Irish Magpie

Please don't post piracy links. Have not watched yet, just downloading now. Don't know if any good in terms of quality sound/vision.

I blinked too much! Had to slow it down to 0.25 speed and then I got it. If I'm not mistaken Livaremento recovers possession and lays it off to Wilson who slides the ball through. Miley shields it well and recovers from Joelintons second to capture attempt with ease. (Incidentally, I am well into me 60's so forgive these old eyes.)

I understand that, but I was wondering what really led to that decision. It was being reported as fact, and it is not inconceivable that something happened behind the scenes - that we wouldn't know about - that led to that decsion and it still rankles him. Ergo, a vendetta. A desire to prove himself better than Wor Eddie.

Well of course he can't, and that is NOT what I was saying. I was questioning the validity of the tweet. I don't believe it (the tweet), basically.

That's the best you can come up with? What did I say wrong that wasn't grounded in a sense of reality? Read it again, take you time

Assuming that tweet is 100% legit in its accuracy, not at the level Bruno expected, is everyone really comfortable with that? I love the guy and want him to have a great career but he has honestly done fuck'all yet. He already earns a fortune compared to the normal working man! Why does he need parity with the best players at other clubs, does he really think he is being shortchanged here? Fire us into Champions League places again next season and be vitally important to us through this season and then we can talk about breaking our wage structure, with all the knock-on effects that result from that. So I think that tweet is bullshit made-up crap. Bruno will sign an extension, with caveats attached. If the tweet reflects any element of truth then I would blame the agent?

It's black and white, moron. (Not directed @The Butcher)

The thing about that game that concerned me the most, and I'm agreeing we were off the pace, is that there was no instruction from the bench to change thing - or - if there was it didn't work. Maybe Eddie had faith in his system that it would come good but it was apparent to me by half-time we needed to change something. Hopefully Eddie learnt something from that game and I am quite sure he did. I also wonder sometimes if that was a VERY important game to Emery, he wanted to win that one at any cost to send his own ego-driven message to the hierarchy at St James because the job fell through - for whatever reason it did.

I'll be pleased if Buendía is not starting, the guy was very difficult to contain last game we played - albeit a friendly on foreign shores.

Corrected..

I'd be surprised if Tonali starts, I think he needs more time to adjust to the pace and system. Much like Bruno was given at the start of his journey. Also feel it takes Longstaff a bit to get into the swing, at times today he was very sloppy and a bit off the pace similar to how he lloked when he came back last season, was that following an injury too? I'd go with Anderson but not 100% certain with him staying more right of centre, that said Joelinton can interchange with him easily enough. In Eddie we trust 'cos I know fuck all really.

Newcastle 6 - 0 Rest of Europe Roll on Champions League.

Considering our xG last season was way higher than Leicester's I'd say Barnes has a good chance to get to double figures if he plays regularly. What I'm struggling to get my head around is the apparent depth we have now, very few are nailed on starters.

Looking forward to the day you are more than happy then. The young lad named 2023 Under-21 EURO Player of the Tournament has plenty time to change your mind.

That was a taster for Champions League and considering it was not our strongest team and a lot of the youngsters came on as subs I'd say it was a good showing. Taking a 2 goal lead to an away game in Europe is canny. Fiorentina were good, keeping possession for sustained periods and some tasty passing at times. They lacked a killer instinct up front going by that game though. Completely different team tomorrow also getting as close to 90 minutes as able. Roll on next Saturday, hope the groundsmen are as good as the team because the pitch is taking a pasting with the amount of games over two days.

Pretty fluid though, it morphs depending where the ball is on the pitch.

Yep, the speed Miggy was running at he either did very well or had a bit of luck. Isak rolled it into his path but I'm not sure how quickly Miggy saw it coming, he could have easily kicked it out of play by accident. (Or perhaps I'm thinking too much about what I would have done. ) Still finished it well. Gordon should have had a second. Missed the first 17 minutes hunting for a source. Cheers Rich for earlier post .

Do you remember anything at all about the planet you were born on?

No idea why I am dreaming of a game 2.5 weeks before it happens (the dream was last week) but we won 1-0 in that event.

Just because a team buys a new player, even a highly rated one, does not equate to an automatic team improvement. They may be slightly stronger, as a team, they may not. If every player bought automatically improved the team the premier league would have probably left the atmosphere by now. I don't recall Burn getting consistetnly rinsed by any attacker last season, now and again yes, but not throughout the 90m. I would agree we need more strength in depth, and especially more pace in defence, but I guess every hole needing darning can't get fixed in one window. The recruitment team will be doing their best within the limits being shoved in their faces, time will tell.

I'll see if I can find those old polaroids of the Mrs for you.

"jesuswept icon" Hey, hey, hey, new page something or other....

Whut? Feel free to elaborate..

Could we? Leaving the injury aside, and the potential for that to be an ongoing saga, I'm not sure we could. That fella is a top talent if he is injury free.