KevinRichardsonsMoustache

Confidence is shaky af. Christ.

Ball not in the quadrant

Might be worth asking the players to refund the away fans’ travel expenses for the day

That shove from Emi was the best thing of the half

Hold on: the commentators didn’t splunk their load when McGinn shot, what happened?

We could play this match for 24h and we wouldn’t score

Back to the drawing board, please.

Wood not known for those long-distance shots.

V odd decision for the yellow there. Ref got a quiet bet on the timing of bookings?

I’ve got one of those watches that shows you your heart rate. I’m about 30bpm above my resting heart rate and I’m sitting here just watching. This can’t be good for me?

I think Gerrard needs to get into them at HT. The team is dog shit atm and need to be told. We’ve been protecting players like Ollie as his confidence is clearly low. Sorry, but he needs to stamp his authority on this

Fine margins, they’re crap, we’re crap. They score. We don’t. The quality is atrocious

Chris Waddle is atrocious cocommentator

He’s outside the area

We play with so little confidence

Watkins isn’t on the same wave length as anyone around him atm

Commentator almost creamed his pants when Wood heads the ball, what, fifteen yards wide

See what they wanted to do on that set piece.

Commentary team doing a great job of reminiscing but not commenting on the match. ’let’s talk about me’

Referee just watching on.

We struggle to control the tempo of games

Buendia sick of the listing bout and sends it back to Emi

Superb anticipation from Ty

I think his personal relationship with DS helped him get through previous difficult spells. I get the impression that SG is more hands off with players and expects them to show mental strength. The last couple of months have seen a different Ollie Watkins: low on confidence, apathetic about matches, and even his usual tenacity in chasing things down is now reducing. Like all strikers, he's a selfish so and so: this is manifesting itself in ways that are proving unhelpful atm. I don't know how SG is meant to manage Ollie's confidence: other than hoping a ball bounces off Ollie's arse in a match and convinces him he can score again. If Ings can do the work off the ball, fitness permitting, then he'll start over Ollie again Newcastle.

SG's influence on this man is incredible. Clearly there was a player there -- and he was showing some flashes of quality under DS -- but my word: the last few months have been incredible for him. The fact that he can even be on the same wavelength as Coutinho (and revel in it) is just remarkable.