Dr Jinx

It’s maybe not as bad as I thought first glance.. it’s the cheap looking club crest and white back that let it down. The design on the stripes is actually decent.

Fuck, that’s set me off again 🥹

Our cup loss to them is fairly easily written off now. Not that we didn’t try in that game but we weren’t going to risk the chance we had in the cup final by overextending. Not had a great record against them though which I’m concerned about.. every team has a bogey team and they’ve been one of ours along with Liverpool over the last few seasons. We’re due a result. We’re a better team than them, we just need to be tactically set up to cut off their passing options from the back and try to nullify their pace from the wings. Bit of shithousery today and frustrate them before we start to impose our game. 0-2 (Barnes, Isak)

Could see the writing on the wall while it was still 1-1. Bruno needs to come off.

There’s not loads I’d change about our squad, it’s become a unit again. GK to challenge Pope RCB to compete with Schär CM to replace Longstaff or Miley. CF to replace Wilson RW to compete with Murphy If Gordon leaves let Cordero be backup for Barnes.

Nick Pope - still our best keeper but.. Martin Dúbravka - he’ll leave despite contract. Odysseas Vlachodimos - will be sold. Mark Gillespie - backup to the backup. John Ruddy - basically a coach? Kieran Trippier - 1 more season! Sven Botman - best defender we have Fabian Schär - exceeding expectations always. Very important still. Dan Burn - see above. Jamaal Lascelles - time to move on. Emil Krafth - basically the only backup for Schär. Reliable. Needs to stay. Valentino Livramento - better at LB than Hall. Lewis Hall - talented and not the finished article yet. Matt Targett - time to move on. Alex Murphy - not seen enough to think he’s going to make it. Loan would do him good. Bruno Guimarães - lack of pace his only chink in the armour. Superstar and needs to stay. Joelinton - been brilliant of late. Has to stay. Sandro Tonali - Keep at all costs. Sean Longstaff - can be useful.. but if 1 had to go it would be him. Joe Willock - hopefully injury issues behind him but jury still out. Lewis Miley - he needs to play more. Loan? Anthony Gordon - anything around 80-100m would take. Harvey Barnes - better than Gordon. Jacob Murphy - Deserves his place on merit. The soul of the squad. Alexander Isak - keep at all costs. Callum Wilson - time to move on William Osula - lunatic. Potential. Keep. So basically the only ones that should even be considered to leave would be Dubs - new contract, small fee? 2m Odysseus - shady Saudi deal Lascelles - owes us nothing. Targett - 3-5m A. Murphy - loan Longstaff - sell for 15-20m Miley - don’t sell if Longstaff leaves. Loan be good. Gordon - sell reluctantly. He’d cost a bomb

He’s an absolute stud.

He's literally just had 3 weeks of every man, woman and child in the area wanting a photo with him. He'll have caught something off someone. Maybe he's got that nasty covid that gives you the endless shits and he's just very dehydrated.

It's a good point. I've felt that about him since Isak emerged, just lost the fight to be the best he can be. Does look a shadow of his former self and i suppose injuries can be blamed but we've had other players over the years who have come back from worse so there definitely has to be an attitude element to it as well. At least he managed to get a medal before he retired (or move down the leagues).. although saying that, i can still see someone like West Ham giving him a 1 year deal.

Not sure about the badge outline but love the design overall (if it's real)

I'd very much like it if he stayed here until he was into his 30's but we also need to be realistic. If we can't hold onto him then we need to sell when his value is at it's highest. Is that now or one more epic season? I think we can get 175m for him that would help the club massively. We're so dependent on him because our other options are so poor. If by selling him we can bring the averages up, it will soften the blow a bit. My gut feeling is one more season or.. if we end up top 4 then all that goes out the window.

Also seems the players thought in exactly the same way as the supporters. We're light years from that terrible place now.

3-0 down.. "i told you i don't do tactics.. put your boots on and work hard" Absolutely stealing a living that chap. You have to admire it.

Love the way he picks up Willock.. mad as a brush this lad! Seems very popular in the squad already.

The deluded minds still think their club is some way relevant. The previous couple of derby games is where we were literally at rock bottom. Worst shape the club has been in the modern era and beating us at that point in time is their peak as a club and city. Forever in our shadow.