Eddie Howe's 20-minute Mags dumped out of FA Cup by Manchester City second string
At least we're done with Manchester City for another season as Pep Guardiola's side have now knocked Newcastle United out of both domestic cup competitions this season.
I mean, there's a chance we meet Manchester City in the Champions League final, but if we play like we did tonight against Barcelona, there's not much fear of that happening.
Newcastle started brightly tonight and were by far the better team for 20 minutes or so, taking the lead on 18 minutes when Harvey Barnes latched on to a delicious through ball by Sandro Tonali and took the ball into the area and fired into the top corner beyond James Trafford.
And then, Newcastle sat back and allowed Manchester City to grow into the game and dominate as they scored three goals and walked into the quarter-finals.
Eddie Howe got everything wrong tonight, and Newcastle deserved to get beaten
We weren't convinced by Eddie Howe's team selection before kick-off, but we were even more baffled by his substitutions. It actually felt like he was trying to throw the game with the calls he made tonight.
Bringing on Dan Burn for Kieran Trippier made absolutely zero sense. Swapping Lewis Hall to right back because he was getting skinned by Savinho was maybe understandable, but what made Eddie Howe think that the man to prevent that happening would be Dan "Slowest Man In Europe" Burn?
Leaving Joe Willock on the pitch made no sense at all, but moving him to right wing made even less.
None of it mattered, though, as Manchester City's B Team were just taking the mick with how well they played through Newcastle.
It was probably painful to have watched from inside St James' Park but it was worse on TNT Sports!
Savinho scored Man City's first goal on 39 minutes, just letting the ball hit his leg and rolling into the net. It was a goal that had been coming, but nobody could have predicted just how easy it would be for City.
Then Omar Marmoush bagged his sixth and seventh goals against Newcastle on 47 and 65 minutes to seal the 3-1 win. Marmoush has scored 14 goals for Manchester City and half of them have come against us. Mint!
What makes games like this so hard to stomach is watching them on TNT Sports with Darren Fletcher commentating and filling his jeans every time Manchester City do anything, and erupting into extreme orgasms any time Pep Guardiola is shown on screen.
But when you add Joe Hart on co-commentary literally singing Man City chants, you have to question whether you're actually watching on MCTV or what. Absolutely shocking broadcasting again.
