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This is senile bullshit. As if any Newcastle fan was unhappy with Eddie’s comments on our spending which is wholly proportionate with the premier league or his views on his own behaviour on the touchline, which were both (1) true (he is well behaved) and (2) not given in response to a question that name-checked Klopp. Journalists are no longer functioning as independent scrutinisers of societal institutions and so a key part of a functioning constitutional democracy. They’re a weaponised group of protest writers jumping on the zeitgeist to increase clicks and obtain temporary seals of public approval. This chap can do one!

FYP

This

He needs to play. Score a hat trick, bring a match ball back to baby as a welcome to the world present. No letting anyone down, just adoration from all people involved

Perhaps he’s discovered that the wine’s not nice it’s just the biscuits

Targett is at least as good as Burn, if not better. Targett over Ritchie was a much bigger jump in quality than Burn over Lascelles. So I’d give Targett an 8 or 9. Agree with the rest of your ratings!

I think Lascelles just prefers Lascelles.

Where do you live and have you room for us all?

Steve Bruce is terrible and his job. We all know this. The football world inexplicably didn’t know what we did or didn’t want to admit it, so we had to get used to living as a do correct minority. But it’s over now. Let’s just know we were right but satisfy ourselves with the efforts of our current manager. So how do we think Eddie’s higher line copes with Manure’s pacy counter threat?

So this is gonna seem really petty and silly. I have nothing to say but I just hate signing into the Forum and seeing Steve Bruce’s thread above Eddie’s. So I’m bumping this up.

What about his play though?

Was it Griffin?

Who was that slightly harder tackling right back we had around the time we had Aaron Hughes? Murphy’s basically like him. He’ll give his all and with limited parameters and instructions a few games a season he’s okay. Problem is you can more easily accept a plodding trier in defence than attack.

I wish someone would ask him what he makes of Graeme Jones and what he's added to his coaching team. Genuine question, he obviously sees some value. Just interested to know what. (Bonus question would be does he feel he missed out by only having one of the Steves? (Harper))

Me too

We should have a table this season tracking the cost of each Grealish goal v the cost of each Almiron goal. No way Grealish wins!

Thanks for clearing that up about his accent. I thought they’d gotten Ricky Ponting to do the voiceover

This transfer has the feel of Trippier about it. All the journos are consistently pushing it like they actually have inside information. Fingers crossed in 2023 we’re singing “Tripps & Madders over the wall!”

He’s the wrong type of interviewer for the job. Politicians and celebrities involved in scandals want someone like him to interview them. So it can appear like they’ve fronted up to the press whilst being in no danger at all of saying anything meaningful or of interest. I can just see him interviewing Bill Clinton in the 1990s: “So err Mr Clinton, with everything people are saying about you working with Ms Lewinski and your potential relationship with her, just tell us how nice it is to actually have a job?” (follow-up questions) “Has it always been your passion to work for your government?” “does it motivate you knowing you’re serving the people everyday?”

Lack of consistency is a harsh accusation when he was consistently in form under Howe for the last 9 months which included 6 months of us playing to Top 4 form.

So glad he’s not Scott McTominay

The most brazen amateur tactics and strategy you could hope to see. Talks as if the Carrick-Giggs midfield with a combined age of about 104 was prime Busquets-Xavi. Of curse Cabaye and Tiote could match them! They’d dominate that midfield in the right setup

When I read down the list and saw “Frank” I was like, wtf?! Lampard being this high, why? Then the anger subsided and I slowly realised it’s the Brentford chap. My bad

To be fair it’s terrible when it’s your keeper always wanting it! I used to get sick of shouting “stay in your box yuh nutter” to our keeper in the Under 13s team

Too true. Scouting players with eyes is so 1990s. Just get a few computer scientists to mine the data ffs and make a call!