sadoldgit

I can see why you didn't go with the name OptimisticStan.

Gazza looking poor still and was at fault for the second.

migrant

I love it when you deliberately misspell people's names to make them look rubbish. Can we have one for Les Reed please? What about Less Weed?

Who told you this? Alpine?

This is a wind up, right? If not, I don't think you will be missed. Better off becoming a plastic for some other team with greater ambitions.

I don't think there is any reluctance involved!

You make it sound like it is part of the club's business plan. Even if we were to lose a couple of decent players every year (and players always move on at some point) it doesn't have to hurt you as long as your recruit well.

Hi Guan. Thanks for what you have shared so far and also for clarifying the current situation.

I think it is just you. And Alpine.

Of the three chances I still think that Maya's was the most straightforward and you could tell by his face that he knew it was a glorious opportunity. Pelle and Long both had more to do with their respective headers. Still, it is done now and Newcastle squandered plenty of good opportunities too.

poop

Can of worms

Agreed. And Yoshi missed an easier chance but because Mane's came right at the end Yoshi got away with it.

nude

He was a quality player and although as you say he didn't live up to his hype, he still was decent for us. I don't think we used him properly though.

I am sure he wasn't. He would have wanted a win. But that was made less likely by very poor defending and poor 1st half performance. Taking the game as a whole we were lucky to come away with a point even if we did finish the game stronger than them. As I said, if they had taken their chances earlier we would have been well out of the game by the time we got our 2nd.

That's football though isn't it? You have to take your chances and if Newcastle had of done they would have been out of sight well before Long got the equaliser. As long as Mane keeps making the runs he does he will get goals. The attacker hasn't been born yet who puts every chance away. Harsh to blame Mane for not getting three points after the two poor goals we gave away.

It was a clear cut hack and should have been a red. I'd say the same if one of our players had done it.

Newcastle "should" also have done better out of several clear cut chances that they had earlier in the game.

Just watched Mane's last two chances again and don't think either were sitters. Great movement for both but the defender got a good block in for the first. For the second it isn't easy to be that accurate at speed. Perhaps he shouldn't have tried to stick it right in the corner but players of that quality go for that and he was unlucky, just a shade out and you look like an idiot. Quality player who will score plenty of goals for us. Steve Davis wasted better chances against Spurs last season.

That's Clasie fooked then!

rupert

cunning

The opinion on here is that the defence was very poor yet 6 people have given MotM votes to defenders?