Liverpool have deserved this win but what the ****ing **** is VAR actually for if not to stop blatant diving like these Liverpool penalties. That second one in particular is shameful.
Ludicrous VAR decision there
Cracking result that. Love to see it.
Liverpool scored four so feels odd to call them profligate but by god they are! Should’ve cruised that, I’m not sure Nunez is ever going to get any better. Strong bench though, they’ve put together a pretty good squad.
34 shots and an xG of 7.2 I read...... a month without Salah will be testing, he does far more than just score goals
As a neutral who dislikes both Newcastle and Liverpool in equal amounts, it was a great game to watch. VAR controversy, LOADS of chances, Nunez hilariously poor (he should have had a double hat trick), arguably Joelinton and that Bruno fella the Newcastle fans mindlessly just chant the name of over and over should have been sent off, Dubravka making a million saves from shots straight at him, few goals, awful ref and Klopp losing his shit as usual (didn't see the post match interview but assume it was heavily laden with sarcasm, thinly veiled pops at the ref maybe some spittle hitting the camera from his inane ranting?)...
I was going to suggest Forest fans are getting a little ahead of themselves by talk of 10th but there is so much utter crap in the Prem this year with teams coming up being woeful and established Prem teams sliding backwards at alarming rates that its probably achievable.
We're going through the mid-season 'nobody wants to win it' phase, it'll tighten up in a month or two, when the teams at the bottom start winning more and Man City pull away.
Looks like Leeds may have put the final nail in the coffin for Roonpig. Stupid owners...
Fa cup next. A wet and cold January weekend full of 3rd round drama awaits us I reckon. No idea who spurs will field, with injuries, asain cup and African cup the team is some what depleted.
Happy Rooney's gone - who next...?
Probably Cooper... or whoever was sacked before him...
Once you're a manager it's only a matter of which club you go to next month .... but with a big payout 😀
Happy Rooney’s gone – who next…?
Lampard? 😀
Lampard with Gianfranco Zola as assistant coach?
Brave John Terry is due to get on the managerial merry go round surely?
Potter. Or Poch will be available shortly.
As will Ten Hag
Have we done Sunderland decorating a bar at the ground with Newcastle colours/slogans?
How the heck did anyone at the club think that was a good idea?
How the heck did anyone at the club think that was a good idea?
Because the idiots who now run football don't understand the fanatical tribalism and instead want it to be an entertainment spectacle where everyone behaves nicely, rather than what it really is.
A Sunderland fan voices his opinion. As you'd expect, its quite sweary
Seriously... WTAF?!!! 😂
I was talking to a geordie lad in the pub last night who goes to a lot of games and he told me all of his mates have bought tickets in the home end for tomorrow. It's going to be carnage.
I fell asleep during the Everton v Palace game last night – is it still 0-0? Magic of the FA Cup…
If they were still playing now it would still be goalless - really poor.
Newcastle Sunderland has a bit of spite, with the ref allowing the game to flow (so far); entertainment for the neutral.
cracking goal for coventry
Spurs seemed to struggle to score without Son, but got past Burnley lay night. Progressing to the 4th round is great but struggling to score its worrying given Son is off at the Asian Cup for 5 weeks probably and we have another cb with a hamstring injury now! What is going on? 3 CBs and one holding mid all out with hamstring injuries!
3 CBs and one holding mid all out with hamstring injuries!
Look at the injury list on any premier league side and it’ll be pretty similar. We’ve got 37 year old Jonny Evans (who was signed as last resort cover and maybe the odd league cup game) starting every single game because pretty much every other defender is out injured, most long-term.
It’s the pace and demands of the modern game, with the absolutely relentless scheduling of matches
That isn't the whole list, it's less than half, we did have 11 first team out, currently I think it's 9 or 10. That wasn't my point though, I was asking why all the hamstrings? 4 hamstrings with 3 for cbs seems too many to be coincidence. I'd read that ange's style of play contributes and first season somewhere he tends to see a lot of injuries, I'm wondering if something particular is contributing to all these hamstring injuries?
Maybe it’s the effect of vertigo on defenders from playing that constant high line?
I think coincidence - remember a while ago all the rage seemed to be breaking metatarsals. Also coincidence - both Liverpool’s left backs currently out having shoulder area injuries.
True.
Having watched Ange at Celtic it’s nothing really about distance covered or speed, just the 21st century footballers injury, they’re like thoroughbreds now, and games increasing yearly.
Well that turned out to be embarrassingly easy for the toon today. Hopefully we won’t have to do it again any time soon.
Aye, that was far easier than I'd been fearing in the build-up!
Why is Arsenal wearing Leeds United's 1960's kit?
Why is Arsenal wearing Leeds United’s 1960’s kit?
"No More Red" anti-knife crime jersey.
More to the point, WTF with Liverpool in "Space Purple"?
Is Havertz actually allergic to hitting the ball first time?
He’s so inexplicably overrated I’m surprised we didn’t sign him 😂
I'm alright with the idea of the all white (no red) anti knife crime kit, but the white numbers are annoying.
And nobody is going to want to Visit Rwanda
Great finish by Diaz. Love that they went for the goal instead of running it into the corner.
