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For all he was crap yesterday he should've stayed on to stretch their defence.

Totally agree. Is Benitez a cut the shackles type of manager ?

Swansea we were horrible and deserved a point City we derserved a point Liverpool as I've said I don't think I've seen as bad a 45 in the prem, at 2-0 they eased off, did they have as euro game mid week ? Palace we were horrible, won but were horrible against a shit palace. Villa Needed to win and at no point did we look like doing it, no desire, no passion, no urgency Spurs...end of season friendly.

i disagree. Last week 2 definte defensive CM's with another in the team. Today 2 players sitting with a hardly attacking Anita with them. Took him till hallf time at home to Huddersfield and a goal down to tell Shelvey to push on and even then he took off width to do it. I love that Rafa has made us a football club again but he's given me no confidence in 12 games. No confidence in 12 games? We spent half of those on an unbeaten run, no? Perhaps he doesn't trust his defence yet and, judging by the evidence, rightly so. They also need drilling for the new style. Don't think today was 2 sitting midfielders, Shelvey has attacking quality in this league (see the last time he was in it, tore it to pieces), he's not some sitting duck that doesn't contribute going forward. Anita I agree with, I don't like that situation - we need balance and quality on the flanks. Unbeaten run ? We beat Spurs afterwe'd been relegated and they'd exploded after losing the title. T Am I being mental here or did we not go 6 games unbeaten at the back end of last year? That's half of the current managers total games for the club, in which he's had to impart his ideas onto new players twice... Those games...we were poor V Palace amd WBA, crap teams and we weren't better than them, Villa away, must win and at no point did we look like doing it, Liverpool couild have been out of sight by half time (that first half was as bad a 45 as I've seen NUFC play in the premier). If you look coldly at results we done well. If you look at performances....well thats something different.

i disagree. Last week 2 definte defensive CM's with another in the team. Today 2 players sitting with a hardly attacking Anita with them. Took him till hallf time at home to Huddersfield and a goal down to tell Shelvey to push on and even then he took off width to do it. I love that Rafa has made us a football club again but he's given me no confidence in 12 games. No confidence in 12 games? We spent half of those on an unbeaten run, no? Perhaps he doesn't trust his defence yet and, judging by the evidence, rightly so. They also need drilling for the new style. Don't think today was 2 sitting midfielders, Shelvey has attacking quality in this league (see the last time he was in it, tore it to pieces), he's not some sitting duck that doesn't contribute going forward. Anita I agree with, I don't like that situation - we need balance and quality on the flanks. Unbeaten run ? We beat Spurs afterwe'd been relegated and they'd exploded after losing the title. T

i disagree. Last week 2 definte defensive CM's with another in the team. Today 2 players sitting with a hardly attacking Anita with them. Took him till hallf time at home to Huddersfield and a goal down to tell Shelvey to push on and even then he took off width to do it. I love that Rafa has made us a football club again but he's given me no confidence in 12 games.

That would potentially reduce the fee we could command, so we're probably actively discouraging it. Would it ? He gets his move, we get more money and the buying club pays the same ammount. Wasn't that the Andy Carrol deal ?

What's the pic though ? Looks like a CCTV camera on a selfie stick.

Moussa, you need to understand that in those three years, the general opinion, from fans and media is that you didn't give your all, far from it. You want to leave, fine, not many want to stop you but, you have to understand, we need to get ourselves a good deal for the benefit of the club, which is more important than the benefit of Moussa Sissoko. Maybe you should have had a release clause built into your contract but they tend to mean slightly smaller wages. What if you were barely making the squad, would you be pleading with the club to cut your wages or terminate your contract with a drop in wages etc to look forward to ? No, I don't think so. Your contract is double edged yet you seem to want only the goodies, tough s***! I am going to disagree with this, I think Sissoko is one of those players who doesn't hide. He has good days and bad days, but he doesn't become the invisible man like Gini Wijnaldum for example who f***ed off after 12 months...or Townsend who jumped ship after 13 games. He's out of order in speaking publicly about wanting away, but that's got nothing to do with the effort he puts in on the pitch. Agree about Gini. Townsend gave more than both and never spouted off. Out of the 3 it's only Townsend that the fans are bothered about losing. That has to tell you something.

If him and Anita start I think even So called Islamic state would be too ashamed to claim responsibility.

Moussa, you need to understand that in those three years, the general opinion, from fans and media is that you didn't give your all, far from it. You want to leave, fine, not many want to stop you but, you have to understand, we need to get ourselves a good deal for the benefit of the club, which is more important than the benefit of Moussa Sissoko. Maybe you should have had a release clause built into your contract but they tend to mean slightly smaller wages. What if you were barely making the squad, would you be pleading with the club to cut your wages or terminate your contract with a drop in wages etc to look forward to ? No, I don't think so. Your contract is double edged yet you seem to want only the goodies, tough s***!

If they are under seats it should be eaasy enough to wap them out should we score. Looking forward to this.

Yep. This and Matt Ritchie's performance were the few positives I took out of it. Dont think Benitez will tolerate such docile and bad performances. Already has done, that's why he started the game.

"The shirt"....it's not a number, it's a position, the teams prime goalscorer. Gallacher didn't wear a number and I don't think Milburn did either.

So, what part of the press reported anything to do with Bony ?

Just rewatched it and took particular notice of the refs position. No way could he have thought it hit his head.

and that's my worry, that he's too wedded to the 4-2-3-1 thing. Seems like he's playing the division instead of the match. (Only reason for playing Hanley)

For the first pen, what part of the body did the ref think it had hit given he gave a corner ?

How ? Never to play the Colback again and that Anita and Dummett are just as bad - hope so anyway Why would it take a defeat to se that. Just their performances should be enough, regardless of the result. I agree with you it's the performance not the result but the result means it's probably higlighted more To fans maybe. Any manager worth his salt see's performances regardless of the result.

Shelvey looked to play forward passesand players will make more moves knowing someone is going to look for them. Mbemba for bringing the ball out would have been a game changer and we'd be starting 20yds further up.

Quite often the options to pass to weren't there either.

How ? Never to play the Colback again and that Anita and Dummett are just as bad - hope so anyway Why would it take a defeat to se that. Just their performances should be enough, regardless of the result.

How ?

No.

tbf he rarely done that when here.