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Gabby not the bench. Picked up a knock, ill before travelling or is he just getting a rest?

No Ireland either.

I'd take 1-1 now if offered

Would have to agree. Their form is good. Suarez coming back from suspension. A draw would be a great result.

This is a truly great result. Something positive to build on as we head in to a tough little schedule in the league hopefully.

Lowton the latest to catch our pass to nobody illness.

Well done Lowton.

Everything good from us comes after Westwood gets the ball in midfield or Benteke manages to hold a ball up.

Westwood looks the calmest player out there. I really like him. Great pass to pick out Holman in space for his goal too.

I'd rather have poor decisions go against us in games we were expected to lose than in games we will be wanting points from. These things even themselves out over the course of a season.

Very please with the teams performance. We've been sloppy on a couple of breakaways but Weimann redeemed himself with that finish.

Great work by Benteke. What a player we have on our hands.

The lineup is good for two reasons:

- Rewards the players who played well at Sunderland.

- It's a positive lineup at home against a team heavily favoured.

Yes we may get thrashed as most are expecting but Lambert will learn a lot about his players in a match where any kind of point would be a huge bonus.

What the heck was Clark thinking

N'Zogbia never passes. Ever.

Both goals on our central midfield being completely absent or making stupid mistakes. No discipline.

Lowton! What a beauty.

That's fantastic!

Bannan got a lot better in the last 20 minutes when he stopped trying long balls every single time he got the ball.

Holman has had a poor game. Swap for N'Zog early in the second half.

Great to see how much we're closing down. IEl Ahmadi on a yellow could be risky though...

Clark you beauty!

Need to give Ireland the ball more.

Passing has been sloppy. But it's pretty even thus far.

I think we'll lose. Newcastle are a really strong side and have had an unchanged team for months where as ours is still in flux.

Like others have mentioned, I'd just like to see a solid performance with more attacking intent in the final third. If we came out of this with a clean sheet it would be a great achievement.

Welcome Ashley. I know you always get nice soundbites but I particularly like the quotes from him.

Nice recovery tackle by Lowton.

The only thing more depressing than the current scoreline is some of the comments in here. Get behind the team guys.