Whitley mag

With the emergence of Miley I’d be happy to take a pass on Phillips on loan, especially if it meant having to purchase him permanently in the summer. If we’ve got any spare cash in January it’s a forward player we need and Viktor Gyokeres would be the perfect fit for us.

That’s horrific nee wonder fan culture in this country is at rock bottom,.

Pray that he’s ready and this isn’t some half based arse comeback which results in further breakdown. Might be an over exaggeration but think our success this season depends on Sven staying fit.

I don’t think any of the YouTubers are wired right to be fair, bunch of right sad cunts when you look at their match day experience. I can’t see what enjoyment the likes of that Lee from Newcastle Fans Tv gets from going to the match, his videos are boring as fuck.

Gordon showed enough at Everton to suggest he was a talent, I’m judging Barnes on what i’ve seen at Leicester. You either the like the look of a player or you don’t, never rated Barnes and found it a strange signing.

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I think we’ve been pretty well drilled for the most part under Howe’s regime defensively, but agree we’ve looked ragged in recent weeks. The 2 homes against Dortmund and Milan we looked quite exposed at the back, not sure if it’s naivety or just a lack of quality to be honest, what’s stood out for me in 5 of the CL games is that we look short of real technical players, which in turn meant we starting forcing things and making errors.

Inevitable Milky Bar kid is still at large.

I think with the latest injury news Thursday, Sunday football is the last thing we needed this season. I’ve got no qualms about going for it and risking it all on last 16, the prize was sufficient to warrant going for broke.

I rated Gordon he’s got a bit X factor, never seen anything in Barnes that makes me think he’s an upgrade for the level we want to get to.

Howe is the best manager bar Robson to manage the club in my lifetime. Could finish mid table and still have plenty of credit it in the bank. Loved the way we went CL or bust, somebody suggested on here it was a losers mentality to not want the EL, it’s anything but we went all out to stay in the best competition in the world and only narrowly failed, a last 16 tie would have been monumental and proud we went for it. My only doubt with Howe is does his type of player, his transfer strategy, result in us being able to compete with the best. Stories of him wanting Phillips, McTominay etc don’t elevate us to where PIF will see the club heading. Hopefully they are just stories and he realises those type of players won’t take us where PIF want to go, as that is the only thing I can see stopping him being here a very long time.

Apart from Tino serious question marks against the rest. Don’t think Barnes or Tonali look like what we needed, just more pace on the wing without any craft in Barnes and Tonali looks another midfield workhorse to me. Our 2 blue chip signings don’t bring anything different to the table and that’s without even getting into how Tonali comes back from ban. Give me Kone, Thuram or Diaby over the signings we made. Big pressure to get it right going forward or PIF will rightfully start asking questions.

An asterisk if we win otherwise back to being mag cunts, they’re not pretending to be falsely outraged by the Saudis though.

Said it was a massive drop off when Pope got injured, needs replaced as priority in January, can’t underestimate the importance of a top keeper. Massive concern for me that Pope did his shoulder during a routine save, hard to rely on him going forward now, need to invest big on a keeper top priority.

Find it hard to be to disappointed when we won 1 game out of 6. Injuries meant we couldn’t play with intensity bar PSG and 1st half tonight perhaps. What stands out for me though is that we lack a couple of clever technical players, especially at this level where intensity and running will only get you so far.

Exact opposite would rather concentrate on getting top 4 again, it’s been proven we haven’t got the squad to compete on 4 fronts.

Like to think they wanted CL or nothing tonight, that’s where I was at, couldn’t give a fuck about the EL.

Exactly, Liverpool collapsed without Van Dijk can’t be overstated how much where missing him.

Hard to criticise this team but that was an ordinary Milan team very much there for the taking for me. We need to steady the ship with just a win of any sorts on Saturday, starting to look all a bit disjointed and forced at the minute. Keeper situation needs resolved in January and we need Botman back asap.

Not convinced either.

Never get tired of hearing that, last 16 tie would be special.

Sunderland’s attempt to become the club of the North after we got relegated.

Very much this and don’t think Bruno further forward is the answer. We really need a technical midfielder for certain games that require a bit more than Joelinton’s brute strength.

Doesn’t fill me with any confidence would prioritise a new keeper in Jan.

It would almost certainly be Castle Leazes and not Leazes Park, even then the residents and environmentalists would still object even with an improved and extended park. However, like last time if Hall hadn’t given up, I think we’d get the permission eventually.