Dahnsouff

Transfer season approaching. Just saying.

People just waiting for Danny Ward to play to let their demons out. He really was not the problem yesterday, as shite as he is.

Less traffic with a more robust midfield would lessen the problem, but yeah, our defence is poor, just not as poor as our midfield with todays personnel.

You do not get players like Winks and Ndidi as third or fourth choice unless you are a bigger draw, so you absolutely do get players like Choudury in those third or fourth slots. Maybe some older or younger lads?

**** it, put Alves in goal if Mads is injured.

I think it is oddly encouraging, as the defence really isn’t the issue, it’s the midfield.

Mate. That's Danny Ward.

Mav has been embarrassing

Justin keeps pointing backwards, reckon he has PTSD

Oh my days - its a gimme....

This game was always likely to be a punt without our three best midfielders. Shame, would have been nice to keep momentum going, still never say never.....

Just saying that with everyone fit and not suspended, Hamza is at most 4th choice (With a following wind). That we should not spend money on someone who is 1st or 2nd choice to save us having to play Hamza just for these occasions. Maybe that is what we tried to do with Skipp

For 25m it was not an unreasonable expectation to be fair!

He is poor compared to those we are without, but to suggest he is a worse DM than Facundo is hilarious Maybe play Faes as DM?

Maybe but its not he first or even second choice is it?

Newcastle full gas until they looked shot towards the end of that half, I agree, lets see how they and we are second half

We basically have no midfield, at least none of any use anyway - shame as we had some momentum

The second half?

Short on numbers in midfield, up to you Ruud to pull something out the bag!

No, but he is good enough to be third choice

My apologies, my sense of humour has deserted me of late. Suspect it may pass, or get substantially worse, once my son finishes his GCSE’s in the Summer.

Nah, I live in Berkshire and it’s jolly nice is all…

Bitch

Feels quite entrenched, as he is never (Like, ever) going to be a gut busting fast marauding player, but in his recent performances he has been strong, progressive and generally a benefit to the team with winning the ball back, seeing the passes, getting back to break up attacks, all of which is a significant improvement on his previous outings! Maybe the expectations have become so low that I am expecting to little, so any improvement is nigh on mind blowing, but even if so, it has been an improvement!

This depends on how nice your replacement pants are. Surely.