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Is this genuine?

Just one question - have we signed a goalkeeper yet?

Rightly there is a lot of frustration among the fans but I think you are wrong to say it will be a miracle if we stay up. We are all gutted at getting nothing from this game because Newcastle never laid a glove on us, went down to ten men after 30 minutes and we still contrived to hand them 3 points on a plate thanks largely to McCarthy but RM shares some of the blame because of his insistence that we play out from the back - there are times to hoof it. Had McCarthy put his foot through the ball we certainly wouldn't have lost and might well have come away with the 3 points our performance probably deserved. Having said all that there were many good signs that our football will be suited to the Premier League - we must however sign a goalkeeper, a striker and a creative midfielder and stop overplaying from the back. Having slept on the result and performance I think the positives outweigh the negative. The criticism from many is born from sheer frustration more than anything if we are being honest and I am guilty myself on that so hold my hands up.

He's played in 12 games for us mainly when we were struggling. Never been given a fair chance.

So why are we putting in corners and free kicks as though he's playing? Crazy.

It's known as poor decision making. It was knee-jerk based on a couple of decent games but proper football people would have been much smarter - they'd have thanked him and sent him on his way knowing his wages were being saved for someone better.

He's got a head that he can move and a pair of eyes that can see so he's a bit stupid if he's not using them.

Sorry, must have missed all those matches where he was given a chance to show what he can do.

Why doesn't he simply control the ball and pass it to the player to his right?

And this is why it will keep happening

TM is too stubborn to use Tall Paul as a plan B. He'd prefer to keep passing and doing the same thing thus making us very predictable and easy to defend against. RM has lots of good traits but his lack of a plan B is frustrating.

Not deemed worth a spot on the bench today so how did RM expect to change things when we were chasing a goal? Why can he not see that we need a plan B? We lumped a series of corners and free-kicks into the box and never looked like scoring from them yet we have a 6'7" guy who can head the ball not being given even a sliver of a chance to show what he can do.

You forgot to mention they were down to ten men after 30 minutes and the fact that their goal was an absolute gift.

It was because he is certain to be on big money that could have been channelled elsewhere.

Which joker decided to give McCarthy a new contract and how much is he earning?

I think it's gutting because we gave a good account of ourselves until they went down to ten men. To gift them a goal and then fail to rectify it in 45 minutes leaves a sour taste.

But they had ten men for an hour. That's the point.

You have to ask ourselves if we'd been at home today and gone down to ten men after 30 minutes would we have come away with anything other than a comfortable defeat? I think we all know the answer.

Did you miss that they had ten men for an hour?

My take is that we played well and were the better side against eleven men. The sending off should have meant we'd push on, put them to the sword and take the three points. Instead, we gift them a goal then huff and puff with no plan B and come away with nothing. Failing to get anything against ten men for 60 minutes uses up all the credit for playing well in the first 30 minutes. This is an unforgiving league and we were a soft touch today giving Newcastle 3 points on a plate.

Madness that RM refuses to even contemplate deviating from the one predictable plan. Needs to learn and quick.

This is a poor poor effort against ten men.

We don't have the players for set pieces and corners. Dead easy to defend against us.

Amo is a better option but RM doesn't seem to think so.

Maybe left it a bit late.