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so funny Chelsea sacked Tuchel this season given he’s the best fit for what they want. If Ancelotti leaves Real in the summer then he would be the best short term fix

They’ll try and resurrect the super league

Sometimes journalists hear of a link, then write up justifications after to make it sound more credible…

Yeah, unless Man City implode due to FFP or something random only Real or potentially Barca have a chance of getting him. No German team could afford his wages for a start.

If a new LB is brought in, or Targett gets a run in the team we’ll see a different player. The lack of an overlap rally hinders him

Having a right footer wide right created a number of chances - I know it’s not Howes style but mixing it up every so often gives teams something different to think about

Yes, another good game, and involvement in goals. Underrated

He’s always been a clumsy tackler, he played plenty of games for Newcastle like that

With fans like these who needs opponents

For what it’s worth in the last three windows 5 defenders have came in vs 1 midfielder and 2 forwards (ignoring wood as he’s already gone). Wouldn’t be a massive surprise if they lean toward midfielders and forwards over the summer given the FFP constraints and LB/CB wait a year.

Staveley supposedly had to borrow to fund the investment and given they’ve put more cash in, PCP might be struggling to keep up. maybe they fancy offloading part of their stake for some pocket money

Think Pope got away with one, but every little break in the last few games has gone against Newcastle so about time the luck changed

Also is Isak a player to lob crosses at? He will want through balls.

In the past year Newcastle have spent about the same as Man Utd, but they were starting from a top 6 club and we were starting rock bottom in the PL. Its no surprise they have better depth. They lost Eriksen and bring in a Brazil starting international. Whereas when Bruno got suspended and it was bare bones. Deep in the season this matters. Be another few transfer windows to get close

Agree with the point about the ASM / Burn - both end up isolated They doubled up on ASM when he was on the ball and his only pass out was to come inside often giving it to Bruno. A left back with crossing ability behind him would change that dynamic Similarly if you play Burn you have to have a left winger who will come right back to cover and take the short ball off him

I was lower tier and the atmosphere was patchy but not bad- lots of shouting but not that many songs The second goal knocked the stuffing a bit it picked up toward the end when Newcastle were pressing. At times Man Utd fans did out sing Newcastle, but they were two up in a cup final!

Think the comments re. Burn/Maxi as a combo are spot on. Big fan of both players but the combo doesn’t work. Trippier brings out the best of Miggy but on the left Burn and ASM just don’t click

Agree with the comments here. It’s not a slight on Burn at all but he’s a CB playing LB and teams have figured out how to manage that.

Think some of these comments are harsh. Wilson relies on service and that has been poor recently. he isn’t a striker for the big long ball. You can’t say he’s not getting on the end of balls when nothing is being played for him to run onto

Sterling hasn’t done much for his £££ Illustrates the problem of giving some players crazy money - the rest of the squad see it as a benchmark. Half the squad will look at Sterling and think I contribute more than him I want the same cash.

BAE are a constant target of protesters, and their execs have to deal with that as part of their jobs. Now NUFC managers will have to as well.

No, obviously not. It’s a PR stunt to highlight the Saudi justice system. It worked as it got coverage in a national newspaper The same way the Saudis want to use Nufc to highlight postive PR about Saudi, people against the Saudi regimes ownership of Nufc can use the club to highlight negative PR about Saudi arabia

The club and Howe have signed up to pro Saudi Arabia PR (E.g. the training camps in Saudi, the Saudi themed kit) so the club can hardly complain when they get a bit of negative PR back on the same angle. Howe was happy enough to appear in the adverts for the Saudi airline… Also the comedy in this thread of someone being rightly called out for homophobia, but the same posters jumping to defend a regime that makes being gay a crime… Personally I like the club is getting £££ and want to take the £££, but no way will I defend such an awful regime or criticise those who call the Saudis out.

A lot of the goal scoring issues really boil down to the depth of squad last 3 games without Bruno moving the ball in midfield, before that a couple of injuries…it doesn’t take much to knock the team off it’s stride Hopefully next week with ASM looking lively and Bruno back the team has enough, but really until the squad is deeper there’s no chance of consistent form over a whole season as injuries and suspensions are inevitable

Liverpool back 6 back to their favoured line up. Not great news for Newcastle. going to need ASM and Almiron to have great games today, take the pressure off and pin their fullbacks