Colos Short and Curlies

We MAY get Maddison come what May this summer but I’d say less likely than likely if we get less than EL. No chance with the other 2 without CL. Unless we put another great run together and get CL I think this summer will be another of looking at £25-£40m signings from abroad to take us forward rather than the bigger names that we’ve been linked with over the season.

With Big Joe out for 2 games the 4-3-3 loses its natural balance anyway, so may as well try something new. Bring Targett in at left back, to give Burn a rest if nothing else. Bruno and little Joe in the middle, again I think Longstaff could do with a little rest but nothing in little Joe/Longstaff for the second position ASM and Gordon wide Isak and Wilson up top We'd be exposed against the better teams, but this would give at least half the league a different proposition to think about on how they deal with us

He’s got a golden chance now to try something new with Big Joe missing 2 very winnable (must win if top 4 is a target?) 2 up top, put in a number 10, 3 at the back. or go like for like with Willock coming in for a midfield three. Howe has evolved from his Bournemouth days and I’ve no doubt he will change his approach again with us, but he needs to quickly if the season isn’t going to end in ultimate disappointment.

So avoid throwing him to the wolves in order to throw in to the Wolves

I think he is the perfect counterbalance to Bruno/Miggy/Gordon who are more likely to be direct and look for a quick ball through. If teams look to counter that by sitting back they would then have ASM sitting 25 yards out getting the ball

Phase 3 was the superior stage of the journey to End Game, but phase 4 kinda sucked so hopefully that is pre season!

2023. Newcastle win the league cup

I love it when sequential posts unintentionally make perfect sense

Sod that, we want Ando's reaction to a last minute winner that gets us the league or a cup

One of the party has come down with Covid and has been hanging around with 3 others. I may yet get the evening free……

He's going to double his 'headed goals from corners at Wembley' on Sunday

That's Murphy on his own!

Do Man U throw many crosses in? Corners yes, but (yes just from highlights) most of their play seems to be through the channels and slipped balls to the strikers rather than hoisting them in from the wings

I reckon the judge would let me off

90th birthday for the wife’s gran. table was booked for 12, all good if a little tight for kick off. Restaurant called today asking if we could move booking to 1. fucking nightmare!

Really wish this was genuine

Might be worth a cheeky bet on Mr Windup getting a yellow card on Sunday. He's been booked by David Coote in the last 3 games he's reffed for us

Icing on this delicious cake is of course Ancelotti being an ex Everton manager

I'd go the other way - the pressure of him coming on against Liverpool would give a good chance of a mistake coming in just further ramping up the pressure before Saturday. He's going to be fine, we may concede, he may make 10 world class stops to win us the game or he make a small rick that leads to a goal. The same applies to De Gea. Bruno being back is bigger than Pope missing out and I'm stupidly confident that our back 4 is going to the human embodiment of Hadrian's Wall (just maybe without the 5 mile gap either side of it!).

ripping the arse out of people is an unfortunate phrase to use in a rant about gays like :-)

For the sake of 2(?) games Dubs has lost the chance to bookend what has been a pretty good stint here with match winning performances against Man U. Instead he has the chance to be a pointless answer on cup winners in the 2020s

Got City, Wolves and Forest after the final before a free weekend. If we can limp 4 from those (should be aiming for 6) then a boot camp and refresh before another decent set of fixtures to put a run together.

I had a look at this earlier expecting to see massive underperformance compared to the seasons before and after but it was only Chelsea who really underperformed in 11/12. points wise we were pretty much 5th or 6th based on average points per position back then.

Is he though? By all accounts other than the Miggy moment he seems decent enough off the pitch

Fake Bruno OG anyone?