SteV

They’ve just allowed a £70m+ player to piss off for free, so that’s a bit questionable now.

Players of that standing are never really ‘free’ though.

There are probably other alternative strikers to JD.

Today supposedly (so probably Friday night…)

We’re 100% a pick like. Sky will lap up the celebrations or (God forbid) the alternative if that happens.

I mean, aye, it would be better if they had absolutely zero motivation in terms of league finish, but I’m not sure how much motivation it is to a group of players whether they finish 13th or 14th?

Obviously would have loved to have finished second, have CL boxed off, and gone into next weekend with a degree of freedom - but - these high pressure, high reward games, laced with jeopardy is it what it’s all about. The place will be jumping if we get it done.

Eddie says he doesn’t think the issue is something that needs fixed by surgery. More like something that might need specific strength work. (I’m paraphrasing a bit there, so listen here if you want): https://youtu.be/2AHvn-e9RSM?si=VK9mgwARYXTIC6lN

If there’s ever a good way to build up irrational anger towards another set of supporters, it’s going on their forum immediately before playing them.

Not now Palace have won the cup.

What if we win 1-0. Chelsea win 4-0. Villa win 15-0. What then?

Having the best RW in the league/europe not enough for them?

Depending on how Wolves get on midweek, they can’t even move up or down in the table. Get those beach towels out Moysey lad…

Just standard foul-mouthed abuse it is then.

2 in his last 11 by my reckoning?

He’s only played them twice. Both at Goodison.

Only if they’d finished 6th or below.

Aye, looks like it

Ashley Young v Gordon next week…

100%. It’s why I’ve been very comfortable with that as our last game for a while.

An event occurs completely unrelated to Newcastle. Invent an imaginary narrative just to claim “Mags will be fuming”. Every time.

Until his current injury he’d barely missed a match for two seasons. Isak missed significantly more matches in that period, but no-one wants to label him a ‘crock’. I agree his goalscoring record has been poor in recent seasons (although who he’s been playing for hasn’t helped…) but he wouldn’t be getting brought in to get us 15-20 a season. He’d be someone capable of scoring, but more importantly (IMO), someone that can give us a different focal point to Isak, should we be chasing, or give us an ‘out’ to get up the pitch, should we be protecting. Anyway, all moot unless he actually signs…

365 have a ‘w/o Big 6’ market. Villa are 9/2 and Forest 66/1. If we don’t make CL, one of them is coming in.

Because he’s a competent back-up option. Other than clubs who have players who can play multiple positions, I struggle to think of a PL club that has a back-up striker significantly better than him? Off the top my head, that Muniz(?) at Fulham looks canny, but can’t think of many others.