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That's Southampton effectively down now, Lavia in the summer please.

If we can get the ball out wide against Leeds could be another 3 or 4 goals for us when we play them.

Interesting that they've got a TGG conference this year where Dan Ashworth will be one of the speakers. In his podcast from 2020 (https://trainingground.guru/articles/dan-ashworth-inside-the-mind-of-a-technical-director) he spoke about being the middle of the wheel with heads of department. If we use their Brighton model with those job roles the key roles here would be: Eddie Howe - Men's First Team Becky Langley - Women's Steve Nickson - Head of Recruitment Steve Harper - Head of Academy Paul Catterson - Head of Medical Services Shola Ameobi - Loan's Manager ? - Psychology and Mental Wellbeing If he is building for medium to long term what kind of changes could we expect for these key roles?

Potentially similar to the 2001-03 ntl kit?

It will be interesting to see which club puts some content out showing some amazing fan engagement after this.

The idea about VAR with Howard Webb was to only get involved with clear and obvious judgements or 'light touch' as has been mentioned. The disallowed goal has been deemed as subjective based on the official, but VAR has intervened. Should it be the case that in this moment the VAR official should not have got involved and left it to the onfield referee? I know the Salah goal has been highlighted in this thread, but I'm sure there was a Fernandes goal where Rashford could have been deemed to be involved but VAR did not get involved.

A game where we were lacking at both ends and consistent with our recent run of form. I think we need a slight change, but hopefully not to the detriment that our overall play would be reduced. While I don't think Wilson had a great game this was in part due to Akanje who marshalled him well. Man City were decent today, but at the start of the second half that was symoblic of the entire match where it was just sloppy with poor possession and passing. The first goal of the game was poor defensively, the studio guests kept referencing 'pockets' and it became apparent that us allowing them space enabled Foden to drift inside and then cut into the box. I thought it was slightly harsh to blame just Botman for failing to get across, but the gap between our defenders was too big with no cover from a defensive midfielder. The chances that we had should have brought at least one goal and while we did well to create them it is that final clinical moment which we've lacked recently. The Wilson chance was poor as he snatched at it, Longstaff took too long with his opportunity and Joelinton arriving late failing to make any contact with the ball summed up the day. If we can make some changes to freshen up the first XI against Wolves I'd like to hope we should be able to win that game with a week break. I don't think Howe will make wholesale changes, but could see Willock coming in for Joelinton due to suspension and potentially Isak who impressed in his brief cameo turning Akanje instantly so would fancy him against Kilman or Dawson.

I think this summer will see quite a few changes with Ritchie, Gillespie and Dummett all going due to contracts expiring. You then will see offers being listened to for Fraser, Lascelles and Lewis too. With the staff we have at the club now always planning for the future, fairly sure they've already said they have planned this window, we will see some potential contract extensions and maybe a few surprises. The following are out of contract in 2024: - Schar - Wilson - Krafth - Manquillo - Almiron - Burn Eddie will have some decisions to make as he seems to like his leadership group, but the majority of these players will be moving on most likely in the next 18 months.

Is it a one game ban or three?

I think after that first 25 minutes the optimism is we didn't get hammered by 4/5 goals. We still managed to create some chances and arguably could have had 3 goals had Miggy, Wilson and Burn converted their chances. It was two quality assists from Liverpool, although the fact this was right through the centre of our defence is a concern. I think post match it was picked up, but the space in behind, given their pace, was poor from us. I think our high standards have slipped a little bit, but we've lost two Premier League matches all season and I'd expect teams will have a dip.

It should be an interesting month with European matches coming back in for a number of clubs. You would hope the extra games come into play with squad rotation, but might be opportunities for a new manager bounce if clubs appoint in next week or so. You would think Brentford fancy their chances and a few clashes between clubs in and around each other! Man United (46) - Barcelona (a), Leicester (h), Barcelona (h), Newcastle (n), West Ham (h), Liverpool (a), Southampton (h) Newcastle (41) - Liverpool (h), Man United (n), Man City (a), Wolves (h) Tottenham (39) - AC Milan (a), West Ham (h), Chelsea (h), Sheff United (a), Wolves (a), AC Milan (h), Nottingham Forest (h) Brighton (35) - Fulham (h), Stoke (a), West Ham (h), Leeds (a) Fulham (35) - Brighton (a), Wolves (h), Leeds (h), Brentford (a), Arsenal (h) Brentford (34) - Crystal Palace (h), Fulham (h), Everton (a)

Pretty sure the Fulham player tripped over a crisp packet before that last goal

Did silence just greet the full time whistle? Weird end to the game

Positive sounds being made about new Premier League Chair Alison Brittain who started at beginning of the year. Thankfully sounds like they've got a solid skill set behind them with things like this coming out!

Another midfielder is definitely needed based on performance tonight.

Longstaff man

Did they just say there wasn't enough evidence for the handball so therefore goal disallowed? To echo the post above, what is the point of VAR in this instance. From one angle it looks like it rolls up his arm and the second angle looks like its his thigh.

Same - realised after I had clicked as well

Plenty of interest in him, seems like West Ham offered €20m recently (variable fees to reach that with a % of future fee back to CAP) but initially a loan with obligation to buy. You would think with bringing Ings in that maybe changed their focus. He is very highly rated with Scolari saying in 2-3 years he will be world class.

I agree - if we can get the reported £3m plus his wages off the books then should give us a bit of a boost for this month or summer dealings. He looked like he was going to contribute this season until the injuries, but despite focusing on his nutrition and fitness it is probably came a bit too late in his career and you'd imagine would only get worse the older he gets.

His agency have links to Southampton, Everton, Brentford, Leicester, Aston Villa, Leeds, Norwich, Blackburn and Watford. It was reported he was looking for a new club with a preference to go down south so could imagine they've been exploring the Southampton, Brentford, Norwich and Watford opportunities although might be depending on other business like Sarr and Diaz outgoings.

As @JNK said will be interesting to see what happens with Roque, good reviews from CAP fans. Checked in with a friend who is also a Flamengo fan (theree will be a bias here) who said Franca is an excellent player, but can try to much at times suggesting he is going to be raw. I wouldn't read to much into the photo and airport link shared by the ITK accounts, very much doubt that airport had connections to Newcastle.

In the Deadline Day Sky Documentary there is part where they show the Dubravka deal to Man United. The club were looking to get rid of him on a permanent deal as opposed to a loan deal, but Man United didn't want to do that. Given how this has turned out to see him back here after celebrating the move just goes to show the role agents play in the game. It's an interesting watch for those that are intrigued by the behind the scenes stuff.

Arteta

He made a rod for his own back with a 10 minute spell of poor decisions, should have had a word with captains to calm the game rather than let it get too scrappy.