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Howay Strasbourg, what a header

The pattern on it looks like the elbow/forearm pads that were on 90s/early 00s goalkeeper shirts.

I do too, 3pm kick offs are part of the fabric of football in this country that hasn't been totally destroyed yet but trying to find a stream which buffers more often than not is something I don't miss and am not looking forward to.

Naff from Krul.

"Leeds are falling apart again"

It's shite from Leeds, like. Not taking anything away from Man Utd but one ball and they're in behind.

Fernandes hattrick. Unreal.

Could end up being any score now. 3-1. Fernandes is class like, the fucking rat.

Great pass and goal. Greenwood's gonna be a star.

What a strike from Ayling.

Was that not a foul on Leno there? Jansson was holding him. Soft, like.

Get in. Haven't watched Arsenal Fan TV in ages.

The state of Arsenal. For a club that size to have players like these out for a PL game is terrible.

The cynic in me makes me think they tried to do it as close to Sunday as possible to maximise ticket uptake tbh.

Around £21m iirc. Happy with this. Ridiculous how it wasn't done in time.

Posted it a few times now, imo the fanbase has always been like that in terms of mass protest. Boycotts never work; United Supporters For Change's boycott of Leeds at home in August 1989 resulted in a crowd which was the in the top 5 gates that season, 2 of which were derbies. Attempts under Ashley have fallen flat on their arse (with perhaps the exception or Spurs 2015, even still that's a stretch) and it's resulted in me thinking calls or wishes for boycotts are pointless when it comes to Newcastle fans, they've always failed even before the PL. Gates fall with poor results and league position: 1978-1982, 1988-91. TBH, boycotts are doomed to fail at any Premier League club whilst they are in the Premier League imo. Mass protest? The fanbase has got far too many egos, excuses and is far too fractured now to get anything like a big storming of the pitch off the ground. Newcastle though is far too myopic in its thinking and for the most part always has been.

To not have the personal terms at least agreed in principal prior to a bid is fucking ridiculous.

Kamara would be a very good addition. He and Willock would compliment each other very well in midfield if Shelvey becomes droppable in Bruce's mind ever.

West Ham at home first game, shame its not on a Monday night a la 2002. Yeah we'll probably avoid defeat. 1-1 or 2-1 us.

It's taken Chelsea 2+ days to have Lukaku confirmed after the bid was accepted by Inter, tbf.

Bruce will have a similar season to 2019-20 in terms of results this season coming up imo, just with a strong defence traded in for a leaky one and near non existent front line in for a competent striker. In spite of how shit some of the performances and couple of the results were we were tough to beat at home pre COVID, only 3 defeats and only 1 of those 3 being by more than 1 goal. The odd win away topped off with a bottom 8 finish. Happy days. The fans being back will have a massive part, he was so lucky that they weren't there. Last season many performances at home were ones to turn crowds: Brighton, Man Utd, Chelsea, Fulham, Leeds, Arsenal just from the top of my head. Away was just as bad, Sheff Utd, Leeds, West Brom, Brighton, Villa, Southampton. It almost seems like I'm naming all of our defeats last season here but the displays were truly shocking. Yet he didn't have the fans in, if they were there I'd be convinced he'd have gone after Brighton away or even before that.