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It's attitude with me. He isn't doing any of the above anywhere near enough and hasn't been for over a year (last couple of games before the derby aside) and then blames everyone else. Folk have said repeatedly for ages that Murphy was simply having a purple patch and all that and he's been consistently better than Gordon for 18months. I just think he needs to get his head out his arse and start doing the basics/above again and keep his head down tbh, otherwise he's gonna upset the balance fo the team and need fucking off. We need a left footed winger ASAP imo.

What is Gordon's game nowadays?

I remember this moment and said the exact same. "Get your head up." He also went ballistic with Woltemade, probably rightly so, but he clearly didn't see him when he went free, but I just thought "If I were your team mate I'd be unimpressed with the theatrics" like. He was having a go at the midfield the other day too versus Leverkusen for not supporting him. Beat your fucking man mate and get your head up then you can start berating other people when you're doing your own job.

Barnes has a good shot, Gordon doesn't is my personal feeling on that. I'd probably play Barnes LW and Murphy RW as things stand.

The problem is Gordon is better taking his man on down the outside and by doing so, it is the opposite of what we generally require. Mileys goal aside (vs Leverkusen).

I don't necessarily believe it is "old fashioned" wing play but just competent inverted wingers who beat a man and are somewhat fluid and interchangeable with Woltemade and whom actually have end product. I think that would work. Just Gordon slows the play down every time he cuts inside and our other options are no good cutting in from the right.

We're all laughing about Isak but I personally think there's a reality that, that debacle has really dampened our squad tbh. How many of our fans though Isak was one of the top 3 strikers in the world? He probably was tbf. He was on like a goal a game consistently for a while. The players would have thought that too. Then he hoys his toys out the pram and us being the side we aspire to be goes somewhat out the window. It is purely speculative on my behalf but I reckon Woltemade wasn't the desired replacement and instead we've got a super talented kid in a system that, without top wingers won't work. We don't have top wingers. Murphy who has been the most consistent form wise for the last 18months or so and then Gordon and Barnes who occasionally have odd, good games. Elangas confidence is shot to bits. I also reckon players like Botman and Gordon aspire to be like Isak and get their big moves to bigger clubs and they'll feel that NUFC is holding them back rather than their own lack of fitness or performances. Again, it is purely speculative, it's just the vibe I get and I think this is a very transitional season as a result, next season will be more of the same as your Burns and Schars inevitably slide away and there's a real desire for the likes of City to buy Tino and/or Hall. PSR stuff and Isaks cuntery have really put a spanner in our works for me and whilst we all laugh at Isak, myself included, perhaps we're just being somewhat delusional about the positives and negatives of that whole scenario and how it panned out.

Personally, I'd expect the wingers about 10 yards further up as an average position and the midfield to be more triangular or flat rather than a narrow line that exceeds the striker. I can understand a midfielder perhaps going beyond Woltemade if the rest was as stated. Thiaw is too left too.

All opinions. Just all mine are right.

This is where I am at

I'm sorry mate but I don't agree. I think you're in a very small pool of managers who could evolve us and even less so those whom are available. We haven't clicked at times, probably more often than not, but I have absolute faith in Howe like.

There's change and positive change tbf mate. Are there tangible options out there that evolve our current status? Not much (if any). Bruce was a fat fucking waster and a lazy cunt to boot.

Sorry...several...disastrous summers?

Modern football...

Around a week ago I gave my mate my flag with two boys' Magpies on and said two for joy. Today wasn't to be for the Toon Army but St Mirren did the trick. Chuffed. Matteo & Nicoló forever.

Gordon is 100% not elite.

Colossal for us is big Dan. SuperDan. The Burns Unit. Fucking love him me. Every child should be a Dan Burn. If you disagree. You're a disgusting, shameful human being void of any sense of reality and you smell like 45day old brie.

So what's your solution?

In Eddie I trust. Always. All fucking ways.

Sunderland are well organised and athletic but aren't a good footballing side on the basis of today's encounter. Sure our fucking resident SMB or two can justifiably say they had the ever so slight fuking edge but they took 78minutes or some shit to muster up their own shot on target. We are where we are justifiably also. Shit teams don't win cups or get in the champions league. We took fuck all to the SoS today and they got their big day out. Fair fucks. But they're kidding themselves if they think they CL or even Europe level. They'll drop like a stone with AFCoN and finish comfortably 12th. Predominantly athletes with one or two ballers. Probably the same for most these days. There's levels to it. So far, you have to say fair play to the mackem bastard Le Bris.

There aren't many (if any) better options. People are smoking crack if they think they just pluck a "better than Eddie Howe" out of thin air. Eddie Howe man. The fucking king. Long love the fucking king.

Tonali is fucking mint and anyone who cannot see that is a fucking pleb. Capeesh.

You may not be wrong that owners might be looking for it. But a( that doesn't mean we have to and b) who replaces him?

One in how many sorry?