Surprised Gary Monk hasn't been mentioned. Rated him at Swansea and was harshly sacked IMO.

Wish McClaren would see Gini is wasted out wide. Put him in the center and bring in Thauvin so we might actually have some width down the left side.

Elliot - 7 - Some crucial saves in the second half

Janmaat - 5 - Poor positioning
Mbemba - 6.5 - Given a hard time by Gestede when he came on, solid enough though
Coloccini - 7 - Better from him, took his goal well
Dummett - 3.5 - Surely theirs a better left back somewhere in the club?! Just long ...

Elliot - 8.5 - Crucial saves in the first half kept us in the game

Janmaat - 6 - s*** first half, decent second
Mbemba - 7 - Solid enough and kept Kane quiet. Also contributed to the first goal
Coloccini - 6 - Awful marking for the Spurs goal but composed himself afterwards.
Dummett - 5.5 - Meh ...

Elliot - 6 - Didn't have much to do.

Janmaat - 7.5 - Solid defensively and great going forward
Mbemba - 7
Coloccini - 7 - Better than usual, still a cronut though
Dummett - 8 - His best performance in a Newcastle shirt. Firm in the tackle

Sissoko - 7 - Ok, extra point for the assist.
Anita - 7 ...

Elliot - 5 - Prevented further damage.

Janmaat - 2 - Dreadful
Mbemba - 3 - All over the place but tried
Coloccini - 1.5 - Headless chicken. Sick of seeing this cronut in a Newcastle shirt
Dummett - 1.5 - Not a PL standard defender. Offers absolutely nothing

Sissoko - 2 - Lazy cronut
Tioté - 4 ...

Elliot - 9.5 - Outstanding, the reason we're leaving with 3 points

Janmaat - 6
Mbemba - 7 - Bailed us out a few times
Coloccini - 7 - Better than usual
Dummett - 6 - Lost count of how many times he was megged, solid enough though defensively without offering anything going forward

Sissoko - 4 ...

If Colback, Dummett and Haidara can't play then **** knows who we'll play LB

Pretty sure Tiote is out

Krul - 5.5 - Struggled to play it out from the back with Watfords 2 strikers pressing the backline

Janmaat - 7 - Great goal, seems to be the only one who cares
Mbemba - 6 - Amazing last ditch tackle in the second half
Coloccini - 3 - Watford strikers had him on toast, lost count of the amount of ...

Need to change up the formation to a more attacking one. 4-2-3-1 clearly isn't working

<krul>
<janmaat> <mbemba> <colo> <haidara>
<tiote> <anita>
<thauvin> <wij> <aarons>
<ayoze>

I'd bring in Tiote for Colback just for a bit more presence in midfield, Cisse is an awful footballer who offers next to **** all and Sissoko was awful and needs dropped.

I'd go unchanged but Cisse in for Mitro obviously. Wijnaldum is not a defensive/deep lying midfielder, he'd be wasted there.

Tiote and Coloccini's ratings are extremely generous and how is Gouffran gold?! Perez should be 75 at least

Krul - 7

Janmaat - 6
Mbemba - 7 - Looks like an amazing signing so far!
Coloccini - 6.5 - Unlucky for the own goal, led the line well
Haïdara - 6.5 - A lot better defensively

Anita - 6
Colback - 6.5

Sissoko - 6.5 - Worked hard
Wijnaldum - 7 - A class act
Thauvin - 6.5 - Done what he could up ...

Video the NUFC twitter posted earlier:

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<awe>

Like how they casually cut out a chunk of the actual quote that might discredit the club

What is a club in any case?

Not the buildings or the directors or the people who ...

<krul>
<mbemba> <saylor> <colo> <haidara>
<anita> <colback>
<sissoko> <wij> <thauvin>
<mitrovic>

As much as I like Janmaat I don't think any defender should be dropped after the performance against Man Utd and we need Taylor to help against Giroud in the air. Having Thauvin on the left ...

Don Sholeone wrote:£20mill for Berahino, and £15 for Austin I'm all for the club spending but hope we don't go full on Liverpool with the overpaying

Austin for £15 would be a steal

I don't think I'd mind either way who'd play out of Ings/Perez and Colback/Abeid.

Don't really rate Dummett and although I like Taylor he's too injury prone to be considered a first choice CB when he only makes around 15 appearances a season

Realistically I'd take Abate, Ayew, Sako, Vlaar and Ings
Darlow, Abate, Lascelles, Abeid, De Jong, Sako, Perez

I'd definately keep Perez, Cabella, Krul, Janmaat, Sissoko, Colback, Abeid and Aarons.

Get rid of Gouffran, Willo, Raylor, Jonas, Obertan, Riviere and of course Carver.

Everyone else in between I couldn't care less if they stay or go