Newcastle Thread

What did everyone think of the game today?

I thought until the red card we were the better team and looked good in a 4-4-2 for a change. Without the red card I think we'd have probably gone on to win the match. Bit of a harsh red I thought, although definitely a yellow - and to be fair the whistle had already gone so Tiote didn't even need to make that tackle which made it all the more disappointing.

After half-time Sunderland seemed to step it up a bit. Pretty impressed that we limited them to so few chances on target despite it seeming like a game of attack vs. defence for the majority of the second half. Perch looks like a really good squad player now after all the stick he got in our first Premiership season (including from me).

The ref was pretty shocking all around, there was some awful decisions from him in both teams favours

Debuchy to score only goal in his first game for Newcastle. Headlines next day:

A Debuchy to remember

Tried for about five minutes to think of another one. Debuchy-show... Debuchy Pardew needs.

It's harder than I thought.

De Mighty Buch

Souness just didn't rate him, commenting that "we'll never win anything with a team of James Milners" - an argument about signing experienced players that he presumably used to try and the likes of Craig Moore....