Alberto2005

Looks like Sissoko will just miss out so Obertan will continue regardless of Thauvin

http://static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Football/Pix/pictures/2014/7/16/1405549887431/Emmanuel-Rivi-re-Newcastl-011.jpg This was a real bad one tbf, but in the minority.

On the whole we always seem to go for the right player imo. You don't see us buying people like James Chester for 8m or Robert Earnshaw for 24m.

Even if he signs in time for the game I expect McClaren will start him on the bench.

Thauvin to replace Obertan seems like the easy thing to do. However I imagine he'll drop Anita, bring in Sissoko central and Thauvin on the right

Bellamy probably. Hard to remember them all off the top of my head. That one stands out.

He's finished.

'Yo Dick'

Looks like he's got anterior pelvic tilt.

Fat Sam ffs His default mode: Take over struggling club and help them to safety. Mid-table finish/Struggle near bottom. Leave as he's taken the club as far as he can Repeat

What a turnaround in opinions from last week

You're hardly going to sub your defenders everytime they get booked, especially when the options on the bench are dogshit.

Apparently the game he played in wasn't a league based U21 game and more like a friendly game and therefore it doesn't count.

Townsend would be a poor signing imo.

Very sluggish at present, hopefully just down to fitness but I get the feeling he's that kind of player. He doesn't look like he's going to offer anything creatively. He seems similar to Nolan. Let's hope he can chip with a decent amount of goals over the season.

We should be all over Shaqiri.

Decent half.

Who the fucking hell says we're surprised??? If you're not surprised why the meltdown reaction?

Why are people surprised?

I dunno about that, seven league goals in five years. Take it back then, he's just plain shit

Cleverley comes across as one of those incredibly average players who manages to look ok because he chips in with a few goals every so often.

I don't understand why we're apparently so eager to get another striker in. I smell bs.

He will, almost certainly. not almost certainly at all Do you not think? I just can't understand why he'd start him vs Gladbach and play the majority of the game if he wasn't planning on starting him.

He will, almost certainly.