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Yep. Barnes hasn't been great this season, but most Leicester players aside from Maddison haven't been. Think he has all the tools to be a top quality PL wide player.

Ha aye, I was lucky in that I happened to look at my watch just as the second half started, so knew roughly 6:20pm would be 90mins. Was a pain not having easy access to the time left though.

Which sucks for them because, whether it's us or another team in the top 6, he is surely going to have no shortage of offers in the Summer.

Ha aye, end of the first half then first 10 mins or so of the second half (hard to tell exactly when as this was when the clocks freaked out. Anyone else notice that?) his movement got to the point I was worried he was injured. Think when he knew Wilson was being prepared to come on he gave one last push to get through.

Heard similar stuff. Boils my piss. A) He is held to insane standards, more so since Howe came in and people now get on at him about his pressing/tracking back as well as the usual. B) Short memories. Remember when Bruces' idea of tactics was 'give the ball to Maxi halfway inside his own half and pray.' He was the only bright spot in the darkest days.

Isn't it already known that they're still around for next season, but it will be their last?

Think the fact he has only just started to get mins off the bench in the last game suggests he won't be ready to start a PL game for at least another couple weeks.

JFC 'crisis' man. Can people get a grip. 1. This is a squad still vastly over-performing. Sure our first choice starting 11 is the strongest it's been for a few years, but there is no depth. Like, at all. If you'd have offered any of us 8th upwards at the start of the season we'd have snapped your hand off. 2. We aren't actually playing all that badly. We have lost 3 in a row against 3 teams that are likely going to be in the top 4 (or at the very least) above us this season. Would this have happened to pre-world cup Newcastle? Probably not, but we were performing so far past our levels for that run that it was always going to be unsustainable. Yes, there is an issue with scoring goals. Almiron was always going to level off, he wasn't really scoring tap-in's in that mental run, a lot of them were low probability punts that flew in. We obviously need to improve on our clear cut chance creation. And (even more obviously) we have to become more clinical. Anyway. I feel like ASM, Isak, and Willock all made a strong case for starting v Wolves. Not sure Howe will want to make 3 changes in one go to the starting 11, so if I had to predict 2 it would be Willock in as J7 is suspended anyway, and Isak in for Wilson. Personally I'd like to see ASM in for Miggy and have he and Gordon keep switching flanks. As much as Howe likes his inverted inside forwards in the wide areas, we looked dangerous against City with balls going into the box from near the dead ball line.

As others have said, feel its likely that (despite all the talk) we will actually be unchanged (Pope aside). I do think Targett needs to be back in the side, but Eddie won't want to have a player just coming back from injury starting against a side like Man City. Feel like the most likely change is Isak in for Wilson, but even that is hardly nailed on.

Think one of the reasons this is separate from the All or Northing series is to leave the door open to subsequent follow-up seasons. They will likely want to cover the club as it (hopefully) slowly becomes a global football powerhouse.

It's not beyond the realms of possibility that they are monitoring Bruno. I'm sure most of the elite teams in Europe are. Its whether we'd even entertain an offer, and if he'd even be interested that are the actual questions. FWIW Real Madrid are the only team that scare me with Bruno. They still have huge pull, and I'm sure Bruno has mentioned that he used to follow them as a kid.

Not shocked. They're pretty much safe from relegation now. If they can get it started this month he will only miss the rest of this season & the first few games of next. .

Will be a big nothing burger.

They have looked going forward under de Zerbi it would be a downgrade going back to Potter!

Forget whatever the fuck the Paul brothers are up to, give me a PPV feed of Todd Boehly going back to Brighton to ask for another manager.

Think this Summer Maddison will be the main target for that creative/attacking midfielder role. The Paqueta bus has been and gone now. Saw someone mention Sesko, isn't he already signed up with someone else for a Summer move? Want to say its RB Leipzig in one of those 'definitely not dodgy..' Red Bull to Red Bull transfers.

I personally don't see him leaving if we don't get CL this Summer. He has spoken a few times about 'the project' and how it will take time. That being said, if we don't qualify one way or another* in 23/24, then I can see the situation changing. If that is the case, assuming he is still looking like the world class operator (or better) that he currently does, & has signed a new deal at some point, bidding shouldn't start below £100m. *I actually think CL qualification through winning the Europa League could be more likely than through the league position even next season.

Heading to Tynemouth for this tomorrow. Getting in The Priory early as they're not doing table bookings.

My brother in law is a Celtic fan. He seems to think Tierney never got injured till he joined Arsenal.

Yeah, losing this wouldn't feel anywhere near as bad as if we somehow muddled our way to a cup final under Ashley, only to lose it. Whatever happens next Sunday, you have to imagine this will be the first of a number of cup finals over the next 10 years or so.

Seems like it's going to be a shootout between Man U and Chelsea.

Same, I'm at that stage where I just want it to be over one way or another. I'm sure in the future when we're in cup finals all the time it won't induce this same level of sickness, but this first one is killing me.

I would have agreed on PSG, but remember, they're likely going to lose Mbappe to Madrid this Summer. And if they don't, Madrid have their Mbappe fund to use on players. They have spent the last 2/3 seasons financially preparing to make a move for Mbappe. And they didn't splurge it away when he didn't come last Summer.

He is at the level where he could easily go to a Madrid, PSG or City. Whoever Man U's new owners are will want to make a splash in that window as well.

I can see him coming even if we finish 5th/6th assuming he has no CL clubs in for him.