Mikky

7 minutes ago, Nine said:

I know it’s been mentioned but my god is Drury horrendous to listen to or what? Trying to make moments in the game bigger with sound bite style commentary that just comes off as totally cringe, does it appeal to anyone? 
 

It just feels like a constant distraction from what’s actually happening on the pitch 

 

 

 

Think TNT have got it spot on with Darren Fletcher and Ally McCoist

Drury drives me up the wall - hate listening to him 

14 minutes ago, Kanji said:

Big Joe / Little Joe is the way. 

It makes the Barnes purchase all the more bizarre when you think we had Gordon/Joe/Joe/Anderson at the start of last season (Isak if we wanted 2 up top)

How many Simeones are there?

10 minutes ago, jarralad said:

Modern day Denis Irwin.

I dunno - there’s a bit of Stuart Pearce about him (don’t know why I think that - maybe it’s the way he passes it - all neat and tidy)

5 hours ago, Ben said:

Mitchell will have other irons in the fire, DCL does not match the profile of players we are looking for, I'd rather give Osula more minutes 

24 and under is Mitchell’s policy - which is what we need as the squad is a bit old in places 

The double Joe combo with Hall is so sexy 

That’s like the old Newcastle I loved watching 

5 minutes ago, Paullow said:

A former Toon legend can lead his side to their first title in 18 years tonight!

Who?

J David

Mbuemo

Arda Guler 

and we are cooking 

5 minutes ago, The College Dropout said:

DCL has been awful this season and last. Rather have Osulu.

My rationale is that we replace all 3 of Wilson - Miggy and Murphy in the summer 

Mbuemo is the no:1 signing for me - the hybrid forward (right mainly, but can easily cover 9)

We then sign a winger - linked with Tom Fellows - I’d rather be ambitious and go for Arda Guler 

Then on the basis you are getting nothing for Wilson - you go for J David (DCL as your back up)

5 minutes ago, Sibierski said:

Guler on loan with option to buy dream signing. A window is opening to sign him, and some club going to be lucky.

 

Defence we can get through this season by just shoring things up, and adding genuine quality that pushes teams back in fear will help too (and ball retention higher up the pitch). 

I mean if we can somehow grab Guler AND Mbeumo that would be insane 

There’s an opportunity there also to mitigate the loss of Wilson if we can secure a Bosman CF (J David or even someone like a DCL (with the comfort that we have Mbeumo and Osula to cover as well)

(a bit over ambitious I know)

16 minutes ago, BergenMagpie said:

Reminds me a bit about Rémy

Ah that’s a great shout - it’s that lazy style running which is reminiscent 

Can see why we boycotted the Balon d”or ceremony this week - criminal he didn’t win 

Just now, jack j said:

Are the semis still 2 legs or is that getting scrapped?

One leg apparently 

12 hours ago, nufcjb said:

Well, if it is Amorim, and he still fucks up, it will be even more funnier and hillarious. You can bring in any promising foreign coach, but the PL is something entirely different to what they would have experienced previously.

 

and if he does fail, guess who Gary Neville will still blame?

They (ex players) have too much of a voice imo (long may it continue) - Don’t see G Neville piping up about what his mate has done to Valencia 

Play Tonali and Big Joe in the double pivot and free up Bruno 

7 minutes ago, Erikse said:

We used to have our left back function as a 3rd centreback when attacking, but with a more attacking minded left back (which I think is a necessary evolution of tactics), the lack of a pure defensive midfielder is more apparent. Trying to find a new centreback to play as a left back is not a long term solution imo. It doesn't give us a good balance when attacking.

With 2 natural attacking full backs, you can’t play a flat 3 in midfield, especially when both your centre backs are slow, it leaves you defensively exposed - you should then really compensate that by playing 2 in the pivot - giving your 2 CBs protection allowing 1 fullback at least to always roam with the other inverting if needed or keeping position - its a huge tactical floor as we seem to have no flow within the team 

4 minutes ago, Andy said:

 

He isn't though. He's played the same system for three years whether it's working or not, we rarely change tactics or have a plan B. 

 

Howe has a lot of strengths in terms of coaching and getting the best out of players, but tactics and systems have never been what he was known for. 

In fairness there were 3 occasions when he played Anderson or Big Joe as left wing backs (Spurs etc)

Just now, Dandy Man said:

Tonali is a bit of an enigma for me, want to love him and he seems capable of doing it all but still feels like he might be causing more problems than he's solving 

He’s a 2 in a 4231 - a hugely talented player - Eddie hasn’t got a freakin clue what to do with him - says more about Eddie than Tonali

Just now, Ben said:

 

Not for me, he needs a January transfer window and then till the end of the season.

I suppose it’s Europe or be sacked end of season 

Don’t think he will be here next season 

Great pass Longtwat

Of course Tonali is subbed - I don’t for a second believe he was a Howe signing alongside the likes of Botman, Bruno and Isak 

Just now, duo said:

Where was Burn?

Too busy bumming Howe

15 minutes ago, GeordieDazzler said:

They often talk on OTC about the Barca job being exhausting if you are an actual Catalan as you are seen as the de facto leader of the Catalan independence movement.
 

Cited it as one of the reasons why Pep ultimately left as he just wanted to manage and not have to deal with the politics. Flick as someone completely unassociated with that can focus on the football. 
 

Xavi won the league, which seems to get forgotten. 

Yep - Xavi looked drained towards the end - it’s a really tough job 

Flick seems like a cool customer who might be able to guide this talented crop the right way