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which despite the failure of Isak himself they will have down as an achievement. part of their approach was 100% to fuck us over.

Selling Barnes to Villa would be utterly mental imo, not 'selling smart', regardless of time left on his deal. We have seen the effect losing guaranteed goals has done to the side. Now Gordon is gone too, and we're proposing losing our last primary source of goals to a side we are directly competing against, and possibly losing ground on? Selling smart is when it benefits the club financially and presents a manageable risk on the field. If we don't get the recruitment spot on losing Barnes would be fatal. Obvious flaws to his game but the numbers are there for all to see.

It will be interesting to see who they try and bring in this summer to aid in the extra games as well as try and hang on to their better ones. Their organisation and spirit is what got them their rewards but they don't have many goals in the team.

It sums them up really though. Here they are seemingly onto a good thing with a chance of real progression as a club (and fanbase) and all they want to do is talk about how they bettered Newcastle. Until they drop this mindset they will never progress as a club. I am a tad concerned about their ownership mind, as they seem somewhat competent. Whether by luck or design who knows?

Utter stupidity from Eze. Knew the second he was walking up he’d miss

Good deal as he wants to leave and we need the money. Do think we will miss him though. His attitude has been called into question since the Liverpool and he clearly thinks he’s an elite player, but he’s been really good for us imo. His first full season he was a brilliant player to watch.

200mil plus Raphinha

You can be all 3 in the same match and in the same passage of play, thats football. If Minteh doesn't miss an open goal and makes it 2-2 we could and lets be honest probably would go on to lose that match, then who knows where we end up. You can also earn your luck, we won game all season after conceding first.

I get what you're saying and this is football in general. Let's be honest what's games have we been unlucky in though? Liverpool at home and maybe Chelsea at home, thats it. I keep seeing defeats by a single goal as an indicator of bad fortune. Every one of those losses was completely deserved.

Beyond awful. The lack of a sponsor doesn't help, in fact it desperately needs one to help mask the ugliness.

Correct imo. I think Hopkinson would sack him tomorrow, but Howe has Yasir wrapped round his little finger, and Yasir couldn’t give a fuck

If he gets sold who exactly scores our goals?

Also the minor dip in form was barely noticeable imo as his levels were so good when he was putting in 10/10's earlier on. He was still playing pretty well until he was out of the side.

bad news for everyone if they bring Klopp back

Just be eternally grateful and relieved we won a trophy last season as it would have been utterly embarrassing if Palace, Spurs, West Ham & Villa had all mopped up and we were still chasing one.