Ronaldo

He’s not ready for that and won’t be for a few years.

He’d play for Wolves now. Sat in front of the back 4 spraying it around.

He never had the mobility for that. Looking back, a beautiful left foot and a a very good talent overall but all of his weaknesses rendered him totally unsuited to English football, especially English football in 2002, and the money could and should’ve been spent a lot better.

Could’ve been better, yes. To say he was never world class is absurdity though unless the definition is applied in the narrowest possible sense.

He’s way beyond GB News, man. Not sure how anyone could have a soft spot for him, either. He’s a thug and a coward.

That and he’s actually not intelligent enough but do anything but appeal to the absolute lowest common denominator. When he actually gets put on the spot in debates he just stutters and starts losing his temper. Spoon feed him like that embarrassment Claire Balding did and he’s fine, but those days aren’t coming back now.

Except Burn, who should never start CB for us ever again.

Fucking hell, have a word.

It’s not rocket science. Don’t let them play through us with ease and get the ball to Isak (at his feet) between the RB and CB as much as possible. He’s approaching full fitness and form and should be far too much for them to contain.

I think attributing Wilson’s injuries to our style of play is too much mind. We give him 3 days off after playing and he’s still getting crocked and generally looking not fully fit. Even under Bruce’s ‘put your feet up, lads’ regime he missed a lot of football. It’s just him, he’s made of glass.

That wasn’t a serious suggestion was it?

You say that, but Wilson plays with even less intensity after an hour’s football and he gets immunity.

Great post timeEd and quite right. I’ve said it before but we’re too emotional as a fanbase and, particularly, those of us who grew up, like I did, in the Keegan years are predisposed to idealism. We don’t want to buy superstar-inspired success; we want a team of uniquely talented relatable characters that functions under a likeable, forward-thinking idiosyncratic manger who grows with us. A lot of us thought we were already there and evidently (though we have many of the raw ingredients) we are not, and we’re frustrated. 5 points from 10 games away from home is very difficult to defend. As abysmal as we’ve been on the road, results and performances, I’d find it a lot easier to brush it off as part of the journey etc if I had confidence that the ownership will give this time. It’s a great irony that for well over a decade we all longed for a regime that wouldn’t tolerate managerial failure / mediocrity and now a lot of us fear impatience or impulsiveness from the top.

How many teams in the PL in 2024 play a Tiote type? I can’t think of any.

Correct. But Matt Ritchie shouldn’t be here collecting £40,000 a week to put arms round shoulders either.

Our RCB was by a distance our best defender tonight, as he usually is.

He’s nearly 32 tbf. He’s not going to get any quicker.

I was hoping TWD was being Bill Murray sarcastic.

We’re so bad under pressure on the ball. Shockingly so, in fact. We’re the epitome of the British flat track bully away from home. In fairness to Howe you can only do so much to make Sean Longstaff a technically efficient player in tight spaces - that ship sailed a while ago. I felt bad for Miley tonight. He was a deer in headlights from the first whistle on and off the ball. But who can blame him, he’s 17. Same with the counterattacking issue. Look at the quality of Liverpool’s compared to ours. Unlike us they have 2 ways to win a game. But they’ve got players in midfield and out wide who make the right decisions and execute consistently.

Who?

No one wants him sacked. I’ve thankfully not seen that once on here.

An absurd amount of goals given limited opportunities. Agreed.

What do the radgies have against Isak? It’s bloody weird and definitely a thing at the game too. Do you prefer Wilson’s manly tattoos or what?

We had a decent couple of spells but I’m not really sure how anyone could be remotely satisfied by the overall performance. Another day they score 8.

I absolutely will not call for Eddie to be sacked even if we lose the next 3, but if that happens unfortunately I don’t think he has any long term future here. In my opinion he’s earned the remainder of this season.