TheBrownBottle

Most of those were always in place tbf - the restrictive sponsorship rules were the only ones which post-date the takeover. I don’t think Staveley understood FFP entirely in all fairness

He won’t if we keep playing like this, plenty of time yet though

Yeah, unless I’m misremembering Staveley talked about five-year plans at the end of which we’d be competing at the top. Three years into that I’d expect that we’d be pushing for European spots.

He never was, but the lad is just out of form at the moment, it happens

Probably need to let Lyon know that - that’s where they were playing him every game when we signed him. Somehow Paranaense, Lyon, Newcastle and Brazil have spent years playing the lad out of position

I agree, though I don’t think turbulence behind the scenes will help. We’ve been playing like an uncoached side this season and a for a chunk of last - and that only ends up with one outcome. Howe needs to be given ample time to improve the situation, but this won’t go on indefinitely

CDM has always been Bruno’s position in fairness - we bought him as one. Joelinton in midfield is a bigger worry to me - he’s just not a midfielder. I like him on the LW in front of Willock - but how Longstaff gets pelters and Joelinton is a living legend is lost on me.

Away form still poor, but we’re half a dozen games into the season, plenty of time yet The big concern is the drop-off in intensity - I wonder if the lesson learned from last season is that that style just creates a long injury list, but so far we don’t have a plan B? Hope Howe finds it soon, got a worrying feeling that vultures at the club might be circling

Pap that, unfortunately. Standard NUFC in London performance feel - and to be brutally honest, what is becoming a standard NUFC under Howe away performance. Weather looked canny though - hope those down there had a good afternoon on the hoy

Imagine if Longstaff had been playing like this all season

Absolutely fucking brain dead by Bruno that. Ridiculous

Edit: wrong thread

Has the feeling of a pre season friendly this. Both sides languid

Hall switched off there. We’re still a bit dozy here

Yes, I can see how a forward who managed no goals in over twenty PL appearances last season is a guaranteed match winner

He’s not, like. I’ve seen better but he’s hardly shit

Christ, how did Schar not score?

Never heard us do that at all tbf

Cracking cross by Murphy that, no-one wanting it

Loving the made-up salaries mind

Get in Barnsey lad

Did someone ask ChatGPT to imagine what Andrew Tate’s posts would look like if he supported Newcastle?

I’m willing to bet he’ll still score goals when fit. The problem is that those fit periods are becoming shorter and shorter

The reason that they're not competitive is because of deathly dull 'Champions League'. Watching the same five or six teams in the QFs onwards year-on-year after a dull-as-dishwater group stage. I lost interest in it years ago.

It wasn’t shit, though