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Fucking hell

Depressing watching Courtinho like

Howe has players filling out very specific roles (essentially trying to get our best players on the ball as often as possible - Trippier and ASM) and because of that I agree it's not as simple as just dropping any player. As a team we're better than the sum of our parts. With that being said I do think some of the roles being asked aren't going to be too difficult to pass on. Shelvey being one who I think could easily be swapped out.

Proper bell ringer

What do I need to know about football to realise that Wood has actually been great like? Like ManDoon says, he's a big body up there, it gives us a target to hit and we've clearly adjusted our game plan around that. If he would also start doing other things it would be very welcome. EDIT: FWIW I really like the bloke and hope he improves. What we paid was daft but I wanted us to sign him when he was linked.

I would understand Bruno over Willock although I think it would be harsh, as Bruno presses well from what we've heard. Neither Willock or Shelvey should be keeping him out of the side like.

Would be funny as fuck if Pickford just randomly lost his rag and jawed the cunt.

It would be absolutely crackers to not start him like.

I still don't really understand what Shelvey actually does that's so special tbh, or what it is that Joelinton or Bruno couldn't also do. He's just following instructions and acting as the pivot in the middle. He isn't pulling off especially great, penetrative passes and he's not that much of a threat from outside the box.

Probably will be this actually.

I hadn't seen a great deal of him before Howe but had heard mates rave about him (I actually thought he was a left back until a few month ago ). So my initial impression was that he had bags of talent but nowt between his ears. His attitude looked appalling too. Despite that he was clearly our only creative threat and pretty much the only player bringing any kind of enjoyment. Last night was the best individual performance I've seen from an attacking player in a Newcastle shirt in god knows how long though. I cannot even remember Ben Arfa tying a defence in knots like that, he looked insane. I won't expect that every game, but if it's a good reflection of him going forwards under Howe he's going to bury some sides, you cannot deal with it.

Ignoring Shelvey's lucky escape with the yellow, it was great watching us shithouse a game for once. Lascelles and Trippier especially hoyed some crunching tackles in.

Most 'free kick takers' don't score many tbf. Only really Ward Prowse taking it to a daft level. Think he scored a few for Burnley and Bournemouth though?

I'm choosing to believe that the pass was perfectly weighted.

he's exactly what I wished him to be.

Makes more sense when we look at TAA at Liverpool though. We get him on the ball a lot.

Swear to god a few of his touches to take the ball over their defence were Zidane like.

He was consistently making a mug of like 4-5 defenders, it was ridiculous

Fully willing to admit he probably knows more about football than is like.

ASM is the human manifestation of my cock.

Bruno mist have jumped straight off the plane and into Howe's lass or something.

The man's a cold blooded fucking lizard, but I love him.

Worst play on ever that like.

Get Bruno on man Howe you joyless cunt

Willock reminds me of a young Zidane.