Kid Icarus

Ings for me is the only potential option.

It has a Daryl Murphy feel about it. I'm not totally against it, but would be if it's the only CF signed.

The biggest benefit with Wood by far would be weakening a rival, which is why him coming seems ridiculous

Are we paying Burnley to take up a relegation place? Makes no sense for them to sell Wood.

Extremely tense 1-0/1-1/0-1 written all over it.

What I'd give for someone like Man United era Henrik Laarson to be available on loan, someone at the end of their career who'd come and would more or less guarantee goals.

It'll be the pettiest shit imaginable. I'd bet something along the lines of them disparaging Sports Direct in some way.

This thread needs to do its magic and I'm sure everyone will cheer up a bit.

We've scored 5 more than Wolves in 8th, 1 less than Brighton in 9th, and Southampton in 14th. I think you can make a fair argument that our defending is still the problem despite today.

I totally agree, where's the constructive part of the criticism though? Can't say I've seen any aside from just saying that it's shit/not good enough which I would hope everyone already knows.

Didn't you watch the match before this one? The results haven't come yet, but I dunno how anyone can't see a huge improvement in how we play and the dedication of most of the players.

You'll see it if you have a read back through the last few pages

I am yeah.

Not sure like, I'm seeing a fair bit of 'I'm not saying we should get divorced, but...' sort of energy like.

I know you are and that's what I'm saying is surely deliberate ignorance. It doesn't make any sense to do that, especially this early. People did the same with Rafa though so if they did it to him they're definitely gonna do it to Howe.

Context is everything, especially after the takeover, yet always gets ignored for some bizarre reason. People used to say the same about Rafa, that he should only be judged on what he was doing at Newcastle. Nonsense, Rafa got leeway because he'd been a very successful manager for years, Steve Bruce got a hard time straight away because we had 20 years of watching him being a shit football manager. Eddie Howe will get a good chance because we saw what he achieved with Bournemouth and what he's trying to do here. Deliberately ignoring the wider context and keeping the blinkers only on their time at Newcastle is deliberate ignorance surely.

Both things of those things can be true and are true.

Had a feeling this would happen. His record in the F.A Cup is astonishingly bad.

You've just got to laugh really.

Tbf, for some people I imagine it's the match threads that do that rather than the matches themselves.

It's just a rehash from one of the bits in this https://theathletic.com/news/newcastle-pushing-to-sign-both-sven-botman-and-diego-carlos/LY9mpZxOpDh9/

A confidence building thrashing and no injuries would be amazing

Judging by the Reddit comments, Carlos is possibly the more exciting signing between him and Botman. A lot on there seem to think that Botman really, really struggles if he's playing in a defence that plays a high line (something I'd expect us to do in the future) and I've seen a couple of comments saying Carlos has been one of the best defenders in La Liga this season.

Feel sorry for any fans that end up with him owning their club, including those who arrogantly think we don't know what we're talking about despite the 14 years experience of what he's like. I said when he left, I wouldn't wish him on any set of fans including the mackems. At the end of the day we all love football and for anyone who loves football and their club, he's the enemy. The only good situation is one where he's not involved in football whatsoever.