Gabriel and White both start. Tomiyasu and Tavares full backs, Emile Smith Rowe instead of Martinelli. The rest as expected

Smithers and Tavares start. Interesting selection.

Attacking Side.

Carragher has just said the Everton non penalty with Richarlison being obviously pulled is not a penalty. Surely highlights the problem here. Wot a plonker

So bloody nervous!!!
Come on Arsenal!!!!

I'm nervous too.

Me watching happily this evening…

https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer ... -1.4880006

Hopefully this will become a nothing story in the future.

*%^@*** hell this is a really tall order

Come on Arsenal!

Yeah not happening. Just isn’t

Nervy start.

Unbelievable - yellow card for a tangle. we get booked for nothing challenges all the sodding time

If that’s a booking, we are utterly *%^@**

I'm sorry but virtually every team get away without that being a yellow card every single week. 8 minutes in to the game, the defender is pretty much actively trying to avoid the contact and there is a tangle of legs - give the free kick but it is just not a booking. Wait for the inconsistency in this game alone, it will happen. THat is a home crowd yellow without doubt.

Ffs get a grip.

People can keep denying it as much as they want but we are honestly refereed differently. 1 foul 1 yellow. it is a joke

Yep a joke.

There you go! how is that not a yellow card for Joelinton. Ødegaard making that exact point. If you card White then you've set your stall out. That was a far worse late foul

Struggling with their press early on, need to keep our cool here. It won't be like this for 90 mins, important not to concede

Ramsgate looks really edgy.

There is a goal coming here for Newcastle. Our sloppy play is totally playing in to the hands of a home team pressing high and the crowd cheering every tackle etc

This shows what we're missing with Partey out. He's our most press resistant midfielder, and we desperately need someone who can hold onto the ball to relieve a bit of pressure.

We are being pegged back

Ramsdale does.

free kick for saint maximan for just losing his own balance there

100%

We simply can’t play on the half turn. Granit and elneny have an important role here. They can’t just unload it.

Team perceived as being more attacking often get the run of the green. That’s Newcastle atm. Do we keep calm or go for it right now??

every time we get past their press we look dangerous, we've only done it twice as opposed to not doing it at least 10 times but something to build on

Nketiah given offside when he was on.

Beginning to look more lively going forward now.

Oh my… what’s going on with Callum Wilson’s tooth?!!

White v st max whatever is a Red waiting to happen.

As if I wasn’t feeling queasy enough!!!

No one gave White the call

Our defence is tougher than it looks

St.Maximan would have picked it up.

We need Martinelli

The feeling right now is we need to hold on until half time

good save from ramsdale but I was sure that was afoul earlier on Ødegaard. We're not going to get those tonight though