Away Toon

Luton all over us and looking by far the better team. Time for Eddie to show us why he's so highly rated by most people on here.

Apart from Pope and Botman, this is us at pretty much full strength.

Not sure about that, he could just play like Burn does and just defend in his own half.

I don't blame Trippier for being knackered both physically and mentally, the blame lies with the manager who keeps picking him when it's obvious and has been for weeks that he's become a liability, and secondly when at least in the full back positions we do have options. I hope he get's the break he obviously needs as this is extremely poor man management by the coaching staff.

We had 22% possession against a shit Chelsea team. That does not win you many games unless you are fantastic on the counter which we aren't. And Trippier needs dropping, Howe can call it earning a well earnt rest if he has to. We actually have quite a few options at Fullback it's time to use them.

Hope you weren't being serious.

He's not a centre forward either so it's a bit of a conundrum that Howe needs to resolve.

1-0 up which would have been enough. We really have to learn to win games when it matters. Just naïve.

Running like a mad man yes, class no, he's been awful from an attacking point of view.

Too tired, too naïve.

Haven't seen that much of Ortega, but he looks as good as any goalkeeper I've seen passing out out from the back.

Newcastle's owners continue to admire Jose Mourinho at Roma, with the 60-year-old's contract set to expire next summer, although the Serie A side are keen to retain him as their manager. (Gazzetta dello Sport - in Italian) The football would no doubt be ugly, but the old miserable bastard is good at winning things. Borussia Dortmund have joined Newcastle in the race for the signature of Serhou Guirassy, Stuttgart's 27-year-old Guinea forward. Guirassy has scored 16 Bundesliga goals already this season. (Sport Bild - in German)

Isak is not a CF, never was, never will be. The fact that Howe swapped him with Gordon maybe means he's finally realised it. He should never start up front by himself. he's an auxiliary striker. he needs a partner.

The Milan game matters, not this one or the Everton game.

He's not a very good midfield player, he's physical but that's it. He's also slow, but not as slow as Bruno and Miley.

Anyhow we are going to get a tonking here. In a month the season might be over.

Bruno is by far the most technical player we have.

Course they can play a bit, but technically gifted, not really.

Not looking very promising this. We have no press and without it we are technically very limited in lots of positions. You could argue that Bruno and Trippier are the only really technical players we have.

Barnes would have buried that, he definitely wouldn't have passed.

Got to score there.

It's a pity we have gone backwards so far this season although a lot of that is down to the injuries we have. For once the league looks pretty wide open with any one of half a dozen teams capable of winning the league.

We have nothing to gain from this and everything to lose, which is generally the case when we play the mackems.

We were always likely to go backwards this season, it's just how far and whether or not the owners will feel it's acceptable. There are mitigating circumstances for sure but it was always highly predictable. That Liverpool have improved is not surprising but that Villa since Emery joined have out performed us is.

Juventus are willing to let England winger Samuel Iling-Junior leave in January with Tottenham and Newcastle among the clubs interested in the 20-year-old. (Tuttomercatoweb - in Italian)