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[philipl]

Dunn kept Nolan onthe pitch there- would have been red if he made anything of it. One great chance each in an entertaining game.

[DE.]

Calm down love.

Heh, probably a slight overreaction admittedly. I was against the RSC signing originally though, and so far the staples of his second season for us - lack of goals and injuries, are starting to appear within the first few weeks

If he scores he'll be king again, but if he can't score that ...

[philipl]

Jose Enrique sensational so far.

[imy9]

Newcastle hit the bar- Salgado is getting skinned by Enrique

[Eddie]

Nice chip there. Lucky not to be a goal down after that.

[slough_rover]

Jose Enrique sensational so far.

He's been linked to a big move and im not shocked.

[DE.]

Newcastle hit the bar- Salgado is getting skinned by Enrique

Is there anybody he doesn't get skinned by to be fair?

[Gogger]

Why do the commentator hail Bartons behavior just because he DIDNT hit anyone in one incident? Probably just me, but not hitting someone shouldnt deserve praise at all..

[Eddie]

Accidental elbow into Barton's face. Well done Martin.

[waynerovers]

nice one ollsson, wonder if morten allowed himself a wry grin

[OsloRover]

We're just not getting out of defense at the moment, not looking like the home team here at all

[Eddie]

There is clearly no love lost between our players and Barton. Think we can rule out the possibility that he would ever join this group.

[HairwayToSteven]

We're playing scrappy football. Lets hope it improves.

[Balwer]

can we get a bit of protection for Salgado please? Emerton needs to come on, either on the wing to be able to drop back in support, or straight on for Salgado at full back. We're playing very direct today too. Still hopeful we can make it seven on the trot against the Geordies.

[Eddie]

Being overrun in midfield. Should bring MGP in for Dunn as he has looked completely off the pace.

[RibbleValleyRover]

Newcastle's better central midfield is dominating us. Barton in particular is having another decent game in what has been a very good season for him so far.

[jim mk2]

. We're playing very direct today too. .

Under the previous manager it was known as hoofball.

[thenodrog]

Crap ref. Not a right winger in sight. Massively Unbalanced

[bigbrandjohn]

Bit of afters banter Barton and Jones

[philipl]

Big HT talk for Kean- Newcastle well on top.

[thenodrog]

Crap ref. Not a right winger in sight. Massively Unbalanced

[Iceman]

wtf is Junior doing down the left? surely, he should be attacking down the right.

[booth]

First ten mins I thought we were going to have a go. Then after that awful. Ref is poor too. To say we are an attacking team our final ball is awful.

No idea what system he's trying to play, and it doesn't look as if the team do either.

Usually Keans changes make us worse, so I'm not expecting much in the 2nd half.

[Rover Down Under]

Peders needs to come on for Dunn and Hoilett needs to switch to the right and push Enrique back with his pace. Clearly, Kean wanted to exploit Simpson down the left but so far Olsson has left his crossing boots at home and hasn't done much. Jones is looking lively and was clearly trying to copy Rooney with that volley early on. I think this was to be expected, Nuke have their tails up after last weeks comeback, we are a bit wary and nervous after shipping four. Kean's half-time talk and second-half subs are going to be crucial if we are going to get 3 points.

[Bobby G]

No shape. No central midfield. No protection on our right. Very poor. Only one side look like winning this. Needs to give us some shape asap.