OTF

Do not adjust your displays, yes, Anita did just win a header against Phil Jones.

That looked as though it was off Anita's arm, though he did have them at his sides.

A bit of ship steadying required at the minute, calm it down...

Debuchy once again showing his quality. Not a bad defensive effort from Williamson there also as it was a difficult one. Ben Arfa warning up.

This is so true. Nothing Manchester United about them at all up until this point.

Lovely from Remy who was tasked with beating 4 or 5 defenders and did so with a perfectly weighted pass.

Yeah, should have been a booking but tbh given out normal luck with refereeing away from home I'll take the fact that no penalty was given gladly.

To keep the theme going, a little bit Ted and Dougall from Pardew and Carver.

Is it just me or does Phil Jones look like a young Rick Mayall?

Two good defensive headers from Williamson.

Excellent from Tiote again, our best so far.

Debuchy just gets better and better as a defender.

For some reason I'm getting a real Ben Arfa vibe from this game. Their defending has been very 'hang-offy' which suits him. Still early but if anyone is looking poor or tired towards the end of the half hoy Ben Arfa out for them. Even though they're somewhat wounded this is a fixture where we generally have nothing to lose.

I think you may be on the money Marshy. Tiote is looking sharp so far, reading their passing quite well.

Two silly late challenges and already has a yellow card.

Cabaye

Annoying isn't it. If they were a tad less putridly coloured they'd be relatively nice, but no excuse for not wearing our proper kit.

I never said that you tit.

He is talented, I never said he wasn't. Just think that he's not particularly well suited to playing fullback in a side who are put under a lot of pressure in a fast and physical league. I don't think those elements of his game will change too much over a short period of time, which is probably all he will have in this league.

There should be a button on the forum that allows you to instantly toggle all of CT's posts to that.

It was good to see him back on the pitch for the first team. Would like to see him get a run of games at some stage this season. Converse to what some may say, I don't think Santon is well suited to being a fullback in the premier league in a mid table team.

There was one stage where Remy was unmarked on the edge of the box but Sissoko's errant pass allowed the defender to intercept. It was by no means a difficult pass. Inconsistent sums up most aspects of his of his game excluding his inconsistency. The highs are very high, but the lows are almost equally low.

I thought the same, but on review it was a really poor pass. Still, Obertan didn't do well with it, but Sissoko has to share some of the blame.

Two penalty shouts that could easily have been given, a player of theirs that should have been sent off. It could have been very different. As it was we were mostly poor, they weren't great but had some good movement and passing. Shelvey's defense for the headbutt is laughable. That's one of the most ordinary home team refereeing efforts I've seen in some time which is surprising given that the crowd were so flat and lifeless. Debuchy was our best, unlucky to 'score' the own goal. Krul looked highly shaky and a number of other players failed to have any positive impact. We're due some changes to come into the side, even in the run of wins we've rarely been convincing. All in all totally classic Newcastle.

Same team. Early subs for the less fit and Obv depending how things are going.