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Personally I haven't, unless he has to play under Bruce for too long, and the same thing goes for the other players. I don't think Bruce has anything to do with the lack of Joelinton's current talent or his future prospects. Bruce has played him far too many times for my liking and so has had many opportunities; game time and within the games I have seen. Don't forget Benitez only rated him as a £20 million player (and Rafa's description of strikers was that at £20 million you only get a handful of goals a season)!

Yeah bit like Quinn and Phillips, no not a mackem here either! BUT Gayle and Carroll against Man City is better than what it is now, most of our goals have come from defenders! Rafa rated JoeL at 20 mill, not 40 million we payed for him, I'd would give you 5 million! Poor showing maybe a blip but as a mid-league team (hopefully) today's result is not surprising!

After Sat we are 2nd from bottom, I think we will finish in this pos. Regardless who takes over, if, Stevey Brucie gets the sack.

P**s weak that man.

Put schar up front!

Too much POWA for their keeper!

I get a feeling Shcar must have scored a volley from the half-way line in training, once, many moons ago. Then got it in his head to shoot and the management have said go Schar!

Robson really? He hit the jackpot in 2001 with Robert, Bellamy and to a lesser extent Distin, but there was a lot of s**** too. So that is 4 out of?! Gavilan, Fumaca, Cort, Bassedas, Bramble, Cordone, Viana, Carr, Butt. He got a tune out of them though didn’t he. The football in the 2000/1 season was crap. He dedicated a crap 0-0 draw against Arsenal to the fans. Those players, with the exception of Viana were really cheap buys!

Robson really? He hit the jackpot in 2001 with Robert, Bellamy and to a lesser extent Distin, but there was a lot of s**** too. So that is 4 out of?! Gavilan, Fumaca, Cort, Bassedas, Bramble, Cordone, Viana, Carr, Butt. We’d also have missed Robert & Bellamy who were probably his two best signings had Zenden & Jeffers not turned us down. You are making my point for me! How many good players did Robson make/buy? I will always remember the Solano and Hughes combo. Now Rafa is in "Maintenance" mode, if he had better then we would see...

Robson really? He hit the jackpot in 2001 with Robert, Bellamy and to a lesser extent Distin, but there was a lot of s**** too. So that is 4 out of?!

I remember Keegan and Robson era, they had a 7/10, 6/10 hit rate on *worthy* players, never mind players that would excel. The problem we now have is the hit rate is reduced and buying/attractiveness power is less. Hence Joselu for our attacking, Rondon and Perez as alternatives (given 90 mins would they have been better?!)

What I meant to type: Haha oops, checked on NUFC.com and thought he was striker, lool my point still stands!

hh oops, checked on NUFc and thought he was striker, lool my point still stands!

Agreed, a win would have bred confidence etc...Why was Joselu played? Longstaff upfront at least. Didn't Armstrong play for us?

Rubbish performance, lucky penalty, sums it when a central defender takes a close range free kick when a free kick specialist just stands and watches it go into row Z.

It is the home supporters that continually feed Fat Ashley so I understand your point! Confirmed, this is why we are in trouble and no doubts about that! Yes agreed!

Mike?

oof close, lucky they are crap!

Probably a bore draw to stop the rot.

Would a genuine critique impose upon the HBA self-flagellation of this thread be worthwhile?

What a miss!

Perez starting to look like Ben Arfa, in all the wrong ways.

Look at Shelvey after the foul leading upto the first goal. :rant: He uses the goalie's shorts to pull himself up and Debravka stumbles a bit, jesus I have never seen something so stupid for a long time!