TheBrownBottle

Unbelievably shit play by Trippier - not for the first time in B&W at VP. He roams out of position and gets done for pace

I’ve seen plenty of these sort of games with Howe in the dugout too

Changes being made far too late - there’s the inevitable

Bruno is getting to get himself sent off here - needs to calm down

I don’t welcome it, though.

Plenty of ours were revelling in the Adam Johnson songs, though that at least had the ‘defence’ of being true; I just can’t take any pleasure in pointing out that a grown adult has been involved in criminal acts with a schoolchild

Christ, I’m not that much of a wet lettuce and sort of like on-the-knuckle chants, but what the fuck is that about? It’s really, really fucking weird as well as being sick. What is the connection even meant to be? Singing about Peter Reid having simian features wasn’t exactly a nice thing to sing, but joking about an opposition manager and a disappeared toddler from a couple of decades back? Jesus wept Rightly so tbf

Yep - he’s so young that it isn’t even clear what his position will end up being. He might bulk out a lot in the next couple of years. He’s got the right coaching team around him to help him develop

Yeah, that’s an interesting idea tbf. I’d just like to see the lad given the next couple of years pressure-free from the support. We should be looking to strengthen in CM, not relying on Miley just yet.

I don’t think the lad should be considered for sale at all, PSR or not I’d just rather that our support doesn’t expect or demand too much from the lad, let him develop, and let’s see how he goes. The excitement around him is the flip of what usually happens - our own end up being criticised hardest of all, when they don’t produce what people have told themselves they will

I’m happy for you to explain - and I’m sure they ‘love the sinner but not the sin’. I’ve absolutely no time though for others decided what people they’ve never met can or can’t do within the bounds of the law and which hurts absolutely no-one. ‘I don’t agree with gay marriage’ - fine; don’t do it then, and mind your own fucking business about what others do.

He did - mainly because he relied on accuracy with a reasonable amount of pace. Shearer - who had a pretty poor record in games when it mattered - was of the ‘put your laces through it’ school.

Penalties are all about technique, and it isn’t necessary to put your laces through it. The stuttered run-up and the ‘Panenka’ rely on the other party making a mistake, rather than the technique of the taker; that’s their biggest failing. Neither are the result of good technique, but daft cunts will fawn over them when they come off as if it is the result of the quality of the player - they are the complete opposite.

Impressive work by Sky - fannying about watching endless slo-mo replays and missing a goal at the other end

That’s right, we’re a long ball team - we’d have to be a long ball outfit, otherwise we’d have to play the ball through our dogshit midfield. I still hate these cunts, and always will - but if this is the extent of their footballing knowledge, then I hope they enjoy a rude awakening

I’m guessing there was loads of ‘why is he joining a smaller club’ shit from the knackers who call us arrogant

Yeah, true enough. I think the lad might well make it - but then, he might well not. He’s talented but I’m not seeing ‘generational talent’ at the moment - I get why folks get excited by young’uns coming through but I’d rather just see what happens as the lad develops and not pin too much on him. And tbf Johnny B’s crusty gym sock is more liable than anyone else on here to have insight on young players coming through at NUFC, having done so himself.

That’s the captain pumping up a young player tbf

Shh … you’re not allowed to think this. He’s a Gerrard regen. Personally I think that the lad has talent, but how far he’ll go is very much open to debate. I’m not at all convinced by those arguing that he’ll be pushing for the first team shortly - he still looks very raw to me and a long way short of that. I also think that there is every chance he ends up as a decent lower half / second tier type midfielder. Time will tell.

The bloating is a deliberate problem, but it’s a problem. I can get misty-eyed looking at the last ever ‘true’ European Cup QFs in 1991 (before the competition introduced a group stage): Three Eastern European clubs (two of which went through - one of them actually won the tournament). It looks surreal today, but used to be the norm. It’s all become a bit asinine.

Yeah, I thought so too. I thought that was his best game in yonks - he was just purring away in midfield

I was just talking about ‘we’re gonna piss in yer watta’ to a mate the other week

Iffy personal politics aside, I can see why Howe wanted him - and might still want him; tbf, even if I couldn't, I'd back his judgement based on his track record. The price last summer (and probably this summer) seemed a bit crackers, especially given the transfer market slowdown caused by PSR / FFP (on a side note - imagine how little movement there would be if PIF stopped overpaying for players from other PL clubs to take to the KSA league?).

No issue with anyone being a Christian. None whatsoever. But it isn’t a defence for having shitty views, that’s all.

I wasn’t referring to him And again, it is dog whistle stuff - he doesn’t need to post anything on social media.