LionOfGosforth

Maybe you're right. Perhaps the overhaul of his coaching staff is unlikely as he's just too loyal and that kind of augments one of the points in my post that I think he would rather walk than sully what has been a fantastic journey.

Maybe i'm in a minority here but the thought of losing this man mid-season, or even in the summer, fills me with dread, not confidence. Dread at how long we'd take to appoint someone, who it might end up being and the squad overhaul that would be required, potentially leading to another season of up and down performances and results anyway. This doesn't mean EH gets a free pass for a poor season, which it isn't yet anyway, simply that I think he has earned some leeway from all the mitigating factors which include losing our star striker after the fucking season was underway, plus his replacement for months, no DoF, executive structure in flux and constant floods of games with many new players trying to gel, interspersed with injuries to key players and international football taking away important prep time. I'm no more pleased than anyone else about some of the summer signings (so far, it's early), the general standard of the away performances and the man has frustrated me throughout his tenure with his reactive subs and stubborn loyalty to players and rigidity with systems at times but I love him to bits, he gets the area, has delivered success and deserves time and understanding to improve things. I'd like to think we're not one of those clubs who wants to dump a manager after his first truly bad spell, a bloke who has brought his family to the city and integrated them fully. Do we really want to go down that road? That's the road to uncertainty and transitional periods for me. Doesn't mean the end will never come though, one day it will. I honestly think he's more likely to walk if he feels he can't get things where he wants them anyway. Think he has far too much integrity to hang around for a payoff if the situation gets to that. Perhaps a strong look at the coaching staff is needed to move forward. An overall review into the season can wait until the summer. There's just been too much upheaval to judge it properly until it's fully over anyway. We're going well in the cups even if the league season appears to be heading for disappointment.

He's one of the rotation of knackers who go into the Howe thread on a scheduled basis. Clueless must be one of my least favorite criticisms, so lazy and incorrect, just a word basically.

Merry Christmas you fine people. Hope you and your families have a lovely Christmas and a happy and healthy 2026

The only way this could have been better is if his shot hit the post and the ball came back and spread his nose all over his stupid treacherous face. Enjoy your time on the sidelines, something you apparently appreciate anyway and perhaps reflect on what a horrible cunt you've been Alex.

Excellent point, always worth recalling and something that is rarely acknowledged.

With every passing second, I hate Isak more

A collective lack of ruthlessness in front of goal (some it is bad luck, hitting the post multiple times) in tight games is absolutely costing us and we have to hope Wissa will make the difference because there is still a lot to look forward to this season if we get a settled side in a rythmn.

He's absolutely key for the second half of the season. If we get in a rythmn with him up top and a settled side, it could be a cracking second half of the season

Agreed and I couldn't work out why he didn't get more minutes tonight. Thought we did more than enough to win second half though and they're not a bad side at all.

Not sure what it is, a lack of ruthlessness in general, but we never ever seem to capitalize on periods of domination anymore, or very rarely, like we did in past seasons. We'd go a goal up and always be looking for the second and then a third. Losing count of the games we've missed more than decent chances in and left it tight and then it's a weak mentality thing or lack of confidence mixed with tiredness, that we're conceding late in games. Thought we should have won tonight though and it's a decent result overall, just the usual frustration when you concede late and draw a game you should win.

In a vacuum, it's honestly a pretty decent result. But the lack of proactive subs and all the same mistakes repeated in almost every single away game is starting to grind like.

Well aye but tough shit, you make 15m quid a year, least you can do is make an effort to try. Just sums him up. Selfish cunt that fucked his old club, his current club and his country into the bargain so he could get his precious big move.

Nunez lacked finesse and was crazily erratic but he was pretty well liked by their fanbase because he ran himself into the ground for them. This toxic, selfish arsehole can't even be bothered to do that.

He is pretty much exactly what he confidently states he isn't

Whatever we think about his development thus far, or lack of, that's a shite fee if true.

The pass for the Barnes chance and then a minute later the cross for the 4th goal, both were absolute filth

Something quite beautiful about thumping this shower of cunts on the king's birthday.

Forget being in the team, I simply yearn for the fucking thread title to change

Thiaw might be better than Baresi

"I'll smash you bro"

The standard of defending corners is like under-9 stuff

2-0, another daft goal from a corner

Almost like context matters

Yep, the point was more commenting on how difficult it is to manage squad load at the level we're competing at, it's not a piece of piss and if it wasn't for that Arsenal twat, we'd have had Livra to cover Hall no bother. He might even be better on the left side than the right. The summer was tough and not perfectly done obviously.