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El Chapo seeking a paternity test for the little fucker lying on the floor.

The consortium are near enough on the record as having wanted to sign him from Bournemouth before the City deal happened. From memory, there was an Athletic article when the deal had fallen through and it mentioned an interest in both him and Ferran Torres specifically, before they both to City. This + Howe = could have legs.

Charlie Patino, the next big thing from the Arsenal Academy, has a Geordie mother. Come home Charlie.

Ashworth would be a big yes from me

Head's gone. Needs a spell out of the team asap.

Hope the recruitment team are working overtime tonight.

Judge him at end of January for me but on the showing so far there are only two positives for me; Joelinton and the fact Howe seems to 'get it' in terms of harnessing unity. Otherwise, there's many many mistakes to balance these out. Said it at the time and will say it again, Rafa keeps us up from here. Massively doubtful Howe can.

Yeah, no doubt that he's our most exciting player and he can be completely unplayable on his day. My point was more about his overall contribution over the course of a season I guess. I know it's a ridiculous statement but when he's not unplayable, he's not worth playing. Anyway, no doubt he'll grab a hatrick soon and make me look a prick .

Rafa did after he took the job and, given an extra three games, would've kept us up. As for high pressing, they should be winning possession further up the pitch, ergo it should lead to more possession or chances in their half.

Appreciate that this will not be shared by many folks but this guy is actually a major part of the problem imho. Yes he can win us games 'on his own' but, when he's not, which is 90% of the time he's actually a liability in terms of shape, defensive contribution and also chance creation. Wilson said recently that he didn't have a clue what ASM was going to do when he had the ball. I think this also renders his attacking contribution less effective too because he's unpredictable. Wilson would thrive on knowing he was playing with someone who would just recieve the ball, knock it past his man and whip a ball consistently to the same post. If he played for a good team (Liverpool, City etc) he'd be a show pony off the bench when they needed a wildcard or when a game was already won. I know he's Mr Popular and should imagine the typical response might be 'he's the least of our problems' but I actually think he's making us worse as a unit and therefore not the least of our issues.

Rafa had most of them getting us to 10th. They're poor but they're not so bad that you can't coach them into an effective system.

I'm not digging him out btw. I like him and he seems to 'get it', I'm just seeing nothing in four games of football to give me much hope that he can keep us up.

A high press and yet we didn't create one good chance, didn't dominate possession in their half and managed on 3 first half attempts. I wouldn't consider that in any way effective. No question, the pen didn't help but they completely downed tools on a new manager and that's a huge concern imho. Genuinely, I cannot see that he's made much impact yet tbh. Aye Joelinton is playing better but he's not gonna keep us up. A top manager (imho) would've implemented a style and/or system by now even if those players trying to implement it are shit. I honestly cannot see what the fuck he's trying to get them to do.

I don’t think they turned up at all. Think back to when Rafa took us to better teams and shut up shop. It wasn’t pretty but there was a clear game plan. What was today’s?

Maybe this shit flies in Bournemouth but he’ll find the NUFC fans far more intrusive in respect of his post match comments. Today, they’re just shite imho. Like he’s convincing himself.

Fundamentally disagree. We turned up in our pyjamas.

Same with this;

I’m sorry like but if Bruce said this he’d be getting pelters ;

I’ve said it all season, he’d keep us up from here imho.

Wonder if Rafa fancies another spin the championship

There needs to be some apologies after this. Fucking embarrassing.

He needs to bring Hayden in ASAP. He’s no world beater but at least he tries. He has to bring some legs. Willock and Shelvey nothing short of disgraceful.

Gutless cunt. Give him back to Arsenal tbh.

Willock will be a very lucky boy to get through this season without the crowd turning on him tbh. Fucking got his signing on fee and then became Mr Invisible. Utter shithouse.

Fuck me. The only way we’ve looked like scoring today was a complete out of the blue fuck up. Fucking terrible this.