Optimistic Nut

I was talking in terms of where we'd be at the half way stage. 9 points and we can go in with the belief that 2 wins and a draw in the second half of games could be close to a top 8 spot.

Pleased he got his goal. Need him and Gordon to start doing this in the league between them now.

Superb performance all round. 4 points in the two home games and we'll be looking good for a Play-Off, win both and top 8 is definitely a target.

You could see his confidence going. He wasn't getting in ahead of Botman until the injury.

Said it before, the Botman injury saved his career. He was able to slot back in at LCB and he's been cracking ever since.

He wasn't shit but he also had Willock & Joelinton protecting him massively. He was clearly on the decline there the season we finished 7th, though.

As much as he was shit here, his username is ironically named after the only honourable thing you could associate with that club. Even he tarnished it with the Suarez bollocks.

Very good.

Rolando Aarons in a Morecambe team battered 5-2 at home to Gateshead today.

Blackpool v Luton in League 1. Are they the only two teams we've played in the Premier League and not beaten?

First time since Leverkusen at home in 2003?

Agree with this. Remember watching Dortmund last game of the season a couple of years ago. Going for the title and falling behind but there was no trying to rally the team, it was just that background dirge all the way through.

Their fans live in a world where they're hyped up as some super-club, holier-than-thou entity so have a little bubble that shields them from some home truths. Horrible club.

Entertainment and a chance to vent at someone who supports that fucking odious club.

I think 4 wins and 2 draws leading up to PSG is more than achievable. PSG might even already be top 8 by our game.

RTG was full of them wanting him gone 6 months ago.

His Liverpool lot are slugs.

As many gambling related suicides in this country as executions in Saudi Arabia if you're taking the moral ground mind. The guy who made you who you are today playing as big a role in this as anyone. https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/118437/html/

Massive amounts gained through gambling. Effectively the Ladbrokes or Paddy Power of its era.

The fan of a club who'd been less successful than even Newcastle, until they were taken over and bankrolled by the family who ran a company where a big part of it was effectively a gambling company which ruins thousands of lives, getting on his high horse about how Newcastle gets its money. Get in the fucking bin.

I don't mind 3CBs at all from starting as it's more about intent. It's when you switch from a 4 to a 5 to try and hold a lead where it can sometimes get caught out.

Wonder if it's because he has to concentrate on the contact more, his first time crossing in particular is excellent.

Grealish must be close to a recall so you could be right.

Spell at Berwick Rangers at the start of his career too.

I mean they won't be a rabble, but you have to go there thinking you'll win given the squads and budgets. Can see another 0-0 though.