PaddockLad

Well… funny you should mention that

Yes. Hes utterly full of shit. He said it was a done deal then belatedly the other night said “unless someone else came in offering more money”

Back 3 + wingbacks with central defender picking up between the lines ie KDB on Saturday = Terry Venables befamed @Christmas Tree formation 😀

The Bruce factor is huge. I can only think of one game when it was tried. When Bruno gets banned it’s happening iyam 🤷🏻‍♂️

The PL are preparing a fudge on Man City, guilty on some not guilty on others so a points deduction for the season they eventually present their defence and a heavy fine. Can’t see them being stripped of their titles, that would make the PL look utterly fuckin incompetent

Actually are we seeing some sort of “Southgate Factor” coming into play here?

Odds on KP’s next club… I can only presume Palace are willing to buy him too because at 7 mill for 17 games I’d be expecting him to guarantee a champions league spot for Palace who are currently 19 points adrift of Arsenal who occupy fourth Would the 7 mill come off any transfer fee? FWIW I think if he’s still at Man City around 28th January and we’re his preferred move we might get him…Man City might drop the fee a bit and let him go without the obligation 🤷🏻‍♂️

Heeeeeerrrrrrrresss Luke!

Gillespie was injured Swapping Clark for Batty Fazackerly leaving for Blackburn at Christmas Lack of title run in experience are your top 4 reasons IN ORDER for NUFC not winning the title in 95/96 . All other suggestions are wrong

HES A YORKSHIREMAN THA KNOWS

I get they broke the rules but for the love of fuck the rules are fuckin bent

In the pic that Gloom posted do we only have two pressing though? Wouldn’t a 6 just change the problem rather than solve it?… Wouid a player like Jorginho at Arsenal give you the best of both worlds as far as that can go? He’s hardly played this season as far as I can make out, hugely experienced, has won trophies domestically and on the world stage

If you play a Davey Mac figure you’re completely altering the core way we play by not having 3 on the press in the centre of the park though. If it’s a choice between a midfielder and a 6 who can play a bit this month I’d take the keeper tbh

Even at the shitty Sunday league level we played at (same core players for about 15 years) where the defensive line should be was the thing we argued most about. It cropped at our annual Christmas piss up too, we’ve not played for the best part of twenty years

😳 https://www.britannica.com/topic/stigmata

Earlier this month I said a keeper was a priority but now accept that it’s highly unlikely we get one with a similar skill set and quality as Pope in this or virtually any other January window. I was harsh on Dubs around the Spurs/Everton games when he first came in but he has improved hugely since then and was great at the weekend. But we’re now seeing Pope’s true worth to the side 👍

So that space that De Bruyne ran into for his goal, do we think that space is a lot smaller if Pope is stood at the edge of his area and Sven & Fab are 7-10 yards further up the pitch? 🤔 for me that does have KDB running down a blind alley because I think Sven easily gets a tackle in but there would be a massive gap in behind for Man City to exploit..

Aye gives us a chance to give Fulham a firm fuckin pulverising in the cup

Eddie Howe should sort that though, it’s all on him 🤷🏻‍♂️😒

Good read. Brings into sharp focus injury issues https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/newcastle-eddie-howe-premier-league-season-b2478461.html

“ Xg prevented” graphic applying to goal keepers graphic just appeared on Sky before kick off… what the fuckin hell are they trying to suggest with that bullshit? Asking for a (close) friend Oh Hojland has scored

From my cousin last night, brought up in Gorton….fair to say he was shite for both sides 😆