The Fish

The longer they're away from the top flight, the harder it is to get back. Even if they get promoted to the Championship. The squad they've got left is nowhere near good enough for a promotion push. How long do you think they'll be away from the Premier League?

I think it's churlish to say it hasn't been broken when we don't know what the performance targets are. If it's "win a cup" then yeah it's not going to be broken. If it's help the club stay up, you'd have to say it's likely.

Benitez seems to like the 3 CBs though and when that's arguably our strongest position it makes sense to keep using it. Can't imagine we're going to change to a 4-4-2, or owt.

They made few good chances, we kept them at arms reach for the majority of the game. Stopped them getting in behind us and congested the area in front of Dubravka's goal. We deserved to win because we stymied their attack and looked dangerous on the counter.

Atsu, Ritchie, Kenedy + Almiron and this Barreca kid can both apparently play as attacking wide men too. Mind you, do we really play with out and out 2 wingers? I've thought it was wingbacks and two attacking midfielders who start fairly central? If I'm right you can add Muto and Perez to the above.

What the fuck do you want, you Rumbelow’s Ramsay?

Don't fucking mention him, he'll turn up with a brand new account on twitter just to demand why I have held you lot to account.

Turned on him quicker than Gemmil did Souness.

What's the point in you?

Is being put in a headlock and pulled to the ground, now a yellow card offence?

Good result for Newcastle and a good result for me. Put a few quid on Spurs and BTTS

I cannot understand the anger that some of them have whenever a Newcastle fan posts something in a thread about Newcastle. If you're that bothered, just put the poster on ignore.

Has that young lad Maja told them to fuck off yet?

Aye Cardiff and Huddersfield comfortably the worst two teams in the division. But the former have just spent £18m on a striker, which could change their woeful attack into something resembling competence. It's insane that we're not spending money.

What's happened? apart from the 3 goals?

HELP!

SCHAR?

Hesgoal.com is down too. Anyone got a link at all?

That is a weak as fuck bench

Good to see every game of Football Manager ever, played out in real life. Of course it makes sense to scout far and wide for emerging talent, nurturing them and selling them on for massive profits, I mean of course it does! Ashley (or his advisors) perhaps saw that and wanted Carr to replicate it, but he didn't have sense to employ a manager who would nurture that talent properly. Nor did he have the ambition to push for more than mere survival. By the way "According to Zorc" sounds like a 90's Alt-rock band.

Rich people famously don't give a shit about millions of pounds.

Longstaff is surely ahead of Hayden now?

Not our fault Blackburn can't afford the VAR setup.

One thing I've never really got is the need of fans of other clubs with shit owners to downplay Ashley's shitness. As if the Venky's clusterfuck is diminished by talk about Ashley's. Shouldn't they lump on, raise the issue on a broader platform? The Venkys, Dutchalet(sp?) Oyston, Ashley and so on, these are all men who shouldn't own a piece of the local community because they're irresponsible custodians. You wouldn't entrust the running of the local historical monuments to them because you know they'd ruin them, why is it ok for them to run a football club? The other fans should be joining in protests, they should be working together to oust bad owners throughout the league.

Shelvey, Ki, both out, Diame a doubt. I refuse to endure this shit.