Monters

He didn’t lose his England spot because of that. If he’s pushing to leave over being hooked in game he struggled in then benched for a game then that is rank behaviour

Yep, I totally get that and can't argue against it. There a lot of posts that simply just bang the possession drum and we often do have the lions share... Virtually the whole league cedes possession when they are winning as born out by the stats on the final day of the season but if you are doing that and getting your pocket picked time after time then it becomes a massive problem as you rightly point out.

I would argue the reverse is equally as strong in the quorum who want to change the manager... I struggle to argue against much else and maybe I am naively hoping for improvements but especially towards the end of the season I do think the whole squad were in a bit of funk and in need of a rest. If they had changed I wouldn't have been as surprised or as disappointed as I would have imagined and I am as Howe in as anybody. I do think the possession stuff gets over played on here - we lost a lot of games where we hade more possession than the opposition, as it always has been effective use of the ball is far more important than simply keeping a hold of it. The last day of the season the only team who won and had more possession than the opposition was Arsenal.

Thanks, that’s what I thought but saw a couple of posts that doubted it but seemed wrong.

From that is it safe to assume £13m into 27-28 SCR and then £12m the following year?

Every day’s a school day! Silly assumption that if they had ties with anyone it would BMW but Ingolstadt is a Bavarian city as well.

Fair enough, just assumed Bavaria would be all BMW

Won’t get any thanks showcasing Audi in Munich

Arsenal in a late kickoff is a cure for insomnia

Exactly!

Now compare the team / position Howe took over with the one Dalglish did.

They sold Coutinho after all 🤪

We certainly were... King Rat never tried a leg, Murphy was the worst version of Murphy and even Bruno had a game where everything he touched went wrong! We reverted to old Newcastle that always folded in the big occasion which surprised after the cup winning performance

Personally I wouldn't have him in but understand from a leadership point of view... Harry M though is just a massive twat see his and family's reaction on the socials. Plus the higher stakes the game the more likely he is to drop a massive rick, in my opinion at least.

I thought he would take both but O’Reilly was always going to be the starter. He’s influenced some big games and certainly has the press on side. Very surprised Hall isn’t in the squad though

His attitude and output has always been good! His clumsiness has annoyed me in the past and I didn’t see much in his all round game but he has improved a lot. Fair play to him and the posters who have championed him! Hoping that he keeps it up but firmly think he can

One of the noisier Dads at my daughter’s football training was spouting similar a few weeks back… seemed bollocks but who knows

And he was taking it easy

Met him a couple of times running on the sea front between Whitely Bay & Tynemouth a couple of summers ago... We were running similar pace and gradually got chatting, he came across as an incredibly grounded and top man, couldn't speak anymore highly of him.

Agree with you! Difficult to solve though unless you are spending top dollar or do we alter formation to keep a Burn \ Schar in the back line presuming they deemed as unable to play as a partner to either of the others across the whole season

From memory unused sub in both games.

I do yes, being English teacher I understand most words oops there I go again! It was a probably misguided tease of the poster who seemed to take it well. Sorry it upset your possibly misogynistic tendencies

Sorry probably being a bit thick but not sure what you mean, I believe decent professionals should try hard regardless of them winning trophies or not. I don’t have a problem with mercenaries they normally work their arses off to guarantee the next pay day

c) be a sanctimonious prick trying to ridicule other posters and de value women?

What about the 1 v 1 in the first couple of minutes or the chance Bruno fucked up from the edge of the box mid way through the first half?