jonny1403

At this stage Eddie Howe would be an absolute dream appointment.

We're not just going to lose every game from now till the end of the season, football just doesn't work like that. For everyone who is praising Fulham, and even I have been impressed with their recent form they're still on 12 points with 1 game left to play before we're halfway through the season. If Bruce doesn't go I think there's a reasonable chance we'll go down, but I wouldn't think it's a certainty as the teams in the bottom 3 don't win enough games for me. I'm still interested to know where our next goal is coming from? We have 2 shots on target per game (3 against Sheff united admittedly). Wilson averages 0.75 shots on target per game, the next highest is Jacob Murphy I get that we're going to get the odd point, maybe a few 0-0's will be enough. I'm asking where the goals are going to come from for those confident of picking up some wins. Dodgy penalties? Do you seriously think we won't win again until the end of the season? As has been said, we are a terrible team but football doesn't work like that. We've had similar horrendous performances under Bruce and then stepped it up slightly in subsequent games. We'll do so again. We weren't great against Liverpool and Arsenal (FA cup) and yet if one of our strikers had put their chances away we'd have won both.

While true, they still haven't won since the start of November (WBA). There's a big difference between looking solid-ish and drawing a few to going on a winning run. Although their next two games are WBA and Brighton so that could change quickly

As horrendous as our form has been, and as 'good' as Fulham are playing, they've only gained two points on us in the last 5 games. Unless we completely implode I still can't see us going down, the standard is so low this year.

Great news tbh. Has never let us down.

He's a pretty awful player like, I can only assume we are looking at him because he can actually run and close down a player. Can't do much else mind. We won't be creating much for the rest of the season. At least someone with energy could potentially give us more control and get ASM on the ball more.

In terms of games played we are only in mid December, so we have a bit more time than we think.

I struggle to understand this signing even more than Joelinton. We had two right backs at the club who aren't great but were doing a job, we sign this guy who isn't even up to their standard

Didn't he set up the winner last night

Bring Almiron on you fucking useless prick

Didn’t Dummet play 120 mins two days ago?

Assuming that is 5-2-2-1 he has actively chosen Jeff Hendrick as a right winger over Almiron. Against the team bottom of the league. Matty Longstaff has played well recently. Sean has not. Sean played 120 mins in the cup 48 hours ago. Sean starts. Insane.

The arbitration hearing itself again mirrors a court case - so anything from a day to a week to two weeks. This will involve all parties attending the hearing and the arbitrator presiding over it (will probably be done virtually). The preparation for the hearing itself can take months and I imagine that's where we are currently at.

Why would the NUFC legal team show their lawyers all their evidence beforehand? It is quite common for there to be a disclosure process - again if this was a court case the court would set exactly what does and does not need to be disclosed. The aim being to speed up proceedings so each party knows what they are dealing with. If you don't disclose, you can't rely on it in court. Otherwise there would be constant adjournments and delays while each party requests time to deal with whatever new evidence is introduced at short notice by the other side. Arbitration aims to mirror a court case so the same process could be followed but again, the parties, not the court set the rules in arbitration so who knows what the arbitrator is requiring.

I was thinking along these lines earlier. I mean if the PL are willing to get this done then why go ahead with arbitration? I absolutely love and appreciate the leaks or itks the people post on here but it's all confidence from the club/buyers side. The crucial info would be from how the PL are seeing things. I mean if they are confident an agreement can be reached then its takeover bath time, but I haven't seen a single leak regarding the PL's stance. That being said, I'm getting excited day by day and it's looking positive, however we need to remember that it was "days not weeks" in the summer and it crashed. They have to go through arbitration before it goes to court. Just because Masters want’s it concluded soon, it doesn’t mean he wants to accept it. Even if piracy is an issue, the top 6 are still going to be an issue and we have already seen how willing to accommodate them he is. I love how matter of fact your posts are. When in reality you know nowt about anything. Ignore me, replied to the wrong post

I'm buying a now tv pass for £9.99 to watch tonight. What is wrong with me

I was thinking along these lines earlier. I mean if the PL are willing to get this done then why go ahead with arbitration? I absolutely love and appreciate the leaks or itks the people post on here but it's all confidence from the club/buyers side. The crucial info would be from how the PL are seeing things. I mean if they are confident an agreement can be reached then its takeover bath time, but I haven't seen a single leak regarding the PL's stance. That being said, I'm getting excited day by day and it's looking positive, however we need to remember that it was "days not weeks" in the summer and it crashed. They have to go through arbitration before it goes to court. Just because Masters want’s it concluded soon, it doesn’t mean he wants to accept it. Even if piracy is an issue, the top 6 are still going to be an issue and we have already seen how willing to accommodate them he is. That's not really right, it is usually arbitration or court for the reasons I mention above.

Typically it is arbitration OR court, not one than the other. Typically the decision of the arbitrator is final and binding on both parties - both parties sign up to the 'rules of the game' before arbitration commences. This is different to mediation, where an informal mediator is appointed to try and resolve the differences between the parties before the situation escalates. So there will be a final decision on this, one way or the other. Of course, what we don't know is exactly what the arbitration is deciding. The question might not be 'is the takeover permitted or not' but rather 'has the premier league acted properly or not'. Even if Newcastle 'win' it still doesn't necessarily mean the takeover is given a green light.

Not really comparable, Motherwell's opponents had deliberately breached self-isolation guidelines.

They aren't the rules.

Great from Clark.

ack to Newcastle manager Steve Bruce now, as he had this to say on the current situation with injuries: "As we have seen in the Premier League, soft tissue injuries and injuries in general are a problem. "We have seen a report this week that 42% in terms of injuries in the first six games, especially with soft tissue injuries, is a big stat, so we couldn’t risk him [isaac Hayden]. But we are not alone, there are other teams who are finding it a struggle." Didn’t stop him playing Darlow, ASM and Dubravka when they were injured did it.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54731596 John Lundstram has rejected a new deal. We should be all over that in January. An Ashley type signing if ever there was one. Can cover at CB as well.

Why is Almiron not on ffs. Joelinton is offering literally nothing. Shaw has free reign down the left.

The fact that Joelinton is playing right wing ahead of Almiron is disgusting.