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They've got their first Europa League game on Thursday. Hopefully Romeu getting into them early will cause a bit of panic. Think we'll win and actually it'll be quite comfortable in the end.

Yup, completely agree. It's a contact sport. Games have been so much better.

2 points better off compared to last season's corresponding fixtures

The Perraud Djenepo link up was working well I thought. Still unconvinced on Perraud but he's young and will improve.

Let's not pretend Forster is any better. McCarthy is the clear first choice, and he knows that he has to improve to keep that place next season.

Newcastle's team full of pace. Need to defend well, they ripped us apart last season

Fair team selection I'd say. Walcott definitely needed dropping

Time will tell if it works out but at least we seemingly have a strategy. For me, this season is about improving. As long as we're on the right track and finish nearer the top half than bottom three, the following season could be a good one for us with one or two key additions.

Wouldn't be surprising if true.

Hopefully this week's performances have given us some confidence and we can play with a bit of freedom and get a win.

I may be wrong but I don't think the game will be streamed anywhere. All the international broadcasters are showing just the Arsenal game. It'll have to be Adam and Dave for tonight. Or Talksport

Got to win our next two games now. No reason why we can't

Very encouraging performance. Final 20 minutes the most important for me in terms of our development. We didn't hang on at all; after that spell in the second half, they didn't put us under any sort of pressure. And that was due to how we played. Last season we'd have lost that.

Calf

Walcott has been a passenger. Decent pressing at times but defensively isn't doing well.

Attacking wise we're good. Defensively shambolic.

We did lose our first home game last season 5-2 against Spurs. Then Ralph changed things and we went on a good run. So maybe a thrashing today and Ralph will see he has to change things quickly!!

Yup, exactly. Bednarek was a disaster for much of last season. Stephens is dependable at this level. We need better but he does OK.

Let's be honest, we all know that if it wasn't Walcott playing, it'd be Redmond Tella should have been a shoe in for this game but hey ho.

Minor calf injury for Stu according to Blackmore

Only on the bench against Everton though. There's something a bit odd. I hope he is only injured.

Bizarre Where is Stuart?

Not if Arsenal lose by more!

Don't even say that.

Echoes of the summer of 2014, which of course ended in our relegation as predicted by all the experts.