Brilliant. These are becoming a regular feature and long may it continue. I see big Joe is in there, so at least he was with the squad. Is there any update on why he wasn't even on the bench?
slight thigh strain - Read that as this. "We are signing Lucas Paquetta in the summer and couldn't exactly have him in the crowd tonight with his mate not starting so pretended Joelinton was injured"
I don't know what the injury is but he travelled incase he is fit for Sunday as they aren't coming back to Newcastle in-between, so it can hardly be a bad injury.
Ralph.. "We had good opportunities to score against a deep-defending team. Players were lying on the ground with cramps and everything. I don’t know if they were doing it to break our rhythm."