HaydnNUFC

We have Leicester at home and Leeds away who are shite. We've also lost once at home all season where we were 2 down and down to 10 men in 20 minutes yet the opposition's goalkeeper won man of the match.

Even just once whilst stopping Liverpool doing it again would be sound.

Mbuemo. Lifting.

Always liked Brentford. Their manager is really likeable as are their fans. Right? @Disco

Always space on the edge of the 18 yard Leeds box when there's a quick cut back from a wide position.

Low block, long balls, long throws. Next weekend is going to be disgusting.

Not a fan of white socks. And if it is a v neck I wonder how they'll do it, 2001-03 or 1983-87 style? Or a more 1960s v neck like Liverpool had in 2017-18?

Wolves and the second half v Southampton last week were quite good.

If we expand the Gallowgate to mirror the Leazes then I don't see how they could tbh.

I wouldn't personally, we put them up there for an advantage. Should be entitled to, its our ground. Same for other clubs.

Was aware but just don't understand why the rule exists.

Still amazes me that away fans don't realise or know that it's like that because of the way the ground is configured. When L7 was built in 2000 the plan was always to put away fans up there. Where they were in the 90s in the northeast corner is too small, 1700ish, when the PL makes clubs oblige to have 3000 away fans unless the ground has a capacity of less than 30k, in which away fans get 10% of the capacity. If they moved away fans into the lower bowl of SJP you'd have home and away fans using the same turnstiles and exits unless we reconfigured the ground's layout. Either way, why the hell should away fans be accommodated for? Obviously there shouldn't ever be bother or owt like that but playing away should be intimidating and any minute advantages you can get, ie putting typically vocal away fans miles away, should be par for the course imo.

Saliba still out for them but a decision on Gabriel 'to be made tomorrow' so I expect their CBs to be Gabriel and that Kiwior.

Hope you're right. I'm in town from close to the same time so probably be too pissed to care. Dear lord, would make me whitey that.

Going to be some forced boot licking ahead of kick off unfortunately, hope it doesn't ruin the atmosphere a la the Bournemouth home game.

Really like that Liverpool kit. Perfect example of simplicity being class. Back to their 70s kit.

16:30 Sunday on a bank holiday weekend. I for one will be shitfaced. Again.

At one stage after one of those draws 5th placed Chelsea were 1 point behind us with a far better goal difference. Think I prefer the situation we find ourselves in now just a tad. Also out of curiosity I looked at a couple of the .com match reports from those draws to try and gauge the mood. Ipswich (H) Villa (A) Fulham (H)

Genuine question for those still not confident/fretting, what were yous like in 2001-02? Hate to think what this place would've been like after those draws to Ipswich, Villa and Fulham.

Man Utd losing also has Liverpool's results putting more pressure on them than us. Their next game is West Ham away at 7pm on Sunday, a Liverpool win puts them 1 point behind them. We'll get at least 10 points from our last 5. Job's a goodun.

2 wins and avoid to defeat to Brighton and its done. Always has been the case. 7 points. We'll get at least 10.

He was pro Pardew iirc when he was having his initial bump at Palace. Shearer's obviously had words. Love the bloke to bits now.

The bold here, I always maintained at the time (I've spoilered posts of mine from back then to prove it) that we'd improved tactically and physcially but were still lacking quality due to years of Ashley neglect. Especially in defence. A few refereeing decisions were also screwing us over. I also posted before that Leeds game that I'd have taken a point from it, we'd have been 3 points from safety with a game in hand and a better goal difference than 17th with Everton (h) coming up after the transfer window had shut and the players have near 2 weeks of warm weather training. No one could've foreseen this season, no less than I. I thought we'd be around 7th, 6th, given the summer window and that we'd been in top 4 form since that Leeds game. But I thought at the time and I still think now that sacking Howe post Watford and replacing him with a just sacked Benitez was a lifting idea.

Not even close to being similar scenarios. Joelinton's improvement was unprecedented, though he had shown glimpses at Hoffenheim under a competent coach. Murphy's role this season has bafflingly good, again unprecedented. Despite his scoring run this season I still don't rate Almiron that much tbh. Mainly because of Howe these improvements had been made. But those players had been at the club from summer 2019, 2017 and January 2019 respectively, plenty of time to have made judgements on them. Howe then only had 10 games and it was mid way through January. Improvements could be seen and it was clear that we needed signings to implement what he was trying to do. Low and behold, that's exactly what happened. Getting rid for Benitez then would've been mental.

Wanting him sacked midway through January and after 10 games in charge and Benitez who himself had just been sacked by Everton on the same day as that Watford result to replace him was as shite a take then as it is now imo.