Coffee_Johnny

Or a team full of Joe’s…

26% possession (generous…) and 1 shot (to five)

Bet that ‘upper arm’ smash really hurt.

We’ve forgotten the cardinal rule of football. You can’t play three players in midfield who have Joe (kinda…) in their first name. If it isn’t a rule think it should be.

Shelvey and Joelinton not into yet. Can’t get a hold of or keep the ball.

Burn and Targett playing well. Luckily for us.

Good start, shit start within 4 mins of each other… ? Oddly, watching the game, it’s a pretty accurate summary!

We’ve had a win and a draw at their new place, and they’ve not drawn many home games. Fancy a 1-1, though heart saying a sneaky late 1-2 win.

We’ll end up with 40 odd points, even if we average full season form. We’ll probably average better. No need to sweat it (… until there is).

Spot on.

Given this is on Prime, will it be shown at any pubs? I’ll in Manchester and would love to watch with others/in St Patrick’s day Guinness haze…

Pretty confident Bruno and Fraser will start. Beyond that can see him going five at the back again.

You know what, however it goes, it’ll be exciting to find out. Fully expect Eddie to be fully backed this summer. Fuck the politics, but Saudi only likely to even even wealthier following disengagement from trade with Russia re oil. HTL!

Genuine, open, diplomatic, thoughtful… what a guy. Proud to have him as our manager (not just because he knows his stuff!)

Makem-German one of the worst variations.

He seems to have the right kind of character for a Howe team and is a magnificent player. Do you not think they could make an amazing partnership/complement each other? I keep dwelling on it as a indicator of our new cash rich status and my most longed for signing.

I had Martin Chivers (Spurs) and George Best figures—earlier version of similar toys. Loved replaying goals I had seen/scored/would like to have scored with them, with a marble, on my brown nylon bedspread it (… was like early 4G) . God I feel old! ?

Yep, we were far too scared to keep him, but we’d keep him in a heart beat now.

Me too. But felt the same. Against Southampton. Think/hope my radar is fucked.

Recall him getting back pretty sharpish for slide tackle in second half. Suspect the ‘slow’ notion is more an illusion of his controlled style of play. He’s definitely not a kick and rush merchant. Perhaps we’ll see him in a flat out foot race at some point in coming games and that’ll add more evidence.

Or… Dubs Tripper Schar Burn Targett Bruno Phillips Raphina Joelinton ASM Havertz/Rashford

Kalvin Phillips?

When Raphina was a teenager he played for a team called Guimaraes. it’s a sign!!! Should Leeds drop, him and Kalvin Phillips. £80m or half of that with a couple of proven Championship performers (Shelvey and Murphy? Big harsh on Shelvey but both would be desirable)

Hope Leeds go down, mainly as I would love to poach two or three of their players.

For what it is worth, if we apply a simple prediction formula (beat bottom six sides home and away; lose to top six home and away; beat mid table at home, draw/lose away) then we would return 18 points from remaining games. For comparison, we’ve done better than this formula predicts for last 9 games. Getting 20 points, instead of 16 predicted. So if our form continues, somewhere between 18 and 23 points. The pessimistic prediction would be a return to the average for the season (can’t see worse than that) which would return 11 points. Soooo, pseudo statistical crystal ball says anywhere between 42 and 54 points, probably 49. I’d (almost) happily take lower estimate. Anyway, would take a very unlikely huge collapse to see anything but safety now.