Newcastle (H) 2pm Sunday 8 Oct (not on TV)

buffybegood

Benrahma and Kudus appear to be coming on.

thornburyiron

Dodgy decisions or not they don’t directly cause the goal, poor defending or good attacking does. It was a free kick we made a mess of.

MIAHammer

Paqueta needs to calm down. He’s one rash challenge away from being sent off.

buffybegood

thornburyiron said:

Dodgy decisions or not they don’t directly cause the goal, poor defending or good attacking does. It was a free kick we made a mess of.

True, but if it wasn't for the ref, they never would have had the chance.

buffybegood

Nearly a 3rd for Izak, he rounds Areola but is forced wide and hits the post from a narrow angle.

buffybegood

buffybegood said:

Benrahma and Kudus appear to be coming on.

On for Antonio and Soucek.

buffybegood

Free kick just outside the box on the left of centre, perfect JWP territory.

buffybegood

Too high, maybe too close to the goal to get it up and down easily.

MIAHammer

Bowen has been a little ineffective today

Giant_Hammer

I only went upstairs for a shave before going to the pub. I come down and it’s all gone Pete tong.

thornburyiron

It’s been far too comfortable for Newcastle this half.

buffybegood

Oh dear, Wilson coming on.

Giant_Hammer

Don’t panic Mr Mainwaring.

buffybegood

Completely clear handball not given against Burns, ref has had a shocker.

Kudus scores a cracker.

MrsGrey

Wallop.

thornburyiron

He’s got to start games.

MIAHammer

Now what do we do? Sit back and try and take the point or try to win it.

buffybegood

6 minutes added time.

thornburyiron

Keep the ball up their end where Wilson can’t get it.

buffybegood

So close to a winner, Bowen shoots and Pope gets a hand to it, Benrahma can't get a touch as it shoots across the 6 yard box.

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

Kudus has to play. He’s on another level.

buffybegood

Huge push in the back of Paqueta again not given. I hope we rate this ref really poorly in the post match report, he's been dreadful.

buffybegood

Free kick to Newcastle fortunately comes to nothing.

buffybegood

2-2FT.

Would have been fairly happy with a point before the game, but we got nothing from the ref so it feels a bit disappointing.

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

Not a bad result, but I feel very frustrated. First half was so comfortable and then the first 20 minutes of the second half was basically a shambles.

I also feel frustrated that we had 75 minutes of Antonio and 15 of Kudus. That's the wrong way round IMO.

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

Also, the ref was really poor. Guimaraes should have gone but he bottled it. And it wasn't a foul for the free-kick for their first goal.

welovethehammers

Fair result.

I’ve been with Moyes on playing Antonio over Kudus for the last few matches but now I think we are ready to start Kudus up front. It does mean we’d have to change our tactics without a big guy up front.

Pengeman

The referee cost us two points today. Absolutely awful with his Toon glasses. I can't see how Kudus can be kept out of the next starting EPL team.

MIAHammer

I hope the referee has to explain why that Guimaraes tackle wasn’t a second yellow.

ASLEFshrugged

The ref was diabolical but it seems he has a history with us. Moyes should just get Nobby Nolan to tamper with his brakes...