Kanj

Just feel that the PSR nonsense coupled with the constant press/twitter/content speculation of the transfer window to be utterly exhausting and zaps all the fun out of the simple act of watching football and talking with family and mates about what you see on the pitch during or after. I hope we get these deals done this week and strengthen the 11 and add needed depth, but I am also just happy that I get football back and most importantly, the highs and lows (hopefully more highs) of NUFC. I want to talk about tactics, team selection, “what ifs” and dream a bit.

Not you too, Haydn, man.

I know and that’s fair, but just feel like it’s really hard for me to understand how that has essentially ruined the opening weeks of football for some (and made this place miserable).

We are two matches into a long league campaign and have 2 domestic cups as well on top of that. Wild to think people are already this fed up.

Not a single PL player is going to be able to pull Popey down like that tho. Nor would he sell it that way.

Howe could technically still play the two Joe partnership on the right if he was absolutely mad, and wanted to experiment. With Tonali playing LCM (like he did v Paris)

People really forget what the fuck we were falling into before Mandy refused to take no for an answer, Eddie spending 20 hours a day trying to make NUFC relevant and our owners trying their absolute best to sign as many players as possible to progress us on the field. It’s Iike people think we have executives at the club just sitting around scrolling the internet and not trying to make this club better every single day.

Eddie Howe - who has basically lived NUFC for nearly 3 seasons; part coach, part DOF at first…. saved us from relegation, signed some proper hard working pros and world class talents, got us 4th and CL, a Cup final and a decent attack at the domestic cups last season too; with an injury crisis never seen before around our parts somehow still guided us to 7th and if not for City losing to Man United in the FA Cup Final would have gotten us another season of European footbal. Do people immediately want to throw knives at him for “shit” performances, 4 points from a possible 6? If not that, it’s also this weird obsession over his transfer strategy or his team selection. Has he not shown every single person here time and time again that he’s better at this football thing than we are? Fuck sake. Some of you do really deserve MA again.

Bournemouth were desperate for Mamar too, I’d take that Neto as our backup tbh

Pope, Trippier, Krafth, Kelly, Hall, Tonali, Bruno, Willock, Barnes, Isak, Gordon.

Always assumed Gordon was to replace Miggy; Maxi and Gordon would be the starters. Then we signed Barnes and sold Maxi so then it was Barnes and Gordon.

Let’s just let them hit balls at each other from each end and then if no winner is determined after 90 stunning minutes, they can do a full penalty shootout, but original MLS rules versus one another.

Minteh will mentally will Elenga hat trick with the Greek freak GK letting in 14 goals for us.

He genuinely took his role by the scruff. Which is what deserves a start.

Little different when trips Schar and Botman are with him no?

My fucking brother owns this thread making role. (Salute)

He doesn’t like loan without obligation to buy. He liked the loan for Targett no? Stop being so up Minteh’s ass please. It’s not a good look for a fellow OG of this forum.

Write the other 36 league matches and cup games off because the window? You can’t be serious.

You a perfect human?

He also got dropped because Lloyd Kelly has been pushing for more minutes (and needs them) and we’re still early days in the season. Healthy rotation is probably okay + the obvious, which needn’t be stated that Kelly playing on familiar turf against familiar players away from home was seen as a positive. In any case, Howe is meticulous I am sure he has a million other reasons why he dropped Hall. But let’s just also give credit to Lewis Hall though - he came on and was an impact, he didn’t sulk about being dropped when he stepped on the pitch. That’s exactly the reaction we should be applauding versus the negative

Again, I’ll say it. There isn’t a transfer fee I’d take for him at this point. He’s head and shoulders better defensively, positionalally on the ball than Tino. Tino has everything in him to be a world class fullback but he’s still so much to learn in his game. Trips came on and it was so bloody smooth what he did. I want Trips to here to mentor Tino and Hall for the next 2 seasons.

Thankfully Barnes shot was nearly in. If it was a shit shot, then yea I’d be angry too!

Would be fucking gutted if we moved him on, like.

Longstaff needs to be on the bench for the foreseeable.

I can’t stress enough that there isn’t a single price id take for trippier at this point. He is still the best right back we have.