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Trippier head and shoulders above any one on the pitch so far What a great moment from Maxi! Almost

Yasir in the crowd. Hopefully Amanda was pointing out all the spots on the pitch he needs to get the cheque book out for.

Will Eddie risk Targett? Hope he does if necessary. Anything but Lascelles

Aye was just thinking how mint we'll be when we get someone of his quality down the left.

They are definitely targeting the left with Burn and Maxi there

Decent start. No signs of nerves. Bit nervous about Burn me though

Been having a hard time explaining to the wife why I've been a nervous wreck lately. 'You haven't ever even been there' she says. About 22 years to the day Sir Bobby's lads caught the eye and me life was ruined forever. I've already warned her I'll likely be a miserable sod starting Sunday. I just hope we keep it competitive to the end, honestly. Far too often have we fallen apart right at the cusp of hope. Liverpool last weekend a badly timed reminder that we still retain those genes. Keep it competitive, take them all the way to the end. The lads have it in them, just need to hold the nerves. Cup final, never thought I'd see the day. Come on you wonderfully mad bastids!

We really need to work on the sensei humor here

Might have been useful to keep Liverpool in the competition for a couple of more rounds mind

Aye. Love them as much as we do these players need upgrading to make a regular CL side.

Add a CF to the summer shopping list as well please.

Watch them finish 14th this season too.

I'm genuinely terrified now that we will have more Newcastle moments in the final. Especially with Karius ffs

Well thats them finishing 4th NAILED ON.

Terrible news. A lovely lad by all accounts. Earthquakes are absolutely horrendous. Full well remember the disastrous 8 point something that struck northern Pakistan in 2005 and left hundreds of thousands dead. It's a humbling site to see whole cities flattened and literally no going back for the survivors. Feel horrible for those in Turkey and Syria right now.

I know it was a moment of madness and it happens, but I've been mad at Bruno almost every single minute of the last 3 games And now Pope ffs. I thought we were past these typical Newcastle self destruct moments.

More than anything the way we've been playing recently, don't think we've got a shot at the top4 or the cup final. And the implosions from Bruno and Pope to add. It's fallen apart a bit. Really down in the dumps me have forgotten whats it like to have hope and then dismantle

Wtf. I knew nothing good could happen to this club. Ridiculous

Cup all the way, even if the question was top 4 vs silverware. Just imagine winning something man. Not sure how I'd process it, not sure how I'll process losing either to be fair

He's just cushioning the blow a bit

Hope the injury news on Willock, ASM and Miggy isn't bad. Can't afford to be starting Murphy ffs 2 clear of Spurs with a game in hand, let's keep the faith boys. Bruno coming back soon, and Gordon looking good. Worst come to pass and we finish 5th/6th, still a pretty amazing season. Hopefully Spurs continue to be unpredictable shite and we sneak the CL spot. Burn was an absolute shambles today. Real throwback to the days of Babayaro and Boumsong. As somebody said during the game, feel a bit sorry for him too as he's a CB. Teams have now clearly identified that weakness in the side, as well as figuring out how to setup against us. Over to you Eddie.

Aye, we havent looked like a Champions League team in months. The results of teams around us gives you hope though, it's a tough league. If this is our bad patch and we're still managing to stick onto 4th spot, can't be the worst thing. Its the lack of spark in the final third that is the glaring problem. Bruno the idiot coming back will help. Isak seemed off it today but he always looks like he could explode at any moment. Needs match sharpness imo he hasn't been able to get a good run in the team.

Rubbish game and performance. Very similar to recent games. We are in a rut and don't seem to have the tools to get out of it. Nobody had a great game today.

Shite shite shite that