Even when the ‘penalty’ is not given, the defender gets the last touch, but it’s still a goal kick ??
I’ve seen lots of those decisions be given as penalties, but can probably understand why it wasnt given.

We’ve been involved in seven 3-2 games this season, including this one, and lost them all.
Guess we need a miracle.

Need a bit of luck here.

Elanga has disappeared this half.

We are the only team in the prem NOT to have scored after 90 minutes, we desperately need to put that right in the next 6 minutes, or we will have lost 6 out of the last 7 home games. Definite relegation form.

comment by reddave (U8660)
posted about a minute ago
We are the only team in the prem NOT to have scored after 90 minutes, we desperately need to put that right in the next 6 minutes, or we will have lost 6 out of the last 7 home games. Definite relegation form.
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But not a relegation performance, though.

Callus Wilson is an embarrassment. Trying to claim he's been kicked in the face.

It is if you keep gifting goals at the rate we are.

comment by reddave (U8660)
posted 2 minutes ago
It is if you keep gifting goals at the rate we are.
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To be fair this result is down to the Ref getting 2 big decision wrong

We offer absolutely nothing in the last third of the pitch, when the ball goes into the penalty area, we never seem to have anyone near the ball.
The performance may have been decent, but that won’t keep you in the prem, i have serious doubts that we have the ability to stay up. All 3 goals conceded were so easily preventable, but we just keep gifting the opposition. I even doubt that Nuno will see the season out.

Don’t for a minute think this was a good Newcastle team, it certainly wasn’t, we just have NOTHING to offer up front, Awoniyi had two wonderful chances, similar to last week, but just fluffed his lines. Origi is anonymous, Wood missing for a couple of months, where are we going to get the goals to stay up ??

Now SKY have changed their view on the pen and saying Newcastle got away with one. During the game they were saying Awoniyi should have stayed on his feet

What is the point of VAR, like FoF, above, I’ve been watching Sky analyse the ‘penalty’ shout, it took them less than a minute to show the angle that proves it was a penalty, the keeper definitely takes Awoniyi’s feet, surely they should at the very least asked Taylor to have another look. VAR really is a waste of space. It’s not fit for purpose, scrap it.

comment by reddave (U8660)
posted 18 minutes ago
What is the point of VAR, like FoF, above, I’ve been watching Sky analyse the ‘penalty’ shout, it took them less than a minute to show the angle that proves it was a penalty, the keeper definitely takes Awoniyi’s feet, surely they should at the very least asked Taylor to have another look. VAR really is a waste of space. It’s not fit for purpose, scrap it.
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What makes it worse is there was less contact for Newcastles pen at their place.

Come the end of the season, that result could prove massive. Even the Sky pundits are starting to ‘fear’ for Forest, and i for one have to agree.
Nuno sounds very calm and level headed, but then again so did Cooper.

comment by reddave (U8660)
posted 26 minutes ago
Come the end of the season, that result could prove massive. Even the Sky pundits are starting to ‘fear’ for Forest, and i for one have to agree.
Nuno sounds very calm and level headed, but then again so did Cooper.
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Those same ‘pundits’ feared for us until we beat Arsenal last season, despite our progress in the second half of that campaign and the uselessness of the teams below us being obvious from January onwards.


We’ve got a lower home points haul but don’t see why the current malaise (started under Coops) has to be terminal plus we have already doubled our away wins tally. We’re clearly a bigger threat on the road now which I think will be telling, especially in the remaining matches against teams in the bottom half. Let’s see what Nuno can do against those sides with today’s squad growing in fitness.

If you want absolute confirmation of how poor VAR really is, or the crettins interpreting it, even Shearer and Keown on MOTD feel it was a penalty. You really can’t get greater confirmation than that.
I don’t understand why the VAR operator didn’t send Taylor to look at the monitor at least, another strange and baffling VAR decision.