TRC

Bored shitless watching this.

Is he a mackem, I know he has a mackem accent and from Easington, but wasn't sure if he supported them as a lad?

At least an All Star game between North and South.

Live score saying Colback isn't playing?

A loan would be ideal, although I'm worried it will be a 5.5 year deal.

I'd be happy with selling him and getting Townsend in, providing Townsend is used as an impact player. Thauvin isn't good enough. I don't care about giving him time, as harsh as it is we need players that can hit the ground running.

So have we just signed another player that wants to play as a number 10?

RIP Pavel. Top guy.

How does that compare to the mackems?

Is he still our player?

It seems we argue a case for starting whichever DM is currently not playing. They are all absolutely shite.

Is that Grealish at the end?

Wonder how he feels about the "wont sign a player over 26" when he is in his mid 30's. Must be a bit alienating. Not to excuse how shit he has been.

I'm not sure if this is serious or not, either way it's believable.

Good article from Shearer. Spot on.

I can't see anyone being able to turn this around really, unless we have a top quality centre mid coming in on Jan 1st.

Who is a guaranteed starter for Pool?

5 number 10's 6 defensive midfielders?

I turned this off, so are we playing 5-4-1?

I dont want to go down, imagine Carr and Charnley trying to sign players for a championship promotion push. We would raid Lique 2 looking for bargains, sign about 20 number 10's.

We are shit with him, shit without him. He's not the problem, the problem is we don't have a player that can dictate a game, have propper wingers, a decent centre back, any decent full backs, any leaders, a decent manager. Which all stems from having a good recruitment policy, which is down to the MD who the owner appoints. We are fucked.

Despite him being not good enough, he hasn't been given the tools to do the job correctly. We don't even have a true centre mid, or true wingers at the club. We just have a bunch of below average defensive midfielders and an abundance of number 10's.

That bit of play deserved a goal from Leicester. Summed up all of our problems aimless passing, half arsed tackles.

Seems like a propper Geordie Neville, instead of a plastic fan.

Based on what?