Optimistic Nut

Arsenal spent over 30 minutes last night restarting the game. Remember when Arteta slagged us off?

Liverpool return?

Always get the feeling Shearer was happier with Wilcox & Ripley who were there just to serve him, than flair players like Ginola & Robert.

Huddersfield come to mind.

Absolutely outstanding for the penalty. Won it on half way then just ran at them. Was peak 23/24 season Gordon that.

Aye. Don't even think the commentators mentioned it but looked clear to me.

If £60m gets Ugarte & Casemiro and £100m plus is Enzo, Caicedo & Rice, I'd be thinking £85-90m.

If that's the line up then I'd want Sunderland at home. A) easiest fixture, B) get to Wembley by stopping them getting there.

Hmm, we're going to have 5th Round FA Cup ties more often than not. Not sure how many knockout ties we're going to get in the Champions League against Barcelona.

If you were to ask me to name 3 great commentators I wouldn't say Wolstenholme, Motson, you know. I'd say Lockwood, Lowes...Raisbeck.

Haven't seen it back, but I was pretty convinced Maguire was all over Barnes pulling him when he had that attempted flick at goal in the first-half.

Think he's worth persisting with for another season if another RW is signed. You'd think someone like Coventry or Boro would fancy Jacob Murphy for £12-15m to open up that position for a new signing.

Was like the performance that made him against these when he first got moved into that role. Absolutely outstanding. Was calling him all the names under the sun at his clapping after the yellow though.

Am I misremembering or did he score a goal similar to that in the cup last year?

They have a thread today complaining about the Holiday Inn at Boldon being rebranded as "Newcastle South".

It's not very flattering on the keeper mind that the ball's ended up beating him from there to his right.

Not sure he's done much wrong to be fair if you watch the clip rather than a photo. He's done by some quick feet (not his fault), Maguire is across covering him. It's just a pearler.

Think we need to beat Sunderland, Palace & Bournemouth in between Chelsea & Arsenal away for it to happen.

Feels harsh on Elanga but he grafted his bollocks off for 114 minutes tonight so could see him rested.

If he doesn't try to jump he gets clipped by the keeper. Always felt it seems daft that if you try to ride a challenge and go down, you're penalised or get nothing.

Absolutely perfect for games and situations like that. Managed us through the game on the pitch.

Europa Conference is back on the table.

He's like what you get if you take all the good and bad bits of Ameobi & Lua-Lua to create a striker.

Stick he got for the goal was a bit OTT, like. Two really good saves, one top drawer one. Earned at least keeping the shirt for a bit while these two are the options.

You don't think an extra 5 goals one way and 5 less the other way wouldn't have put us in contention? That's even with the other flaws.