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Amazing 1st half, could have been 3 or 4. Need a 2nd because there's always a goal in this Newcastle side

VAR to the rescue!

Feck off ref!

I do love the taste of humble pie

It's not going to happen is it?

WTF are we doing?

It really feels like Ming's is doing his best to give a goal to Chelsea again today. So many bad passes, getting caught out of position, missing headers. Shocking! Thank God for Emi Martinez!

Bringing on a defender for a forward always works out...

What's the story with that?

Whether we as fans want him to leave or not really doesn't matter. Negative comments about him from the manager, and noises directly from him about winning things suggest he'll be playing elsewhere next season.

We have no quality full stop tbf

Defence absolute garbage. What does our set piece coach do? Because it isn't defending them! Jokeworthy

I'd argue we've regressed tbh

And to think I was laughed at when I said Konsa and Ming's didn't suit how we play and should be upgraded

Shockingly bad defensive display, and despite good build up play, we lack any end product, and struggle to score goals. What is inside this club that means we gift struggling teams victories?

What's going on? Emery sides are never this open defensively - shocking stuff

Thanks to Fulham last night a win guarantees us 10th spot. Liverpool failing to would mean 9th. Brentford also losing would mean 8th. I'm getting a nose bleed just thinking about it! 2-0 Villa!

Replace Olsen Replace Digne Replace 1 or more of Chambers, Konsa, Hause, Ming's Replace 1 or more of McGinn, Buendia, Coutinho, Dendoncker Add 1 or more wide player Add a striker Lots to do in the summer

Gks: Martinez, Olsen Olsen is not good enough. Maybe Sinisalo or Marschal will get a chance? Lbs: Moreno, Digne I don't think Digne fits in here, and will likely get moved on but generally happy. Rbs: Cash, Young, KKH Cash looks out of favor and I never really rated him, Young, player of season for me so far but age is against him, KKH hopefully can get some game time. Happy Cbs: Ming's, Konsa, Carlos, Chambers, Hause I don't think any of these, except Carlos, is technically good enough for our system. Konsa isn't good in the air and lacks strength, Ming's has an awful habit of making big mistakes and his passing often let's him down. Chambers and Hause just aren't good enough. Not seen enough of Carlos to judge, and after a bad injury will he be the same player? Lots of work needed here. Dm: Kamara, Dendoncker Others could slot in, but I think we can do better than Donc. Hopefully Tim can step up next season. Cm: Luiz, Ramsey, McGinn Again, I think we can improve here. I'm not convinced by JJ, and I think McGinn is a fading force. Luiz the only one I'd keep, and probably as a squad player rather than starter Am/Wm: Bailey, Traore, Buendia, Coutinho I think we can work with Bailey and Traore for now, but Emi and Court just have not worked. Need better. St: Watkins, Duran I don't think Watkins is good enough, and not seen anything on Duran. Need better. Overall, lots to do still

I'm not bemoaning it, I'm happy with 11-14 given the way the season started. That doesn't eliminate the disappointment of failing to bring in a little more quality that could have seen us competing for 7-10. Summer will be more important as a result, and needs to be both a big one in terms of outlay and quality.

I can't disagree more. 40+m on someone to sit on the bench? There'd be war!

Pretty uninspiring window all in all. Some good cleanup work done in terms of getting deadwood out, but disappointing incomings. Not making a couple of key signings means we likely stay in the 14-11 bracket this season rather than pushing top half. People will highlight how little the outgoing players played - 9% or some such including Ings, but do the same analysis with Goals rather than minutes and it's a much bigger number.

Not when you play for a 'flavor' club. Plenty of guys have played for England that never deserved it, but got it because they played for a 'top club'. Similarly, plenty of players have played brilliantly at 'unfashionable' clubs and not been called up. JJ deserved a call up far more than Gallagher did, but Southgate has a bee in his bonnet about Villa.

Even looking at Gallagher's Crystal Palace stays, JJs numbers are 15-20% better in those areas, Gallagher also conceded a lot more fouls and 3 more yellow cards. The stats just don't back up what you're saying I'm afraid.

Gallagher doesn't carry the ball like AJ does either. He is better defensively than AJ but not as good going forward. He's somewhere between Kamara and Luiz in terms of style without being as good as either.