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Just now, Disco said:

I know and its the same as always but they'll start to turn up if/when they get through and it matters. 

Yeah, you may well be right. They'll probably continue to improve as the season goes on. Will be interesting to see if it does work out, if not Poch will get the chop as the manager will be the scape goat again I imagine. 

2 minutes ago, Rafalove said:

Hammer makes it 4

Wonder if someone will come right back in for him again after this season. He's been fantastic for them so far. West Ham took a significant loss on him this past summer too.

1 minute ago, Disco said:

Impeccable timing as per.

They're so unconvincing though, even if they go on to win this game. Not seen anything to suggest they'll really compete in this competition at all. 

All those signings PSG made man, and still.

Yeah, that was pretty nasty. Genuinely didn't see him though. Man, that is so unfortunate. What a dumb way for this game to end up.

What the hell has this man done here?

What a move by Atletico.

Simeone switched to a 3-5-2 that has completely flipped the game right? Or did they start like that?

Fantastic game so far. Can't wait for Newcastle to be even half this good a watch.

5 minutes ago, Scoot said:

 

I cannot believe he did that man. Such a lunatic 

Just now, xLiaaamx said:

They'll only be able to keep it under wraps till the players are next in if true

 

So saturday.

2 minutes ago, Ando7 said:

He,s gone he's been told

 

Hallelujah!!! 

2 minutes ago, jackyboy said:

I think that the success of any signings, in the football sense, is greatly influenced by the manager. That was proved here with Schar, Fernandez and Lejune who proved to be excellent buys but who are now ditched or dropped by the current manager. Virtually every player has has got worse under Bruce

Every single one man. It's incredible.

The only two that are performing are Wilson and ASM and you really have to wonder what on earth they would be capable of in a fully functioning team.

5 minutes ago, The Prophet said:

There was a recent article about the English outcome bias and German coaches, if I recall.

 

Other than his last season at Roma, I don't know loads about Fonseca. Does anyone have a good knowledge on his background?

This was posted by someone earlier:- http://outsideoftheboot.com/2020/05/28/tactical-philosophy-paulo-fonseca/

2 minutes ago, Thomson Mouse said:

Not convinced by Howe. The only time he’s ventured from Bournemouth it didn’t go well. Some people find their place and do well.

 

Anyone thought about Viera?

Wait ... Patrick Vieira? He's just joined Palace, doubt we'd make that move and he'd switch that quickly.

That's looking like a risk that Palace took that is going to reap very good rewards from all indications so far. They look very impressive.

We're going to have to take a similar risk, and I just hope we hit the jackpot.

4 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

 

Ibe and Solanke were absolutely terrible signings but like I said above, I think they probably had limitations in terms of who they can attract. 

Yes, they were bad, but more because of the fees really as they hadn't proved themselves enough. I did like that he was targeting young players that were performing well in the England under 21 setup, but they just paid way too much. Funnily enough Solanke seems like he is beginning to develop into their lead man upfront now. Just took him longer than they ultimately projected.

I think Howe is on a very similar trajectory to Rodgers. Prior to his Leicester stint most would have turned their noses up at Rodgers I'm pretty sure.

The defending for Rodger's Leicester teams hasn't been that consistently solid either has it? And most would be happy to have him come in. I don't know I could see Howe take a step forward with us but let's see who they ultimately choose before getting too deep into that convo.

12 minutes ago, 54 said:

This interview is worth a watch from Howe fyi:

 

 

Having watched that and the clips of his training session posted earlier, I must say, if Howe is who we ultimately end up with I'd be very comfortable with it. I like his mindset a lot and would be rooting for him to go up another level. Would never be embarrassed to have this guy as manager of the club. 

5 minutes ago, Dokko said:

Well this is good if that's where we're heading. So Rafa wouldn't have fit but might have been tolerated due to his overall quality

 

Yeah, Rafa is just an outstanding candidate on every level, and his football is hardly boring. More pragmatic, but with the freedom and support to build a more exciting team, I'm sure he would have targeted the players to allow for more of that.

Just now, Dokko said:

So what connects all 3? Hopefully these are the 3 which best suits an overall plan rather than the scattergun approach we usually have. Howe the only one with prem experience so guess it’ll be him. 

Read somewhere they were prioritising an attackign philosophy and improving and developing players. Can't remember where I saw that though.

1 minute ago, SUPERTOON said:

Yasir isn’t in the north east anymore he left after the game 

Do we know for sure. Might have just been some of his people or his daughter being taken back.

Good to know they've actually gone about conducting a couple of rounds of interviews if that's true. Will be comfortable with the hire after that approach. May the best man win.

5 minutes ago, 54 said:

https://www.90min.com/posts/newcastle-manager-shortlist-three-howe-fonseca-favre

 

Exclusive - Newcastle United's search for a new manager to replace Steve Bruce has narrowed down to three candidates.

90min understands that final interviews are taking place this week, and the names in the frame are Eddie Howe, Paulo Fonseca and Lucien Favre - all of whom held initial talks with the club last week.

Newcastle plan on having a new manager in place by this weekend, with the idea being that current boss Bruce is relieved of his duties before the game against Crystal Palace.

The Magpies had initially intended on sacking Bruce in their first week before appointing current number two Graeme Jones on an interim basis, but they have instead opted to get a new permanent boss in now.

The club's new owners are now all in the North East after chairman Yasir Al-Rumayyan flew in to attend Sunday's Premier League defeat against Tottenham - a plan 90min revealed on Thursday.

Very interesting

Rooting for Fonseca to really blow them away as I think he has the greatest long term potential to come in and do well and be here for a long time, secondly Favre because of what he achieved with Gladbach which mirrors our situation so closely and then Howe lastly.

5 minutes ago, HTT II said:

Dacoure is going to out for a spell it seems, that will be a big blow to Rafa!

Oh man, that sucks. What's with the injuries to all of their best players specifically. Rotten luck.

24 minutes ago, LV said:

There does seem to be a dearth of decent managers about right now.

 

If only Rafa could have waited a few more months

I'm actually surprised at the number of relatively high profile managers that are available. The problem is that they are mostly from the continent and so the prem experience thing is a bit of an issue, only because of the position we are in. If we were comfortably in mid table we could have easily gone for one of the people available without as much hesitancy I imagine.