ExiledGeordie

Bad isn’t it

Yes exactly, if we’d we had Anderson, Wilson, Barnes, Joelinton, even Murphy we could’ve taken the game to them more. They also brought on KDB ffs ?

FFP is a reality mate (maybe it will change with pressure behind the scenes who knows) and to be honest the comments from the club just strike me as being realistic, from Howe and Eales. It is what it is I’m afraid. They obviously want success, but there are constraints, unfortunately. Think back to how utterly shit it was under Ashley and that might ease the frustration a bit.

Good player but ultimately a squad player for me given where we want to go.

In fairness while it’s frustrating nobody has come in activity usually happens later in Jan particularly loans. I also think it’s probably inevitable that Bruno goes at some point.

Bruno will be the asset that is sold eventually I’d imagine

Mate why do you even bother following football ffs ? Have a word man you utter misery

Playing that side with so little options. He reserves the right to be judged when he at least has something to work with ffs. Injuries have killed the season.

? ? It’s like some enjoy being given any opportunity to be negative

He absolutely loves himself

Crying out for other options in the final 3rd for rotation and just to offer something different.

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Great thing about this result is the lack of noise a mackem win would have created (and rightly so to be fair). We won 3-0, it was pretty comprehensive and it denies the media story a lot of people were desperately hoping for. The quietness is deafening.

Shame he wasn’t involved yesterday he would’ve loved that. Absolutely fantastic player when fit but sadly his injuries mean we’ll see less and less of him. Needs replacing as the second main striker behind Isak and should be used as a 3rd option for 15-20 cameos in league games and for cup and Europe assuming we get a European spot. I hope he stays but I wouldn’t be surprised if he goes in the summer with someone coming in and offering him a longer contract.

I actually don’t mind her reports on our games really, there’s far worse out there.

Heard him on talksport, just fuck off you biased mackem twatt

I don’t know for sure but I think there’s a genuine need for someone to come in and give us some protection in CM. Currently probably Longstaff I’d say. Sitting with Joelinton and Bruno slightly ahead

I would imagine if we genuinely want KP then we’ll come to an agreement of some sort with City.

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My concern now going into this game is how out of form we are, how badly we give the ball away at times and how easy we are to play through. The likes of Bruno, Isak and Gordon should mean we put them away still but I’m definitely miles more nervous than several weeks back. Just so many players out of form or burned out. Big performance needed from Howe and the lads otherwise the season could take a really horrific turn downwards.

We need a new striker. If he’s happy to be a 3rd choice then fine but I’d imagine a newly promoted side will offer him a 2-3 yr contract. He can’t be the 2nd option if our 1st option also has injury concerns.

I think it’s the proverbial “we need a performance” before the derby. I expect to get beaten but I want us to give it a proper go so we go into the derby with some momentum. Another flat performance and roll over and it’ll be a worry before the Mackems. We’ve got players to hurt them but we’ll have to have a perfect performance.

I’m sure Howe will look at things and think well maybe I could’ve done this or that differently but probably small things. But the squad size is key as we’re still building. I think even if we’d had no injuries or just 1 or 2 our squad would’ve been stretched given the sheer number of games and the high quality nature of them. We basically picked up a few and then things spiralled downwards because we were then relying on an ever decreasing pool of players. The sheer number we’ve had and really key quality players - Barnes, Willock, Botman, Anderson, Tonali (albeit for different reasons) has completely fucked us. You can’t take all these players out and have such key games and not really struggle.

It may be true about current players it may be bollocks but it’s not that far fetched as this type of stuff has happened plenty of times with footballers.

Interesting video looking at what Phillips could bring to the side with the caveat that his best form and therefore assumption of what he could offer is based around form from the 20/21 season.