Howay

What a way to treat their best manager in basically a decade, it’s not exactly a shock that decent players and managers aren’t desperate to play for them given that’s their usual reaction to any ex-staff.

Bewwwwwww! Really showing how close they are to the PL level.

Agree, it’s costing us points and has been for a while now. If he goes with Wilson again next week I’m completely confused by what we’re doing. We’ve spent 100m between Isak and Gordon and there is currently almost an avoidance to play them together. Imo we need Gordon, Bruno, and Isak on next week together, Almiron needs dropped as well - I know most will say ASM but my pick would be Murphy, he’s been bright when he’s come on recently and deserves a crack.

Thought we were decent again but it’s the same old story, we’re not taking our chances and out opponents are. The misses by Wilson and Joelinton were fucking disgraceful. Wilson absolutely needs dropped, he’s got 1 goal in 14 games and his all round play is fucking embarrassing. I thought before the game Howe got that call wrong (same as the final) and seeing Isak when he come on proved it. Wilson cannot start next game his constant missing of chances is fucking killing us man.

I’m not sure what his wage is but the positive with him is his transfer fee is basically fully amortized for FFP, since it was only 1 year of amortization left and I think that’s now amortized over his new deal so his only FFP hit is pretty much wages which is a decent position for any player on our books.

Amazing isn’t it. I agree it just doesn’t feel real, it’s absolutely mental that we’re discussing the points needed/form of clubs around us in relation to the CL when this time last year we were discussing it in relation to relegation, and the most unreal bit is we’ve barely even started yet in terms of money spent or improvement of facilities etc.

They’re going nowhere tbh. The journalists pushing the MUFC/LFC purchase angle are missing the key fucking point over and over again, it’s the same thing that Simon Jordon on talkSPORT keeps missing when he’s tying himself in knots calling MUFC/LFC massive historic clubs and that MCFC/NUFC are nobodies with loadsamoney. We’re the project that makes sense to them, that’s why PSG/MCFC/NUFC were the clubs bought as they’re all perennial underachievers and the ownership is bigger than us in the wider football world, when Man City win titles the ownership is praised/discussed etc, the same people wank off about how Manchester United owners are only seen as stewards of the club and that Man Utd is bigger than them - that’s precisely why they don’t make sense as an option. If Manchester United win a title who fucking cares? Half the cunts that attended the league cup final from their support didn’t even stick around to watch the trophy being raised, who discussed who owned Man Utd through the Ferguson era? It only mattered when they stopped winning and the whinging started, that’s not attractive to a ‘sportswashing’ project.

If anyone ever questions media bias all that has to be shown is the way NUFC under Ashley were discussed v MUFC under Glazers. When we were protesting and the fans were demanding the club be allowed to spend what it generates the media called us deluded coming out with things like “do they want Ashley to pay out of his own pocket? That’s absurd” yet when the money Manchester United spend is brought up the argument is legitimately “that’s what the club generates, the owners contribute nothing”. Fucking insanity.

Spot on, the PL fully know and understand ffs they knew MBS wouldn’t go through with their owner test so they used it to block the move until the piracy stuff was cleared. I don’t know why these fucking tedious journalists have to do this faux outrage every time something we know will happen happens. They’re all just gutted it’s us that was bought really, hence the amount of “will you sell NUFC and buy either Liverpool or Man U now they’re for sale” questions our ownership are still fucking getting. That’s despite it being blatant as fuck the Glazers and FSG were pulling an Ashley with their whole “we’re selling the club” shite. I’m just taking the path of ignoring them really, it’s clear the group of journalists that smell their own farts and think they’re some type of investigative war/political journalists aren’t worth paying attention to.

To be fair that’s a luxury beer in Sunderland, the huckles posting in that thread would be drinking Kestrel extra strength, or tesco brand lager maybe mixed with blue drink, so they probably don’t encounter Carslberg much.

I’m personally looking to the Wolves match as an indicator, Man City away is a horrendous fixture and we won’t set up like we will against the majority. If we see a team against wolves that plays with the aggression and powerful running as we’ve seen in the past, along with signs that Isak and Gordon are integrating (both should absolutely start imo) then I’ll be positive about our CL place chances. I agree missing top 4 this year would feel like a missed chance given we’ve been there most the season, it would help us accelerate the project as well, but if we do miss out I’m not too worried for our future chances as the points tally always seems to hover around the same mark each season and teams will always go on weird runs. I think we’re in a decent position and although I wanted us to bring a CM in in January I’m excited to see what Gordon and Isak bring to the side when Bruno is involved.

Oh no an 8th place finish in the PL what a complete disaster, only one spot behind their best ever PL finish .

The mackems can enjoy today, the fact is we got there the same weekend they lost to Coventry - levels. The above tweets are another thing they’ll never see, ex players coming to see the club.

Aye, as I say if that’s them being brilliant we’ve fucking nothing to fear going into future seasons. Once we have a team that are all Bruno/Trippier quality we will fucking dust that lot.

Aye, they basically used cynical fouls as their defence the entire first half and the ref didn’t do a single thing to stop it. They spent a large part of the second time wasting, it’ll of course all go unmentioned. Story of a lot of the games we’ve had this season we were decent and controlled stretches of play but we just lack quality. We’re a work in progress and today hurts but honestly that lot are nothing whatsoever to fear.

I think it’s only 1 he misses as it was a non-violent incident, not 100% mind

Nice save by Karius to deny that ugly little skip rat

If we can add some quality in the summer this lot are fucking nothing at all to fear.

What an absolute shit player Anthony is btw. Ten bore spending 100m on that isn’t brought up enough.

This is what I hope. The performance today has been more like we looked prior to the semi final. We’ve been the better side imo today but we just lack the quality in key areas to make that final pass.

Ref is shocking, to underline the bias these cunts get on comes Sabitzer who put a knee height tackle in last week with no repercussions.

ASM never lifts his head does he

This ref is shocking mind. He’s just allowed them to rack up cynical foul after cynical foul and has no interest in booking them. Fred should have had about 3 yellows by now.