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Longstaff - Anderson Murphy - Almiron Make it happen I know he's not going to take Krafth off but he's done worse than nothing, I'd be tempted to take him off too.

Good job it's not a cat

Absolutely soul destroying watching us dominate possession, albeit sloppily, have the better chances and come away a goal down in the first half. Add another injury to the mix, a makeshift disasterclass of a defence and it all feels a bit pointless at the moment, sick to the back teeth of this season.

Against the run of play but how does the ref allow a quick free kick with a defender on the floor holding his head???

Longstaff put in an amazing tackle to prevent a counter earlier, but other than that I'm struggling to see any positives.

Seem to be getting our act together now

Krapth

Paqueta got a bundle on a Bruno yellow?

Paqueta is a bit of a twat isn't he?

With the dangerous set plays from JWP and the height they have in the team I would absolutely play Burn over Hall for this one.

For the sake of stopping the conjecture the FA are investigating up to the 12/10/23 the Italian FA first pulled Tonali in on the 12/10/23, there is no overlap, he didn't bet under investigation, anything more than a consecutive ban is over kill.

It does seem like odd timing, there's no reason it should have taken 5-6 months to investigate this further by the English FA, it certainly feels like they were waiting for sufficient time to pass so that any ban issued now might overlap the Italian ban. 8 months from April stretching the ban to the end of 2024, watch.

He wasn't betting after the ban, he bet when he came over here but before he was charged by the Italian FA. Common sense would say issue the ban to run concurrently with the Italian FA ban as punishment already served.

You jest, however I have seen people on Twitter blaming Howe and the medical team for this, genuinely

Put in a proper shift and the contrast to when Rashford cane on was palpable. Looked to have a good understanding with Bellingham and protected Chilwell in defence. We looked extremely vulnerable down that side as soon as he came off.

Well done Gordon, fully deserved!

Regardless of whether its a fresh injury or unforseen, there was a feeling of inevitability on this one. I was sure he would end up under the knife at the end of the season and was playing through something, but all that's from nothing but a gut feeling. Lascelles will do a job in the mean time, hopefully summer brings some fresh legs in this area.

Postecoglu is getting relegated then

A better RW in the summer and Tonali back in the team and he'll be an absolute beast next season if he can keep the injuries at bay.

Nice 2 week break, warm weather training, some more players back, some better rested and a semi-reset. We've still got a lot to play for in the league and he'll have us coming back fighting for it. Actually think we'll see a completely different NUFC next season, more akin to last season. So many mitigating circumstances can't just be passed off, could Howe have done better this season? Probably, but he doesn't deserve the sack for failing to swim after having both arms and legs removed.

Can hardly blame Isak for not being more accurate having to take a shot by putting his boot over a half volley Been pretty unlucky with 2 deflected goals but not sure what anyone was expecting against Man City, most of you were predicting 4 or 5 - 0 in the prematch thread, then it's all fume and bluster when we're 2-0 down in the first half?

Perfect tackle, cleanly takes the ball, of course it's a yellow

The same people moaning about a change in formation are the same one moaning about us not changing it up with our poor defensive record. People crying all over twitter, Howe on a hiding to nothing no matter what he does.