Novocastrian

That Chillwell attempted cross redolent of the Geoff Thomas ‘lob’. Obviously not as bad but the same vibes.

Chilwell a weak link in this England team. Bring in Big Dan Burn!

Let’s hope so, maybe the general doom and gloom and uncertainty around how much we can really do within the current constraints will focus his mind.

He’s a goner IMO. Botman’s injury just adding to PSR issues. I’d be disappointed if he went to PSG though, such a shit club.

Not sure about misty eyed but they made the eyes water!

Away crowd doing us proud.

Burn!

Fucking pathetic.

Classy CB in his pomp.

Was in the Scoreboard that day. From memory Kevin Brock scored a lovely free kick but we might have already been 0-4 down at that stage.

Burn 50p head as usual.

We look knackered, in body and mind.

No idea what formation we are playing, it’s a total pot mess.

Had two wake up calls in last 5 mins. Need to get a grip of this shit now.

A bit too frenetic at the moment. The wastefulness with the ball continues too.

We normally play three.

Willock’s on the bench, arguably only missing Joelinton and Tonali from the first 11.

Defending this season has been shocking. We are letting in at least 2 goals a game. We are this bad defensively.

Maybe some confusion around the definition of terms. If rushing off your line to blast a ball into Row Z makes you a ‘Sweeper Keeper’ then Pope maybe deserves that monicker. He’s more decisive than Dubs who generally misses the window for action and then has to stay on his line and narrow the angle. Pope’s forays out of the box, or anytime he has the ball at his feet, aren’t contributing to any attacking endeavour though. I’m generally peering through my fingers when he attempts to kick the ball.

Dubs hasn’t had an easy ride and he’s suffering a bit from the structural issues in the midfield and the knock on effect to the defence. We’ve conceded a load of goals recently but not that many can be pinned solely on him. One thing I’m not having is Pope as a ‘sweeper keeper’. Are we sure? He’s probably the least equipped GK I’ve seen for a sweeper keeper role.

Didn’t they court Rafa for a while?

Can’t stand Arsenal but I’ve got Saka and Saliba in my team.

Fuck both of them, hope they get hammered.

We won’t finish top 7 if we keep conceding at our current rate.

Now get Tino on.