Absolutely awful away kit : What were they thinking?
Basics : Couldn't get them right. Passing, crossing. It's back to the training ground.
Chant of the day : "You're supposed to be in jail" aimed at Newcastle prison fodder Joey Barton.
Deteriorating : Ledley's form. There was a moment in today's game where he rashly just booted the ball into touch making a clearance. It was if he was saying what he thought of his new contract. I think his heart and soul for the club has gone, and if he goes in January his value could be cut price.
Edge : Both teams lacked the cutting variety
Fans : Both sets were superb. Created another superb atmosphere.
Gears : We rarely got futher than 3rd gear, Newcastle looked comfortable in 3rd gear.
Hair : Coloccini's poodle afro. I thought Dirty Den's dog Roly was playing for a minute.
Into them : We just never got....
Jay : Where do we start? I could fill volumes writing about this guy. For me he has to be one of the most frustrating players to watch. So far this season I think he's been well off his game, but today he plumbed new depths of laziness. There must some Opta Index stats on how much gametime he spends on his arse, of which he needs a rocket up it. We need an on loan striker to compete for his place. In some ways I wished he hadn't been fit for this game because it could have meant mixing things up a bit, and playing a different way.
Kelvin : Looked lively and direct. The complete antithesis to Bothroyd
Left : Or lack of it. Whittingham was anonymous (again), kept cutting inside and his link up play wih Capaldi was pretty much non existent.
Midfield muscle : Where is it? We could've done with some today. I was hoping Taiwo was going to make an appearance.
Nile Ranger : What kind of name is that?
Outnumbered : Newcastle seemed to get everyman behind every ball at every opportunity. They set their stall out as the away team, got to pretty much every ball quicker, created sod all, soaked up the pressure, and it worked
Penalty : Stone wall apparently, but there's a visually impaired man from the West Midlands to blame for that
Quinn : Puzzled as to why he was playing. Matthews has been in good form, did DJ think he was not experienced enough. Quinn looked slow, out of his depth and occasionally inexperienced today.
Reading : We really need something from Wednesday night's game. Bouncebackability
Set pieces : I lost count of the number of free kicks we were awarded, but we never looked like scoring on every one.
Tactics : DJ's stubbornness. Was he really happy with what he was seeing on the pitch in the last half hour. Only making one sub. Or does he think that the players on the bench we not good enough. No plan to combat an away team packing the midfield.
Unhappy with ref : DJ's not a happy camper
Va-va-voom : Could've done with some of that today
Watertight defence : Newcastle's...not ours !
Xylophone....what else !
Yellow : Far too much two tone vomit yellow on show today.
Zidane....Could've done with him today
