Nucasol

Pint of vodka with an absinthe chaser.

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I think it’s viewing it through the prism of what’s happening in front of their eyes. Recency bias. Flip it around and I’m sure many will say staunch defenders like yourself only see the positives and are dismissive of the negatives. The view that this form is something he’ll just overcome like he did previously, doesn’t take into account how much worse this current trend is than previous slippage and the potential for long term harm the previous summer window and this season have done. The upturn has been coming all season apparently - Wissa coming back, when the injuries clear up, when there are less games - but still it’s the same tired looking team going all the way back to Arsenal last season with serious regression and limitations up front and at the back. I’m still Howe in (just) but get pissed off with the polarised cultists on both sides of the Eddie in-out divide. Much like the US, there’s an entrenchment to position that harms normal, rationale debate.

Jose Souness

A tapeworm. He’s curled up inside the club and we can’t seem to get rid of him.

It was a strange one but the local journalists confirmed it wasn’t anywhere near the £20m being claimed by BEIN Jacobs and we didn’t want to leave ourselves more shorthanded with injuries. Prescient given Miley and Bruno subsequently got injured.

Widely reported at the time: https://talksport.com/football/3950862/newcastle-fulham-joe-willock-transfer-bid/

Willock too. Last year of his contract so sale will be needed after knocking back Fulham’s bid in January.

In terms of signings, his time with us or this season? No “alleged” about this season, we’ve been poor in the PL, both points wise and on the eye. He’s been fantastic for us but no need to try and spin this season as anything but a significant regression on the pitch.

Pancake Face doing the rounds, on TalkSport tonight. Nearly vomited on the steering wheel when he came on.

For context, I think with a 3rd option of “I’ll decide after the next 4 games” a large chunk - 30%+- would sit in that bucket. You can see quite a few in the comments (myself included) wanting to see whether he can turn the ship in our last four games. That’s both sides of the current polling, not just the “yes” folk.

Violently. No thanks, no Yanks.

No but it’s a shambles that this is even a consideration again. I thought we were beyond this.

Would have BDB in top tier instead of Hall who is in B. Move Gordon up to B, Ramsey down to D based on overall contribution.

It’s all coming up Milhouse (or Danny Dyer).

He’s a grifting shitbag who shifts position to maximise monetisation. Get back to winning ways under Eddie next season and he’ll be begging harder than in those DMs to the lass.

Currently a “yes” but at this point it’s contingent on the outcome of the last four games. Three or more duds and it’ll likely be a “no”. There’s also a nagging doubt about trusting him to get the right players in but would prefer to see him work much more under the remit of Wilson and the transfer team this summer. Will be blockbuster either way.

Provide an assist, I’m going to “smash it” in.

Coming soon the new Speer, Guderian and Mannstein models fresh off the line.

Like Richard Keys, he’s no roadman.

Who is the admin Ernst Rohm? The Goebbels? Big ‘Dolph?

Always felt he was too lightweight for the PL but 350 football league games later maybe he could have been given more of a chance.