sugawara off for Edozie...? WHAT? Got to be a back four change, with THB to right back I would assume.

Surely they're coming back out with 9 men then?

No idea.

I think the club have buried their head in the sands because we simply can't afford to get a keeper in. Talksport saying the Smallbone shot was going in as well.

Look, we know McCarthy can't play it out from the back like a modern keeper. We adjusted for that at the end of last season. We need to do that again now and that includes not passing it back to him when that's the riskier option than turning around and passing forwards. Stephens should not escape blame there.

In fairness the pass from McCarthy was horrendous but we shouldn't be passing back to him in that circumstance. Stephens was further forward than the fucking newcastle player, just turn around and play it forward.

McCarthy mistake makes it 1-0 to Newcastle. Don't need a keeper though.

PTSD flashbacks to Saganowski...

Hmm, has Martin told them not to shoot from outside the box? Lots of managers see those chances as wasted nowadays.

Of course but that's wrong. I remember an Inter player headbutting Sam McQueen and him not going down because he didn't want to play act, and the ref didn't even give a yellow.

Brereton Diaz to bury one in and celebrate in front of the Toon fans.

Yep, soft and he made the most of it but still a red.

Schar red card?

Could you not drop Aribo or Smallbone for him?

Ah yes, when they got relegated. My mistake.

Have to admit that cross from BBD just then that was put behind for a corner looked like exactly the sort of chance Archer would have got on the end of.

In one go or do they let you split it?

Our passing looks much, much better. Quicker, more accurate, finding players further forward. This looks like the type of football we were supposed to be playing last season.

How much?

I was really hopeful about him from his energy, the way he spoke, his sense of humour. Think he could become a bit of a cult legend here.

Really like Aribo so far.

Looked tight as to whether it was going in.