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Tbf there was over 52k at our last home FA Cup match v Oxford. Lower bowl completely sold out now so once they put L7 on sale it'll be a complete sell out I imagine.

I agree. He played a massive part in getting us straight back up at the 1st time of asking. He's well past his best now but that's hardly his fault. If he's selected to play he'll always give his all. He's just not at the required level now.

Was an extremely "low bar" for penalties last week however. Surely they can't just chop and change from one week to the next depending on which teams the decisions affect.

Ex ref Keith Hackett having an absolute field day on twitter here!

People's opinions of him please? I've long been an advocate of cashing in on him as I think he spends too much time out injured, especially for a GK, but having watched him return from his latest injury I'm thinking more and more that it's a position we maybe need to look at strengthening next month.

4 defenders, a goalkeeper, a proper midfielder and another forward as Wilson is due an injury soon

Assume this new rule (that has never been announced) will mean no more penalties against defenders grappling with centre forwards when a corner tick is about to be taken, because we've had a few of those given against us over the years as well?

He's not done himself any favours with this team selection mind.

Haha aye that'll be right!

We prove it time and time again, most recently v Leicester on Sunday, but if you are on a bad run (a team or a centre forward) just wheel out Newcastle and we'll end that for you no problem. Don't think Kane had scored a league goal all season till he played us back in October!

He runs around and tries hard.

Should be full I'd have thought. We had 52k+ v Oxford just before COVID and that was for a Mike Ashley owned NUFC, managed by Steve Bruce.

Same set up and attitude as against Brentford will be fine. We'd have won that if not for Darlow.

I was in the Gallowgate. It just seemed to go straight through him.

Nice to see a bit of sense brought into the discussion.

Absolutely disgusting performance from him today. One thing Howe got worng was picking this clown over Dubravka. Haven't seen the goals back on TV yet but inside the ground I thought he could have done better with all 3.

Absolutely fantastic today. Can do things no other player in the team could even dream of with that passing range. Toss up between him and Joelinton for MOTM. Joelinton better 1st half but faded a bit after half time and that slip proved costly.

Never been convinced loans are the way forward when battling against relegation. We go down, they go back to their parent club. No big deal for them. Bruce has left a hell of a mess. We're as good as down now. Likelihood of 0 wins by the time we get into December and then that's a horror month regarding our fixtures. Don't see a way out of it for us really. Relegation delays the plans for a year but gives us lot who packed our season tickets in when Bruce arrived a better chance of getting them back so I'll take any positives on offer!

Exactly how I feel! I've made peace with relegation now but I'm back in love with my club. Can't see a way out of it for us. This group isn't good enough, especially defensively and come January we'll be we'll adrfit making bringing in the quality replacements we'd require even more difficult.

On the nightshift.

Maybe I'm putting 2 and 2 together here and coming up with 5 but it's blatantly obvious he's been holding secret talks with De Bruyne this week and unfortunately one of them has given the other one COVID.

Been a decent 6 weeks for the club I'd say. Just need to win a game aof football now and things are looking really rosy.

It should be even louder than Spurs! Biggest game of the season this one. In fact I think these next 3 home games could well define our season. If we take 9 points it should at least make sure we are in touching distance of the teams in 17th and above when the transfer window opens. If we don't do well, baring in mind our other fixtures, we could almost be a lost cause cone January which will have a massive impact on who we can bring in. Add to all that there's now no Bruce or any of the other Steve's stinking the place out and it's our new managers (who has almost unanimous approval from the fans) first game it all points to an unbelievable atmosphere.

They are all massive human rights activists these days so there won't be a dilemma for them as they won't be watching the World Cup. It'll be Division 3 all the way through for them.

That's right they dragged the ticket office staff out of their pits and into work around 4am as it was just beginning to get a bit edgy. Remember they had gates next to where the Terrace pub is now (Milburn/Gallowgate corner) so you couldn't just walk up the bank like you can now and that's where the queue started. We got there at 7pm and joined the queue behind the East Stand! Still remember the stampede when they unlocked the gates. People falling over and getting trampled on, not nice to see. Anyway got our tickets, went down to Blackburn and lost 1-0 in the last minute!