Toonjam88 Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 8 minutes ago, ryanegg said: Can't say that 3 games in. Would you have said that after the effort on Monday night? The only reason we have the points we have is one man Isak he should he hounded. I honestly hate him. I’ve never hated a player this much Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
cubaricho Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 1 hour ago, ryanegg said: Can't say that 3 games in. Would you have said that after the effort on Monday night? Absolutely this. As long as we’re clicking before the CL starts this season could be amazing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jewel Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 2 hours ago, huss9 said: now looks like this season is going to be more of a transitional one rather than the transformational one we (and Eddie) thought it would be. Nope. Top 5 absolutely still has to be the aim, and it is more than achievable. The likes of Spurs, Manure and Aston Villa don't look any better than we do. Hopefully, once the window closes, we can settle down and start to hit our stride. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt1892 Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 4 hours ago, Jewel said: Nope. Top 5 absolutely still has to be the aim, and it is more than achievable. The likes of Spurs, Manure and Aston Villa don't look any better than we do. Hopefully, once the window closes, we can settle down and start to hit our stride. We are only 2 points down on last season against the same opposition, so plenty of time to get this right. Champions League has to be the aim again, but we need the window to shut tomorrow so we can see what we have to work with. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 The formation never worked against Everton and that was with Isak playing. I look at the Everton wide players Ndiaye, Grealish and Dibling all offer something different. We had electrifying pace in Gordon did we need to replicate that on the right? For all Ramsey looked ok yesterday is he what we needed for 40 million? The lad from Leicester was completely different and available. Howe has doubled down on his approach this summer, if it works great, but if it doesn’t he’ll rightly face questions. After 3 games we look devoid of creativity, think a lot hanging on big Nick already. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbandit Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 Jacob Ramsey has offered a huge amount in terms of creativity. As long as he’s not picked up an injury I’m not concerned about creativity at all once we get a proper striker in. We’ve also seen the welcome return of the Bruno slide rule pass and we have Tino on the left beating his man to cross in and Elanga beating his man and crossing in from the right. Elanga will get a lot of assists this season once we have Woltemade playing Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 (edited) 7 minutes ago, Whitley mag said: After 3 games we look devoid of creativity, think a lot hanging on big Nick already. That's just not true, we bossed Villa and the dippers (with 10 men) we just had no cutting edge, yesterday was our first truly poor performance, but even then we had another clean sheet away from home (where the home team are unbeaten for 20 odd games). Edited August 31, 2025 by Toonpack Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 Just now, Toonpack said: That's just not true, we bossed Villa and the dippers (with 10 men) we just had no cutting edge, yesterday was our first truly poor performance, but even then we had another clean sheet away from home (where the home team are unbeaten for 20 odd games). We bossed them without creating exactly my point. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toonpack Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 Just now, Whitley mag said: We bossed them without creating exactly my point. Bollocks, we bossed them and missed the chances we created. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 Some of you really need to not judge players on a 3 game start where the striker was untested kid and a winger. If the midfield is still struggling once there are actual recognised forwards playing for an extended period then sure. But for now it makes no sense to pay attention to anything they're doing. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitley mag Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 Just now, Toonpack said: Bollocks, we bossed them and missed the chances we created. We created next to nowt apart from when Elanga was clear through against Villa. Against Liverpool one Joelinton half chance when it was 11 v 11? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 It's frustrating that the first 3 games seemed to be an extension of pre-season with trying different things (shit set piece routines specifically) and changing formation for a newly promoted side which didn't exactly help turn the momentum, we still haven't won a single game be it friendly or competitive other than the behind closed doors kick about against Carlisle. But also, the team does look fit and ready to compete and there is still a long season ahead of us. i just hope that they use the international break to plan in advance the hectic period that comes after it and how to approach each game in an aggressive manner. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 13 minutes ago, Newcastle Fan said: an extension of pre-season with trying different things (shit set piece routines specifically) and changing formation I don't understand why every time we play the 3-5-2, some people go on like it's the first time we've played it. The first time I can recall was in that 4-0 against Spurs in the RNID game. We used it in both legs against Arsenal to good effect, Chelsea where Jackson got sent off, Everton (where we were shite). It's clearly something we work on, but the results so far are admittedly quite mixed. The manager wants to use the squad in what's going to be a grueling season, it's not 'experimenting'. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newcastle Fan Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 3 minutes ago, Yorkie said: I don't understand why every time we play the 3-5-2, some people go on like it's the first time we've played it. The first time I can recall was in that 4-0 against Spurs in the RNID game. We used it in both legs against Arsenal to good effect, Chelsea where Jackson got sent off, Everton (where we were shite). It's clearly something we work on, but the results so far are admittedly quite mixed. The manager wants to use the squad in what's going to be a grueling season, it's not 'experimenting'. It's a good formation to play when you are expecting the other side to go at you and you will try and hit them on the counter, worked perfectly in the 2nd leg against Arsenal last year and in other games. However against Leeds in a game where you really need to play three points it was the wrong choice and it showed a bit of lack of confidence in our preferred formation that usually works so well for us. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkie Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 8 minutes ago, Newcastle Fan said: It's a good formation to play when you are expecting the other side to go at you and you will try and hit them on the counter, worked perfectly in the 2nd leg against Arsenal last year and in other games. However against Leeds in a game where you really need to play three points it was the wrong choice and it showed a bit of lack of confidence in our preferred formation that usually works so well for us. I don't disagree with that. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Gleebals Posted August 31, 2025 Share Posted August 31, 2025 Strange decisions yesterday, but he will learn, as he always does. Window needs to shut now, and hopefully Isak will go. We can then forget qbout this shit and get the new lads settled in. International break has come at a good time for us. Hopefully clear the injuries and plays can work on a few things before we get going again. Not a brilliant start to the season, but with Isak situation, it's hardly a suprise. Baring injuries, we have a much stronger squad now, whatever way you look at it. And it's way to early to be judging any of the new lads. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Turnbull2000 Posted September 1, 2025 Share Posted September 1, 2025 (edited) The owners don't deserve you, Eddie. Fuck all news on stadium, fuck all on new training ground, fuck all on CEO/DoF hierarchy, fuck all on critical sponsorships. It would have been 6-7th at best with no trophy these past three seasons without him. Edited September 1, 2025 by Turnbull2000 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Prophet Posted September 1, 2025 Share Posted September 1, 2025 To be fair, I'd imagine he wanted Isak gone. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
r0cafella Posted September 1, 2025 Share Posted September 1, 2025 Naah the guy is a genius and has played his game to perfection. I wouldn't ever cross him. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
toon25 Posted September 1, 2025 Share Posted September 1, 2025 He's frankly the only person keeping me connected with the game at this point Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gallowgate Toon Posted September 1, 2025 Share Posted September 1, 2025 Hoping we get some more of his real feelings in the next presser to put some closure on it. He invested a lot of time into Isak and was ultimately repaid by being treated like a piece of shit. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
duo Posted September 1, 2025 Share Posted September 1, 2025 PIF better explain the reasoning behind the sale should not be left to Eddie Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skeletor Posted September 1, 2025 Share Posted September 1, 2025 1 minute ago, duo said: PIF better explain the reasoning behind the sale should not be left to Eddie You already know it will be. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kid Icarus Posted September 1, 2025 Share Posted September 1, 2025 All that pandering bollocks Howe and Bruno had to come out with, presumably to hold Isak's value, only for the club to drop it £25m themselves. Howe may as well have called him a cunt. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Menace Posted September 1, 2025 Share Posted September 1, 2025 2 hours ago, toon25 said: He's frankly the only person keeping me connected with the game at this point Pretty much. FFP, social media, "baller", labubus, everyone becoming an expert in spreadsheet FC - it's all boring. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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