Kid Icarus

At the moment a D- with potential to be anything from B to E I guess.

Not a pen for me but that first one not being given is insane.

Surely Howe's ability to coach players into being more valuable is a positive asset that you factor into his buys rather than it being a stick to beat him with for buying poorly based on those players hypothetically not being as good without it? If the end result is still the same (we get players who end up being bargains) it doesn't really matter imo, it's just one of the reasons Howe's mint.

Just say you don't want me to come, it's fine. You're only doing it to yourself as well, it'll be Liverpool that he gets the thesaurus out for.

D+, so I'll vote C to try and get him there.

That this opinion seems to be canny widespread is mind-blowing to me like. Howe's record (and Hickson's) in the transfer market is outstanding.

Remember going to see Barcelona against Almeria when I was on holiday and being absolutely buzzing to watch the front 3 of Ronaldinho, Henry, and Gudjohnsen (although Giovani started) Turned out that all 3 of them were shite on the night Yaya Toure was by far the best player on the pitch and then towards the end they brought on this kid we'd heard was going to be canny good but didn't know much about. He then started taking players on for fun and scored a pen. Wish I'd fully appreciated who I was watching at the time.

I'll be honest, I rarely notice what is and isn't a foul throw. Maybe part of the reason is that they're so rarely given.

You know it's gotten worse and worse even though it's weirdly (last season especially) coincided with winning a couple of cups.

Usually 2 in my experience.

Still hasn't turned up, website no longer exists. EDIT: Found it. https://hongdafootballclub.org/collections/newcastle-united-fc/products/-products-2023-2024-newcastle-united-home-soccer-jersey-mxzs-13195739-5z5q-qt7f-78p4-vrgd-j698-q775-pz6i-xx06_d967727b_705a0652?data_from=collection_detail

Cheers, whole house is in tears

Yeah it's tricky I guess because Murphy's still outperforming the better players in our team. Gordon, Bruno, Tonali, are all nearer to Isak's quality than Murphy is but aren't linking up with him as well as Murphy does.

What can I say, failure has done wonders for your humility.

Interesting to see how other people view that like, because I think of it the other way, as in Isak makes Murphy's job so much easier for him. The two of them have definitely got an understanding with each other that Isak doesn't have with Gordon as well.

Schadenfreude isn't weird, it's natural and cool. Man United ruined my childhood and the arrogant, Terry Christian types in its fanbase (not a sly dig Froggy) are the absolute worst whenever they're doing well. So I'll openly admit that I want to squeeze every drop out of them being shit for as long as I possibly can, because it's part of what being a football fan is all about.

Definite A at the moment, to the extent that it makes Tonali's A- look too high.

Surprised we haven't had any 'wHy ArE yOu So MaD aBoUt It?' comments on this from our resident plastics.

Another one that's a few different grades depending on the circumstances and which club he's at. C, D, or E. For us I think he can only be a D for the moment unless we got a good fee for him.

I wouldn't say so. It's also being made more of than it was imo.

We were also flying and had a full squad available. This was my explanation then. With hindsight I'd snap your hand off for Spurs, partly because the injuries and suspensions would probably stop us being favourites.

Expected him to not be always available for a year after he was 'back' tbh, but another injury and another operation ffs.

The situation then was very different to what it is now like.

Areet! I'm definitely coming even if it's just me. It'll be a max of 3 of us but I'll let you know as soon as I can. Feel free to PM me what I owe you and I'll send it over. Thanks so much for organising all of this like.

I'd argue they've looked ordinary in the league as well. Can't knock them for staying consistent, but literally everyone else in the league that could challenge them fell off at the same time.