Beren

Not following the Fifa scandal especially closely. Most of it whooshes me tbh

Tooj

What a post. This is what football is about (or ought to be), getting joy from the art.

4 on 1

Get a goal Barkley you bastard

Weird goal

You have to be an idiot to get sent off against an NUFC side of recent years. Not like you'll get frustrated by keepball or by players running by you.

True. Has gone under the radar. Has a mint team for a Championship, and one that could probably compete in lower-midtable in the Prem.

I'm at a loss too, tbh.

Pardew brought him in out of sheer desperation, nothing else. His dream all-time Prem XI would be a midfield of Barry-Parker-Colback-Milner

Pulis is a proper footballing deviant. Filthy 0-0 mongering perv.

And did you notice, they conceded too? Don't need to watch the match to know whose fault that was...

I don't know why but I know it'd annoy me To see him come on with 8 minutes left, with France invariably desperate for some 'magic' and chasing the game, receive maybe 2 passes in his own half, and when he finally did get the ball, he'd try to force it/try to impress rather than playing his natural game - then you'd get the pundit with a comment about how managerial maestros Pardew and Cardew have been validated in their treatment of Ben Arfa - "always losing possession and not putting a shift in", then you kick clean through the TV.

Doesn't he have bad blood with Benzema, Nasri and the rest of the never-delivered-on-the-international-stage cronies? Would be fun to see him in an international tournament but he seems happier without them.

Agree with this. If consistency isn't an issue, HBA all day for me. Entertainment and effectiveness. For whatever reason (and there have been many), he's never been consistent.

Would love to see him do his stuff in the Champions League one day. He'll never be what he could (should?) have been due to injuries/coming to NUFC/going to Hull... but would nonetheless love to see him at least briefly light up the CL.

So happy for him

I love Mitrovic as a character and aerially, but jury's still out him on the deck for me. His feet, at times, so far have seen a bit slow. We'll see though. Would be delighted to be thoroughly proved wrong as he and Perez are the only two strings which keep me interested in the club atm.

Carroll was good on the deck here. Fuck knows what happened to him when he left mind. Got sandbags strapped to his feet now.

That's it really. It's not the NUFC way to play it safe. We're not down to 10, or even 9 men (this time). Why not have a go? It's what the club is about. It's not some "rather lose 3-4, than win 1-0" shite either before anyone says it ...it kind of is like. It's really not. Drawing 2-2 from 2-0 up, Defending the entire 2nd half, Low on confidence, Absolutely nackered, Mitrovic not on the field, Against Chelsea who have been getting chances, Ramires and Hazard on the break. 1 minute left. vs Our 1 goal from 1 chance from a corner. Howeh, it's not beyond the realms of common sense to take the positives in that situation and run. I understood and disagree with your point on why you'd have held out for a 2-2, but that isn't what the "4-3, 0-1" shite represents IMO. That "4-3, 0-1" concoction is patronising horseplop. It fits in with the whole attacking no matter what the circumstances 4-3 1-0 thing imo. I'd rather win and risk losing as a consequence is the same as I'd rather lose entertainingly than win in a boring manner? I disagree again. Off out so will leave it at that.

That's it really. It's not the NUFC way to play it safe. We're not down to 10, or even 9 men (this time). Why not have a go? It's what the club is about. It's not some "rather lose 3-4, than win 1-0" shite either before anyone says it ...it kind of is like. It's really not. Drawing 2-2 from 2-0 up, Defending the entire 2nd half, Low on confidence, Absolutely nackered, Mitrovic not on the field, Against Chelsea who have been getting chances, Ramires and Hazard on the break. 1 minute left. vs Our 1 goal from 1 chance from a corner. Howeh, it's not beyond the realms of common sense to take the positives in that situation and run. I understood and disagree with your point on why you'd have held out for a 2-2, but that isn't what the "4-3, 0-1" shite represents IMO. That "4-3, 0-1" concoction is patronising horseplop.

If they were naive about it, I would be. There is that third option of "don't be naive, but don't be their bitches".

That's it really. It's not the NUFC way to play it safe. We're not down to 10, or even 9 men (this time). Why not have a go? It's what the club is about. It's not some "rather lose 3-4, than win 1-0" shite either before anyone says it Wasn't De Jong off the pitch? So technically we did have 10. I don't see the problem tbh. To lose that game would have been suicidal. I thought he shook it off and continued? Not sure on that tbh, but even so, we weren't a man short for any sizable amount of time. As I said, it was symptomatic of the whole second half. Meek and cowardly tactics. More than that, really unintelligent. Not saying bring Krul up for the corner ffs. You can have a corner and still be ready for a turnover in possession.