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Personally don't know why they don't implement a stopped clock. Puts an end to that nonsense. My issue with Slot here isn't what he's saying saying per se, it's the fact that it's only an issue now they aren't winning everything.

He's gone from being fairly likeable to a pure melt in one summer. Much similar to Klopp (and Isak). The entitlement that surrounds Liverpool...

Yep. We felt the game was about us winning not being friends.

Wor flags got the pennant and flag made for them which was gifted in the bigg market.

each to their own I guess.

In short, yes. Of course it is opinion and no one will ever know but I personally don't buy all this shite about the likes of Benfica and Bilbao "struggling" in the Premier League and them being bad sides that compare with West Ham etc. They are the equivalent of top 10 teams in the PL at the very worst. Bilbao deployed a high intensity press that was designed to disrupt us, particularly early doors, and force mistakes, and it worked - as it does against most teams around the world when deployed correctly as we know all to well having been masters at it for some time now under Eddie Howe. Yet despite the occasional misplaced pass at the back Bilbao had to resort to shots from outside the box to trouble us. With Pope making one or two half decent saves and them hitting the post, but ultimately Bilbao caused us very, very little problems throughout the entirety of the game. Pope caught everything he should have caught, parried everything he should have parried and distributed the ball well. We kept a clean sheet which ultimately evidences the above. Going forward you are always going to give away the ball trying to make things happen and even moreso when trying to overcome an intense press. Yet we managed to carve open numerous opportunities where we got round them on the wings and despite our best efforts they just didn't come off. We had a goal ruled out for offside and won 2-0 in the Champions League against what are, pretty much, run of the mill, yearly competitors in the Champions League. These guys aren't a bad side. And all of this relentless misery around every single game we play absolutely baffles me to be honest. Last year we were playing shite and getting results and folk were whinging about performances and saying our luck would dry up. It didn't. Good teams do that. Play poorly and win. Perhaps (in your opinion) that's what last night was? This year, we've been playing alright, nowt ground breaking but on some occasions well and not getting what we deserved, (see Villa, Liverpool, Barca) and despite playing well folk are writing them games off as bad performances simply because we didn't get the points. Folk seem to fast forget the last minute changes we had to make and the disruption that's been caused this summer and never simply be pleased if I'm honest. It's really fucking weird. Was the same last season too. We've become so entitled it's absurd.

This is the feeling myself and a lot of my match going mates currently hold too. I just want him to shut up and go back to focusing on putting the hard yards in as that's when he is most effective.

You are the more intelligent species.

I don't think we're performing badly tbh. I think we aren't getting the results folk want to see and that is somewhat fair. You're right about Gordon though. Feels like he's at a crossroads tbh.

TCEPSER

Folk would say the same about the likes of Brugge, but Brugge drew with Barcelona tonight. Qarabag with Chelsea. Bilbao may not be any better than a West Ham but they still required beating & we did so convincingly tonight. Not you, but I'm starting to feel like folk are simply trying to find negatives and don't get me wrong - I simply try to find positivity, but like howay man. Neeone gets anywhere being a misery.

Yeah - have to back him and he will come good.

This guy is an absolute jewel in our crown.

What did Isak contribute when not scoring out of curiosity? Woltemade has something like 6 in 9 and is entirely new to us and we are operating (in an attacking sense) an entirely new way. I think you're being a tad harsh personally.

Just read back this first sentence & realised what a condescending knob I may have sounded like that wasn't the intention

Football is very much about perspective, certainly as fans, so that's all fair and fine. Personally, I felt we did tonight what we intended to do versus West Ham and against far better opposition. We controlled the game and won the tie with some degree of comfort.

Was actually embarrassing tonight. Worse than a Chelsea game at Stamford Bridge.

I find the term sloppy play a bit absurd personally. I thought we were almost immaculate tonight. Nothing ground breaking but just doing things right and well. We were horrific versus West Ham and didn't impose ourselves versus Leeds. Other than that we gave Barcelona, Liverpool and Arsenal pretty good runs for their money and picked up good results against decent opposition away. We're comfortably in all 4 competitions man. Sorry @nufc4evanot aimed at you bud, but fucking hell man theres 28 games left in the PL and we're in the last 8 of the league cup and on our way to the last 16 of the CL and within 2 wins of the CL spots.

I'll give my theory - he thinks he's better than he is. He thinks he should be somewhere better than Newcastle. You've stopped proving that theory here pal so the only place you're going is backwards or a bench...

The shite of others? You look the type

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All scarves you own tied together to make a super scarf.

Alreet?

Have posted your face in the group chat as a marked and sworn enemy to flagdom