Newcastle United (A); Saturday 1st December, 15:00

Cuz1

Get in

OldCastleSwift

PEA ;wahoo

buffybegood

Get in.

So easy, Snoddy on the right, cuts in onto his left, delivers a lovely ball in and Hernandez was completely unchallenged to poke it in

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

Cracking ball from Snoddy.

Expat_Hammer

Oh, I say ;biggrin

MIAHammer

Well that was simple and against the run of play.
Let's push on now!

buffybegood

Snoddy in the book, rather harshly imo

buffybegood

2 good chances for Arnie, the first one the ball got trapped under his feet, the second he was slipped in by Anderson, took it round the keeper who he hurdled when he maybe coulda taken the hit and gone down but then looked for a pass instead of shooting from an admittedly tight but by no means ridiculous angle.

buffybegood

Nice ball in by Cresswell, Arnie just failed to make contact on the stretch.

Jorderz_Moyes_will_be_Moyes

We’ve wasted some great chances to double the lead ;sofa

MIAHammer

We need to finish one of these chances or we may well regret it.

buffybegood

Another chance, 3 on 3, Anderson slipped in Arnie who tried to play it straight on to Hernandez but a defender just gets a touch.

Really hope we don't get made to pay for these missed opportunities.

ASLEFshrugged

Noble booked for time wasting. Really?

buffybegood

Stupid yellow for Noble, taking too long over a nothing free kick, in the book for timewasting.

alderz

Booking him was so unnecessary and I don’t trust Noble on a yellow

ASLEFshrugged

Oggy warming up, Balbuena limping a bit.

MIAHammer

buffybegood said:

Stupid yellow for Noble, taking too long over a nothing free kick, in the book for timewasting.

Rondon was initially within 10 yards and stopping Noble from taking the kick.

alderz

Commentator on my stream has called Mark Noble “Kevin” several times

alderz

Honestly this ref isn’t great. I don’t think Ritchie should have been booked there either.

Haha commentator just said “Newcastle won’t want Newcastle to go two up before the break”

buffybegood

Zaba in the book now

BubblesNeverDies

So far defensively:
Noble having a mare
Cresswell having a blinder
Rocky, Diop, Zab, Rice excellent

Ref having a mare as well

ASLEFshrugged

alderz - whatever your commentator is on I'll have a double

buffybegood

Great block from Zaba on Rondon right on the stroke of half time

alderz

Zab ;bowdown

MrsGrey

alderz - same stream. They're not the A team on comms ;whome

BubblesNeverDies

BBC live text:
Zab is shown the yellow card for a "bad foul."
Snoddie is shown the yellow card for a "bad foul."
Ritchie is shown the yellow card

;angry

alderz

How good is Rice? Honestly. I’m at risk of going overboard here, but I think he’s the best central midfielder we’ve had since Scott Parker.

alderz

Arnie is really off the boil at the moment. With Hernandez and Carroll both available now I think he might need a bit of a rest tbh.

Cuz1

And imo will only get better with age and experience

Bazshuayi

I thought that was wine, not rice.... ;puzzled