โA night for all Geordies, everywhereโ
Very difficult to articulate beating PSG 4-1, but I attempted to on @bbcnewcastle with Anna Foster.
Hereโs a snippet of how Iโm feeling today (spoiler alert, my mind is still blown).
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Terrible way to end a season of disappointment. Some baffling team selection decisions.
Felt like the season ended after 2nd half in Barcelona. Mentally weโve been shot ever since. Signs of life last few weeks, but what an incredibly poor league campaign.
Good riddance. #NUFC
An emotional send off for Kieran Trippier: a hugely transformational signing since arriving over 4 years ago.
Joined a relegation-threatened club, and played in 2 Champions League campaigns, 2 League Cup finals, lifting our first trophy in decades.
A modern club legend. #NUFC
Another good win and performance, despite the low stakes.
Really pleased for Woltemade and Osula starting together and both scoring. Glad weโre seeing signs of life ahead of next season.
Deserved ovations for Tripps and Krafth for their service. Big love for Big Nick too. #NUFC
Much needed win and a marked improvement 1st half. We looked nervy after the break, and Iโm still confused about team selections and politics involved.
But finding goalscoring form has been something weโve lacked for far too long, Osula did well today. Big Joe too. ๐ค๐ค
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No lessons learned from that first corner. Eze left free at the edge of the box with a 15 yard radius around him. Great finish, but so, SO easy.
Scandalous defending, we fully deserved that. What are we doing?? FFS. #NUFC
Hard to know what to say anymore. Another turgid, cowardly display.
Too scared to battle, too scared to cross and we lacked leadership for most of the game. When senior players came on, we were chasing the game - not nearly enough quality front to back.
Really grim. #NUFC
Catastrophic result. Shouldโve been picking up 4-6 points the last 2 games, not 0. Both games we took the lead.
Season seems done, the players are spent, mentally weโre completely shot.
So furious at how bad our trajectory is right now. Itโs unacceptable & so exhausting. #NUFC
How often are we going to get fucked by biased refs dazzled by the badges of elite clubs? Zero integrity.
Robbed of a famous win tonight after a class performance. By far the better team, Barca struggled with our pace, intensity & physicality - they deserved nothing. ๐ค๐ค #NUFC
Encouraging 1st half, but we crumbled after the equaliser.
Man City made the 2nd half look far too easy, and scoring so soon after HT killed the tie.
We had an eye on Barca, but City bringing on Cherki, Foden and Semenyo off the bench showed the gulf in quality and depth. #NUFC
An absolutely stunning performance in the face of adversity, once again.
We showed fight, character and resilience to see off an inform Man Utd.
Joelinton a beast, huge Ramsdale saves and whole team fed off the noise and injustice.
What a finish from Osula, what a win! #NUFC
Disastrous performance, deserved nothing.
Cheap opener bad enough, but conceding straight after both equalisers unforgivable.
Sloppy with ball, poor decisions in final third. Infuriating how much worse league form is vs cup. Everton, referee and Newcastle all shite today. #NUFC
Not our smoothest performance but did what we had to without overexerting.
If tie wasnโt over at HT in Baku, it definitely was tonight at 2-0 after 6 mins.
We had the luxury of rotation, pleased to see younger fringe players get minutes. More intensity needed for Everton. #NUFC
I hate VAR. Itโs ruined the sport, Iโd get rid in a heartbeat.
I also donโt believe the unacceptably low levels of officiating seen in Villa v Newcastle should be a reason to retain VAR.
We should all expect better basic refereeing as a bare minimum, stakes are too high. #NUFC
Big win in the face of huge adversity. Tonaliโs 2nd: satisfying and venemous. Buzzing for Big Nick too.
Make no mistake, we can count Chris Kavanagh & team as part of our opposition today. Dreadful calls on multiple decisions. Hang your heads in shame. Pure incompetence. #NUFC