HaydnNUFC

I didn't want us to buy him for the fee that we did as I've never rated him. Still don't really. Not singling him out for yesterday in the slightest though. Also loath to judge him fully in a NUFC shirt until he's had a full pre season with us under his belt. Got age on his side and with Europe next season he'll play a big part in the squad.

Fell to bits.

That's class.

Calvert-Lewin has been great.

May be the drink talking but Almiron was crap and has been crap for while. Sounds daft when he was 11 goals to his name but he's so predictable it's untrue. Ball gets played to him on the right, foot on top of it, left, right, left, ball played backwards to Trippier or the nearest midfielder. It drives me mad, completely nullifies our right as an attacking threat.

Last one before heading out. Posted in the match thread; To finish in the top 4 we have to win 2 out of 3 games of football. 2 of those games of football are night time home matches. The other 1, although we'd prefer not needing a result due to the pressure, is away at a Frank Lampard managed side who are currently losing at home to the worst away team in the league. That is also assuming another team wins all of their remaining games. Make SJP a fucking cauldron next 2 games.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RFXugeW0wj0

6 points from 9 needed. Two of those at home. HTL.

If Wilson and Isak start together Isak has to be central. Gonna head out for a few pints so can avoid this thread of shite take central.

Poor result v a poor side. Too many individuals below par. Disappointing. But it's still in our hands. 2 back to back home games, win both we're in the CL mathematically. Howay, get behind the lads.

Geeeeetup

Hopefully that first half has put to bed starting Isak on the left and Joelinton sitting at the base of the midfield 3. Bruno was never in the game until the switch.

Dogshit first half hour, last 15 played decent stuff. Turn the screw on these and get the win, they're utter shite man.

Right lads. Come on. Go and win this.

COME ON

Pope bailing us out.

This has been abysmal. Utter garbage.

Feel just as nervous if not more for this than I was before Spurs. HTL, 3 points please.

Sheff Wed and their fans too busy arguing about their shithole stadium to focus on getting out of the third tier of English football. Hilarious stuff.

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Not a chance that the likes of Slovan Bratislava, Larnaca, Mura and Djurgarden get past the sides in the Conference League that have been usual suspects in the higher competitions, like. The quarter finalists and semi finalists of this season's and last season's UECL have proved that.

Okay I get that, but why not just expand the CL and EL instead? Extra teams in the group stage, a round of 32 in the CL and an extra round post group stage in the EL? I don't see why that couldn't have happened instead of a tertiary competition being created.

I don't know why the UECL exists tbph. If they wanted clubs from lesser leagues involved in UEFA competitions they should've either expanded the Europa League or had the UECL as a tournament for just those lesser leagues, offering a chance of getting into the Europa League by winning it rather than being dumped out of third or fourth qualifying round which is what tended to happen. Either that or bring the Cup Winners' Cup back.

Golazzo di Roma

This Roma game has been shit tbh. Stop-start, no quality, neither side has had the ball for any meaningful amount of time in the opposition's third. Third Europa League game I've watched this season and they've been a triumvirate of shiiiiiite.