HaydnNUFC

Unreal save from Pickford there tbf.

Death, taxes and Wolves missing sitters.

Watching Everton v Wolves, small part of me wanting Everton to win for an Evertonian mate of mine so he can have a weekend without being miserable but most of me wanting a Wolves win for the potential Everton Spaces later on.

Can't see us signing anyone else unless there's an outgoing for a fee. Hopefully Williams and Antonio Silva are the long term targets we get sorted in the coming windows, probably next summer. Be well chuffed with that.

Got 9/9 for today's. Unsure why some players weren't working for some on here. Brother put Lampard for City/Chelsea and it worked for him. Bizarre.

https://youtu.be/Waum2TGgiFg?si=Smu7gCEJw9SIoFix&t=3011

Unpopular opinion but the 97-99 home kit is naff imo. Obviously the quality in terms of material is lightyears ahead of what you get now. Bought my brother an authentic one for his birthday 3 or so years ago and the imprinted NUFC crest throughout the fabric is a lush touch. But the shield on the back is awful and centered crests are shite. Third nipple tastic.

crossovergrid.com/soccer Got 8/9. Seething. New grid every day at 3pm.

Again, apologies for the incessant comparisons to Liverpool 4+ years ago, but like them back then we seem to wait for the right player to be available and then we act. In their first season in the CL they persevered with Lovren, Klavan and Matip as their CBs for 4 months until a deal for Van Dijk, their long term target, became available following the sale of Coutinho. Think that's what's happening with a RCB, looking like that's Antonio Silva, and hopefully is what's happening with a RW. Botman was similar. Personally rated the window a 9/10 btw, never expected to address every area of the squad. It never works like that, especially with the constraints we're under.

Did think this exact move would happen but not until next summer. ~100m from Saudi for Salah who's value won't get any higher given his age atm. Be amazed if it happens this window.

"Considering how we dismantled them in this fixture last season" Aye, where with 10 men for 70 minutes we had a higher xG and MOTM was given to either ASM or their goalkeeper. Proper dismantled.

Just keep it as is imo. This is coming from someone whose birth succeeds the introduction of three English clubs into the CL, mind. But next year's format is fucking shite and I hope whoever thought of it is involved in a chip pan fire.

Two wrongs and that, but I did chuckle.

Good ol' Tory Alex.

Even still, didn't Rangers become the worst CL group stage team ever last season? Lost all 6 games and had a -22 GD. Including a 1-7 home loss to Liverpool.

I live in CLS and also went to PV, left sixth form in 2019. It is about 50-50, though I've seen loads of Newcastle shirts when walking up and down Front Street last couple of weeks. I'm in the Lambton Arms fairly often as it's around the corner from the train station and my best mate from PV is one of the managers there now, TV flicks on a slide show from current deals on food to a NUFC crest on a black and white background saying "Your home for live NUFC matches". A town near the banks of the Wear is full of Newcastle fans, they'll be fewmin. They'll never admit it to themselves but the likelihood is they will never catch us up. Must play on their inferiority complex painfully.

So it was. For both group stages.

We're the team in Pot 4 that not one of the big sides, or any side really, will want btw. Can't remember the last time that a PL club was in Pot 4 for the group stage draw, but it's a PL club with a very good side and what should be a home ground with a phenomenal atmosphere. Our style of play is also well suited to knockout football; pressing teams to death and a vociferous crowd behind the team. It goes a long way. The constant comparison between us and Klopp's Liverpool 3+ years ago in terms of playstyle is there to see, which is a playstyle that's got them to 3 CL finals in the last 5 years. Not saying we're reaching the final btw. But I'm thinking quarter finals providing we don't get a group of death or Bayern/Real Madrid in the Ro16. Don't think we can get PL teams until the QFs, and of course if we get Man City there then it's curtains.

Going to go out on a limb as a #DeludedJawdee but I reckon we win all of or at least go unbeaten in all of our home games. Don't care who we're playing. We've proven we can at the very least compete against the best from the PL, the best/richest league in the world, at SJP. No reason why we can't do that against those in other European leagues. The only teams I probably really fear (if that's the right word) in this that aren't in the PL are Bayern, Napoli and Real Madrid. All the others I'd be more or less confident of doing at SJP. Wonder what reception Tonali would get at the San Siro if we draw Milan, mind.

Feyenoord Real Madrid Lazio Newcastle United Pls. Big European names, 1 giant and a very good chance of getting out the group.

All opinions. Just think that going with both from the start limits how much we can change things if they go wrong in a game. Plan A and B would already be on the pitch. Obviously horses for courses and all that. Think also Isak's injury last season was the first long term one of his career? May be wrong on that. But I don't see him anywhere as injury prone as Wilson, and yet we got 31 games out of Wilson last season which is good going given his history.

I don't think Rashford is suited as a #9 at all and false 9s are a totally different thing to out and out strikers imo. Isak and Wilson together is a good option from the bench to change things up when chasing a game but I'm not a fan of it from the start. Think we only scored 2 goals from open play at the back end of last season when they started and were on the pitch together and those were the 2 breakaway goals at home to Brighton. It restricts Isak who is imo our best attacker, one of if not the best footballers we have at the club, to an auxiliary role where he can be shut out of games as he'd be starting on the left. Obviously this is assuming that we'd stick with the 4-3-3 as I can't see Howe changing that to accommodate getting Isak and Wilson starting through the middle as two #9s or with Isak just off Wilson. Also, Isak is our future through the middle. Wilson however is a fabulous option to have on the bench and to rotate Isak with given the amount of midweek football we'll be playing after the first international break.

I think you'll struggle to find a club in the league that has more than 2 first team strikers. Even those in Europe other than maybe Brighton. Man City - Haaland, Alvarez Arsenal - Jesus, Nketiah Newcastle - Isak, Wilson Man Utd - Hojlund, Martial/Rashford(?) Liverpool - Nunez, Jota (they play a very fluid front 3, hard to narrow players down to strikers) Brighton - Welbeck, Ferguson, Joao Pedro

Feels daft doing it 5 days before the game but already lumped on. There hasn't been a more certain booking.