I couldn't agree more. As I have said on several other threads, there are going to be very few teams who come away from St.James's Park with anything other than a defeat this season. Bearing in mind we were down to ten men for a good bit of the second half as well,
I would suggest that one of the main reasons so many folk are up in arms over the Newcastle defeat, is simply because we aren't used to losing games anymore. That has to be a good thing I guess.
Saturday's performance wasn't up to scratch I agree, but as I have been saying in other threads, we were playing at Newcastle, a team who will probably win this league at a canter. Very few teams will come away from there with any points this season.
Impossible to judge our prospects for the...