If you take the two terrible decisions out of it, a draw was fair, and it was a decent game. We played well for while they played well for a while.
I thought Antonio played well first half and his chest control and turn from Aguerd’s pass was superb, and it set things moving for the first goal.
Like Deanox above I thought Benny had missed a golden chance to win it, but having seen it on MOTD2 now I realised Pope got fingertips onto Bowen’s shot and changed the direction of the ball enough that Benny couldn’t adjust to it.
The non-second yellow for Guimares and the incorrect foul given against Pac-Man when he was about to break clear, stopped us creating a clear chance and to add insult to injury the free kick directly led to their first goal, both bad decisions changed the trajectory of the game.
Emerson asked for a card for one of theirs, and got booked for it. Almiron did the same and didn’t get booked.
To be fair most of the Toon supporters on BBC Have Your Say and also on one of their forums acknowledged all those decisions were wrong. Most thought it a fair point. It’s a bit weird reading other teams forums, but in general, they are the same everywhere …. When talking among themselves, some posters are constantly and irrationally super-critical of certain of their own players and the manager after one less than perfect game, despite how well they have done over the last 15 months. You get the same bickering amongst fellow supporters on every fan forum
“Never argue with an idiot. They will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.” (Mark Twain.)