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Would be nice but at this stage I'd rather have a DM or defender.

Aye, he's young as well. We've had the likes of Janmaat with all his experience doing far more stupid things.

Which means we'll probably lose by a goal again

Mackems drawing away. Palace with that prick winning at Stamford Bridge, almost there. What a crappy day of football

Who the hell said that? Whatever happened to form is temporary, class(or lack of it) is permanent.

We'll probably just shoot ourselves in the foot again. Frustrating as hell this. What an absolutely incompetent attention seeking dickhead Mariner is. Ought to be axed for a performance like this.

Said it after the Janmaat red. This club is going to be a shambles no matter what. Ridiculous stuff

One good performance overrules years of inconsistency and clownery? When we know both Janmaat and Mbemba are overall much better players there's no point keeping them out.

Thought he'd gone to West Ham permanently but apparently the moves run into some issues.

Anyone think Song would be worth going for? Shouldnt be pricy and has done well in this league. Any hope of Tiote regaining past form is fading very quickly and Colback and Anita are going to be outmuscled more often than not over the course of the season.

Thauvin seems to be capable of providing the kind of quality the likes of Cisse, De Jong and hopefully Mitrovic can thrive on. Looks promising, just have to hope Thauvin and Mitro can build on the positive start here and De Jong can stay fit.

Real quality from Thauvin, thank Goodness we seem to have gotten someone who can provide quality from set pieces.

http://footyroom.com/newcastle-united-4-1-northampton-2015-08/ Hope thats not illegal or anything but decent good quality clips of the goals

Missed the game but good to read about the impact Thauvin and Mitrovic had. Great result.

We're so lightweight in central midfield. Colback Anita partnership is horribly....... inadequate. Well get bullied by most premier league teams.

Typical nufc shambles. Doesnt really matter who's in charge or who the players are. The place is cursed

All seems to have gone awfully quite

Pretty much what I expected before the game, promising up front but susceptible at the back. Good to see some positive football, cracking second goal as well. Early days but Sissoko looks rejuvenated and Mbemba is quite possibly going to be a star. Sort out the defence and this could be a pretty decent season.

Still think we've left a few areas unattended that needed real attention. Optimistic about what we could do upfront but we're still dependent on the likes of Williamson and Taylor. I can still see us struggling on set pieces and occasionally falling apart in spectacular fashion like only nufc can. Will be a lot more confident if we have a couple of new faces at the back come September.

Been maintaining all along we need to spend big on an experienced CB or its going to be another testing season. Still massive issues at the back.

Think I was more worried than excited when we were linked with Ballotelli. Too much baggage imo

Didnt Gouffran come from Bordeaux? If yes, we shouldnt touch them with a barge pole again.

Colback deserves his place based on last season. Not sure where Tiote's head is. Anita is a completely different type of player. Abeid didnt do anything spectacular but for a first proper run in this league I thought he showed promise. Physically strong, great engine, neat on the pass and did his job as a DM pretty efficiently. Also supposed to have a decent shot on him though we didnt see any evidence of that. I wouldnt put him ahead of Colback but I think if we're going to play a proper DM next season he should have a shot at it.

Thought Abeid was pretty decent when he played last season, definitely deserving of a longer first team run. I dont think its just about having an out and out winger. Its about someone who can regularly put in decent crosses for the likes of Mitrovic. Can we rely on Janmaat to do that game after game? Not sure. Sissoko/Cabella from the wings? Big maybe.