Dr Venkman

Others have probably mentioned this already but I was sat right behind the gallowgate goal and he literally picked our players up out of the goal after Everton scored. You could see him willing the team to victory throughout the whole game. He's a really special player, the most important signing we've made in god knows how long.

Yeah that's fair, ASM was brilliant and Pickford JUST saved that with his heel.

Looks alreet doesn’t he He was riling up the gallowgate 1 min after he came on as a sub, absolute onions on this lad.

Well, that was absolutely class. Sat right behind the gallowgate goal in the second row, best view possible for Trippier’s free kick. Well done to Howe, got it right. Just such a class night and fancy us to get out of it now. Bruno’s cameo man FFS The Pickford song

Agree. We didn't have time for Howe to learn not to play Darlow and Clark, and those decisions cost us. We don't have time for him to play it safe, he needs to get the team selections right now until the end of the season because there is no margin for error. The board have backed him in the transfer market and he needs to capitalise on it and not be conservative like he has before.

Huge game, this, huge. He has to get the selection right, no excuses.

I’ve written a lot of words on here about Pardew over the years, and I could write loads more but I’ll save everyone from having to read it. Suffice to say that when he was appointed I was football obsessed and by the time he left I hated the game, and my club, and eventually spent a few years paying absolutely no attention to it at all.

We’re doing this again are we?

I dunno, if he gets stood on he could be out for ages with that?

Aye he really needs to get going now.

Fucking hell man, these people.

Aren’t the Everton/Villa rivalries about successful teams from the 80’s disliking us because of the catch up job we did in the 90’s?

I think we can put all of that ‘but they might sell us if we do down’ talk to bed now?

Was Souness the last incoming member of staff to be on gardening leave?

Aye, they could have done with a bit more direction TBF!

You know he's not actually interviewing him? He's reading the questions in English and they've overdubbed it.

Yeah I thought that was very interesting…

Have to win, for so many reasons.

He'll improve us, I don't know how anyone could come to any other conclusion. That's where we are as a club right now, lots of potential but little else. Appointments like Howe and Ashworth are about right IMO.

I'm hoping this too. My only gripes with Howe so far are selection based, he needs to start getting it right now.

His last two jobs have been successful with the FA and Brighton, that's about it.

He's going to be involved fairly soon, you would think. LOTS of preparation to do before the Summer.

Exactly what we need.

Could’ve signed him for nowt.

At Roker?