Coffee_Johnny

They’d never do it. For dubious irrelevant reasons, but what would be so bad about reverting to this? Does what it needs to: Magpie ‘brand’, circular, easy to reproduce, river and castle keep represented.

I could see it; especially if he isn’t content to compete with Gordon (who I think is a better player). I like Barnes, and would be happy to keep him. His contributions and his stats are good this season, but I don’t quite think he is at the level we want. I think we can do better. Too many unforced errors/heavy touches for me to be clamouring to keep at all costs. Barnes, Willock, Longstaff, Targett = £80m+ l; add to this an estimated £100m currently able to spend, and we could be pushing the boat out this Summer and pulling up trees next season.

Gameweek 37 Villa 2-1 Spurs Chelsea 1-1 Man United Everton 1-1 Southampton West Ham 1-1 Forest Brentford 1-1 Fulham Leicester 2-1 Ipswich Arsenal 1-1 Newcastle Brighton 2-2 Liverpool Palace 1-1 Wolves Man City 2-0 Bournemouth

Will be nice if the blades get to wear their, possibly more famous, red and white stripes.

Nowhere near as much fun. Would even give them fou…, actually no; two of their ten points, and NE unbeaten top dog trophy.

Have a heart. Think of Derby (yes, I do mean County and their 19 years of shame).

The top teams are all in a state of flux, either with clear positional gaps (compared to their normal squad options) or, say with Liverpool, players possibly no longer likely to play as well (Salah) or at all (TAA). I am going to say it, how many players do you think we need to be credible challengers for the title? Three is my reassuringly, and astoundingly, small number.

Forget the speculation on how he compares and how he will develop, that nut on Caicedo should get him an improved contract in itself.

Sels Caicedo Saliba Van Dyk Cucurella Salah Tonali Rice Mbeumo Palmer Isak (tough on MacAllister, Semenyo, Murphy and Burn—plus many others I have no doubt forgotten about)

Am I alone in wanting them to get promoted? Would be nice to see them back in the PL after ten years. Plus I have always had a soft spot for Derby and it would be nice to end their shame

Loved the close up of him before Bruno’s goal, yelling “Just give me the fucking ball!” 😂

At end of April--taking into account number of games played and relative difficulty of opposition (plus whether home or away)--we were bang on course average points total for fourth place in a Premier League/ship season. Need three more points to hit the average for fourth at end of May/season. Average for third place is 73 points, which we can't now attain, but I think there is/will be relatively lower points totals across the top positions this season.

Is there another team we’ve beaten three times this season? And who are yet to score against us?

Thanks—fuck it signed up for a month 😉

Worth the loss. I was the one in the deep sea diving helmet, btw. Oh! I maybe wouldn’t use your snorkel again until it’s been through the dishwasher.