Clever Fox

I'm guessing the thinking was not to risk Iversen getting injured as we're looking to sell him in January. So lets go with Ward and see how good he is. When in fact putting Iversen in the shop Window might have been the best thing to do giving the pasting we took all game. We're never selling Ward with the Salary he's on. We really do need to get so much smarter when handing out Contracts. We really do.

who ever signed off on that should be sacked. It means they got Maddison for 15 million and we got nothing out of that deal.

On the plus side Ruud now knows how bad Ward is for himself.

To be fair to Newcastle, They've been right at it from the off.

No His first 2 touches were to pick it out of the Net.

Everyone's lost confidence with Ward in Goal.

I just knew Wards first touch would be picking the Ball out of the Goal.

Another training ground Goal.

It looks like Ruud is willing to thow this game to get a look at Ward.

I think Cooper broke his confidence Now he's not sure what to do. I'm sure Ruud will get him playing again.

Yes possibly, but we just dont have the options on the Bench. In midfiled he might surprise a few people with less pressure on him.

As bad as the Ref is Var is even worse when it's supposed to correct mistakes.

We knew it was going to be tough with so many injuries to key players. And we still have a chance to get back into it.

Facundo for Hamza or even Faes to get a grip on the Ball.

Who's left ?

On the plus side we cant get any worse second half. Ruud will sort it out at HT.

Hamza again

We need Mav to get on the Ball more to relieve the pressure.

A training ground Goal.

The forwards are getting very poor support from midfield.

Yes nearly as bad as us, Though a lot of ours can be attrbuted to Coopers Tactics. Ruud has done the right thing in going for experience at the back with what he has to pick from. This is making us a bit tighter. The loss of Wilf and Soumare might hurt us , I'd go with Faes in front of the back 4 with Skipp as they'll both put a foot in and are not too slow. I just fancy Mav to get a Goal today, Hopefully the winner but I'd take a Draw right now.

While I'm enclined to agree, Vardy I feel is going to run him close. Let's wait and see.

Newcastle have been as generous as us at the back this season. It's Christmas maybe they'll give us an early present. We can get at them I fancy Vards and Mav to score today. Get the Party started early.

This is exactly the point. He's going to be highly coveted in the Summer assuming he doesn't pick up an injury. I'd love for him to stay here for years to come. But I also wanted Enzo to stay also for a long time too. Sadly that's how football is right now. Contracts mean little. Maybe just, RVN might encourage him to stay longer. We live in hope.

Looking at them the other night there Keeper was very poor and that's not the only time he's cost them in games. Emery is serious about winning things there and won't put up with mediocrity. Wheather Villa would pay the money for Mads is another thing, But I'm sure Emery would love to have him at Villa.