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just got home. there was a thatchers in the fridge, rolled a single skinner sat in the back.garden looking at the full moon and thinking life is fucking wonderful.

I loved this match, I love this club (feels like ours again at long fucking last), and I love this team. I don't care if we ever win anything, this is what I wanted us to be again and it's back already. Just reading through the Arsenal forum match thread and they're all sat there laughing about Joelinton being our biggest weakness, how they've got nothing to worry about etc. Then the shock hits as they can't get the fucking ball. "Newcastle won't keep up this intensity, the crowd will shout themselves out, we just need to survive this then professionally dispose of them". Then we scored and they were all talking about how we were going to park the bus More stunned silence follows as they still can't get anything going and we go on to get a second. We're not some lower league makeweight happy to even be at the same table as you, Arsenal fans, you condescending pricks. When you come up here we absolutely will be going for the win, and you're gonna have to dig a lot fucking deeper than you just did to walk way with anything at all. Or you're going to get battered up and down the pitch, as you just were. Beautiful stuff, I love it. Great way to sign off the season and a shot across the fucking bow for the rest of the league.

Gan on there Troops Lad 😁

The simple things like this make all the difference. Owners to be proud of.

Oh what a night Should have been in bed hours ago but on such a high after that. I’ve watched a bit of the atmosphere on TV but it just doesn’t do it justice. I don’t remember anything like that. So much respect for worflags and all the volunteers who made it possible. Got up nice and early so the daughter could really enjoy the build up. Went and watched the players arrive. ASM spent a good 10 minutes with all the kids signing and taking selfies. Good lad. Went to watch the Arsenal coach pull up and joined in the customary booing. Then into the stadium at 6.30. I thought the whole team were stars tonight. Even Lascelles looked commanding when he came on. Trippier was warming up right next to us and was barking orders and gesturing non stop During the lap of honour, Ghodoussi threw himself into the fans right in front of us, much to the irritation of the 3 very mean looking bodyguards. He was absolutely loving it. The singing all night was brilliant. It was the perfect party night and for once it all came together. Fuck me WE ARE GOING PLACES

“Who would be the perfect midfield signing for Man Utd? When that question was put to Kleberson, the 2002 World Cup winner – who was speaking in association with Paddy Power – told GOAL: “It might be a bit too soon, but the way he plays, the quality he has and the way he’s improved Newcastle’s players, I’d love to see Bruno Guimaraes at Manchester United. He’s doing a great job at Newcastle and it’s too early to move to United but he’s one for the future.“ The bloke would legitimately be Manchester United’s best CM (since Pogba doesn’t bother performing). The arrogance of these ex-man yooo players is staggering it’s as if they have absolutely no clue of what Manchester United have become the last ten years, and to what we are now. Sorry Kleberson but by the time he’s “ready” to play for Manchester United the real United will be miles ahead of them.

Couldn't agree more. I think Krafth is also one that should not be overlooked for praise as well. He's been truly immense from the moment Trippier got injured. Who'd have thought we'd be saying that about him not 6 months ago? I thought Longstaff had a really good game yesterday too. The 'dink' in the run up to Bruno's goal was sublime.

Cracking photo of last night's display courtesy of @JawD

I'm glad at least one person who trudged through the 80s got to watch it.

I can think of one other person he reckons in an absolute cunt right now.

Can’t find a Matt Targett thread soooooo…..

I hope we sign him cos he seems a good lad and he deserves a contract. But if we don't it'll be because Howe thinks we can do even better which would be great. Win-win.

Almost as depressed as the Sky Sports studio.

🤣some really good reactions here.

Personally I'll enjoy watching the likes of Man Utd and Arsenal flap about like fish out of water as we pass them by, let their ex-players/pseudo pundits have a few fits in the process too.

Erm seriously?

I liked the post below. Coming from a fan of a team that has Visit Rwanda on their sleeves, and Emirates the airline of the UAE as not only their shirt sponsor but also their fucking stadium sponsor sure pal your lot definitely have ground to go after that. It’ll be Man City fans saying it next.

Only seen the second half this morning and Alan Smith shouldn't be on Arsenal games, he's biased but it probably flies under the radar with a lot of people as they've already been lulled into a stupor by his voice.

Just watched the highlights back. You can hear the anguish in the voice of the sky commentator as Bruno’s goal wins us the three points. Delicious stuff.

Yet we only had Dan Burn and Bruno on the pitch out of that spend - so £48m. Meanwhile Ben White alone cost Arsenal £53m so that argument is utterly futile.

Agbonlabore’s comment … the bitter cunt

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Unforgettable night: the performance, the result, the atmosphere. Genuinely can’t remember anything like that since the keegan days. Perhaps not ever. Even the east stand where I was sitting was raucous. Arsenal, honestly were nowhere near all night, we absolutely bossed it from the first kick. There’s no reason why we can’t be among that group of clubs challenging for Europe next season on that evidence. Joelinton and Bruno were just immense in midfield. i won’t be leaving it another two years till my next home game. We’re back!

Ive only missed two home matches this calender year. Leicester, which i watched in a pub, and Liverpool, which i missed entirely. Almost forgotten what it feels like to lose at home. Tonight was brilliant. The flags, the atmosphere, and for me the inevitable certainty of victory from the start. We're going places. The bad time are over.

F U C K I N G

Does anyone know where he heard it first?

or......

Time for a Keegan statue if you ask me. I'd suggest basing it on this:

I love it when you talk dirty.

We're 12 points off 6th. When you think of some of the points we dropped in that period post-Howe's arrival where we hadn't worked out how to kill a game off yet. It's absolutely ridiculous to think but we were a few last minute equalisers from genuinely threatening the European places. They showed the league table since Christmas on Sky last night. We are 4th with Spurs in 3rd having played 3 games more than us. Just ridiculous stuff from Howe, his team, and the players.

he's a coward though.

Just cut the losses with Lewis. The Lewis Losses. He’s not going to get the consistent game time he needs to actually improve if we sign two left backs so just flog him. There’s no time for hoping we realise his potential when we’re shopping in another supermarket altogether

Fucking hell Wykiki, any more humble pie passes between your gnashers and your calorie intake will be challenging that of 'vat of lamb bhuna, please!'

I said for some time the reason the likes of Lascelles, Longstaff, Ritchie, Fraser etc had become so abject was they had been terribly mis-managed. At the time I did think my view was slightly prejudiced by the fact I despised Bruce so much but on reflection, I was absolutely right to think it. Whether it was as a result of Bruce being so shit or Howe being so brilliant, or a combination of the two is up for debate but Eddie has got those players doing things Steve couldn't. Still, it won't be his fault.....

That’s probably the most satisfying part of this whole resurgence for me- the new lads played a part, but it was blindingly clear what had gone on under Bruce, when you see the wholesale change in the existing squad. Him holding out for his grubby pay-off was the absolute measure of the bloke.

Yep - he'll be saying it's not fair he didn't get a crack at the transfer window in January. That said, whilst the acquisition of Bruno, Burn & Targett have had a reasonable impact on us, the majority of why the 2nd half of our season has been so tremendous is the emergence of existing players who have stepped up. Schar, Joelinton, Shelvey, Krafth, Fraser, Murphy, Almiron and Willock have all gone to a different level under Howe. The quality of coaching is key.

Can’t remember if already posted. Love this, especially with Bruno joining in

Off tangent but the Chargers just released their new schedule.

Did anyone else hear Trippier coaching our lot as he was warming up on the touch line? Telling them where to drop in etc. Born leader that one, surely our next captain?

The players have only just left the pitch apparently. CT finally got his mathematically safe party and he turned up with a 6 pint, two-day old hangover.

Shout out to CT: it's 12 points now but it'll be a lot closer come the end of the season, etc, etc.

Rayvin’s xP: 12 Actual points: 25 Time for Rayvin to get on his knees. And I don’t mean to beg forgiveness.

Eddie Howe finally beating Steve Bruce’s points total from last season.