Dr Jinx

Ultimately I think Steve Bruce could have us in or about the top 4/6 if he was given a massive amount to spend. Mark Hughes did it. But I also think he would come up short in the same manner when it came to winning trophies, but that’s just my opinion, I haven’t a clue how well he could do. Any manager is only ever a couple of signings or a couple of sales away from being brilliant or total dogshit. Take Ole for example. Ridiculed for much of the season. Did a shrewd bit of business in Bruno Fernandez and suddenly that conversation is a thing of the past. With NUFC, throw in a decent striker, a proper holding midfielder and a playmaker as well as a new left and right back and things could suddenly start looking very different. Case in point. One of Klopp’s first Liverpool XI.. how far do you think he could have pushed this lot? Top 8 maybe? If that’s all Liverpool ever allowed him to use, would that have made him a shit manager at PL level?

The players know as little as we do. As much as I enjoyed the match yesterday, I think the result was just a fair reflection on the league table. I’m actually fully expecting the form to dip when the takeover goes through as you’re going to have a bunch of these guys worried about their future.

He was a risk that’s paid off. Aside from his ridiculous pace and skill. His attitude and general attributes as a person are top rate. Irreplaceable actually. But we had no way of knowing that when we signed him first. Teams are terrified of him. He can be for us what Eden Hazard was for Chelsea. He’s already becoming more efficient with his energy and knowing when to carry the ball. Put some better players around him to give him more space and he’ll destroy the league.

In another life I could imagine Steve Bruce having a career as a buxom drag queen.

Carroll and Lazaro

That was beautiful

I'm 100% in agreement. However, playing devils advocate, how long do PL CEO's actually last? Isn't Masters meant to be out some time fairly soon? He's only been in the job for a few months. The previous one was there for 26 years. Yes but he’s been with the PL since 2006, started off as their head of sales and marketing before being promoted to Chief Executive. Before that he spent 5 years as the commercial director for the football league. He’s not some blow in they took off the street.

Agreed mate and fully support the stance. Don’t mind any of the shite being spouted here or on social media. It was the right thing to do. It’s far more use having a trust representing the fans that either the club or other organisations can trust to have a dialogue with.

Agreed, too much has been played out in the media via deliberate leaked letters. Appreciate the Trust rising above it and I'm sure will release when their legal counsel advises. Am almost 100% certain the response was the same boiler plate “we cannot comment...” and then some sort of personalised nicety at the end. And if it was that, it would be pointless to go public with it. The intrigue about the response serves the trust better to be honest. I’ve no issue with that at all.

Why are people up in arms about NUST? They have demonstrated they can be trusted to have a dialogue and not “fish for likes” by plastering it all over the internet. I might not matter too much to the PL but you can bet the new owners will take note of this when it comes to including them in the future.

But he hasn’t commented on the takeover. The Saudi/Bein thing was there before and is a separate matter, although it clearly affects the proposed transfer. He can talk about it because it’s a separate legal matter. My hunch would be they are waiting on KSA to give some water right assurances (On paper) of access to their court system if such a thing like BeoutQ were to pop up again. Once that’s in place, the takeover will happen.

Agreed, also looked far more useful playing a deeper role ?‍♂️

Worst I’ve ever seen us play. By some distance. How it’s only 1-0 I’ll never know.

Has some interesting insights into MBS I suppose, but the article itself comes to some weird conclusions. For instance claiming that he might not be better than Mike Ashley for the club because it's unlikely he'd spend well over £1 billion of his cash on transfers ?. Quite contradictory at times as far as the quotes and conclusions go. Aye can’t remember big mike spending a billion on transfers. He was going to, but then Keegan got greedy and asked for 2bn. That was the exact moment Ashley fell out of love with football. “It’s just become too commercial” he’s rumoured to have said at the time.

In the last 2 seasons we’ve both beaten them and come back to get a draw. Both of those teams we played were stronger than what we’ll face today. No Aguero, no Fernandinho, no Stones, possibly no Foden. They’re not great at the back. Still awesome going forward but maybe just a little less sharp without Aguero. They should be more tired than us, especially having 20 mins or so of trying to get an equaliser against Chelsea with 10 men. We’re still on a hiding to nothing but we have a chance if we turn up to take it.

If Hayden doesn’t play he’ll be a big miss. Same goes for Ritchie, he may not be a lot of things but in that system we play his graft is hard to replace.

Agreed on Caulkin. His wording has changed noticeably over the last week. Even today he said “I’ll judge the new owners if and when they arrive” IF? The fuck is that!? Something doesn’t feel right about the situation.

I’m not worried about her in the slightest. The PL have already told her to fuck off in the politest of ways. The whole thing is a farce at this stage though. We should be told what the hold up is. There’s just contradictions everywhere. The club have remained silent officially but even Steve Bruce has publicly said that Lee Charnley told him they are in the dark about what’s happening. Now we know that’s not entirely true. The club have been informed as they are the ones passing messages on to the buyers. Whether that’s above Charnleys pay grade is another thing but I’m sure he’s had information. It’s impossible to read into and it’s looking like all areas of the press have been bullshitting us throughout.

Well now we know what the hold up is if the PL have been going to the club first.

I’m not turning against him at all. There’s no player in the squad I want it to work out for more. But by your same reasoning, how do you explain ASM being a success? While I agree some players need more coaching, they can’t use that as an excuse for doing basic things poorly. Almiron could be a huge success here if he stepped up a bit. Nobody else is going to do it for him. But if he stays as is, it’s not going to work out.

I really like the player as he gives everything but am beginning to run out of excuses why he’s been absolute pony for the guts of the time he’s been here. For the abundance of pace he has, he never seems to have any time on the ball. Constantly snatches at shots or runs into dead ends. Poor decision making. Honest question, do you think he’ll be good enough to be a player in this team once the takeover happens?

I agree, it’s an ideal time to make the decision. As much as that makes sense I think if they did that people would be screaming about the timing taking the gloss off their title win. ?‍♂️

I’m happy enough with this. What do we care how long his contract is for? The thing is wholesale changes rarely work in football. You need a few dependable players you can make up the guts of the squad with and then just add key players here and there. He’s not amazing every game but he’s consistent which the other 2 right backs are not. I see this more as a sign that the new owners are prepared to let Bruce stay on for at least a year.

Stuffy nose?