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2 hours ago, Unbelievable said:

A lawyer basically

Literally means head lawyer in an organisation

18 minutes ago, TRon said:

 

Take my advice and don't step back in Newcastle if there's no signings over the next few weeks. That sort of talk will get you a pitchfork in your belly.

I’m up there next week visiting @LFEEso I’ll have to make sure he’s on pitchfork watch with me. 

15 minutes ago, WillingtonMag said:

No read the previous pages the anxiety is noticeable throughout the city, Newcastle is a tinderbox right now.

 Honestly man it's not healthy to have your emotional state this affected by transfer activity, or even sport in general. I am not in Newcastle but every Newcastle fan I know personally isn't worried in the slightest. They're all looking forward to a season where relegation is extremely unlikely and where we have a decent, competitive squad; a great manager and owners who have shown commitment and nouse in the transfer market and running the club. They're all excited about who else will sign and understand that this isn't like a toy shop where you can walk in and buy whatever shiny shit is on offer. Tinderbox ffs.

39 minutes ago, WillingtonMag said:

Such is the panic at be happy over paying for a player I don't want us to sign at this point.

“The panic” - you mean “my panic”.

I’m not really bothered about perceived value for money, as long as player is decent

It’s really sad that this kind of shit is allowed - just gets more and more brazen the further time goes on. I literally got a court summons recently

for failing to pay council tax by direct debit - i paid it all up front at the start of the year and they didn’t keep a record. I had to spend days going through various webs of private companies which owned various council payment and debt collection services, and only

got it sorted by turning up at the council’s offices and refusing to leave. It is everywhere and sadly the club isn’t going to be different because this shitty everything-for-sale tinpot island allows it to be that way. 

BUT I WANT MORE TOYS

I thought he was unlucky not to get more game time in the first season back up, and found it a bit weird that Rafa straight away on promotion didn’t seem keen on him. Since then he’s contributed nothing, which is weird and sad because I had time for him. Best of luck you odd, odd looking man.

1 minute ago, RS said:

Wasn’t a foul. 

I mean it was though 

How’s that not a pen?!

Not sure I would have been allowing that to be released if I were the club. Keep that shit in-house. The parking thing is absurd if true, needless idiocy. 

18 minutes ago, brummie said:

 

Yeah but I'm not really sure what comparing two different scenarios proves.

 

I wasn't a fan of the appointment, but he's come in after we sold our best player days before the start of the season (the player the whole team was built around), inherited someone else's squad, and done an OK job. Whether Howe did better or worse doesn't really come into it.

 

I'll give him a chance and see what he does, he's done and said all the right things so far, so I am not really sure what this conviction that he is a chancer comes from. There isn't anything thus far that suggests that.

Probably because he comes across as a massive tosser on a regular basis so people are keen for him to fail.

@Ikonthink we'll just have to agree to disagree on Shelvey, I think he's a good player but respect your view otherwise. 

2 minutes ago, Ikon said:

I did. Him chasing ghosts when playing better players. Not dynamic enough. Also when put under pressure from better sides he struggles to do anything of sort of come out of difficult situations. I have watched him very closely during many games. When he goes too deep then he does some things well but then we lose an option when he goes so deep because he’s playing as a QB

i don’t know what “do anything of sort of come out of difficult situations” means. Otherwise, he’s legitimately one of our most dynamic players - he can do things with a ball and spots runs into space which very few players can. He’s technically a very adept footballer. I wouldn’t say him going too deep is some form of character flaw, he was instructed to play there by consecutive managers. I agree that he’s not good defensively and there are times where he doesn’t chase and compete defensively as much as he should.

To make what I think are a series of sensible observations:

- we look very comfortable moving the ball side to side

- full backs very involved 

- step down from Bruno to everyone else is very noticeable 

- Anderson looked good

- Murphy, Fraser and trippier were poor 

- wood did nothing but Wilson didn’t do much more 

- we didn’t make too many good chances 

1 minute ago, Ikon said:

I’m working so I’m not watching atm. I didn’t base this opinion on one friendly mate

Then you can’t have watched much last season either, when he was consistently one of our better players. Just groupthink on here to complain about shelvey, it’s boring 

1 minute ago, Ikon said:

 

Yet people are happy to see him in and around the team. Naive as fuck. 

He very nearly put the ball on a plate for Wilson and has played 2/3 sumptuous passes. You’re not watching if you think he’s not done anything. 

To be fair to Murphy he put Wilson through (although it was a simple pass to make). Otherwise it’s the usual from him for me - commendable effort but nothing else 

1 minute ago, Espio said:

I wonder what would happen if Murphy was in a 1 on 1 vs Dubs

He'd miss, like he always does. Try to be positive about the players in general but I've never worked out what about him suggests he is useful at this level.

Murphy cannot finish like.

Not much penetration thus far, but largely comfortable and dominant in possession. I'd only single out Fraser for a specifically poor performance (his touch was nowhere). Wood was anonymous.

I don't love watching Matt Ritchie play at left-back in a post-Bruce reality. 

11 hours ago, Euan Stephenson said:

thank you very much, appreciate your help

Done too - good luck!

I should point out that I like him and would be happy to give him more time. Just pretty obvious why there’s doubt.

Because he scored 2 goals in half a season starting most of that period as the only centre forward