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Like Hesgoal. You tune in for second half and you find it's the volleyball

When we have bothered to press it has led to a Chelsea error nearly every time. Just need to stop immediately giving it away.

Sheringham was a superb player mind

This guy is actually a decent all round footballer that can cover multiple positions. Loved the cheeky nutmeg.

At least we are good at kicking off at the final whistle after we keep losing. Shows passion

Milan so much more streetwise than us in making tactical fouls

To see Tomori and Lotus Cheek

Almiron possibly offside anyway?

If ref doesn't give it its not being overturned but VAR doesn't overrule the dives where striker deliberately falls and drags leg into goalkeeper

Gordon look like he is running in treacle.

Trippier in some way responsible for our last 5 goals conceded? Bruno absolutely awful in lead up to that also

As an aside, Villa's form since Emery took over is sensational. Similar to us last year, it has reached a point now where the sample size of demonstrating top 4/5 form is so large, it would be a real surprise for them to materially drop off.

Agree. He did some turns in the middle of the park that were outrageous. Link up play was fantastic.

This guy is Mr Football. Just good at every single aspect of the game. What a signing.

We benefit a lot from having another midfielder with technical ability and composure in the centre of park.

I remember it feeling very important and a hell of a relief at the time The John Carver Era - what a time to be alive

Not going to criticise this guy because he is a top bloke and it is not really fair on him that he is playing at this level at this stage of his career.

Eddie clearly deserves some slack given the ridiculous circumstances but the decision to put Matt Ritchie on when it was 0-0 and all to play for does not make any sense to me. It is clear his legs are gone and I cannot see many scenarios where his introduction (rather than Tino, or pushing Hall into midfield) can help a situation where we are being overrun by an athletic team. Admittedly, any decision he would have made would be suboptimal but he could have opted for the least worse option. He was also clearly let down by some terrible performances by a number of senior players.

Don't jokingly suggest that it feels like Steve Bruce is in charge whatever you do!!

It was tongue in cheek I wasn't honestly comparing Howe with Bruce

This feels like Steve Bruce is in charge

This is a complete shambles.

I think that is right because the new rules that Hope alluded to ('multiple offers of similar value') would not stand up in any court because they make no economic sense. I don't think this is one to worry about at all. It can be argued that the loan ruling is also on dodgy grounds (although this one is less clear as the loan of players is very specific to football). It is highly unusual to restrict trade between two willing parties conducting normal and legal business activity (e.g. the loan of a player). It is even more unusual for a market participant to create the particular rules that restrict the trading activity of the competition (and potentially benefit from that restriction). I imagine the club have employed lawyers to debate this point and their initial tactic might be to suggest that any temporary ban is illegal, and Newcastle will seek redress if implemented. They could push the premier league to postpone any rule changes until the summer, at which point, I might expect the club to lobby for the rule to restrict loans between connected clubs, only if they do not represent fair value. Of course, the fair value of a loan is very difficult to prove (much more so than a permanent transfer) and is also an easier way to circumvent FFP, which is why this is (with some justification to be fair) a contentious issue for other clubs.

"Clubs will have to show multiple offers of similar value" This is not how business works. A sponsorship deal to one party does not necessarily have the same intangible value that it does to another party. It is comparing apples with pears. A Saudi firm may see a lot of value in associating it's brand with a team that is Saudi owned and so will benefit from that exposure. Ryan Reynolds various brands benefit from the synergies created from sponsoring Wrexham. At the risk of being an accountancy bore, the value of an intangible asset is the incremental cashflows that it may generate to your company and has nothing to do with what another company might be willing to pay for it.