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What a fucking goal I always thought he had something but had pretty much given up on him last summer. Then he starts the season well, goals vs Liverpool and Bradford and his cameo against Fulham won us the game imo. Our attack was stale til he came on and harassed their defence. He was looking potentially quite useful again then came the injury. I thought he looked good at Villa recently as well, he's chaotic and frenetic but he 100% gives us something different. Needs to add consistency and probably a bit more poise at times. Hope he stays and does well now, he seems very popular in the dressing room which suggests he's a lovable, hardworking lad.

Heart bleeds for you man, we've truly never had it so bad. Our performances have shown signs of uplift for many weeks, I'd argue since PSG we've had our swagger back in possession at least. Yeah there are blips, it's not perfect but anyone saying we've been awful all season or whatever is either not watching properly or choosing to hold the absolute most negative perspective.

If you can't just enjoy a performance and result like that without worrying about previous defeats then I'm not sure this is the sport for you, lads.

Matt Targett calm down gif

Spurs have a self-imposed ceiling on wages which they're rumoured to be revising. That will drastically affect the profile of player they can attract. I'm fairly concerned about them if they stay up tbh, they won't be a joke forever. If Howe went there he'd do superbly and it would be fucking sickening, obviously. We need to do all we can to support him and ride this out.

You seem to be being wilfully obtuse but alright then. You should know as well as I do that a lot of these things gain momentum behind closed doors. If Howe made noises to other clubs he was open to leaving it might gain some traction. Similarly clubs might have asked him privately and he's said he's happy where he is. Clubs are also more likely to go for managers where there will be minimum resistance/compensation. I've no doubt there would be plenty of takers for Howe if he became unemployed due to his achievements the last few years, but we're all guessing to an extent due to lack of concrete info.

Just helps you have a bit of gratitude/perspective instead of being overly reactive/spoiled I find

Well there hasn't been an explicit public courting of our manager.

He was having to field questions about the Man Utd job about 2 months ago and has also been linked to Chelsea. Also England quite often.

I'd be shocked if we finished bottom 6 like, we have a decent run-in after this mad run of fixtures.

Illness in the camp according to Howe in his press conference Ramsey was ill Saturday and affecting Woltemade now.

Leaving us in a neutral position would have been leaving that January or whenever, giving us time to replace him. We went into that window off the back of 3 barren windows, it was hugely important we had a fully functioning transfer team even before the Isak stuff (which he helped cause). Wider point is it was a messy, cobbled together setup which anyone could see was far from ideal.

Yep we were seeing the hold the richest clubs have over the transfer market play out in the clearest possible way, day after day for months. There's an argument we were too ambitious with many of our early targets that I'd partially go along with tbh and I hope we've learnt that. But our DOF had left us in an awful position, after having antagonised everyone at the club, including Isak with disastrous consequences. So that Mitchell appointment fucked us in many ways and Howe spent the summer trying to make the best of a pig's ear of a situation.

In your opinion. We've just had the first 3 year period in my lifetime where we won a cup and qualified for the CL twice. Playing Barca in the last 16 of the CL. Finals, semi finals etc. Countless memorable moments and most of the time a team to be proud of. Still have one of the most promising and accomplished managers in the league, who you'd hope can turn this situation around. You could argue us challenging for the title was better but that soon unravelled. It's a perfectly valid opinion to say we have it better than ever now though regardless, whether it's your opinion or it isn't.

Understandable disdain for one of our most successful ever managers who has only ever represented the club with class and dignity. Ever take a step back, think about your posts and realise they're 99% negative or does that just not occur to you at all?

Dalglish winning stuff at Liverpool/Blackburn will have made next to zero difference to Newcastle fan perception of him. Most people rightly look at Howe's achievements at the club and have some belief, loyalty and patience in him on that basis. Also I don't think the patience/sense of perspective of fans during the Hall/Shepherd era is anything to aspire to. If Liverpool and Man Utd fans can take a step back and tolerate "off seasons" with all of their success then I'm sure we can when the manager has earnt it.

Strange comment. Obviously Howe has lots more well-earned credit in the bank than Dalglish did. Dalglish also came immediately after the heights of Keegan, not someone like Ardiles or Bruce.

Mad you disappeared when we won 4 out of 5 mind.

we've had our swagger back away from home for quite a while now imo, and now our home form is falling apart Feels like one of those seasons it'll never all come together in the league, but we can still beat anyone on our day so howay the cups.

Posters who sign up and spam loads of negative shit straight away are almost always regens. Where did Sir Joel Inton go anyway?

Yeah 01/02 was make or break for Bobby, people often forget the previous season now.

Harvey Barnes here. Little wanker. She used to fancy Ayoze

Boring as fuck forum if we're just discussing scorelines, bobby. What's happening to Villa is what people said would probably happen, based on them sneaking 1-goal wins, often via worldies, mostly having less chances/pressure than their opposition. This was backed up by stats but also by watching their games.

Christ.

Er we are losing grip on reality here. The owners shouldn't just get to charge whatever the fuck they like without any fuss.