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Martin Dubravka may have made two costly errors in just over a week, but some of the comments I’ve read on social media following last night’s late mistake are shameful.

This is a player who’s let us down twice in a year.

Don’t get me wrong, he wasn’t strong enough last night and had to punch that cross (even if Boly was fouling him), but this is a player who’s been one of our players of the season so far and without doubt one of our most consistent performers since he arrived this time last year.



Time to give Woodman a chance..” I’ve seen a few saying ‘maybe Dubravka isn’t the goalkeeper we thought he was after all’.

The fact I’m reading that he must be dropped in favour of Darlow or ideas that ‘maybe he’s not that good after all’ are laughable.

If a top striker misses too open goals two weeks running, it doesn’t make him an awful finisher all of a sudden – and this needs to apply to Dubravka; someone I have complete faith in despite him enduring his worst week as a Newcastle player.

If someone should be dropped on that logic then good look to the other 10 players who started last night.. Thankfully, there’s also been plenty defending him: