Coffee_Johnny

Apparently we prefer to kick down the hill in the second half. Although not as severe as in the past there is still a noticeable slant on the pitch. Gallowgate end being about 10 inches (guess) lower than the Leazes.

Today’s gripe: transfer windows.

Spine tingling… ? ?

65, happy with that. Though Haaland, Schar and Mitrovic were all on the original list and didn’t make the cut. Woulda, Shoulda, Coulda virtual football management!

Aston Villa 0-0 Everton Arsenal 3-0 Leicester Brighton 1-1 Newcastle Man City 2-0 Bournemouth Southampton 2-1 Leeds Wolves 3-2 Fulham Brentford 1-1 Man United Nottm Forest 1-2 West Ham Chelsea 2-2 Tottenham Liverpool 3-1 Crystal Palace

58 points, only Cancelo to play. Seems canny ?‍♂️

Given his goal scoring last year, agonised over whether to sign Mitro… oh ‘me’ of little faith!

Is dump some kind of clever road man street way of saying good? Asking for a ‘friend’?

Post match tugathon… ?

Disconcerting reading this just after seeing stats that he’s had the most of ‘everything’ stats wise in the league ?‍♂️

After 30 mins

? C’mon follow the Geordie boys, they’ll fill your heart with joy! ? (…well, it makes a pleasant change when they do!)

Can’t get Jarrow Song out of mind since someone reminded us of it t’other day. Singing as I do eggy bread breakfast ?

Based on strength of opposition, plus home and away variation, I reckon this is how a top ten kind of season progresses: End of August 5 points. End of Sep 11 points. End of Oct 21 points. End of Dec 26 points. End of Jan 30 points. End of Feb 36 points. End of Mar 40 points. End of Apr 49 points. End of May 54 points. (10th had 51 points last year; 59 in 2020-21: 54 2019-20). On track for?

I reckon that 10th or above would be acceptable. I think we’ll finish 8th. I hope we finish 6th. FA Cup, is all dependent on the draw, so making a decent attempt/putting out a strong team is acceptable. I think we’ll win two games. I hope we get to at least a semi-final. League Cup, as above is acceptable. I think we’ll get to a quarter final. I hope we win it.

Will if we lose ?

Palace?

Sick to the back teeth of all the how much money have we really got, are we just shit at transfers craic. Roll on tomorrow! I’m away but hoping to be able to see it or listen (somehow). I’ll thinking of all there, and elsewhere who are equally back on board with our team. Howay the lads

Well that the third combo being mooted ? Quite nice to have choice really! (… hope it’s Schar & Botman).

In the last four months or so, Almiron has scored two worldies (for Paraguay against a good Ecuador side; for us against Palace—our goal of the season?) and 6 goals (two assists) preseason. I don’t want to slur Ayoze, not least as you say because he wasn’t usually played in his strongest position, but suffice to say that I’m not sure his finishing is any sexier than Miggy’s on the above run of form.

Heard Botman talking about his whole family coming over for the game. Really hope he plays but, as much as I could make out from the still photographs, it looked like Schar and Burn were on the same side for the 11 a side practice. Which could support the Lascelles Botman partnership as well, but made me think that the first two might get the nod.

That’s the key thing. But you really need to ‘pull up trees’/stand out. I hope that it will happen for Anderson, but it hasn’t yet. And the whole players we let go as youths thing, it is hardly exact science. We’ve let many more go who haven’t gone on to play at the highest level, or at all. Players/people develop at different ages. What are you going to do, keep everyone just in case?

Both are acceptable/common place pronunciations, tbf. Fuck the Jimmy Carter fuelled bullshit (now there’s an antiquated reference!).

And they know this how? (Certainly not Howe).