Unbelievable

Bruno

What a pass that was from Bruno

Well done Pope. Trippier’s passing has been sloppy on multiple occasions now

Villa pressing well

Howay ref

Excellent defending Tripps

Willock needed to be stronger there

Nice effort Longstaff

Poor ball from Trippier that

Topic needs unpinning?

Nice attacking move

Close!

HTL

There’s a lot to be said for that as well. I have complete trust in Ashworth, Howe and all to do what’s right for the club. In your example it would make a big difference if Bruno was demanding an increase to stay or if the club was being proactive and offered Bruno a better deal with an extension on its own accord. In the latter case as you suggest the other players could see is as a player being rewarded for performing excellently instead of for throwing a huff.

I’d rather protect the dressing room culture than pander to the wishes of a player who would have only been here a year. If any player feels they’ve outgrown us and want to leave for some other club they’re a liability anyway, so sell them for a massive profit and replace with the next prospect from your “shadow team” you have carefully scouted. This is the way Brighton operate for example, and no doubt what Ashworth is planning to implement here, but on a bigger scale. This buying and selling well will also help massively with FFP. This club and its plans for the short to mid term future is bigger than any player, so if they don’t want to be here they’re free to leave, on the club’s terms.

Conversely it is entirely sensible to want a new player to show consistency in their performance level, and as such to have as a general rule of thumb there will be no massive wage increases in the first two years of a player signing for the club. Their current wage reflects the fact they were not consistently at the level where a much higher wage was merited when they joined, surely? For the likes of Bruno, Botman and Isak, in their early to mid 20’s surely a wage hike and potentially a contract extension after two years when both parties are happy to commit long term is perfectly reasonable?

Immediately gets up and tries to save it too. He knew full well there was no foul.

No, you don’t

I hope this cunt was watching his favourite club get beaten by the very club he tried to convince would never be able to challenge. All it took was a bit of TLC, an injection of competence, some investment to undo the years of neglect and a modicum of ambition to transform NUFC from also rans to genuine contenders. Here’s hoping we continue to prove this absolute tosspot wrong for decades to come.

CL here we come!

We’re simply awesome :indi:

Fucking linesman

This is over. Great result!

WTF ref edit: ah, well done

Spurs’ build up play is abysmal