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About a week ago they were dead certain of us going down while they talked talked about top 8

Is he even back in Newcastle yet? Haven't seen/heard anything. Should be back soon i guess. Just spent an hour watching clips of him. Im drooling over the thought of him in this team.

Going based on talent and quality only, HBA should be in there as well (when fit)

So we have 4 in their latest squad

Good for him!

He has been awful Tiote, but it's different times now in many ways. Hopefully Pards will try and get him back to basics and keep it very simple. Hopefully he'll keep it more simple now, and tbh, i think it might even happen naturally now no matter what Pards say, as we're much more balanced and fluid in our play, there's movement everywhere on the pitch. I think the biggest reason for him trying to do too much of everything is that things haven't worked at all, overall. Doubt there's many players in the league, if ANY who has that natural instinct and will to win as much as Tiote. This combined with injuries, fitness, lack of any rythm and a team playing well below it's capacity has got himself over loaded and into a mess, one that he'll hopefully come out of within time. He has so much will and is full of emotions. When things work these are great attributes, when it doesn't.......... I have faith in him, and i refuse to write him off.

1 for me now.

Happy for him.

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A player like Aubameyang who can play anywhere up front would enough in that department imo. Maybe a CB if Colo goes. Apart from that players for competition might be enough IF we can keep all our better players. Dunno why im posting this Should just enjoy stuff in present now. Feels good

Absolutely brilliant last night, his game gives us so much compared to what we're used to. We don't play with wingers, but the La Bomba Lads we have in our fullback positions gives us width and they were quality last night, as were the rest of them. I injured my back a week ago, and not even a wheelchair could take the grin off my face that i have now. Im gonna enjoy it. (im not in a wheel chair btw)

He's quicker than he has shown a couple of moments, i think it's more about being quick in the mind so far. That will come with time, he'll learn to position himself quickly enough to have a better starting position. He got past Ashley Cole during the euros in the summer, is Cole slow? And we've seen moments in his game where he has shown that he's quicker than these couple of moments people chose to base their opinion on. Silly.

Through the ground like an immense transformer worm That's how strong he is.

Fucking hell, i think i might come back to this thread another day

Cabaye looks Wow in the position he plays now. And Sissoko is a big reason for this i think.

No he didn't, he played in front of Capoue with another dude, but never as he plays for us from what i've seen. I was actually surprised to see him play where he does now for us, i thought he was gonna play where Cabaye is playing now and Yo in a more advanced role like Moussa last night. He's always been very offensive with his runs, but not with an as high starting position as he has for us now. But it looks absolutely brilliantly suited for both how we play now. Positively surprised to say at least.

Love it how he makes those long runs very quickly high up the pitch and gives Cabaye the option of the long diagonal cross from the centre. Immense play from both, absolutely loved it. Cabaye did a couple of these out to him, and he did it with pure class even when we were under some pressure centrally. What an quality outlet.

No chance!

His link up play last night was fucking brilliant! Great allround play from Cisse.

I love how he just glides when he runs. Fluid like wine in his running style.

Still over the moon with this win, especially how we won it and the football we played, absolutely brilliant! This is entertainment and what makes football worth watching and paying for. What a difference a game can make, wow (goes two ways)

Best so far imo (apart from the scoring bit)

Pretty strong and has good balance as well.

Can see Anita playing against Southampton at home