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I do think we need to evolve to a place where there’s another way of playing when intensity is lacking for whatever reason. Watching Longstaff and Joelinton play with tired legs yesterday was painful.

I’m with ON on this. Find it very difficult to understand why so many stayed under Ashley, prioritising their 2 hours on a Sat, sat on their hands and allowed people like Bruce and Carver to be appointed and sing the same nonsensical shit every game. We’re a weirdly shit eating yet fickle / overly emotional lot.

Yeah, he’s a bullshitter where we are concerned and has been since he the days he sucked Ashley off.

Who?

That takes Matt Ritchie out of the matchday squad for most of the season? Really?

Tough to be massively critical. A lot of the injuries are down to bad luck. Summer was a key transfer window and we got it wrong so hopefully we learn.

Good around the place. A top 4 mentality if ever I’ve seen one.

Longstaff and Ritchie.

We should take it out of his hands, Freddy Shep with Bellamy style.

Can we just cheat please and get some squad players from the Saudi league in January?

Worst I’ve seen in 30 years.

If Callum isn’t fit for this he needs to be made to withdraw from the England setup asap.

Always has been, to be fair.

I remember that primitive True Geordie video he was on about re. booing. Hilarious viewing.

Be fun watching Southgate managing Norwich in a couple of years.

What sport is that?

Saudi has so many business interests / weight that I’m sure the ‘multiple offers’ aspect isn’t going to be difficult to bypass. No doubt those scouse rats are behind this one.

This based on his 2 goals in the Championship including the elegant finish off his knee? Have a word. Imagine a scout being paid to come back with a report on him with due diligence and concluding we should sign him up. Mike Ashley’s NUFC in a microcosm.

It wasn’t working playing him, as it often won’t away to good sides. Hell of a goalscorer, obviously but he’s a limited footballer. And he’s knackered.

What’s his deal with attacking animals?

Agree on the last sentence. So surely you recognise half of his game is solid and the other half is shit?

Ritchie can’t run. We’d be down to 10 men from the off.

I’m behind Eddie all the way, I just hope one of the conclusions he comes to is that we need to look at finding someone to link midfield with attack, even if it means altering the way we play slightly. If there’s one criticism of this season, there’s been too many spells of 30-45 mins where we’ve been a nonentity going forward. Obviously we’ve scored a lot of goals in the league through intensity alone but there’s limits to who that works against.

Callum is always on the verge of a muscle injury. Nowt remotely surprising and probably nothing to worry about too much.

Bang on, as per.