As soon as the 3 teams were drawn in Group F, I knew we'd be the 4th. Nightmare scenario for qualification at first look but Colly makes a valid point.

If we win our home games and pick up a point or 2 away we're comfortably through.

Yes, but Lascelles (or Burn) coming in at CB is stronger than Manquillo/Krafth coming in at RB IMO. But agree we do need a better quality CB for cover / first team. Disagree with this one, especially at RCB where Burn would be out of place and Lascelles nowhere near good enough . Neither Manquillo ...

Gavardiol heading to Man C, rumours that Laporte will leave. Would be an absolutely class signing for us, not that we're linked or rumoured to be interested. Whilst he would be a ridiculously good signing, he's a LCB the same as Botman so doesn't fit 'what we need'. For some reason, 2 left footed p...

Are they trying to reduce demand by giving people no control over price? Seems like a tonedeaf way to handle this, especially with the cost of living crisis, etc. Surely it's not hard offer people entering the ballot a choice to which price bands they're willing to be included for? I'm sure there w...

Ticket news has been announced for the Villa game. Members enter a ballot and if successful they will be randomly allocated a seat that could be worth between £44 and £74. Really poor from the club.

For the grand ol' sum of 3 Jelly beans and a packet of space raiders <erk> The people running us aren't stupid. There will be more to it than we see. Sale clauses, loans/players back, something else that we may not even hear about. I think the public information released (ie just the fee) has to be...

Donkey Toon wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 21, 2023 1:54 pm

Gutted for Bairstow. Stranded on 99 not out after an absolutely phenomenal knock.

Great knock from him. Feel like we'll regret not declaring earlier though!

I find our fans incredible (on twitter, not on here) with how they criticise him. They complain that he loses the ball too often but also complain that Miggy and the incoming Harvey Barnes never beat a man. Maxi loses the ball but also completes more dribbles than anybody else in the league. He crea...

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Fri Jul 21, 2023 9:28 am

Big Frank , sorry guys, he's a notorious twitter WUM. But that would be f***ing hilarious if it actually happened.

To be fair, there's 3 posts including tweets from Burnsie on the same page.

Not heard all of it but similarities with Dyer. He suffered abuse as a child and other traumas, would be unimaginable as to how much that could destroy your entire life. When he was playing nobody had any idea and he was widely labelled as a brat, tosser etc but goes to show nobody knows peoples ba...

Apparently this Axel Disasi agrees personal terms with Newcastle United On Barnes i'll admit i was having second thoughts on signing him due to a convo i had but i always liked him and wanted him here. What Benny said in response to that made me think and if he wasn't a player that wouldn't fit our...

It's harsh to say it doesn't suit him when he's had minimal opportunity in those games though. He also has to deal with 2 defenders on him at least at all times as our LB doesn't overlap or create space. Disagree with this part, Burn often overlaps but rarely receives the ball, and usually ends up ...

Max on his own will win the constructor and driver title. Great battles up and down the grid yesterday after the chaos caused by the safety car. Was gutted for Gasly and his DNF as he'd been looking quite strong and on for a points finish. Stroll got two penalty points for his actions which is fair...

I agree he'd be a decent signing, Saint Max as you said gets hyped up a little hasn't really done that much overall and is made of glass at times, I think he'll be heading out soon as well as Fraser Yeah I think he'll be off. I don't want to make it sound like I'm dismissing him or anything, withou...

Sacked! Would loved to have seen his reaction when he was told! <yikes> Forest Green Rovers have named Hannah Dingley as their new caretaker boss, making her the first woman to manage a professional men's team in English football. Good luck to her. I'm sure social media is begging for her to fail a...

Whilst I haven't watched any of the tournament, he's got a couple of goals, and apparently been performing well. Bodes well for his future, I for one haven't been impressed with him so far. But easy to forget he is quite young and still developing. The price tag isn't his fault. Good pre season und...

Bodacious Benny wrote: ↑

Thu Jul 06, 2023 5:36 pm

Will he be as slow as Sol Campbell was when we signed him?

Nobody will be that slow. Except Geremi.

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Bruno is a Geordie wrote: ↑

Tue May 23, 2023 5:39 pm

Hi all,

I’m not technically new here - I was in here about 10 years ago as Hatem is a Geordie but thought I’d reintroduce myself now! Look forward to getting into more NUFC discussion!

Mark Wood. You big beautiful geordie legend. Man England have missed you the past two tests. He's a top bowler if his body holds up. Crazy that we had Anderson and co bowling short stuff on 2 dead pitches without a quick bowler, and now we're bowling at the stumps without our main bowler in the side.

I reckon: 1) Understudy/Cover left back. Targett was out a chunk of last season with fitness issues, and while Burn did a solid job, there's going to be a lot of games next season - he can't cover CB and LB all season on his own. 2) Understudy CB. Schar and Botman are a great pair, but I worry when...