Gallowgate Toon

Super League stuff is potentially great timing for NUST to piggy back on fan negativity towards it and get some more traction with the pledge scheme.

Who gives a flying fuck about what Sunderland think? They're going to take the piss no matter what we do, so let them crack on being shite. I've pledged. I have questions around the bigger plan etc. but fan ownership is something I've long had strong feelings about for a while, and I think there are some really good people involved in NUST who will improve/tweak this over time with the right direction from fans.

Someone needs to do a 'who said it' - Luke Edwards or some middle-aged Karen? "Yeah I’m going to retweet this" "I don’t know why I do it but can’t help arguing. " "Very flattered you’ve asked for my permission but you don’t need it." "I naturally make lots of great points that lots of people will no doubt disagree with." As if he had the gall to dig fans for being abusive when he actually admits to baiting people too.

I still quite liked the look of Willock last night, tbh, in the rare instances he was on the ball. Seems to have good footballing basics, athleticism, and the will/lungs to get forward into decent positions.

Love miggy. That's a very clever finish.

When are they going to realise that restricting press never leads to a good outcome, man? So relentlessly thick.

I have a feeling that he'll become quite a good manager, tbh, but this was far too much of a leap too soon for him.

Looks like he's massively going through the motions to me, tbh. His attitude and willingness to try things compared to the beginning of the season is like night and day. Feels like he's been very passive since those comments from his agent. Can't say I can blame any attacking player being unmotivated in this team, regardless of whether they're 'good enough' or not.

Tbh, I've found Cox to be pretty fucking unlikeable (on Twitter at least).

We are so timid. Nobody tries to do anything even venturing on creative. I think he set out to not concede against a crap side, once again, the prick. Hopefully this turns some pressure up on the pleb.

Good ball from the Mig. He needs to be more assertive in games like these, somewhat regardless of how crap the tactics are.

Miggy either central of left, hopefully.

He might be on the money but he himself has been guilty of fucking a club off that's treated him very well

Felt like we were playing this bizarre Red Arrows sequence in midfield where our deepest midfielder would start to press and then the next deepest would start to follow behind. Ended up creating the most ridiculous amount of space in front of the central defence that I've seen in a long, long time.

Favourite finish from an NUFC player in the last decade? I think Remy's first against Cardiff (away) is mine. Felt like a perfectly-placed arrow into the bottom corner - lovely balance of power & finesse.

He's more aggressive than I thought, which has been a welcome surprise. Has the lovely knack of being able to hold off much bigger centre backs and get long balls under some level of control too. Rondon was an absolute master at this but that was expected considering how much of a unit he is.

Quite like him wider left but he's definitely more suited to a central role than ASM. His game is naturally more about quick touches and interchanges. As long as he's not on the right.

He's got a decent right peg, like; a couple of lovely deliveries today.

I think this might be 4-1-4-1... Darlow Murphy Lascelles Fede Lewis Schar Fraser Hendrick Mig ASM Wilson

His direct contribution has improved this calendar year and may well get better with an actual functioning striker to feed... But we all know he brings other things to the table. He can take a man on, can make excellent runs behind defences, open up opportunities for others, he wins us set pieces, and he works hard too. It's really not hard to work out why people would much rather he started games.

After all his shite about wanting to get on the front foot, he's still brought players in much more suited to the counter game. Keep the team compact, get ASM, Fraser, and Almiron buzzing about behind Wilson, and hope for the best. Anybody sane can see Andy Carroll just isn't made to start games in 2020 - he's an impact sub at most.

Looked sharp so far this season.

Class tbh

I think it's fair enough to argue that Rafa did a good job with the quality of players at his disposal, and that his managerial skills were very restricted by the transfer budget that we were operating with. What gets a bit irritating is the retrospective idea that the football he produced was in any way entertaining, even in the latter stages. The football in second half of both Prem seasons was pretty good, like. Far, far better than anything served up last season.

Good result, played well. Really like Wilson, style reminds me of a cross between Ba/Remy/Beckford.