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And adding injury to insult Lascelles gone, owing the knock he picked up from the earlier Wilson shove.

Defense asleep for that set piece.

Rico, absolute dive there. Wilson has bulked up since his fullback days with us.

Agree, no doubt VAR looked at it and decided they couldn't add to the on-field decision. Lucky it wasn't a nasty injury in the end.

He was offside. Didn't need to be either.

Especially when his post implies he didn't even watch the game.

Not for us dropping 2 points, more from not wanting to give them anything for a match they deserve nothing from.

Almiron taking the piss there, hit the fucking ball.

Time waiting in the 81st minute, what could go wrong?

Oh no...

Great free kick Jonjo.

Liverpool behind at the half to Villa. Perhaps more shockingly Man City at home behind to Southampton. Can see Liverpool going on to win 3 or 4 to 1. Never know what to expect with Man City.

Should have been 3. Almiron is never going to score is he? Leicester would have had 9 by now.

Too much time I reckon. Yedlin's crossing is tragic.

West Ham totally rattled. We're in a defender goal scoring frenzy. First time all season we've scored more than one.

Clark really is a dangerous player for set pieces. Can we give half of that assist to Joelinton and half to Almiron for winning the free kick?

Pfft, tactics, the biggest conspiracy in modern football. Next thing you'll be asking about strategy you absolute lunatic!

Apparently "Rafa Benitez came in to raid his old club, taking Saloman Rondon to China".

Hayden and Shelvey are the perfect midfield pairing for a match where there are no expectations. Analysing their team I've decided that Declan Rice is a caricature of Ciaran Clark.

Can anyone confirm whether there is a game on?

Built a bit of pressure and nice cross from Fernandez to Lascelles... such an odd combination.

Posession prediction 30%. Result prediction 0-1.

It was a well weighted pass, sure Joelinton stuffed it up but it was the right pass to make.

Wrong thread

The most likely event preceding a sale of NUFC is the failing of Sports Direct. If that happens Ashley will want cash in a hurry and it removes the reciprocal benefit to him through free advertising. In the meantime I'm not bothered by us being relegated, principally because if we stay up it's an endorsement of the way Ashley is running the club because that is all he's interested in. Controlling the purse strings as tightly as possible whilst maintaining premier league status. If you support Bruce and the club in a traditional sense at this stage you too are passively endorsing the way the club is being run.