Ghandis Flip-Flop

I'll die on the hill that this game was more one sided than the 5-0 the following season. Which just makes me think that Keane is clueless as an analyst of the game, given the fact he continually downplays Schmiechel's impact on that Man Utd side. Put Schmiechel into that Newcastle team and Man Utd don’t get within 20 points of us that season.

He "might’ve" been more consistent, but there's no way we have the highs of thrashing PSG at home, beating Sheff Utd 8-0, Villa 5-1 etc etc. I also think the crowd accepted his pragmatism when it was in opposition to Ashley; but the crowd would have gotten restless if it had continued post takeover.

I've listened to Wilson's podcast on multiple occasions and would say it’s decent entertainment but not terribly informative or illuminating. There’s also a difference between being rushed back and playing earlier than they’d have preferred. But as with every conversation on the internet, there’s never any nuance ?‍?

Right this is why you do annoy several people on here. Your opinion or observations are just that, observations and opinions. Conflating that with "evidence" is at best disingenuous or at worst just fucking deluded. Do you think your Mk1 eyeball is a better judge of player loading and fatigue than the clubs team of sports scientists? If you genuinely believe that, pimp yourself around PL clubs you’d save them a fortune.

Id say you had a point if Wilson's issues were just this season, but it’s been the story of his career since before he even arrived here. Why do you think someone with his numbers ended up at Mike Ashley's Newcastle? Blaming the staff for not turning around a player the wrong side of 30, with a consistent history of being injury prone, just seems incongruent to me

It'll never catch on with some

Absolutely, but they couldn’t have prevented the injury from occurring or ultimately change the recovery period for that kind of injury. If anything Botman is back significantly quicker than most in that regard. And as for Barnes lots of others have pointed out how this kind of freak injury can be an absolute nightmare to treat and is more common in other sports. He was literally running with no one near him when it occurred. How is that down to club staff exactly?

Myself and others have already pointed this out, but given two of the long term injuries have been dislocated shoulders, two of them back fractures, ligament damage for Botman and whatever the hell has gone on for Barnes. What exactly could the club staff have done differently to prevent those injuries? The subsequent overwork recurrent injuries you mention are less likely to happen, if the freak ones hadn’t happened first. The club staff can’t alter our fixture list

Think even last week's result needs some context applying. Luto had just smashed Brighton 4-0 so had their tails right up. And how many other Newcastle teams would have withered away when their 4th went in? if you’d have said before the Villa game we'll get four points from the next two games, most fans would’ve been very happy with that. Does the fact the three of those four points came at Villa Park instead of at home as expected really change that?

When did this happen exactly or am I just having a major bout of amnesia. I remember daft individual errors and no doubt teams are better prepared to face us now, which made games more difficult (Durr!). But like I said, in early December we’d beaten Man Utd for the third consecutive time to go fifth, where still in the League Cup QF and had a chance of progressing from our CL group. Then the injuries really bit. Would I like to see us have a bit more tactical flexibility, sure. But I don’t think the system is a broken as some are making out.

Is it the system or the individuals we've currently got occupying two of those three slots? Leaving aside the fact we beat a previously undefeated at home resurgent Villa merely days before Luton, do you think Longstaff and Miley are who Howe would be choosing to play both 8 roles given the choice? Or do you think at least one of Joelinton, Willock and Tonali would be in there if available? Look at where this team was in early December despite injuries biting and tell me with a straight face it’s the system. I know everybody is sick of hearing it, but it’s clearly down to the players energy levels as much as the system, although again that’s been disrupted due to the team not being as compact due to Dubravka's inability to sweep as effectively as Pope.

The cheeky twat wants the taxpayer to fund it with "Levelling Up" money ??As Duo had already pointed out

What kind of shit were you searching on Wiki to find that?

As opposed to being a clairvoyant manager? is the reason Pep is so much better than everyone else, down to pre match seances like?

Yeah but he's played less minutes in a better functioning team, arguably in a less critical position on the pitch. He also had a significant loan out at Bolton.

He still has a face like a bag of smashed crabs though. I reckon that's why him and Neville work together, pair of rancid, shit haired twats

Just when Liverpool lose?

Because he became ill? Because in his last start he had a bit of a 'mare? Because we've not been in a great moment and we need experienced calm heads? Or is it because our manager is a knacker? Honestly the ridiculous flip-flopping of some on this forum makes me wonder if Lithium might be beneficial?

It’s a bit like the housing market conundrum though isn’t it? Do the FFP limits need to change? Or do clubs need to hold firm and allow the market to reset after Chelsea's most recent stint at inflating player values?

Like Bellingham even more after that tbf

Agree with all that but the standard of football at that level is genuinely appalling. Watched Elgin a few times over the years and seriously I reckon a half decent Northern League Div 2 team would tear them a new one.

Was the fact they got relegated last year not in large part due to a horrific injury situation for much of the season? He'll fit right in here ?

Definitely get this, NUFC is a long root stretching back home, despite not living in the North East since ‘97. I sometimes think living away has oddly made me more partisan than I would’ve been, if I’d stayed in Bedlington.

Nah, left at the Red Lion past the Golf Course and you’re straight on the A1 man, be there in no time

Did El Haj Diouf not also play for Liverpool and the Mackems too?