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Theme tune for the magic (manager) roundabout?

I was hoping Djenepo would have been brought on early to perhaps offer a bit more from wide. Just to switch things up a bit. I thought he did okay from the little time he was on. I thought Adams did okay too. An inch lower and he would have got a goal too.

The little box that pops up saying THE KRAKEN ...HAS REPLIED is possibly the most ominous one I've noticed. Other user names don't carry the same level of '50's sci-fi movie threat as that one.

He'd been told to stay as close to the last defender, so he could pick his pocket. Sadly he extended this to handbags. I saw a few of his matches on some freesport last season, and you could see why he did well in the MLS.

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I think the plan was deliberately to be compact and create, patient chances tonight, rather than a higher intensity game. That extended to Livramento, who seems to have had flair coached away so he fits in with the playbook/ tactic (not wholly a complaint as there are good reaosns not to lose the ball/ get caught out of position). It might also allow for KWP to be the one who's pushed up a bit more (worked a bit first half to get us going. Zip in the second) Same thing results in the multi-touches as we realise the other team aren;t going to break their shape just because we have the ball. I don't think it's from any lack of desire on the part of the players. That we had chances right to the end (arguably most right at the end) means that they wanted that equaliser. I just think that the tactics have limitations (as we do with the resources we have). Working on defintie plans of attack when we have AA, Long and Djnepo on the pitch might help rahter than hoping for the best which is how it seemed at times there. Even then we had a couple of opportunities. But we weren;t hammering their goal as they did ours after they got their second.

I had been most concerned with Trippier and St Maximin. Neither of whom were playing. I agree that PL were a shambles allowing them to punt games until after they could sign a few players. But we should have still be capable of getting a win tonight.

With a bit of luck, that means sanctions and their dodgy owners having to sell the club.

We looked to play lots of patient, passing build up, waiting for our opportunity. And in the first half we came back into it and got the goal. But the playbook doesn;t seem to have a page on tall folk, who can head or peel away at set pieces to head across goal. That patient, passing play to get the equaliser didn't really offer much as newcastle dealt with it comfortably as they dropped back. We had no real target man to put balls into. Djenepo looks lively with not long to go. AA also looked lively. But there wasn;t much linking them together to actually create. We did get a few nearly moments to get the equaliser - Liv's cross/shot, adams, Stu at the end. And Adamshit the bar before the break.

oooooof. Nearly from Stu

rats. Tall people clear headers as well as score goals.

there will come a point where play will just go on past those fallen with "cramp"

Oooooh. so close to the equaliser.

solid salisu header. Livramento's near fluke was the closest this half though.

celar Bednarek booking there. How dare he go into the same post code as Willock.

what's this. 60 odd minutes and someone goes down. Grrrr.

we're just drawing more of them forward, so we can release Broja on the counter. Hopefully.

crumbs. can;t seem to deal with tall bloke winning first headers.

oh, utter sod.

commentator does really like Newcastle. Compliments Ryan Fraser for dealing with Armstrong, even though he lost the ball.