Steve Earle

There's no reason to wait until January to begin negotiations...

Pubs?

Belllingham klaxon incoming!

My guess is 3-4 changes. One fresh CB, Ricardo, Praet or Casadei starting, Albrighton maybe too.

Again, I'm sure you've read that somewhere, I'm not sure I have. But I'd agree and expected them to be our no. 8s this season. Obviously Praet's wet-biscuit-like muscular skeletal system undermines that a bit. Still though he'd make the bench at Wednesday & WBA when declared fit in the two pressers...

Not disputing your belief, but do we know that? Evidence?

Every time I see one of these I’m whisked back into the nightmare ends to 2019-20 & 2020-21, when statistically it was ‘almost impossible’ not to qualify for the Champions League. Alas, we know what happened. Twice.

No need to agree with me on the ‘best’ bit, but surely you can see PL quality there?

Winks? You remember him…our best player?

So, anybody up to talking tactics yet, in the tactics thread?

Only saw the second half but I agree. Was that our worst 45 of the season so far? I’m afraid Yunus is turning out to be this years Perez.

Sorry - I’m on my laptop not my tv?

Just got in so apologies if this has been raised before: I can’t get the match on the red button? I’m being directed to subscribe to Now tv. Is this user error by me or have Sky - again - moved the goalposts?

Hermansen Ricardo Faes JJ Winks KDH Fatawu Seven - at least - ain’t a bad start. McAteer, Coady, Yunus, Mavididi, Ndidi, Cannon, Stolarczyk all might be good enough. But absolutely, it’ll be a big summer, whichever league we’re in.

You do realise you posted this on FT @sphericalfox?

I haven’t seen any of the match @StriderHiryu but noticed one or two sensible posters in the match thread suggesting we looked leggy or tired rather than complacent. Thoughts? Has Enzo rotated enough?!?

Not gonna lie, it’s not what it was when I was younger.

Any news on Yunus’s absence?

If he’s going to be what you hope he’ll be @StriderHiryu then he’s going to have to improve - significantly - his first touch, his decision-making and develop a useable right foot. He’s the most one-footed player we’ve had since Schlupp. I just can’t see it. But remember, I was the one who saw McAteer play for Wimbledon last season and confidently pronounced he’d never make it at PL or even Championship level!

Watch it again and it’s illustrative of the tiredness we’d induced in PNE. Iheanacho plays the pass to Albrighton and sprints towards the box, leaving at least three PNE players chugging in his wake, like Tielemans chasing a referee!