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Don’t think he did anything wrong today despite a few critical comments in the match thread. He was his usual self with work rate and linking play. He had a couple of strikes on his left from distance which were a bit off and he finally had an effort on his right that was his best chance but at least he got something on it. I’d like us to have another option on the right, more pace and more technical ability to dribble at people and leave them for dead but I love Miggy and he remains vital for us

Definitely an option, I don’t see Willock in centre midfield but I think it’s worth another run in the middle for him

Actually came on and made a difference again. He did the simple thing right, making the run and then threading a decent ball across goal. I’ve given Murphy a lot of shit but fair play to him for using 15 mins of game time in the last two games to make a difference

One of the best saves made by an NUFC keeper in years, when was the last save that was as good as that?

He’s deserving of more time on the pitch, I really like Willock but he’s not an out and out winger. He does keep creating excellent opportunities on the left so I don’t know what’s best. I want them both on the pitch

Willock, Jow and Longstaff all have the potential to play decent passes, Longstaff’s actually got a nice array of passing whereas Jow and Willock are better with short passing. Willock’s crossing always seems to lack something. Just wish they were more reliable at times going forward. Think that’s the main thing missing for us, Bruno can be relied upon to deliver slide rule passes that create chances every match but who else can be relied upon to set up assists consistently? Trippier and then it drops off from there

Don’t think it’s anything more than most teams playing a low block and we’re not being clinical with chances and when our wide players do get space either they’re not releasing the ball quick enough or they’re not being given options to release it quick enough

We’re crying out for a creative midfielder and a winger still

Sick to fucking death of palace. Thought ASM looked really good when he came on and Isak too. Should have made the changes earlier. No real issue with anyone’s performance today, they defended very well. However, Wilson shouldn’t be starting over Isak based on today’s showing

Frighteningly amazing save

Nah

Feel like Willock has to release the ball earlier in these positions when he beats a man, he doesn’t have a ton of options but we can’t just allow them to get back into shape

Zaha walking off at the pace of the queen’s remains queue out of respect, good lad

We need Isak and ASM on

Just fuck off the pitch Zaha

We’ll score two in the second half, someone from range and a header please

Not great chances created, pretty scrappy but Wilson was lacking sharpness or couldn’t muscle his way into the ball. Joelinton’s been class, Bruno at his usual but hasn’t had a chance to deliver a really incisive pass. Willock had that one really good run but I think ASM could cause a lot of damage down our left

Nah

He’s added quality forward passing into his game, he’s becoming a complete player, just needs to be more clinical in front of goal but pretty much every game he’s in our best three performers

Surely it’s good if people think we’re lucky or not good enough to be where we are, schmucks

Possibly the least amount of media chat about a transfer that’s ever led to a thread in N-O’s lifetime

Based on lineups and Liverpool being at home I’d expect Liverpool to win easily but they’ve looked shit almost every game this season compared to usual so who the fuck knows. Chelsea’s lineup is horrible

Has there been any noise about other clubs being interested in Fraser? Feel like he’s someone we could shift although I don’t know how much he’s on. He’s 28, hopefully he wants to go somewhere else and get some playing time in rather than just sitting on the bench

Normally I’d pay a lot of attention to other team’s fans but Everton fans are completely fucked off with everything associated with their club at the moment. If you add in that Gordon is playing in a massively dysfunctional team that has basically one maybe two creative players in Iwobi and McNeil then it’s understandable why he maybe looks terrible. I’m not excited by him in the slightest but he did play well last season. Hopefully there’s nothing in it but if he does come I think we’ll be surprised by him

Rarely do I agree word for word with posts on here but this is as good as it gets for summing up Barton, that period and where we are now