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I went to the home league game against Palace and was massively impressed by both Guehi and Anderson. The fact we didn't score against them again last night in open play suggests the PL performance wasn't a fluke. Wonder whether we might consider a move for Guehi at some point?

I reckon if you asked him, he'd have said it was a poor start too. Which it was. He's been superb since. Easy to look back and have 20/20 vision in hindsight tbh. He was probably only another 3 games from coming under pressure imho so I'm delighted we got that Leeds win and everything snowballed from there because, right now, he seems like such a good fit in terms of him 'getting it' but also the work he's done in developing individuals...

Awesome - thanks.

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Cheers @ponsaelius. From his recent cameo's 'playing within himself' would certainly be the term. World Cup break, ironically, might do him a massive favour.

Didn't see any of this......for those who did, how did ASM do?

Not disappeared @Rod. Just very busy with work etc and spending less time than ever on the forum. Absolutely delighted with all things NUFC. On Howe, I was very concerned with the start and think the Leeds game was a HUGE turning point. I was majorly concerned, after 8 games or whatever, that we were going down and also that the owners had perhaps missed a trick with Rafa although did state concerns around his suitability given his famed politics etc. After that initial bedding in period and without the benefit of a 'new manager bounce', I thought Howe did/has done incredibly well and you'd have to say has been faultless and is probably still growing into the role in terms of presence/media etc so VERY HAPPY to have the wrong gut feel early on in his reign. You'll probably dig something up but I can't recall being particularly critical of him (as a bloke), more I was looking at the early results and his lack of new manager bounce meaning we'd probably go down. Either way, don't think that the wrong shout on early Howe is the reason for my lack of involvement in the forum. That's just life stuff.

Looks like we might've signed this kid just in time...

Released tomorrow.

Grimaldo of Benfica.

Antony.

Also using the @Chris_Rtemplate, albeit with a slight modification for for most hated and most loved; MOST HATED Dalglish HATE Bruce Pardew Kinnear Carver Allardyce DISLIKE/DISGUST Souness McClaren APATHY Shearer Gullitt Roeder FONDNESS Hughton ADORE Robson Howe Rafa MOST ADORED KK

Remind me @Optimistic Nut, what's the tracker tracking? To finish above last years finish or for typical European Q points total?

Bit like a barber claiming he's done 1000+ haircuts, doesn't mean he's any more Vidal Fucking Sassoon than John 'the ear slicer' from Shields.

I don't think Beardsley is in the debate tbh (incidentally, my favourite all time NUFC player, a long long way ahead of Shearer) but Bruno has already shown he's a better all round player than Bobby Lee for me. I don't need two more years to reach that conclusion. His potential is scary too given his age. Zero doubt he's a player who could/should be playing for one of the top 3/4/5 clubs in the world and he's a seismic step up from anything else in our squad including the other current internationals.

Baldwards throwing out the Rafa chat again to get those clicks up. Prick. He'll be gutted one of his only sources has gone, the absolute pest.

I had ST's during the KK reign and SBR reign. I watched Rob Lee etc home and away. Bruno is, imho, better than Lee and is firmly on track to be our best ever midfielder. As for the Cabaye comparison, forget it. He's already wayyyyy beyond cabaye levels.

Would love to know who this was.

Ironic really when the baldy bellend had spent the previous six months slating Staveley, slating the possibility of it happening and also defending his pal to the hilt. Life comes at you fast eh?

Ah man. He was on a brace earlier this season and Pep hooked him bang early and I was raging. As it turns out, completely pointless because he'll probably have it in by Xmas.

Skybet had a pre-season special on him scoring 5 or more hatricks all season. 80/1. Gutted I only put a fiver on it

Getting an opinion on this from Alex Bruce is a bit like asking Ian Huntley for a steer on babysitting work tbh. As for Edwards, that prick has made a total mockery of himself since pre-takeover. Hope the cunt gets sacked on the same day as Bruce.

He's a right slimy cunt for this. Always creates a misleading narrative to divert/deflect from the actual issue which is his gross incompetence. In fact, I think preparing a misleading narrative is the only preperation the cunt does for any job he's in. When he's binned here, surely that's got to be it for him?

Something's awry with Wilder imho. Gibson is one of the best chairman in football to work for and Wilder has been constantly linked with moves away. It appears that Gibson has binned him before he got the move he's been after all along. A weird one all round. Wonder who Boro bring in? Surely not the Bruceosaurus when WBA imminently bin him?

Fulham could be in a world of pain if Mitro's out for a while.