Toon1892

Oh dear… Anderson started 4 of the first 8 pl games and came on as a sub in the other 4. Don’t let the truth get in the way of your story though!

But if Joelinton, Willock, Bruno, Sandro etc had been fit all season or should he have got this many minutes.

He did give Parkinson game time. But again he probably didn’t look great yet. He’s nowhere near ready to be playing premier league football. I know fans have a desperation to play young players as there’s always hope they will turn out world class. You have to remember Howe watches the youngsters every day in training. You don’t. If he doesn’t think Parkinson is ready for a 20 min run around then maybe he isn’t. Saying that he doesn’t trust youth and the youth not being good enough are two different matters.

Your take on Howe not trusting youth is a bit bizarre? Gave Miley and Anderson their debuts last season when there were no injury problems. I can’t name any youngster he hasn’t given a chance to that has been on the fringe. He’s given Hall plenty chances at left back which he’s looked really poor defensively and he’s given him a chance in cm where he doesn’t yet look strong enough. Howe has been the best manager at trusting youth at NUFC for a very long time. Sorry for calling you out. Just wanted to know what you’re basing your opinion on.

How can’t he be a miss if we can’t make a substitute at the moment? Of course he’s a miss. He was the best player in pre season.

Yes really. Proved he was at least good enough at this level to be a squad player. We have let in so many last 10 min goals this season if you haven’t noticed. Largely due to us not being able to bring on fresh legs. Regardless of whether he was going to be a brilliant player or a solid squad player. If you ask anyone at the football club his injury along with many others is a massive blow. How fans can think he isn’t a miss is beyond me. Sorry

I may be in the minority here but I don’t think a cm is priority for Jan. Eddies already said that there’ll be no short term signings in Jan. By 31/12/2023 (hopefully) we’ll have Bruno, Joelinton, Longstaff, Willock, Anderson, Miley. I’d prefer to carry on developing Miley and Anderson than signing a loanee for 5 months. Loving having a few local lads in the side. Next season Tonali is back so if we got another cm, Miley would be down to 8th choice which would be a shame. To me I think the priority for Jan is a young upcoming forward that can also play wide if needed.

They do, haven’t been at the club for three years.

Anyone in Paris for this without a ticket? If so, where are you watching it?

Sorry but that is all nonsense.

Pedro Neto has to be up there with the best players in the league at the moment. He’ll probably end up at Arsenal/ Man City/ Liverpool but I’d love it if we managed to sign him.

If you’re building a bigger stadium you’d still be losing more green space. Planning isn't granted by “friends of Leazes Park” either.

Correct. It was just nearly because there were too many people against it.

To get their foot in the door and it still took them three years to decide to do that. It isn’t pocket change or they’d have paid it far quicker. Not arguing, I just really hope you’re right.

Really hope you’re right! But a billion pounds is a lot of money. Even for Saudi Arabia.

It’s out of the question to me and you but we aren’t the ones doing the feasibility study. All I’m saying is I think we should be careful what we wish for. I know I’m biased but as part of city/ stadium experiences in the premier league, SJP is the best I’ve been to.

This is so sad ?

Really hope they find a way to expand SJP as it is. Hate to break it to the fans that want a new stadium. I don’t think you’d get planning to build a brand new plastic fantastic stadium on leazes park. I hear many people saying build on the arena site. That’s owned by The Anschutz Corporation who paid $240M for it (that was only for the stadium and car park. More land would also need to be purchased). Our owners aren’t going to spend that much to knock it down and build a brand new stadium on the same plot. Any feasibility study would report that it wouldn’t be feasible. A feasibility study would suggest building on cheaper land etc. People might not like hearing this but there are three options: 1) Spending a lot to expand the current stadium. 2) Leaving everything as it is. 3) Building a new stadium out of town, with park and rides set up like every other modern stadium. I really really really hope the people calling for a new stadium fully understand what they are asking for. You don’t know what you’ve got until it’s gone. I for one would be gutted if we left SJP for an out of town stadium. Life and soul would be sucked out of the club.

I think Howe will pick: Pope Trippier Schar Botman Burn Longstaff Bruno Tonali Gordon Wilson Isak

He’s 20 years old and he’s on the verge of breaking into the first 11 of a top 4 premier league season, he was the best player in pre season and the England manager has just asked him not to play for Scotland in a friendly. He’s shown a lot in his short career. He’s versatile. The only aspect of his game that has been slightly off is when he’s pressured in his own half. He will only get better at this with more experience though. Fans writing him off are one of the only reasons he won’t become good. We should be giving our youngsters confidence. People did the same with Longstaff and you can see he’s never fully confident. As a fan base it’s something we need to get a lot better at.

Ffs. You can tell by his passing he is going to be great. So controlled, never difficult for the receiving player to receive. Put in a cracking through ball for Barnes. He’s learning. It’s a big jump up the leagues and he’s playing in a ‘new’ position. Give him time, he’s 20. I do sometimes think we have the least patient fans in the league?

I think we’ll need quite a few new players. We have a number of players out of contract at the end of this season: Dummett Schar Lascelles Wilson Ritchie Krafth Karius Manquillo Gillespie I’d expect only Schar and Wilson will be offered new deals. If no other players are sold I’d expect we’ll need to replace the others, so therefore maybe: 1 Gk 1 RCB 1 RM Then more young players to fill the gaps in defence.

Just an fyi. Client entertainment isn’t an allowable deduction for corporation tax. So there’s no tax incentive here. If the company is claiming the cost on their tax return that is tax evasion.

One of the chances was Targett and one was Anderson

It didn’t help Murphy not getting back for either