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Starting to brick it a bit but howay man. Into these plastic meffs, United.

Everton have had the best chances. Look organised at the back. Wednesday will be tough but doubt they'll sit as deep at SJP as they are here.

Going by Hope's article he's likely missing these 3 games but could be back involved for Villa.

Be quite a slog especially with Isak and ASM probably being out. No idea how much Howe will rotate either but I don't think they'll sit as deep as they are here now or as deep as Bournemouth did.

"Nicest guy in the PL" my arse. Him and Kane are massive shithouses who consistently get away with shit because of their faux reputations.

And Almirón put this on his Insta earlier today. https://instagram.com/stories/miguel_almiron/2949560406167419749?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

"According the former England keeper Paul Robinson" how the hell would he know? Miggy put the usual matchday edit on his insta earlier today as well. https://instagram.com/stories/miguel_almiron/2949560406167419749?utm_source=ig_story_item_share&igshid=MDJmNzVkMjY=

Maybe Bournemouth won't finish bottom, then.

Probably out of Everton and Spurs too

Will we ever be able to field a full strength team ffs

The Mag comment section is almost as atrocious as the Daily Fail's

Quota filler, innit.

That was bloody awful. Like watching paint dry.

The white and green one.

Wearing the third kit, ffs, aware its contractual but big football pet hate.

Manchester United Supporters' Trust taking legal action regarding their fans getting a reduced allocation at Chelsea next week after the full 3000 was already sold out. Sky just took the piss announcing what day the game was happening and what time it was kicking off, belatedly said it was a Saturday 5:30pm so the Met then decided it was thus a high risk fixture for bother even though even later kick offs and larger away allocations have had incredibly few arrests and ejections. Fans being treated like dogshit once again, fucking sick of it.

Would love to read an interview with Dalglish on his time here. Fascinated with it, and why it so badly so quickly in 1997-98 after doing well with Keegan's side in the second half of 1996-97. One for those who were actually alive at the time but surely he was the most logical appointment to make after Keegan left? Only manager apart from Ferguson to win the title, worked with Shearer and Batty at Blackburn when they won the league, his successes at Liverpool, the romantics about succeeding Keegan as a manager like he did at Liverpool as player etc.

This from the Sky Sports prediction bloke, wasn't aware of this. Been reading all about our pressing the last week. "One area they will be confident of finding joy from will be from set-pieces. No team has posted more shots (55, 14 more than any other team) and created a higher expected goals figure (5.01) from set-pieces this season than Newcastle. Meanwhile, Man Utd have conceded the third most shots from set-piece situations this season and looked all at sea in the closing stages at Goodison Park last weekend when Everton went direct."

Was Sancho picking up a bit of form midway through last season or am I imagining that? He's still only 22 but every time I've seen him he's never done owt.

Wilson or Isak should Ronaldo fuck off in January? Probably early days for making a judgement on Isak, admittedly.

Fully agree with all of this. I think Carragher is the best pundit now, clearly is obsessed with the game and always does his research ahead of things away from the big 6 when on MNF et al. I still like Neville but I don't think he's as good as he was when he started in that period 2011-13. Been a bit wide of the mark when it came to Benitez for us but always speaks really highly of us as a club and has been brilliant on the wider issues in the game but I think he's started doing a bit too much away from football. His book, the hotels, real estate, politics and more he's involved in.

Aye. Mental but the 21st December is my birthday, hope we play someone shite at home on that date.

Aye unsure about that, like. Man City have only lost 1 League Cup match, which was on penalties away at West Ham, between October 2016 and now. The last time a non 'big 6' team won it was 2012-13 when Swansea won it.

Could add my own personal TOO YOUNG category for this template which will have almost all of the fuckers in but I will try and muster some thoughts/feelings about them. HATE Bruce Pardew Souness Allardyce DISLIKE/DISGUST Gullit Carver McClaren APATHY Shearer Dalglish FONDNESS Roeder Hughton ADORE Keegan Robson Benitez Howe Keegan and Robson are easy to explain as to why they're in the category they are. Looking back I absolutely loved Benitez, hung off his every word, watched every press conference, loved the job he did here and was absolutely devastated when he left which was the primary reason I chucked my ST. Because of that it's hard to not put him in adore but in the hopefully incredibly unlikely scenario that we're looking for someone to succeed Howe I wouldn't want him back in any capacity. Didn't when we'd just drawn 1-1 at home to Watford and had 1 win after 20 games last season, wouldn't in future. Howe is perfect for us, I remember clamouring for him when Bruce was still stinking the place out pre takeover and was very happy with him post takeover. His philosophy, work ethic and how he conducts himself in front of the cameras is everything I want in a Newcastle United manager. I hated Bruce with every fibre of my body, most hated manager of ours for me. Complete antithesis of Howe in every regard, belittled the club and consistently patronised the fans. Hopefully he's absolutely finished in management so I don't have to hear or read his name again. I didn't despise Pardew as much as I do now or as many on here do at the time, but I do now and strongly resent the revisionism of him becuase of that 1 season. It went so much more deeper than the football on the park: he's the reason I think Ashley set in stone the modus operandi of the club as one who never strove for success, deliberately went out of the cups and avoided Europe because the extra games 'may increase the risk of relegation'. That's his legacy and it still hasn't worn off on this fanbase. I hate Souness because of how he talks about us now, still endlessly bitter at doing a shit job to the point where he belittles us. We're 'not a proper club' yet 'there's more pressure up there than anywhere else'. Fuck off man, you took a team that finished 5th to 14th whilst falling out with and getting rid of some of our best players. Granted you didn't want Owen and wanted Anelka, but look at the results; 5th to 14th, danger of being in a relegation battle when he was sacked, capitulation at Lisbon, the Cardiff semi final performance, ugh. Allardyce was a fat mess who played shite football but never pretended to be otherwise. Should never be at clubs like us and Everton, should be at basket cases like the mackems, Bolton and Palace. Hence the respective fan reaction to him. Gullit was terrible with how he handled the senior players and it turned ever so toxic behind the scenes at the start of 99-00 but he knew when it was time to leave. Carver was just embarrassing and incompetent but simply should never have been given the rest of 2014-15. The decision to give him the interim job almost sent us down which is astounding given where we were in the league when he was given it. McClaren was an uninspiring, wet flannel but again should never have been given the job in the first place. Another Charnley masterstroke. Shearer was just a desperate roll of the dice that didn't work. I posted a couple pages back but Dalglish is an odd one to me. Surely at the time it was the most logical appointment to make; only manager besides Ferguson to have won the PL, worked with Shearer and Batty at Blackburn, his success at Liverpool as a manager and the romantics about succeeding Keegan in some form again? When he had Keegan's side, we only lost 2 league games under him from when he took over in January '97 until the end of the season and had some great wins at home, thrashed a lot of teams including the memorable wins against Leicester and Forest. Probably as mentioned prior in this thread he just didn't have the money? Ginola asked to leave in March '97 like plus a lot of Keegan's team were aging but those replacements, fuck me. But I never see him as a fraud or owt. Roeder took us on a hell of a run and was a great tonic post Souness in 2005-06 but again should probably have not been given the job. Great person however who dispelled that 'Geordies hate cockneys' myth and is really missed. Will always admire Chris Hughton for what he did here, we looked absolutely fucked in pre season 2009 but he won us the Championship at a canter. Had great days under him and should never have been sacked when he was.