Geordie Ahmed

I think overturning a 10 point defecit needs a lot to go right with very little margin which is why I wanted a Villa win

Man U are 5 ahead of us and seeing how jammy they are I'm not sure we'll catch them

They concede big chances, don't create that many big chances but find themselves sitting in 6th 

1 minute ago, Gawalls said:

Never watched a Super Bowl before - might watch it tonight.

I say that every year, manage about 10 mins before realising it's a load of shite and then sacking it off

You just knew this would be the outcome when Villa were wasting their chances

Wonderful cross and header tbf

McTominay wins it for Man U, bloody typical 

Terrible from Diaby that

Villa creating some chances here, not taking them and we know how that will end, Man U will score a spawny winner

Luiz should be doing better with that chance

Onana did well with that save but Watkins should do better

That should be a booking for fake Bruno

Villa seem allergic to shooting 

Villa stepped it up a bit the last few mins but Onana has done well 

Good save from Onana that 

Hojlund is on a roll now 

Ffs, that was coming

Villa had the warning that Maguire had the beating on corners and they did nowt about it

Just now, SUPERTOON said:

Villa look poor so far 

Terrible final ball and looking shaky at the back so far

3 minutes ago, Kilcline said:

West Ham will be lucky to get away with less than 10 here 

I think what will save them from 10 is Arsenal dropping a few gears and just seeing the game out 

Class from Rice, he's been brilliant today

I see Coventry turned things around and won to push the Mackems down to 7th 

Battle for 6th is going to be close 

Quite a few fans leaving already 

West Ham getting ruined here

Pen to Arsenal

Happy Arsenal are winning but gutted I have Saliba on the bench

Arsenal and Villa wins for me

I understand those that want to aim for the best but being realistic I don't see us catching Spurs/Villa so I'd much rather see Man U drop points 

24 minutes ago, joeyt said:

Thought nufc.com were peculiarly harsh on him:

 

 

Tbf I actually thought the same, there were some moments where he was very casual and had the ball stolen off him

But he more than made up for it

I personally don't have a major issue with how casual he was as that's what makes him the player he is, he's very relaxed and calm under pressure and it mostly ends with him easily beating the press or winning a free kick

27 minutes ago, Amir_9 said:

Howe is the best coach I have seen at NUFC (in my lifetime as a supporter since 2006, having surpassed Rafa) in terms of what he's accomplished here so far and what his skill ceiling/potential is..

 

Which is why I want him to succeed more than anyone and have a long legacy here. Having said that, he is not immune from certain criticism for some things this year so far (granted not all his fault). I very much look forward to what next season will be like with him still being here. He has earnt it.

 

I must say that although he clearly has the ability to learn and adapt (man came with this hanging over his head - "relegated Bournemouth, his teams can't defend" and had us join best defence in the league last year with a relatively cheap back 4), this year his starting-11 squad management has been hit and miss, even with injuries taken into consideration, its not that the weeks of having a subs bench that resembled no subs bench are lost on me or anything. Certain things that stand out are the persistence with Burn (who other teams clearly view as a weak link now), bringing Willock and Murphy back too early after injury, the Lewis Hall mystery etc.

 

 

 

I take the point about Burn but there are times we see the value of Burn, even today the second half he had a very good game.

As for Willock, he got fit and his minutes were managed fairly well (featured in 6 games) and then his injury reoccurred. A player being brought back too sign usually gets injured almost immediately.

With Murphy he didn't bring him back too early, not sure why this is often used as a stick to beat Howe with, the injury already happened. By playing him, all that happened was surgery was delayed by a week. At the time it happened, the option was to operate and he misses about 12 weeks or can continue playing and there is a chance he can get a number of games without it popping out again but as soon as it does then surgery was necessary and the recovery period was the same 12 weeks that was mentioned.