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Zirkzee has been decent.

Quality clearance from Antony, bless him.

Should be about 5-0

I love where we are currently positioned at the moment, taking points and places off the big clubs whilst not spending disproportionately and residing firmly outside of the cartel. There was a time where I was convinced we would never win a trophy in my lifetime, now I believe it can happen within our current environment without the need for radical upheaval, even if the window of opportunity is potentially short and imminent. Given the choice, I would take a single league cup win, weep tears of joy at the final whistle and remain at an evolving, more polished but preserved St James' Park; forgoing the possible, perhaps inevitable movement towards becoming a cartel club in order to sign the best players and win the major honours consistently. If that's the price then I wouldn't pay it. I fear what becoming a lifeless, soulless club would feel like. It would hurt too much to lose the Newcastle United I love; and whilst we think we could be the exception to the rule, I have doubts about it. When I imagine Newcastle in a new "best in class" stadium, rubbing shoulders with the cartel (being perceived rightly so by other supporters as one of them) and celebrating a 15th trophy with no less vigour than I currently celebrate Gordon or Almiron chasing down an opposition full back and conceding a goal kick, I can already foresee and sense the apathy and aridity I would feel. If the fate of not walking that path in the brokenness of English football is the way of the perennial underdog, hoping and dreaming but mostly not achieving then I accept that fate full-heartedly. The disappointment, the frustration, the hurt, the dreaming, I love those qualities and believe that they sustain the passion, the emotion and the drama which are all too beautifully human. For what it's worth, I don't think I'm right by feeling or thinking this, or any more pious than another, only that my sentimental heart and affection towards this gloriously flawed and perpetually disappointing club has been one of the more prevailing aspects of my life, and I don't think I want to roll the dice in seeing it sterilised in the name of disproportionate spending to attain success. I would love to imagine a version of that eventuality being fully animated and alive, where the essence and spirit of the club remains untouched, but anytime I visit my mind's eye to visualise it, something feels off and hollow about it.

Not at all, simply curious of where the expression in that form comes from.

Where does this expression 'beware hubris' come from? I hear it expressed like that occasionally but shouldn't it really be beware of hubris?

Not for me, I've watched a fair bit of of them this season and have largely been unimpressed with them as a potential title winning outfit.

I've not really been impressed with Liverpool all season, I think they would be the least impressive champions in a long time if they were to go on and win it.

Aye, I am also genuinely delighted for him - not necessarily in spite of his critics here, but more so just because I like his unassuming character.

It's really poor and naive from Liverpool though, Forest have been scoring that exact goal continually, it's telegraphed yet they looked entirely unprepared for it.

It's just whether he has the discipline to play the deeper role and understand it's function. If he starts to drift forward and occupy the spaces Palmer would be in then it probably wouldn't work, not to mention how exposed it would leave the midfield.

Cole Palmer is incredible. Bellingham has to make way for him in the England team in the number 10 role. Palmer is miles ahead.

He was, but Schar was better. And Burn has arguably surpassed both of their peak levels this season. He's been absolutely wonderful.

Dan Burn has been playing at a level this season which Botman has never reached. It's Schar and Burn until there's a good enough reason for it not to be imo.

Of course yeah, different players - I do think though if we let Willock go, it won't just be because of the availability issues, but also because he's failed to develop as a player (obviously not helped by the injuries) and isn't influential enough when he does play.

He should be ahead of Willock imo, he's a more dependable player in possession, a more intelligent footballer, less prone to being caught on the ball and arguably more of a goal threat particularly in terms of key passes around the box. Willock works in certain circumstances in a very open game which are few and far between, but generally I find him rather wasteful and frustrating.

Christ Relax, he could have just had a knock or it may have been pre-planned. Why so frantic?

Ha'where are the lads?

Given. Trippier. Schar. Coloccini. Hall. Bruno G. Cabaye. Ben Arfa. Isak. Robert. Shearer. Hall was the only tentative decision for me, but I don't think we've had many good left backs.

Kvaratskhelia would be my dream signing, above anyone else in world football; however he's an out and out left winger who, similarly to Gordon and Barnes becomes half the player off the right. He's better than them both mind.

Agreed, it was the same with Schar when he partnered Botman prior to his injury. Schar was the superior player yet Botman got all of the accolades. A lot of it is just people parroting the general and often uninformed consensus, but also perhaps because Botman is the younger, more enticing player meaning they can use his name to fabricate stories and links to other clubs.

They're hilarious, I've watched a few of those preview videos today and they're ubiquitously talking about their injury crisis. Literally missing 2 players from their 11

He's always been like this. Biggest myth going.

The state of "Trent" man. Best right back in the world