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9 minutes ago, Ben said:

It's a gamble but I'm taking out Solanke and putting Nkunku in, his goal record is crackers so I'm banking on him starting after a few sub appearances 

Why do that and not just wait until

after Solanke plays Fulham at home?

2 hours ago, Ketsbaia said:

Immediate names that come to mind are Almiron, Wilson, Burn, Dubravka. Got confidence in none of them, looking forward.

 

Gonna ease off Trippier a bit, considering something is definitely up with him.

 

Today, gotta say Longstaff + Bruno were poor. 

What has Burn done wrong ffs  And Dubravka for that matter.

2 minutes ago, HaydnNUFC said:

 

He has 6 PL assists since he signed for the club in January 2019. 6 assists in 5 years, man.

It's a good point but he was a millimetre away from getting an assist today.

9 minutes ago, TheBrownBottle said:

‘Below average intelligence’, ‘thick’

 

You need to stop throwing the abuse about for me.

 

Part of the reason for so many players being missing could well be the manager failing to make changes to a style of play which is likely to cause burnouts and injuries when you’re playing two games per week for months.  That doesn’t mean he should be sacked or under pressure, but it would be hoped that next season - if we’re in Europe - the lessons will be learned. 

He’s completely right though. You’d have to be incredibly thick to be calling for the managers head at this stage.

4 minutes ago, captainhaircut said:

Considering how beneficial it would be from an FFP perspective, he should be the first one out the door in the summer. 

Ffs here we go…

It was a clear offside like…

1 hour ago, SUPERTOON said:

Late calls to be made on Schar and Joelinton 

 

 

 

No need to play Schar. Let him rest for Forest. We can manage with Lascelles/Botman/Burn at CB for one game.

6 hours ago, r0cafella said:

I reckon two (mainly because it’s what the athletic mentioned). 
 

Philips and David. 

Doubt we'll go for Philips now that Miley has emerged. We have other fires to put out.

9 minutes ago, WideopenMag said:

Yes yes and Livromento is a full back but has filled In further up the pitch in emergency situations.

And Livramento is 2 years older and has two seasons of first team football under his belt. They aren't the same player.

11 minutes ago, Rod said:

Oh fuck off man!  It's not ridiculous at all.  The blokes been shite for ages.

Three bad games, get a grip man you’re embarrassing.

1 minute ago, Amir_9 said:

 

This is such a typical response to be honest, the first part of my comment clearly shows I rate him and what he's done for us thus far, he is elite, but you can't look at the level of mistakes he's made recently as well as his age and not think by start of next season him being 34 its time to have him as a squad player rather than a guaranteed starter.

It's shortsighted in the extreme and typical in its own of the way this forum reacts. If he's still playing shite in February I'll take your point, but to say 'the decline has begun' with regard to one of, if not our best player after three poor performances is nothing other than reactionary bullshit.

Just now, Amir_9 said:

Let's get one thing clear - he is an elite player that has played his part in our transformation and been at the forefront of it to get it to this very point

 

However I am not sure he has much left in the tank to consistently be able to bring that level of performance consistently and the decline is starting to show. I think it would be in our best benefit to start phasing him out slowly by end of the season and have him as a squad member rather than a guaranteed starter.

He has had three bad games. Get a grip.

1 minute ago, Tsunami said:

Can’t see how we win this. They’ve put a really strong team out. We’re going to have to score first and hope for some luck.

 

Lads…it’s Chelsea.

1 hour ago, Beth said:

Isak, Willock, JoeL and Murphy were all brought back too soon, and we are paying the price for it now.

Isak and Murphy I'll give you. Joelinton played like 7 games in a row before he was injured again 

The odds for this are crazy - Chelsea 4/5 on and Newcastle almost 3-1. Can't see why that is?

13 minutes ago, Yorkie said:

If there's any scope to rotate then we absolutely should.

 

Of course it's an opportunity to lift a trophy but the weight of opportunity isn't determined exclusively by the very simple issue of number of games left to play. When you factor in the state of the squad, the fixture list ahead of us and the difficulty of the game itself, I wouldn't say the odds were so much in our favour that it would be absurd to de-prioritise it. The team is out on its feet already and we can't afford to lose any more key players. 

 

We have to remedy our away form if we've any hope of maintaining our position in the top 6 because there will come a point where SJP isn't a guaranteed three points. Luton (a) is a big chance to get the ball rolling where that's concerned, so we could do without having to recruit blokes from the stands to occupy one of the wings.

 

Dubravka

 

Krafth

Lascelles

Dummett

Hall/Burn

 

Bruno

Longstaff

Miley

 

Tino

Gordon

Ritchie

 

Rests for Trippier, Miggy and Wilson. 

Trippier literally just had a rest, he has to start. I'm not convinced with Livra at RM. 

47 minutes ago, Whitley mag said:

I rated Gordon he’s got a bit X factor, never seen anything in Barnes that makes me think he’s an upgrade for the level we want to get to.

Gordon didn't show anything from January until the summer. Maybe afford Barnes the same amount of patience? 

Has there been any updates at all on him in the last 10 days?

5 minutes ago, Froggy said:

 

We usually start games very well, and we've had a lot of really bad luck when it has come to games this season. For example, we were by far the better side against Spurs and Brighton, conceded and then were robbed with two major decisions. Instead of being able to dust down and go again, we have the same players we've had for years who's heads drop and down tools. The same players that threw numerous top class managers under the bus before.

 

I'd prefer Ten Hag to get the chance to build his own team. In another year or 18 months, if we're playing like we are now then of course I'd be looking for a change.

 

 

Antony has been playing very well lately. Mount has been struggling with injuries. 

 

I personally think Antony is very average, but this isn't the point. He works hard, as does Mount. Their attitudes are right.

I defend our own players perhaps more than I should at times so I get where you're coming from, and I see they work hard. But overpaid is pretty much the definition of both of those players.

I was interested to hear you say Antony's been playing 'very well' given the result last weekend - I checked back and still zero goals or assists all season 

13 minutes ago, Froggy said:

 

Yes, extremely poor form against the better sides away from home.  Do you give up on a manager for this reason 1.5 seasons in, when he has delivered 3rd place and a trophy? Not for me.

 

He's slowly weeding out the lazy, overpaid players. Let him have his rebuild and back the manager. If it fails, we're not worse than where we were before and we go again.

 

There was a debate on here about being patient/impatient with managers. Calling for a managers head after 18 months is madness, especially with what he delivered in the first 12.

Weeding out the lazy overpaid players while bringing in Mason Mount and Antony ffs 

37 minutes ago, Froggy said:

 

What has he said that's wrong though?  He's not in any way saying Howe should be subject to a media pile on and neither am I as he's done an incredible job, but the abuse Ten Hag gets is mental given what he's achieved at Man United so far.

 

The guy literally has the best win ratio in our history and won us our first trophy in 6 years while finishing third in his first season and is being treated by opposition fans like he's some sort of clueless idiot.  It's all a bit mental.

He is trying to suggest, with seemingly no irony, that it is an achievement that last year Man U finished above a Newcastle side that was battling relegation in the previous season. It's an absolutely insane/deluded take.

13 hours ago, Whitley mag said:

Apart from Tino serious question marks against the rest. Don’t think Barnes or Tonali look like what we needed, just more pace on the wing without any craft in Barnes and Tonali looks another midfield workhorse to me.

 

Our 2 blue chip signings don’t bring anything different to the table and that’s without even getting into how Tonali comes back from ban.

 

Give me Kone, Thuram or Diaby over the signings we made. 
 

Big pressure to get it right going forward or PIF will rightfully start asking questions.

 

 

Incredibly harsh on Barnes given he's played five games for us. The same was being said about Gordon in January...

2 hours ago, gbandit said:

Bit shit that the club most similar to us in terms of where they’re going went for Diaby and he’s looked great

 

 

 

Eh? He’s been dropped several times recently 

1 hour ago, Checko said:

Looked at the goals again. I mean the first one the guy's 6 yards out, all a keeper can do there is spread himself and hope he gets lucky. Are people really criticising him for letting that one in?

 

2nd one - maybe Nick Pope can get a touch on it. Maybe. And that's only because he's fucking massive. This 'pathetic dive' stuff, completely disagree. You can't do a giant flying Pickford leap from a standing position so quickly, there just isn't time there, it was a good first-time finish. Would have been a worldie if he'd saved it.

 

I don't think M Dubs is Nick Pope's level, (but then I think Pope is an elite goalkeeper), but I don't blame him for either of the goals yesterday. I also have some sympathy for a guy who has barely played a competitive match in a year and a half being expected to come in and be in top form straight away.

 

The worst defensive error yesterday by far was Tino completely miscontrolling under no pressure and giving them a free one-on-one yet everyone seems to be giving him a free pass.

 

 

 

Absolutely nailed it. Especially the fact he hasn't played in two years and is unsurprisingly looking rusty.

Our fanbase has a really bad habit of getting attached to certain players (Tino, Bruno, Isak) and absolutely piling on to others (Dubs, Burn, Longstaff) and letting that massively impact on their opinion of performances.

Livramento, Schar and Bruno were all culpable for at least one goal last night and yet Tino's entire thread is full of praise for him while Dubs is getting dogs abuse for not saving a shot from 2 yards away from him.

2 minutes ago, BullyDogs said:

I think you need to watch the 2nd one again it wasn't perfectly in the corner and his dive for it was pathetic 

 

The 1st one went through his legs like a lot of shots do, look at the goals he let in at spurs and Everton too

 

The guy is absolutely shit....pope does not concede 9 goals from 11 shots on target I don't think any other premier league keeper does

I agree he could have done better v Spurs, I'm not defending that. I'm saying blaming a goalkeeper for a shot hit hard from two yards out is mental.