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He's a player that loves a game with space.

Been asking to see him right wing for ages. Tino will be the big beneficiary.

Seen nowt like it. He's absolutely unreal now.

We are sooooooo back.

The performance was there in the first half.

Stop diving you cunts.

There's that shithousery. Nice job Ant.

We didn't defend a set piece. Other than that we've been good. Hall has been outstanding.

Why bother going through the middle. Just give it to the Joe's.

We might be losing but there are real signs of change here IMO.

I can't see us winning... But I really, really want us to. Really. Like I really, really want us to win... I just can't see it. Howe ain't it. Really, I want us to win.

Genuinely think we are/we're just missing a couple of exciting signings to galvanise the squad a touch. Get someone like Mbuemo in January, get Botman back and we will be cooking.

Yeah if he's training like the rest of the first team then they consider him injury free and it's just a case of getting match fit but with having so long out he could be miles off it.

I just remember Artetas tears. Was lush.

End of January would give him 10 weeks to build up to match fitness. Do we know, is he actually training with the first team or just back around the place working on his own? If he's training competitive with a ball at his feet, then he will be back before the end of January. If he's not then you may be correct.

I miss those cute little balls he can play into forward players feet. Makes it so much easier to build an attack.

I absolutely love that for 95% of our games his post match comments reflect my own views. Very rarely do I think he analyses the game wrong. After years of "rull wa sleeves up" or "the fans cost us that game (yes Pardew actually did this)" or just generally trying to pretend that we played well when we didnt, having Howe tell the truth is so refreshing. I think in his presser yesterday he said something like we were shite at Fulham, have played in spells in the other games and then looked good in the last two, which is exactly how I see it. I also love that he watches the games back multiple times to see what went well/wrong. There's nothing you could tell him about his own players that he doesn't already know.

Quite hard to avoid the "like a new signing" tag but even if we can get 3 good months of Botman it could be crucial to our season but it goes without saying that I'd rather have him fully fixed than rushed back.

He's an incredible manager and incredible person. I've said before that I think he's the best thing about our club. There's not one player I'd keep ahead of our manager being here. For anyone with the illusion that we could get better, wait until "better" walks through the door, starts acting like a cunt in press conferences and doesn't at all get the club. If Howe does have learning points in his management, then it's up to the club and the fans to give him the time required to make that next step. This man gives me amazing footballing memories and footballing moments, including the one last Saturday. Long may it continue.

Goalkeeping has changed so much in 20 years. Watch back a couple of highlights and see Given in all the wrong positions on the goals we concede but it's not just him other keepers seem to have been a bit pap too. He was a great goalkeeper at the time, had a few flaws but was good all the same.

It will be unchanged IMO.

You a betting man?

I just disagree with everything youve said.

Ramblings? Your name looks new but I feel like your bullshit is familiar. Changed usernames? Anyway, I've pointed out why you are wrong, now fuck off back to football manager.

Your first paragraph and your second paragraph are contradicting. Howe doesn't rate him so much that he didn't let him go in the summer? He's not needed now, how do you know where our next injuries are coming from? It's easy to say that NOW the money from the US seems like a good deal (not that we know how much they offered) it didn't in the summer and it wouldn't look a good deal if we picked up 2 or 3 injuries to wide players. Just a reminder, I don't rate Miggy too highly, I just don't think we can give away players who are currently in the matchday squad.