James

perhaps one day I’ll forgive but he has a very long way to go. noting he hasn’t even apologised yet

Forget Howe, Burn, Miggy - there is only one person to blame for this mediocre season and that is that rancid liability Italian twat who I won’t even give the honour of naming.

Trippier is about as good a defender as Burn. I’ve seen him get done quite a few times, but in actual fact Schar is better at coming across and helping than Botman is. That’s one of the reasons. However the main reason is that Trippier is one of the most creative players in the world, which helps us pin the opposition back on that side.

All football squads should have a third striker, so it is inconceivable to me that with Wilson’s fitness record plus Isak’s perchance for minor niggles, that we don’t have one.

Haha Ian Woan, your boys lost

Rafa would have done better this season. Discuss

NJOY

His knees just exploded standing up from the contract table

I’d get the logic of having him as a 15 min option if we are trying to hold onto a win. but equally I’d get it if Howe wants to stick to a clean break from players he has no plans for.

don’t think David Cameron or Prince William can sing

don’t ask HTT he’s left the forum

We seem to be getting interesting draws other than Fulham, like we are at hot ball. I think we’ll get Maidstone away

So we were so scared of Dad Duncan’s reaction about releasing his son that we gave him another player?

£17 billion? fucking hell

bodies are not for the sake of it - it is so we can field a legitimate subs bench and give a little bit of rest and competition to some seriously overworked players.

Given the fact that a) we have no attacking options on the bench and none are returning soon, and b) we are FFP broke, we should be looking at short term bodies if there are no good long term deals about. I’d be reluctant to do this but it’s just the reality that we could be looking at bottom half and unreasonable pressure on Eddie if we don’t alleviate squad pressures. Ben Brereton Diaz who has gone to Sheff Utd on loan is a missed opportunity for a third choice striker for peanuts. Meanwhile I don’t like him, but if I had to choose between Hall or Ritchie of the bench, or Lingard of the bench, I’d choose Lingard.

It wouldn’t be Howe’s fault, one of the Gambia player’s read on their parent club fan forums that planes can quite possibly leave the atmosphere. This player told everyone on board and they all thought they should check this out

I’m on a street corner holding my baby boy waiting for my wife to pay for parking when there are two people walking towards me chatting. I start looking at one of them because I was convinced I had worked with them at some point (later I remember that he was a client of mine about eight years ago) Anyway the other guy has noticed me looking at them and as he passes he turns to look at my boy before turning back and walking off. It is only when he gets a little bit further down the road when I realise that was the Neviller himself. So sorry Gary I was staring at your property colleague, not you!

well he’s been a sick note since we signed him. Who was his last pre-NUFC manager?

Could we get a Saudi team to take a hit for us on Hayden? Wouldn’t be our fault if a Saudi team took him off us for a free and offered him a contract worth more financially for just six months than it would be if he stayed at Newcastle until 2026!

Never want to lock a thread but I don’t feel this is a football thread any more, needs to go on General Chat

we may regret that one, certainly one we should have considered

I think there are legitimate questions to ask (not just to Howe but a number of back room staff) but at the same time we are still having a good season and there a no need to be knee jerk. Would be a different story if this happened every season. But to date this is a one off.

NUFC 2007 to 2021. I wrote it, we all lived it.

The next stage of selling players I don’t think should be about who isn’t good enough - as all of our players are good enough relative to their squad status. The next changes we need to make is to bring in budget relative to the FFP by selling players who are not physically resilient. that means that Wilson an Willock are players I will be sad to see go. But they should go.