We're not sure what we just witnessed - Newcastle United beaten 4-2 at Brentford in very odd game

The tone and narrative behind this match report changed so many times during that game of football that I was starting to wonder if I had a multiple personality disorder. Newcastle United have become the most inconsistent side in Premier League history, as they can be brilliant and terrible several times throughout one game.

We knew that Brentford wasn't going to be an easy opponent in their own back yard. Six wins from seven home games before kick-off, now seven in eight.

In the first half both sides gave as good as they got and, despite the fact that Brentford twice took the lead, you could argue that they were lucky to go in at half-time with the scores level.

Both times they took the lead, Newcastle pegged them back just a couple of minutes later, but it's more the fact that Alexander Isak, after scoring a wonderful header, to cancel out Bryan Mbeumo's opener, then missed an absolute sitter when he opted not to shoot after rounding Mark Flekken. Unable to get the ball out of his feet, Isak hesitated and Flekken recovered and palmed the ball away.

Harvey Barnes the redeemer - shame it couldn't last

Then Harvey Barnes gave the ball away after a few minutes of some really attractive football by Newcastle, luring us all into a false sense of security and giving us just enough time to text our mates saying "We're playing alright here", and then up steps Barnes to pass the ball to a Brentford player and set up another goal for them.

Thankfully, the former Leicester man's head didn't drop and just four minutes later, he fired home the equaliser.

As has often been the case with Newcastle, any form of break sucked all the wind out of our sails and we barely turned up for the second half allowing Brentford to go on and bag two more goals without reply via Nathan Collins and Kevin Schade.

It felt like Newcastle were actively trying to lose

With Isak's refusal to shoot, Barnes' sloppy pass, Fabian Schar bottling a header which directly led to Collins' goal and whatever the hell Nick Pope was doing late in the game that almost saw Brentford bag a fifth goal, you'd not be shocked if it came out tomorrow that Newcastle were being investigated for match-fixing.

It honestly felt like we didn't ever want to take the lead, never mind win the game.

We can't say enough just how much we panic when Nick Pope has the ball at his feet and today he nearly killed me off.

Pressure has to be mounting on Eddie Howe now. We hate to say it, but seven goals conceded in two games, our cluelessness in the final third (yes, we've scored five goals in those two games, but it should have been more in both).

Howe has got so much right at Newcastle and he'll forever be a hero, but if he doesn't start to find some new ideas, we're going to keep sinking.