jackyboy

9 points off 11th place. I think that Watford were well adrift when Pearson took over and he got them out of the relegation zone. True to form Watford then sacked him

Under Rafa, no matter how good the opposition were, I never felt like we would get hammered. When we were left with Joselu as our main striker, Rafa kept it tight knowing that come the end of the season goal average could be important. When people go on about him being negative they forget that we didn't have a decent striker for a lot of the time so needed to play the way we did

Be nice to win it but I'd be happy to just not lose it. Burnley have drawn the same number of games as us but they have had that 1 win so not a lot of difference

His worry will be how to counteract Burnley's front 2 battering rams because they really are a handful

At Norwich he spent most of his time in the opponent's half going forward. Under Bruce he never got over the half way line so quite a big transition for him. Thought he did well last night and maybe he'll be better with Howes style when it gets going

Thought he did well, made a couple of good tackles and intercepts. Couldn't offer much going forward because of us being down to 10 men but I liked what I saw

His performances last night and against Brentford have been fantastic. Two top notch performances in the last 3 weeks, none in the previous two and a half years. Says it all really about Bruce and co

The problem is that some of our players don't fit into any holes. They've spent two years playing all over the pitch and with the exception of the goalkeeper and Wilson you'd have difficulty saying what their natural position is

Watching players in training is different from watching them in matches. I'd imagine that Howe will give every a run out at some point to see how they perform under his system until he settles on what he sees as his best team

Under Rafa, no matter how good the opposition were, I never felt like we would get hammered. When we were left with Joselu as our main striker, Rafa kept it tight knowing that come the end of the season goal average could be important. When people go on about him being negative they forget that we didn't have a decent striker for a lot of the time so needed to play the way we did

Didn't know where to post this but I see that OGS has donated his £7.5 mill payoff to charity. I haven't read where Bruce has done the same?

Like GWN, I can't believe some of the comments on here about Howe. Amazing how they can all pick a better team without the advantage of watching them in training all the week. Such comments are food for all of the people and pundits out there who think that the Newcastle supporters are delusional and have a sense of entitlement. Howe summed it up by saying that the players did there best and he can't ask for anymore. He has inherited a dreadful unbalanced squad of players, most of them being unfit for purpose and that's what we've got until January / February assuming we can make some acquisitions. Howe needs and deserves all the support he can get. Unlike the previous management team, they are giving it their all and being professional. It's a long road ahead

I can't believe the negativity on here. Give the guy a chance FFS

New manager been in charge for 2 games and people complaining that nothings changed. Player for player Arsenal had more quality. Half of our team just aren't good enough but we have to put up with it for now and hope we pick up some points. Get behind the team and the manager

I saw Jimmy Greaves in one of his last shows before he had the stroke and I remember him talking about Andy Carroll. ' A fucking joke he said 36 million. He said good strikers anticipate where to run and take a few chances, Andy doesn't start to run until the balls been kicked and by then it's two fucking late. It was a great night with Greavsie and we were in hysterics

I think that Tindall and Howe come over a bit more professional than syphlus Steve

Bruce's agent has offered him to Man U

We'll win this

It's amazing what a bit of motivation by a good manager can do

First time I've ever seen his head covered in sweat. He worked hard and played well and was let down by Willocks poor performance

If he can get Hendricks performing as he seems to have done with big Joe then that's fine. I have never seen Joelinton look so pumped up and motivated as he was on Saturday. Howe has obviously given him some sort of belief in himself and long may it continue

Mick McCarthy would be a better choice than Bruce

Dubs instills confidence in the defenders while Darlow causes panic

Bruce is the man if he's as good as the pundits tell us

Didn't win but most enjoyable performance for over 2 years. Joelinton, apart from not even managing to get a shot away with that opportunity, was the best I've seen from him. Darlow was the only reason we lost. Shelvey a massive improvement in performance and attitude. Tough days ahead but I think we can survive