TRon

Man U get out of jail card spoiled things somewhat, but the other results were quite funny.

Why is there a BUT? Happily we can see them all crash and burn, no need to limit ourselves to just two!

Newcastle fans never liked him much in the first place. This is not going to help.

What's all this talk about replacing Lascelles? Who else could we get with the iron cast commitment to get booked twice without even playing?

Talking of loans, I had assumed Man U recalled Dialo who is probably responsible for keeping these shitbags out of the relegation scrap. So they had him and still lost 3-1? Oh dear.

I think Eddie might put Willock back into midfield and bring Maxi in. We'll lose some steel, but will be exciting to see Maxi and Miggy 2.0 on the wings.

Well I can categorically affirm that you can.

Raging after a draw? This guy has a serious winner's mentality.

Even the fact he was spitting venom like that after losing is a good reason for signing him. We don't want good losers, we want players who are raging after a loss.

Was wondering where he'd gone.

Really? He looks like a bit of a fighter, would not say no to him coming at all.

I thought Lee and Ferdinand went missing in the second half of the season. They were scoring for fun before that, I don't think Ginola did much different to what he was before that. Agree on Beardsley though, he kept going to the last game.

Only if you are attempting to make light of a VERY SERIOUS ISSUE.

Yep, can't see Howe letting it slide, he will be considering the message he wants to send to the rest of the players, especially since he's raised standards regarding professionalism out of all recognition over the last year.

Especially after she said no one would fancy going to St James at the moment.

That'll dee bonny lad.

Obviously. Yes we will need to beat Man U to win the cup, but I'd rather do it in the final, it would make a great final at that.

Fucking hell, this is as close to a cup final as I can remember. We don't get Man U in the draw and it feels like one foot in there.

It's not that though, as a team we are getting better, but we aren't going to win titles until our squad is up there with the other CL contenders. The major difference right now is the first teamers like Longstaff and Willock. I would have said Almiron as well a few months ago, but he looks genuinely dangerous these days. These lads all do sterling work with their running and aggression, but the final touch or finish is always just off.

Agree. In hindsight it was probably the wrong decision to make eight changes, but that's only because our reserves proved they aren't good enough to be at a club this size. I don't think the decision itself was wrong, it just underlined how shit our back up players are, and why some of them need to be moved on.

Yeah, and even though we have Isak and Wilson both fighting for the same shirt ostensibly, it still feels like we will get caught short because of recent injuries to the pair of them. Another promising young striker would make me a lot more confident going into the second half of the season.

I find that hard to believe at the QF stage tbh.

Don't really think we would be buying another young striker after signing Kuol tbh, but I'll take it.

Pre-match lattes don't get enough appreciation.

Thankfully I don't think he's a David Moyes type of player, I would hate to see him end up at West Ham. He's still a fabulous player, just not the right fit for a Howe team, due the the high energy press we deploy over 90mins.