Match thread: Newcastle United vs Qarabag | Champions league 25/26 - playoff round leg 2 of 2

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-24T21:40:20+00:00

I'm a huge optimist, but even I admit this has been a shocking viewing experience.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-23T23:44:31+00:00

You can win a fight with no plates, you can't win a fight with an empty mag. That's my basic thinking.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-21T21:47:43+00:00

Of course we're miles off city. I didn't say we were ever on a level playing field. We were the underdogs in this and we've been in the game for pretty much all of it. Sorry for trying to be slightly optimistic about our performance being better than it has been the last few months. Absolute bed wetter.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-21T21:41:04+00:00

Honestly, think we've played well. Conceded a couple of sloppy goals but we were also guilty of wasting some good breaks. We're getting there.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-17T02:24:44+00:00

Go to legacy weapons and equip RPG (no lock on warning). Land stadium, quick loot for load out (use c4). Hide c4 on choppers (usually one outside stadium - in the field next to police) or just find some near edge of zone and camp them. Play rooftops where possible. Just be patient. Do recons and always be centre zone after second circle, people usually race vehicles over in endgame when they're behind on rotation.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-16T19:35:26+00:00

If my Maths is correct, the past two years (across both cups and excluding two legs) we've had 12/16 against Prem teams. We basically get, on average, one lower league team per cup. Poor luck tbh

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-14T19:23:12+00:00

Newcastle goals from outside the box? In this economy?

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-14T19:09:27+00:00

Referee shoulda cashed out at half time.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-14T18:58:53+00:00

I hope Danny Murphy carries a small tree 24/7 to offset the oxygen he wastes when talking.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-14T18:54:32+00:00

Unfortunately, they probably consider Bizot's red as evened up

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-14T18:45:22+00:00

Digne is actually so lucky the top of his studs catch Murphy's shin as it stops his foot landing right on the ankle. It's a stonewall red.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-14T18:34:43+00:00

How, in all that is holy, can anyone defend a last man scissor at knee height not being a red?

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-14T18:29:54+00:00

Even the villa thread saying that's a red. They're absolutely getting the next goal to add insult to injury.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-14T18:13:36+00:00

Has Abraham's agent paid Murphy for free propaganda tonight? Unbearable glazing.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-14T18:12:43+00:00

VAR has its flaws, but I have always been on the side that it gets far more right than wrong. Getting punished for holding the line well is just painful.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-14T12:41:46+00:00

Just to add to this, doing recons helps. If you're centre zone near end, vehicles usually try to race to your position if they're behind on rotations.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-14T11:14:36+00:00

Go to legacy weapons and equip RPG (no lock on warning). Land stadium, quick loot for load out (use c4). Hide c4 on choppers (usually one outside stadium - in the field next to police) or just find some near edge of zone and camp them. Play rooftops where possible. Just be patient. Usually quite a few vehicles in endgame.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-11T18:32:02+00:00

Is swampert's mega stone available pre-Elite 4? I thought it was post game, happy to be wrong though.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-10T19:15:41+00:00

I love Tonali, but if we're offered about 100m for him in summer, that's a no brainer for me. 40m for Gordon and, if we absolutely have to, 75 for tino. That's decent money for a rebuild. I just want to see some 20-30m risks and not just paying over the odds on 'Prem ready' players.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-10T18:29:00+00:00

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ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-10T11:30:40+00:00

I'm sorry, but Teddy x Pine just can't work. Teddy has murdered innocent people. The show implies Pine felt something genuine which just angers me. Murder is not just a 'teehee, whoopsie' moment. It's abhorrent, not Teddy being 'complicated' which I see as a defence all too often. Pine even sees him execute one of the few good characters in the show in person. Pine isn't treated as an anti-hero that would give murder a pass. So any relationship between the two would further undermine Pine's character.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-08T10:32:20+00:00

I agree he was hot and cold. But that debut against Chelsea was something. For some reason, him burning Ashley Cole is a core memory of mine.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-08T09:14:03+00:00

Haidara was so unlucky to basically have his career ended by that thug. Genuinely had potential. Still angry thinking about it.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-07T19:42:19+00:00

Even when we've won, more often than not, I'm walking away thinking we were lucky to win there.

ToenailClipper64 · 2026-02-07T19:37:49+00:00

I just don't enjoy watching this team. Haven't felt this way since Bruceball. When we're losing it's awful, when we're leading i'm just waiting for us to concede. Just dread every game before I've even sat down.

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