I agree.
I’ve got them to finish third because Howe was arguably the best manager in the PL last season, considering the squad he had available and the lack of any top quality players.
With the signings he’s made, there’s no reason Newcastle can’t repeat their CL place from last season.
They’ve got Man City next so it’ll be interesting to see how they do.
Unbelievable scoreline :o.
Didn’t watch the game. Were they that good? Villa were flying in preseason but then had Buendia injury.
Still, the scoreline looks spooky.
I see Newcastle joined the chat
Nice scoreline
Newcastle looked confident throughout. They got caught out by some quality play at times, but ultimately they were able to punish some almost suicidal defending as the game went on.
Villa looked like Liverpool from a couple of seasons ago - hold a high line and keep running forward in hope of a breakthrough, which was surprising. I had expected more.
Fell asleep a bit and missed some of the second half of that Newcastle game but Tonali looking class on motd highlights.
Built a really good midfield for about 120m at Newcastle.
Would be a complete travesty to have the league pass from autocratic regime to autocratic regime.
Anyone else watching motd? What is Richards on about? yeah second half we were a bit slow but he’s acting like we didn’t play well at all lol
Just feels a bit over the top.
Will watch it tomorrow.
The overall feedback I’ve got online and chatting to friends/family is that Arsenal were not good enough today, our transfer window has been awful, Havertz is awful, Partey is awful, Nketiah is awful, Arteta is awful and has to find a way to fix the team, we’re doomed and we’re probably gonna be relegated.
Pretty much sums it up tbh. You don’t even need to watch.
We really did get punked on the Leno fee
He’s been crazy good for Fulham
I’m tipping him as a potential POTS candidate if he stays fit this season.
Had a brilliant record (in terms of goals per minutes) last season already, just needs to stay fit. An incredible talent. Wanted him here while (or even before) we were being linked to Vlahovic.
When did Scandinavia become a hub for good strikers? or for that matter good footballers?
in the 50s when bronze age legend Gunnar Nordahl got (checks wiki) 210 goals in 247 games for AC Milan, the greatest AC Milan striker of all time probably most likely certainly maybe definitely.
The likes of Zlatan, Solskjær and Laudrup are all frauds.
Can’t forget Larsson amongst that too.
I assume Roy got a yellow card here for interfering with the ball and putting his hand on a player. 
This isn’t related to your question but there was no need to push Roy though. Can understand why he got mad. Guy has no respect.
Would you have said there was no need to push him if it was Sean Dyche or Pep? Not being funny, just wonder if we treat older people differently, like in a “aw but it’s Roy”…
Yes
