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I can’t see us selling for anything less than double what we bought him for, IF we have to. Today I’m optimistic that we could add one or two in January and we could be cooking for a 4th place finish…no Europe, momentum, players coming back. Still in the early days, but you never know. So maybe we can retain him.

We are so fucking back

Midfield is a conundrum like, isn’t it. Square pegs in round holes job. I’ve said it before but I like a box midfield. Could accommodate both Joes, Sandro and Bruno in that. Isak and Barnes as two false 9s

Despite really clear examples of young players being held back by our management, only to perform when they’re eventually trusted and we are still using this as a stick to beat Howe with. Obviously recruitment is a related issue, but surely we can see that Howe’s approach to player development works

Fucking shit that

That’s it!

Is the circular cafe in eldon square still there, the one with the walk way off John Lewis? Also, what the fuck was John Lewis called before it was John Lewis?

Some fucking sense

Didn’t think the performance was that bad at all. We created chances, dominated possession, never really looked like conceding. We just lacked up top. Away form doesn’t fee too bad. Goodison is not a happy place for us.

I feel so privileged to have been there for this. Just a massive beautiful celebration of what it is to be from Newcastle and to support this club. Absolutely the best night I’ve had supporting NUFC.

Christ no! Aye I’ve been losing my marbles recently…my son is called Lewis and looks like a young Lewis Hall, which is probably why I’ve put him in at left back 🤣

I know that we will go 433, but I would be interested in us doing some sort of box midfield 4 malarkey with Willock coming in for Murphy, and Barnes/Gordon as a 2. Something like Pope Trippier Schar Burn Lewis Tonali Bruno Big Jer Little Jer Gordon Barnes That front 4 would be hard to contain

I think it’s all well and good saying he needs minutes to develop. Of course he does, and ultimately, if we could rely on Wilson/Isak to stay fit then maybe he would be getting minutes elsewhere, but right now he needs to be part of the squad for the benefit of the team. The issue (as ever) has been poor recruitment of key positions such as LW added to poor sales. If we had signed someone that could have improved that area and maybe been an auxiliary striker that would have been great. I’d we had also peddled Wilson when there was some value, we maybe would have more reliable options in the position that would allow young players to go out on loan. We have a long long way to go.

Tend to agree, maybe Liverpool, but I don’t see a market for him at the other clubs mentioned, he’s not that good, and not worth that much

I think this is one where we not regret panic buying. I think he’s good but not transformative.