The Prophet

Be funny if Forest batter them and they get overhauled by Bournemouth in the league.

Disgusting team selection from Emery. There's bigger things at stake than his silly little European trophy.

I'm still none the wiser.

Not sure how those two things are linked.

It doesn't help that he looks in similar nick to Bobby Sands.

Good stuff, hopefully we see some progress in the coming weeks.

Reminder that Danny Murphy is stealing a living...

Also depends on how much the big man wants to improve too.

He didn't. It very much feels like he's getting the Lewis Hall treatment.

I feel the opposite. Howe's pre-match comments were very encouraging.

These are playing some good stuff at the moment, it really depends how much Thursday night takes out of them. 2-1.

I know you're being facetious, but he genuinely is. That's why it's worrying that we're still doing the same thing several months later.

I've defended our away form at times because I could see an actual plan of sorts that's evolved as the seasons gone on. It's not really reaped results due to poor execution, but I can at least see what we're trying to do. All of our home games have been exactly the same since around November, end-to-end shootouts with very little control or quality to speak of. Football is a game of fine margins, so when you're boiling your game down to being more clinical than the opponent in the eighteen yard area, you're not going to build up any form of consistency or momentum. I'm really at a bit of a loss in that regard.

Most importantly, only three games left this season! Thank fuck for that.

West Ham did get a huge call in their favour last week mind.

I'd also like to add, I fucking love Howe, I still think he's a very good coach and I'm genuinly rooting for him to turn it around. It's just starting to feel like the beginning of the end, which is a bit gutting.

Aye, perhaps I'm being harsh, but his answer to pull us out of a rut is to double down on "pace and height". It's a bit uninspiring. Don't get me wrong. Any win is welcome and hopefully we finish the season strongly, but there was a lot of alarm bells ringing during that performance and in the following press conference for the medium to long term future.

Sound the pace and height klaxon.

First league game I've watched since February (Man City away). I tend to be an optimist when it comes to NUFC, at least since the takeover, but today has only cast more doubt on Howe's future for me. The team was picked to press, but you had players out of position and enormous amount of talent on the bench. The game itself followed pattern of so many 25/26 home games. An end-to-end shootout, with very little control or quality. Overall I think we were fortunate to escape with all three points. I want Howe to turn it around, I really do, but he's showing absolutely no signs of learning or development. I understand we may require a bit of squad surgery, but surely these final few games are an ideal opportunity to try a few things for next season. Everything just seems a bit stale.

We were never going down, but at least we can fuck this thread off, along with it's whiff of ammonia.

What encouragement has he witnessed in previous games that's made him think "aye, we need more of that"?

I'm as unhappy with the lineup as most, but this is nonsense.

Burn at LB and that front three is criminal at this point.

Not helping himself is he?

Depends if you're a fan or a supporter I suppose.