Today's Football

[mkmel]

Sheffield Utd lose today by 5 goals and they drop to bottom

[ElectroClaret]

0-1 Toon.

[agreenwood]

Looks like VAR didn’t mind that handball by the man making the assist.

[Casper2]

Amazing that stands , but not surprising

[mdd2]

More blatant than our “handball”

[RVclaret]

Well, there’s a handball by Gordon in the build up and the goal is allowed.

Yes I’m still fuming about the Berge one at Forest.

[agreenwood]

Amazing that stands , but not surprising

I think it’s in line with the rules. Clearly not “deliberate”, but far more obvious than the Berge incident on Monday, which was also hard to classify as deliberate with any genuine certainty.

[NottsClaret]

They’re a big / rich club now, no way that’s getting ruled out.

[Nori1958]

Well, there’s a handball by Gordon in the build up and the goal is allowed.

Yes I’m still fuming about the Berge one at Forest.

There is an handball but not deliberate, which it has to be. The same VAR official decided that Berges was...disgracefully

[warksclaret]

More blatant than our “handball”

Exactly my thoughts

[RVclaret]

There is an handball but not deliberate, which it has to be. The same VAR official decided that Berges was...disgracefully

I agree yeah. Darren England? Unbelievable.

[Leyland Claret]

…and it’s the same VAR as our game on Monday Darren England

[Nori1958]

I agree yeah. Darren England? Unbelievable.

Yep, that's him

[ClaretMat]

He's perhaps been spoken to after Monday.... too late for us though unfortunately.

[Goodclaret]

It's an absolute joke. Not a funny one mind. I'm ok that the Gordon handball was allowed but you just can't disallow ours based on the same rules. They took 2 seconds to deem Gordon's as non-deliberate yet spent 5 minutes making sure Berge's was. It really is an absolute mess.

[ClaretMat]

Newcastle could be in the goals today. Sheff Uniteds midfield really struggling leaving their defence exposed.

[JimmyRobbo]

Sheffield look very 2nd best.

[ClaretMat]

As I type, it's 2-0

[ElectroClaret]

0-2

[taio]

0-3

[Rileybobs]

Haha. Looks like we could be jumping up a place.

[RVclaret]

Good stuff.

[Rileybobs]

Not looking forward to defending these set pieces next week mind.

[4midable]

These are power ****

[JimmyRobbo]

Toon 3 up and it could end up with us moving off the bottom at this rate.

Loads of chances coming Newcastle's way.

[Murger]

At set pieces, Newcastle are gonna tear us a new 1 next week.

[4midable]

Carragher - probably one of trippiers poorer set pieces

It was a sublime whip in free kick

[RVclaret]

Newcastle play City on Wednesday in the cup I wonder if Howe will rotate a lot or not.

I think we will play virtually a new 11 at Salford.

[Rileybobs]

Anthony Gordon has really questionable balance for a top flight footballer.

[karatekid]

When we play we drop down the table. When we don’t play we go up the table. Weird

[agreenwood]

How’s that not a Newcastle penalty?

[JimmyRobbo]

That's a penalty in modern football.

Blunts got away with one.

[RVclaret]

Looks a penalty to me.

[Rileybobs]

That’s the old cliche about fans just wanting consistency. That ‘trip’ is a penalty more often than not. Complete lottery.

[Leyland Claret]

How on this earth is that not a penalty???

[Leyland Claret]

This is the officials not going all in on Sheffield Utd because they are getting hammered because the Jack Robinson challenge should also have been a red due to excessive force

[RVclaret]

This is the officials not going all in on Sheffield Utd because they are getting hammered because the Jack Robinson challenge should also have been a red due to excessive force

Robinson is a nasty piece of work. Did the same to Benson last season and JBG a few seasons back.

[Conroysleftfoot]

This game is another that demonstrates the gap between the Prem and the Championship. Newcastle with Joelinton, Tonali, Isak not starting but they are still way too good for Sheff Utd who, along with us, were too good for the Championship.

[mkmel]

Sheffield Utd lose today by 5 goals and they drop to bottom

It could be on.

[Rileybobs]

Can see a red card in this one.

[StayingDown4Ever]

How good is Maddison by the way

I only saw a couple of minutes of the game but I’m sure he lost the ball in his own box where Jesus should have scored.

[agreenwood]

I have visions of Darren England conducting his VAR duties from a static caravan in Bognor on an old black & white TV. His wife is holding the aerial out the window to try and improve the reception.

It’s the only way to explain his decisions/recommendations this week.

[Goodclaret]

How on this earth is that not a penalty???

It appears the officials now take in to account the score, If you're winning by so many at an early stage the rules no longer apply too. It's very interesting to see how the laws change for each game/team.

Anyone else absolutely hating the Premier League?

[ClaretTony]

How’s that not a Newcastle penalty?

It’s a penalty all day long

[agreenwood]

It’s a penalty all day long

What possible explanation could the PGMOL come up with to explain VAR overlooking it? It was clear as day.

[karatekid]

The 3 promoted teams from the championship have played 16 games between them and have yet to register a win.

[simonclaret]

Can’t help thinking it would have been given if it was 0-0, which stinks.

[ClaretTony]

If Sheff U concede another three we will be off the bottom

[lakedistrictclaret]

Sheffield Utd lose today by 5 goals and they drop to bottom

I think they have to lose by six.
If they only lose by five they'd still be above us on goals scored.

[Rileybobs]

What possible explanation could the PGMOL come up with to explain VAR overlooking it? It was clear as day.

You know that bar we keep hearing about to overturn refs decisions, I think they just set it quite high this morning - somewhere up near the t-shirt line.