TheBrownBottle

I’d tried to defend Wood for yonks, but Leeds was the end for me. He’s almost exhausting to watch - he just needs shipping out at this point.

Yep, that was a real positive. Looks (understandably) rusty, but I’m still really happy he’s back

Jamaal Lewis is the one who really makes me scratch my head. He was highly rated when we signed him - it wasn’t just a poor Bruce signing, Liverpool had been in for him to. What has happened to that lad? I know some players just don’t develop, but he just looks so poor …

Who is declaring a crisis? The club is third in the table and in the QF of the League Cup. It’s miles away from a crisis. That doesn’t mean what we’ve just witnessed wasn’t a shit performance from a poor team selection and an embarrassing exit from a competition plenty of us absolutely love.

Who’s turned on Howe? Haven’t seen a single comment suggesting that anyone has. Any NUFC manager should be open to criticism for losing to third tier opposition in the FA Cup. That’s hardly the same as calling for his head. Is not a single word of criticism allowed?

The FFP one is odd, and it does come from the club a lot. We shouldn’t yet be in the sort of danger of punishment that the club bangs on about

Yep, ultimately you’re right like

Ooof - not sure about that one, Yorkie

Aye, fair enough

The FA Cup means far, far more though. I’m annoyed rather than angry - and Howe has done a superb job and I wouldn’t want anyone else at the club - but I will still criticise starting line-ups like that one. The result felt inevitable from kick off to me.

Agreed 100%

I agree, but that was too many changes and changes which seemed more scattergun than you’d normally see from Howe.

Stop. Playing. Reserves. In. The. FA. Cup. Sick and bastard tired of going out to third and fourth tier sides. No respect shown and we got what we deserved. I’ll be happy when some of these players are permanently shipped out and I don’t need to worry about them coming off the bench. Murphy, Lewis, Manquillo, Lascelles etc simply aren’t good enough. And my patience in watching Wood’s snatching of chances - the lad might as well play blindfolded - has now run completely dry. One positive was Isak returning. Onward and upward - this is still an incredible season. I just get really hacked off when the tournament our club is built on is sacked off.

Wood is absolutely fucking dire

‘Mile off’ and ‘awful officiating’ on the Australian commentary.

Yes come the fuck on

Sick and fucking tired of NUFC treating the FA Cup like it’s an annoyance. And I don’t give a shite who manages or owns us. Stop playing fucking reserves in this competition

Bruno and Joelinton at fault there. Wanting to blame Lascelles to let them off the hook isn’t great like

Anderson is still a young lad, he’s got plenty of time to develop. He wasn’t great here, but I didn’t think he was shite either

Their keeper looks like Dan Burn

How the fuck does Anderson not bury that?

VAR has made refs and linesman fucking worse. Usually saves their useless arses

I thought Ritchie looked decent on dead balls so far

No, Murphy was deffo Rafa

Good to see Isak back, but he’ll need time to get back to fitness & sharpness. If Wood can’t do a job against these the. God help us all