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Thumbheed

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  1. Best centre mid we've ever had.
  2. I'm firmly behind Howe but I do believe he's had a significant part to play in our injury crisis by virtue of his squad management. Rafa was the only manager I can remember who had a marked affect on our injury list and made me realise the impact of good squad management. Perhaps it's naivety, perhaps it's just a case of wrong injuries at the wrong time or perhaps it is is just freak bad luck (although I refer to his last season at Bournemouth) but something needs to change and I don't think it's the medical staff which is a lazy conclusion imo.
  3. We're owned by the Saudi's. I reckon I can stomach taking money from NFT's tbh
  4. Have full sympathy for Forest. If PSR is about safeguarding clubs, then how exactly does potentially relegating them and killing their revenue stream help that cause? Similar to us really, just a club looking to invest and grow.
  5. As well? Sure, if its an option but if I had to choose one it'd be Giles.
  6. Phil Giles is the best option from people I've seen linked to us.
  7. Surely surely you can see the gaping wide contradiction between thinking that at the beginning of the season 7th was the minimum we should be achieving whilst also thinking we wouldnt be good enough to make up a 3 point gap to get to 7th with a quarter of the season left?? Both of those things can't be true ffs Anyway
  8. You'd have taken 7th and nothing less. So the difference between the season being a relative success is (objectively speaking) 1 more win and 1 less loss, and furthermore you would not be happy being lower than that position at any point of the season, irrespective of whether we still have over 25% of the season still left to play. I know I said I'd end it with my previous post but I think I definitely will now seeing as though that's your actual position 👍
  9. What's on offer is not "not finishing 7th" it's objectively speaking being '3 points off 7th with 10 games to go'. (Plus 2 QF's) Put another way, if you were told at the beginning of the season that after 28 games you'd be 3 points off 7th, then would you put significant money on us finishing 7th from that position? Will leave it here though as I think we'll probably be going round in circles for a good while. Don't want to derail the thread.
  10. What position was the club coming into the season? And what realistically would you have taken out of interest?
  11. I think it's pretty clear you go with how far away we are from what you'd have taken (6th/7th) vs where we actually are, no? Unless I've misread your post? So the difference between what you'd have taken and where we actually are is literally 2 wins.
  12. So the difference is just 2 extra wins? That's it, that's the key and significant difference, right? Madness.
  13. It's up there with Barca 3-2, if not better. Core memory game, that.
  14. "2 QF's and 6 points off 6th with 10 games to go" "No thanks" I'm struggling to comprehend how the difference between taking the above and something I assume you'd have taken (6th/7th) is just 2 extra wins this season?
  15. Crikey. I thought Newcastle fans were realistic. There's literally never been a team outside the established top 6 to requalify for the CL and we haven't had 1 QF for nearly a decade. What we're people expecting?! I swear everyone said they'd be happy with a top 7?
  16. You wouldn't have taken all that?
  17. - 2 wins off 6th with 10 games to go and a favourable fixture list - 2 cup competition QF's with the cuntiest fixture run I've ever seen To get there. (1 minute away from a semi) -10 minutes away from knockout stages of the CL in the group of death Who's brave enough to admit that they wouldnt have taken that at the beginning of the season and why?
  18. Mad what a few losses can do to a person
  19. Eddie's exactly right with how he's handling Miley. You can't overload a 17 years old week in week out in a team that is çonsistently inconsistent and expect him to bare any pressure that that might bring. There's a pretty vocal crowd that's already turning on Howe, turned on Longstaff and Burn and after 3-4 poor games from Miley will turn on him too.
  20. Joelinton, Bruno and Onana would be some midfield to have to play against - wouldn't get 2 seconds to yourself
  21. Onana has the feel of a target we're long touted to sign whilst actually being interested in someone else.
  22. The centre midfield was the cornerstone of our success last year so I'd invest there first and foremost. Followed very closely by a RW and in light of Howes comments about Hall a right sided CB whis good on the ball.
  23. I am once again asking for us to sign a random young South American
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