Newcastle fan here and not on the wind up or owt.
First things first, that was as soft a penalty as I've seen in ages. Was fully expecting the VAR to reverse the on field decision, but apparently it falls into not being a "Clear and obvious error". If it wasn't given by the referee, it wouldn't have been reversed by VAR either.
Thought it was a game where we looked exhausted and threadbare. We had 6 players who can play fullback and 2 goalkeepers on the bench. 0 strikers and only Joe Willock who can be considered an attacking threat. Trippier had a poor game by his standard. Neto had a great game until his unfortunate injury, Limited Gordon's threat as he was often having to help Burn out at the back.
You're in good form and we're paying the price for trying to compete in 4 competitions with fuck all squad depth. Barnes, Botman, Isak, Murphy, Tonali, all injured and we probably not see any of them back before Christmas. Reckon we'll see more games like this where we'll labour against any team that aren't Bournemouth, Burnley, Luton or Sheffield.
Good luck for the rest of the season and if you want any pub advice for the return fixture, let me know.
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