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Murohy This might just be one of them days

Schar for Botman. Honestly thought Burn was the one needing replacement today but Botman needs the time off I guess

Willock would have been a decent option here if in any kind of form.

Need to change something. Too many players look off it. They will tire in the second half but at this rate we wont be in the game by then.

Bruno playing like he did at the start of the season

Burns passing has been horrendous too today, rubbish

FFS Bruno man wtf

Get innnnnnnnnn

Wow. We are still in the dressing room ,wake up lads

Ugggh.....

Yoro, supposed to be the next Ferdinand, getting his arse absolutely handed to him tonight by the mighty Southampton

Whatever happens this has been glorious Oh Ten Hag you absolute legend the damage you've done will take years to fix

On another positive note looks like Howe is gradually letting Osula into the side. That goal in the cup will have done his confidence wonders, if he can get another goal or two and continue to improve in the next few weeks that will be a massive boost for our CL chances. On the whole we should have enough to stay in CL contention till the end of the season. Add a possible cup final to that and it's a brilliant season especially considering we've done the sum of feck all in the last few windows. The blip will come no doubt, but these lads have got good heads and they will bounce back. It's been a few years now but I still can't believe the standard of football and quality of people we now have at this club, honestly never thought I'd ever see it. Those clips of matches people still post from a few years back, "on this day 3 years ago" and so on, reminds you of the utter half arsed dross we've often had to endure here. So yeah, those saying just enjoy it are absolutely spot on. I don't think there's negative connotations to it anymore for us though. Maybe Forrest are thinking right now this won't last, a bit like Leceister. I think it's diffferent for us now because of the tone and ambition from the top of course but also because this squad and manager have gone through crippling challenges and come straight back. Our best players seem to have really bought into the idea what it means to play here and what any real success can do for their legacy. A trophy for Newcastle will make them legends, one for say Liverpool or City will be great but they'll be forgotten about in 3 years. I think they get that. I just Howe and this current squad actually win one, whatever else lies in the clubs future, because they've worked their socks off and deserve it. Nufc being Nufc I totally get the feeling that disaster is right around the corner but it's starting to feel different now, slowly.

Well considering all the news seems to point to us rejecting Kelly bids and finally getting the Almiorn deal done, we can see whose thought process here matches that of the football pros.

What an incredible athlete Tonali is man Up and down the pitch in the 97th minute as if it's a cup final and not a 3-0 game at home

Oh dear, another let off. Luck on our side today. Great save from Dubravka but that really should have been turned in

Murphy needed to pass that to Gordon, took too long

Brilliant ball from Bruno. Isak was never missing from there. Quality suff

Ooof lucky let off there

Get innn

Yeah the point is not that the cover HAS to be Kelly, but that there must be cover. If there's someone coming in fair enough.

Defences constantly getting in behind us and targeting lack of pace at the back was a recurring theme for many weeks, not just the Forrest game. I don't blame Burn for it at all, it's just an example of how quickly things can turn in football and we didn't have the resources to adapt. Kelly is the only other defender we have now from that point. Targett is the Wilson of LBs. Trippier seems to be past it. Lascelles and Krafth are injury prone. Schar and Burn are getting on. Botman just returned from a potentially career threatening injury. This is why Howe went for Kelly. Unless we have a replacement we keep him.

Manage is a strong word. Forgotten how easily teams were getting past us at the back around this time last year? There were a number of reasons for that of course but remember we are one Hall injury or suspension away from Dan Burn at left back which means the likes of Chris Wood scoring hat tricks for fun at SJP. And are we really okay with leaving the CL charge to Lascelles if it comes down to it. Things are going well right now but ffs you have to be prepared in football. Yes we do need a forward but sell your deadwood midfielders/forwards to get him not essential defensive backup.

Yeah no way we're doing this unless Mitchell already has a replacement CB identified that we can immediately bring in. Not after the Guehi fiasco and not when 2 of your backup CBs are constantly injured and one starter has just come back from a year out. We've all been crying out for a forward for a while, I'm sure the club is aware of the need too But that money has got to come from selling Longstaff/Miggy etc.