Holmesy

Absolutely shitting it! Great seats though.

Off to the pub with my Man Utd supporting mate. Hopefully I get to run his face in it later.

Different rules for Manure it would seem. Fucking red card all day long!

Yeah, struggling to be confident about this one, with Bruno out, Wilson doubtful and Liverpool off the back of an important win. A draw feels like it would be a decent result.

Fuck! Just read the news. Absolutely gutted!

Poor man's James Maddison and we're not poor

It looks like Eddie is trying to change his game going forward and it's not working. The key to getting the best out of ASM is to eliminate the weaknesses - the tracking back is a great addition to his game - and then let him do what he does going forward. Don't try to over coach it. He's an instinctive footballer and he's at his best when not being asked to perform a rigid role, hence why he thrived under Bruce. Sadly, I just don't think he's an Eddie Howe type of player but he'll go somewhere else and thrive.

Difficult to judge him without Bruno in the team because that’s where the intelligence in supply will come from. He was feeding off scraps all day yesterday and the movement around him was shite.

I do have a couple of criticisms and they’re valid. 1. We have no plan B. This could be due to lack of options on the bench but time will tell. We’ve become predictable and easy to defend against in recent games and we seem incapable of changing it up 2. Our lack of aerial threat is a big problem and it clearly isn’t being coached/worked on in training. Going more direct could be our plan B if anyone could actually head a ball In general EH is doing better than everyone expected but he’s not beyond criticism

He was one of 8 players who had a shit game today. Not really fair to single him out because he no worse than anyone else around him

Can’t remember a game where ASM has played worse than this.

We’ve assembled the tallest but most aerially impotent team of players I’ve seen in a while. All of that play down the wing for Trippier to put decent balls into no one. Coupled with absolutely zero threat from corners. I’d love to see the stats on our crosses to goals ratio. It must be one of the worst in the league. It’s my only criticism of us under Eddie tbh.

There’s 4 players on the right wing! WTF is going on?!

Plenty of time left but we need to fucking wake up! This is awful

As soon as you start managing a football club, it’s polarises you to an extent. He was loved as a player but once he turned us into a team challenging the status quo, he became a target for rival fans and the media. Towards the end, the masses were practically willing him to fail. SBR transcended that

SBR was one of the last true gentlemen left in what was becoming an increasingly toxic sport. He carried himself with unbreakable dignity and earned the respect of everyone as a result. Marry that with an amazing managerial record at some of the biggest clubs in world football. He was a one-off. Eddie is very similar in the way he carries himself but he doesn't have the personality of SBR and can't quite match his record...yet. Under Keegan, I think it was more the football we played that people warmed to rather than Keegan himself. We loved him but other fans didn't have that affection or respect for him.

That’s a bit embarrassing!

The words no Newcastle fan ever wants to hear

They've only had two years of it. We had 14. Fuck em!

We're waiting until the last day to save on wages.

Bielsa's too likeable to end up there. It would be a real shame.

Not the kind of attitude we want at this club. Leave him there to rot

I’d be fucking raging if we sell ASM for anything close to that. On his day he’s world class

I didn’t realise he was crocked

Of all the Chelsea rejects, Pulisic would make the most sense. I don’t see where Gallagher would play?