James

Basically NUFC but Rice for Joelinton and Saka to rotate with Murphy. I’d personally pick Raya over Pope but I don’t think Howe would.

he isn’t doing a terrible job he got us within 2 games of 2nd place despite having a squad that was not as good as Arsenal’s.

We beat them 4-0 on aggregate in a cup semi final, it is indisputable

Our first eleven is significantly better than Arsenal’s but they have a better squad

League One Blackpool let Bruce have more Steves than Ashley did, let that sink in.

Loved how he was the first to run over and hug Pope he is already very much part of the squad

He is the best winger in the clubs history. better than Ginola, Robert, Solano

Fans need to campaign against the green shirt

This is our functional squad, rated not by how good they are but how they are performing in my view relative to their ability and circumstances. A zero means as expected 1. Pope +1 2. Trippier 0 3. Hall +1 4. Botman +3 5. Schar 0 6. Lascelles n/a 7. Joelinton -3 8. Tonali 0 9. Wissa n/a 10. Gordon -2 11. Barnes -2 12. Thiaw +4 17. Krafth n/a 18. Osula +1 20. Elanga -3 21. Livramento +2 23. Murphy +5 27. Woltemade +4 28. Willock -5 32. Ramsdale n/a 33. Burn +2 39. Bruno -1 41. Ramsey n/a 67. Miley +1 So if 24 players, 6 are underperforming and 10 are overperforming at this stage of the season it is an issue for those six players to fix with help of management. If they don’t get better or replaced from the starting eleven or other players get worse then it becomes an issue with the coaching.

Great to see Laurent Robert involved in stuff like this

Lookng back, the way Pardew handled him was the best almost any other manager did.

In my opinion this is another chancer living off Van Dijk and one good season at Forest. His record at Rangers has set them back a decade. Ashworth has been the only credible person in the role and he had loyalty issue.

I could easily say imagine that team with Tino RB and Hall LB. but I’m not going to do that. instead I will say imagine that team with Beye and Enrique. i rest my case.

that might be a fair point, actually Shepherd had full backs at the bottom of his priority lists and he was the problem on this matter, not Robson. nevertheless the lack of decent full backs put a ceiling on what that team could achieve.

Hughes was as good a right back as Dummett was a left back. I didn’t dislike Dummett by the way. that Robson got these below-par players performing was testament on his management but he could have done so much more with a pair of full backs of a quality more in line with the rest of the squad. imagine this current NUFC squad but with Krafth, Ashby, Dummett and Lewis as the full backs. That was what is was like under Robson

I going to put this out there. As great as Bobby Robson was as a man and a manager, he could not recognise a good Premier League full back if it smacked him in the face. he never signed a good right back instead playing Barton (too old), Griffin (championship level) or Hughes (not a right back). His final solution, Stephen Carr, says it all. once he lost Domi, he signed a string of duds like Wayne Quinn. Robbie Elliot was a happy circumstance but he was bottom half PL level at best and Bernard went that great either but the other full backs were o bad it made him look good. basically if Robson could have recognised a good full back and had £10m to spend on them we’d have won the league.

you missed out the bit where he said he had strong bonds with Newcastle. you’ve also mixed the bit where he says he really cares for the people at and round our club.

Wilson, ASM, Willock, Lascelles. without one of those four we are in League One still owned by Ashley.

Without Wilson and Willock none of the others exist so they are number one and two. could make a case for a number of our current players to fill the other slot.

RIP i was randomly reading about his career on Wiki last week and was much better than I thought it was - probably down rated him because of all of the NE5/Mick nonsense on forum way back when

are you Kevin Keegan’s more naive twin?

might need to play Schar in midfield too

Fucking get in!!!!!!!!

Not sure yet who starts a cup final if all fit, but Schar, Burn, Thiaw, Botman is an insanely good bunch of centre backs.

I think he might have lost an eye, not sure yet if it his right or left one