SiLvOR

Honestly think Bruno should have started instead of Shelvey. Just feel like he's a ticking time bomb, either a red card or too slow to deal with Countinho. I trust Eddie, and he proved me wrong last time, but really think this was the time to introduce Bruno.

I like him. He's not a superstar signing, but he's grafting, has a brilliant attitude, and is allowing other players like ASM more space, simply by being on the pitch. Agree though that he does need to start scoring, if only to finish up with 4 or 5 for us, as we need goals from everyone to start seeing games out like we did against Everton. Always feel we'll concede at least one at the moment.

Was gutted that he didn't start Bruno, thought he'd lost his nerve. Shows what I fucking know

Think Everton are fucked, you know. 2009 Newcastle all over.

Right, fuck it. It's done. We can still win the game, they're nothing special. Come on boys, be a good group of lads and win the fucker.

You're fucking joking

Most anxious I've been for team news since the Pardew days. Fuck me that feels like yesterday, not a decade ago ffs.

Amazing. Hope he starts and knits us together as a team. Yeah, no pressure mate.

It's yet another must win game that we simply can't afford to throw away. Watford, Norwich, and Brentford should have all been wins. We need to change the narrative, turning draws into wins, not wins into draws.

You only need to look at how reluctant he was to start Hatem Ben Arfa to realise what colossal cunt he is.

fucking horrible, isnt it. So much potential, so close.

Saying he doesn't fear anything. Let's hope that rubs off on the rest of the squad. Fuck, I'm so excited by this guy, and I've never seen him play except for clips posted here

Brentford emulating kids on the playground running after the ball there. Not worried by that one clip tbh. Still think it's going to be a lot harder to get a win now. Before Lampard came in, I'd have been very confident of a win. Only that he's obviously going to bring a feel-good factor to the club and have the players playing with a spring in their step. Yes, all the clichés, but it always seems to happen against us that a new manager gets a nice start to their reign.

Just caught up on the Bournemouth/Boreham Wood game. Fuck me, Woodman looks absolutely shit.

Imperative we get a new striker in, no matter what division. Wilson simply can't be relied on, as much as I like him.

This is fucking class. I just know he's gonna be amazing for us. Thank you for the wonderful posts, JNK, and welcome to the forum!

It'll be a fucking travesty if we go down and either of these two or Norwich stay up man, fuck me.

I'm starting to feel more confident, based on absolutely nothing. Crowd will rattle Pickford as usual, and he'll make a howler at some point. We'll finally dominate a midfield, and create enough to win. Alli goal is absolutely nailed on though. 3-1

My fear as well. Usually our luck that players like to turn up against us.

I think we have to admire Steve's bravery here. From all the disgusting bullying he received online from the Newcastle fans (don't check to see if he has a Twitter account though) he's rolled his sleeves up, huffed, puffed, and is ready to get back into it. WBA are lucky to have someone of true integrity, class, and decency represent their club. He's going to cement them as a real force in the Championship. Buckle up, WBA, you're in for a hell of a ride.

He absolutely has to start. Will immediately be our best player. Can't imagine Eddie wouldn't want to start him, despite the lack of training days. His quality is pretty obvious.

This bit is what I keep reflecting on, too. Everton really do have a lot of the same ingredients we did in 2009. Still shitting it to be honest. Although I don't rate Hodgson at all, he might be able to do enough to keep Watford up.

Agree with that ^ We need Shelvey dropping, have Bruno, Joelinton and Willock as the 3 in midfield. Sadly, I can't see Howe dropping Shelvey though. I hope I'm wrong.

Thing is, if a manager needs a bounce, you just know it's gonna be us that give it. At least, we used to. I hope that changes on the 8th, and we can take advantage of someone else's plight for once.

Strange really, got the impression he was a good guy, based off absolutely nothing, mind Thought he looked really good before he got injured, but then that was comparing to Matt Ritchie at LB. If he's choosing to not play football for 6 months, then that's really poor from a professional outlook, but we don't know the ins and outs of his personal situation. Might want more time to figure out his next move/location.