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I think it may have been against Brighton when Tonali practically gave up for one of the goals ?

I agree with this, signs over the last couple months show he is already on the decline defensively, fair enough he has got 7 assists this season but 3 of them came in that game against Sheff United. Its his leadership skills we would miss more than anything else, happy he is staying but also think 15 million would have been a good price with the FFP leverage it would have given us.

Joelinton out for the rest of the season was the final nail in the coffin for this season , we will likely finish 8th at best.

Now is the best time to sell him , middle of the season when we don't have a great deal left to play for and if the last few months are anything to go by he is already on the decline .

Obviously don't want him to leave but 100 million is a good price , if we spend it well we can strengthen the team build it round Isak and we be good to challenge the top 4 again next season with no European football.

Does this mean he's back to being a cunt again then ?

Will be missed more than some people think .

Sounds like the band is getting well and truly broken up.

If he's desperate to get away then fuck him.

Not so sure , the state they are in has isn't fully down to the owners , they have spent an absolute fortune on players , most expensive squad in the league isn't it. It's the managers that have spent the money badly that have got them where they are now . The owners never stopped Ferguson from being able to win the league .

Think it's pretty clear them rumours about cheating on his wife have some substance , his form has been so bad and it now appears he wants a fresh start somewhere else .

The derby has absolutely killed them, since that draw got made for the FA Cup 3rd round they have sacked a manager that did a good job for them and replaced him with a total clown . Then they rolled out the red carpet for us and got hammered 3-0 in a training match . All of the anger and hatred they have at the minute is because of that one match and it's now having a detrimental on results in the league . If that cup draw had never happened they would still probably be about 6th with a manager and owner they all liked .

Although it's obviously a more prestigious trophy the conference league reminds me of that daft pizza cup the mackems won, it's one of them where you don't really want to end up being in it and you end up playing a load of dog and duck type teams ,but if you are in it and have a chance of winning it you may as well take it . I wouldn't class it as a major trophy though .

Wouldn't be massively against this if the fee was right and it helped with FFP, love what he has done for us since he came in but he's not getting any younger and he's been nowhere near his best for the last few months. We already have his replacement in Livermento as well.

I think he's not far off , I have a mate who is a Liverpool fan and he says he would be perfect for them with all the pressing and running he does, along with his strength and physicality .

Unless he is asking for something daft like 150 -200 grand a week we should pay him what he wants , big clubs play the best players what they are worth to keep them when they are at their peak . You very rarely see them let one of their best players go at their peak due to not matching the wages they are asking for .

https://theathletic.com/5197880/2024/01/16/newcastle-united-al-rumayyan-pif/ Yasir Al-Rumayyan, the chairman of Newcastle United and LIV Golf, faces being sued for allegedly “having carried out the instructions” of the Saudi Arabian Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman (MBS), with “the malicious intent” of “harming, silencing and ultimately destroying” the family of the country’s former intelligence chief, Dr Saad Aljabri. The claims are made in legal papers that were dispatched to Al-Rumayyan at multiple high-profile locations — including St James’ Park, Newcastle United’s home stadium, during the second week of January.

I would honestly consider giving up my season ticket if we sacked Eddie and brought Mourinho in.

Love Eddie Howe me

I'm not worried about the teams below us , we have had an injury ravaged season and we are still above them so we are better than them . Of the teams above us I reckon we are definitely still better than West Ham and no worse than Man United and Brighton , the top 5 has gone but no reason why we can't finish 6th or 7th.

A fit Joelinton is as big a miss as Bruno is for us, even against the mackems the only time they got anywhere near our box was after he had gone off injured . Longstaff and Miley both playing together in midfield just isn't good enough at this level .

It's clear that we are going to have to sell one of Bruno , Isak or Botman at some point very soon to help with FFP, very likely to be Bruno I would have thought .

Joelinton a huge miss but not sure this game is the write off people are suggesting , if it wasn't for that daft Forest game that was just a one off fluke I think people would be a lot more confident . City have also lost at Villa , Arsenal and Wolves this season, failed to win at Chelsea as well.

Have seen a few people saying it could be like Sheff Wed last season but looking at the team we put out against them and only about 4 of them will be starting on Saturday . Seem to remember it was Isak first game back as well and he was nowhere near fit. Dubraka Lewis Lascelles Botman Manquillo S.Longstaff Anderson Joelinton Murphy Ritchie Isak

The more you see us play this season the more you realise how miraculous Eddie did last season to get us to 4th and a cup final , we could lose 5-0 on Saturday and I still wouldn't want him sacked .