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Sima-esque.

Reported.

Ahem...

Thank you.

Someone please tell me wtf just happened wrt subs. May otherwise spend the rest of the half figuring it out.

Was just about to post about that.

The press seem to be under the impression that Rafa is constantly "furious", completely at odds with his demeanour. Have they confused Manuel with Basil Fawlty?

Atsu, 2-0. Really nice finish from wide of the post.

fwiw I couldn't log in on my mobile but got in first time on my PC. Not sure if there's anything to that or it's just a coincidence.

I had that problem too at first; keep trying.

No wrries, troops. It's a very good stream so far tbf. Perez, 1-0.

https://www.nufc.co.uk/nufc-tv/live/live-video They're "testing" a live video stream on the official site so I don't expect it to be too stable. Fingers crossed.

New one on me too, like.

Couldn't pass a ball 10 yards; caused moves to break down. I don't understand the point of him. I can only assume he was adept at driving the ball forward during Hull's promotion campaign, similar to how Sissoko was in brief patches. Seems like a nice lad but he's beyond awful so far at Newcastle.

He's probably been told by Rafa that he has to improve as a goal scorer. Could see him getting more and more frustrated during preseason. That may have been his last game in a Newcastle shirt.

Anyone know how decent Manquillo's left foot is?

Covered everywhere but up front and #10. Too much pressure on the Merino kid to come good if Shelvey gets injured. And the less said about LB the better... Agree about Diamé too; I think we've seen enough pre-season at this point to say I'd rather see Colback's name on the team sheet than his.

Great ball from Manquillo who's looked decent going forward a few times now. Including the build up to the Ritchie freekick.

Penalty looked soft as fuck but Dummett the weak link in both defence and attack, at least until Diamé came on.

German defence feeling sorry for Mitro there?

Nice one; cheers Meenz.

Wait this on now?! Where do I watch?

While they all go and masturbate to their baby sisters?

They really need something to cheer them up tbf.

Time for a retirement community forum.