I’m intimidated by that national anthem and I’m sat in England.

You can tell all the Brazilians come to Europe now. Lost a lot of their flair and great from crosses.

Bruno news feels very deliberately timed to maximise clicks/engagement. I’m sure clubs talk to his reps every summer. Worth remembering Hope’s had a couple of bad briefs recently. His ego might be driving this in retaliation. Not massively worried, even if I’d advise Bruno to go! #nufc

Going to be quite something when Argentina retain the World Cup and Messi scores every goal.

Taken a few early Ls in the market, but things will get better. There's a lot of good players in the world. We'll get some of them, I'm sure. No club can remain on a generational run of Ls forever. #nufc

Every two years I remember that France under Didier Deschamps are terrible to watch.

I’m struggling to get wrapped up in the negativity I’m seeing a lot of online about our transfer window. I’m oddly calm - think we’ll be alright. Team needs huge change and that includes losing a few good players. It was so so stale. #nufc

The amount of PL clubs going after Tonali just shows the direction the league is going in. He’s a physical monster off the ball, but he’s not good enough on it to justify such a fee to my eyes. Fortunately for us, PL clubs care more about the first bit. #nufc

Trying to understand the logic of Trafford/Jaouen as a pairing. Obviously both huge talents. Trafford more ready to be a number one now, but he doesn’t have a good year of top flight football behind him. Both would benefit from working with an experienced keeper, rather than the other. #nufc

I hate the transfer window. It’s not even open yet. #nufc

Great stuff from Kev. Nice to see some of the names I had on my mind included, and some others that weren’t. Can’t imagine the time taken to put this together. #nufc

Newcastle United finishing position vs xG table position 22/23 - 4th / 3rd 23/24 - 7th / 4th 24/25 - 5th / 5th 25/26 - 12th / 10th Eddie delivered three good PL seasons - only a drop off over December in 23/24 cost him three successive years of Europe. Fall off this year is sobering though. #nufc

The Emery vs Howe debate is boring. Both excellent managers who have done very good jobs at current clubs. Howe deserves criticism for not getting Europe this season, but some of the ridicule is too much. #nufc

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Given a loss probably benefits us on Sunday, I’m expecting our best performance of the season. For the record, I hope we win, but I can certainly see why we’d benefit from not. #nufc

Surprised at the criticism I’m seeing for Hall. He was hung out to dry. There’s a reason why managers don’t usually play their full backs on the wrong side out of choice. Yet ours did. #nufc

The PL could end up winning all three European trophies and end up with half of the league in Europe next season. We are still unlikely to be one of them which is hugely depressing. #nufc

Bloke turns into prime R9 at St James’ Park too. #nufc

Diego Simeone really would be the dream appointment for us. It sounds mad, but if he came to England after Atleti, I could only see two clubs suiting him - one of which would be us. #nufc

Not surprised at how many seem to want Jose, but there’s more reasons against him than for him these days. His actions when Vini Jr was racially abused by one of his players should be a stark reminder of why he’d be very bad for us. Can’t have a bloke like that managing us. #nufc

Again today. 1-0 in first half. 0-2 in second half. 5 shots in the first, 2 in the second. 4 shots conceded / 7 shots conceded. Won the xG in the first half. Got smashed in it in the second. Same problems. #nufc

Premier League first halves/second halves #nufc: Goals scored - 20 / 24 Goals conceded - 16 / 30 Shots - 180 / 229 Shots against - 169 / 201 xG - 23.57 / 28.57 xG conceded - 15.99 / 30.92

Absolutely games gone that the kick off is 5.45 this evening. Fine for Qarabag, but not for Barca. #nufc

As much as I admire Eddie’s approach in the cups, it’s probably going to be his downfall. We’d have been better served by binning off both domestic cups. #nufc

Dan Burn’s switches of play were a thing of beauty last night. Must have done it half a dozen times and a couple with his weaker foot. #nufc

The Woltemade debate is bizarre. Aye, he’s not a midfielder. Doubt anyone believes he is, but he’s doing a job for the team while Miley/Bruno are out. He won’t be starting games there when they’re back. Nearly got a lovely assist tonight. He’s doing okay in a role that doesn’t suit him. #nufc

This 4-2-3-1 isn’t looking half bad. Liked it against Bournemouth, Villa and now against Qarabag. #nufc

The not winning without Bruno stat is a lot less concerning when you look how many of those games Tonali played in. He’s the one we’ll want to fill the gap and Saturday showed he can, at least for a short period. #nufc

I don’t watch as much European football as I used to, but impressed by Alisson Santos for Napoli tonight. Changed the game from the bench and hadn’t heard of him before. Seems they took him from Sporting’s bench in January. Good recruitment.

Bruno injury is a blow, but ‘the don’t win without him’ narrative isn’t as bad when you look into context. Won some cup games without him against good teams. He’s only not played in four league games over the last three seasons, all tricky games. We’ll be worse, but we’ll still win games. #nufc

Excited to watch the Premier League equivalent of watching two drunks fight over a kebab tonight. #nufc

This game has gone as badly as it could have gone. It is becoming difficult to defend this lot and have any hope of improvement. #nufc

Not sure I agree with the 'play the kids' and 'throw the game' views for tonight. Aye, we're probably going to lose whatever happens, but we may as well have a go. Good experience for trying to fight back in a two-legged tie as well. May need that in the CL. #nufc

If Arsenal or another club pays the asking price for Tonali this summer, we should snap their hands off. #nufc

In 2023/24 after 23 Premier League games played, we were 9th with 33 points. This season, we have produced exactly the same points and sit in the same position. Weird symmetry in two Champions League seasons. PL form suffered both times. #nufc

Wasn’t a 2-0 game. We had chances, but our final ball wasn’t good enough. Villa delivered a very good away performance. Managed the game well. Deserved to win. This season is just going to be one of those frustrating ones. #nufc

People will talk down PSV and they weren’t great tonight, but this is only the second time they’ve failed to score this season. I was most impressed by the control we had tonight. #nufc

Yoane Wissa looks like a bloke who didn’t have a pre season and Nick Woltemade looks like someone adapting to the physical demands of the league. Tough game, but we move. #nufc

Played okay tonight. Not great. Not bad, but okay was never going to be enough to beat City. They had another gear and didn’t even need it. #nufc

The FA cup third round weekend is my favourite of the calendar. This one has delivered so far. Shocks, goals, penalty shootouts and drama. #NUFC did their job too, eventually…

Strange couple of games for us in the way they played out. We were out-shot and out-duelled in both first halves against Palace and Leeds. Then, we were completely dominant in both metrics after the break. Usually we are quick starters at home. #nufc

No point being negative after a win. It’s going to help improve the confidence of the lads. That’s our biggest issue right now. #nufc

The mood is shifting on Howe. The minority grows each week. I’m not there, but people have lost their job for less. #nufc

The darts is providing the pre Christmas entertainment. Three class games already today, with the one that looked best on paper still to come.

I’m not Howe out, but I don’t see a world where he starts next season as our manager. Just gone stale and feels like we’re at the start of a long goodbye. #nufc

Groundhog Day ending last night, but there were positive signs. We’re competing and dominating periods of games away from home. Looked more likely to score a third than they looked to get an equaliser. Just need to sort out the game management. #nufc

I’m compromised with Ramsdale, too bias against him. Defence wasn’t good enough last night, but attack wasn’t great either. If it was functioning, we’d have been too far ahead for Spurs to equalise. We didn’t create a big chance all game. Not good enough. #nufc

We created five big chances yesterday. Best attacking performance away in a long time. For context, we’ve created four big chances across our other six PL away games this season. #nufc

Looking at some data for the season and the biggest alarm bell I’ve found is Jacob Murphy has taken 26 shots. The next most is Bruno and Gordon with 14. We won’t go anywhere quick if this trend continues. #nufc

Tino/Hall getting spoken about a lot and for good reason. As much as they do offer more in the final third, the thing we miss most is their ability to carry the ball 5-10 yards in our first phase of play. We’re so stodgy in the first phase without them. #nufc