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It's getting beyond annoying now, these rules were supposed to protect clubs from themselves, not stunt their growth and kill healthy investement into a football club.

Yep. He's capable of some fabulous touch play at times, but it's inconsistent. His real quality is he'll run all day and batter the opposition physically for most of it.

Willock has got more pace than Anderson so should if anything, be even more of a threat on the counter. Just feels like he's not been as involved as he could be since his return from injury, whereas Anderson has thrown himself right in the mix whenever he's been played.

Bit of a shame we have to think like that. I wonder if it's a similar story around the rest of Europe? Getting your home broke into would be quite traumatic, but it might be worse in other parts of the world.

Need a performance from Willock today. Anderson gave a very energetic performance on Wednesday, so if Willock is back in, he has to hit the ground running.

I'm getting them mixed up with Man U. I know there is one cartel club we have to play that have been relatively shite for a couple of seasons, but still would have a more than evens chance of beating a depleted Newcastle.

Well it needs to go on the gas now. The introduction of Elliott and Hall has given us something of a lift, we need to give them their head and run with it. We might get nothing from the games against Chelsea and Spurs so we really have to win the games against lesser teams.

I don't know what Howe sees on the training pitch but Dummett looks past it to me. Hopefully that will be the last we see of him. Krafth is better but even he was shocking when he came on against West Ham. You tend to find it's players who aren't natural footballers who need more time to shake off the rust because their first touch is poor and by instinct they don't want to hold onto the ball.

A draw would have been acceptable if we'd won on Wednesday. There's too many teams like Brighton, Chelsea and West Ham hovering around us for us to take our foot off the gas now. We have to beat the weaker teams, we failed against Everton, but can make up for it tomorrow.

Tbf, at the time the sub was made it looked sensible enough. The one thing you would expect from Dummett is that he would defend competently, even if he can't do much going the other way. We only needed to maintain the scoreline at that point, and Everton never really looked like scoring. In the end we had to hand them the goal on a plate.

It would be interesting to see what our spending would actually be like if the reins were took off. Everyone assumes we'd be spending shitloads, but PIF as an investment firm might be quite enjoying the restrictions. That's just a devil's advocate argument tbh, I don't believe it for a second. The Saudis will want to take the fastest route possible to the top more likely. It would increase the club's value far more in the long run.

They'll be desperate to avoid another window like we had in January so I can see them fast tracking the rule changes. Football needs the money to circulate, at least how it's structured currently.

You could put that down to a freak incident, but aye, his career fitness record speaks for itself.

It would be nice to be in a position to offer them cartel club wages if nothing else. One less reason for them to move.

You could be right, but even if you are, Howe isn't about to dial down the intensity of our training regime or match day work rate for any player. I just don't think it works out for him here, or another top club tbh. He needs a Steve Bruce type club where the manager's only requirement is "let's play!"

If Wilson could stay fit for even half the games in a season, why would anyone want him out the door?

I do as well. Once we've caught up with the world dominance that Chelsea and Man City achieved by spending their way to glory, then we can talk about restrictions. Otherwise it will never be a level playing field.

It makes me kind of furious when I hear talk of selling Isak for £100m. He's 24. Spurs got the best part of that for a 30 year old Kane with a year left on his contract.

While it sounds like it's good news for us, it does make a mockery of the fake morality which was the driving force behind PSR. As soon as the cartel clubs started kicking up a stink that their growth could be affected, the PL backed down double quick. Not surprising since it's the Premier League's worldwide popularity which pays their wages. It's always been about money at the end of the day, so hopefully this will be the end of the holier than thou attitude and the PL officials will take their bungs and fuck off.

He was effectively in the CB position when he got outmsucled by the powerhouse 38 year old Ashley Young anyway.

Haaland is more a typical number 9, and a fantastic one at that. At the end of the day you just know he's going to be top goalscorer every season and that's what top clubs pay big money for. That said, if Isak can go the best part of a full season without any injuries he's got the potential to be even more frightening.

It was the same last season and they somehow managed to end up 3rd.

They are probably one of the less tough opponents we've got left in the run in. If we want to make Europe we have to win.

It was really important considering Everton were one of the games against the bottom six teams we have left. We showed we have enough in the first 11 to win against the lower teams, but over a full game we just don't have a bench which will see us through. A win last night would have given us some much needed breathing room.

Not to mention, Newcastle are one of the few clubs who if allowed to spend on the infrastructure could easily become one of the most commercially viable clubs in the world. PIF are not a charity, it's an investment fund. They picked us over a club like Plymouth or Fulham for a reason.