Last week’s double header with Preston North End, though spread across two different competitions, all but summed up life in the second tier these days.
The Toon Army came across a Lilywhites side at both their most hapless, as well as their most hazardous.
Newcastle, of course, came out winners in both games, though the two fixtures simply couldn’t have been any more contrasting.
After thumping the Lancashire outfit 6-0 in the EFL Cup on Tuesday night, Simon Grayson’s side proved an entirely different kettle of fish at Deepdale on Saturday and the Magpies were lucky to secure three points.
Whether or not every refereeing decision in the latter game was correct, the result is there for all to see and teams fighting for promotion simply need to win games such as this one across the campaign.
So, fans on Twitter have been rather vocal in their reaction to sections of Preston’s support complaining they didn’t deserve a win.
Here are the SIX funniest.
