Alex Jones

People who have been in football a long time will know who a former Newcastle and England manager is yes

I reckon that display was cancelled as Keegan decided not to attend. He’s said before he wouldn’t want to come back in case it threw off the current manager- and Howe was under pressure when it was rumoured to be happening

Of course they do

Side swaz

Well you asked what people on here think not what the chairman or the board thinks

Was still the priority for every fan though wasn’t it? What your asking is do you want your team to win which is a stupid question

All football clubs exist to make people happy by winning something

It’s what happens when there’s no good news stories. If you stand still you go backwards. It’s probably over blown but the club need a better plan in place to progress. It’s time to make some changes

I think your probably right- but most teams will sit deep against us given our recent issues

Tonali has to play mind

If they sit deep we need more creativity

Yes- or we sell some players then go again. We probably do need to do that. Make Bruno more likely to go than Isak imo since we paid so much more for Isak.

Player plus cash never happens. Could see Willock / Barnes / Miggy / Trippier / Wilson making way for an Eze/Kudos level player tho. Do think we’re better off looking abroad even if there’s more risk

Can’t play like that against a side that sit deep mind

Can you see anyone paying up for them is the question surely? Selling might let us refresh the squad

I really feel that if we get 1/2 players who like possession we’ll be great. Need a RW and I’d like a creative No.10.

Think it worked better as we didn’t have all the ball- still think we need a different model for games we’ll dominate- which should be most games

Not convinced by Gordon through the middle tbh.

433 doesn’t fit having so much of the ball and it doesn’t fit out mid field. Lack of a right sided threat does become a bigger problem when we play with the ball too. We are only good when we’re countering basically and the only teams that will let us do that should smash us anyway

It would be concerning if we were in a relegation scrap. We’re meant to be gunning for Europe but look miles off it.

Not being Wilson on makes sense but why you wouldn’t just put Osula on is the question

Chelsea had to sell I guess- but I was thinking more that the current owners just switch around some technicalities and nothing really changes

Wouldn’t the forced sale likely just be to a company set up by PIF making it basically redundant anyway

How could we not draw the man who ran like a horse in a man costume

The players seemed over confident to me- Gordon trying stupid flicks to no one and so many sloppy ‘Hollywood’ balls

Too many international breaks meaning we have to have the shit start to a season on repeat

He’s still obviously our best striker- but he’s not been the same this season has he? I hope he’s not looking to leave!

I thought we’d win 4-0. Shite.

Agree- they only pick the underdogs in Europe because the bigger team isn’t actually the biggest fan base watching. They don’t even seem to like a giant killing in the FA Cup these days if it’s a team who play in red

They’ll be better weeks to use it- getting it right in a double game week will do it