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It’s fucking madness reading Twitter. I know they need content and likes or whatever but fuck me. We are 8th in the league and gunning for a European spot whilst playing with half a team all year. Howe should be seen as a miracle worker this year as well if he gets us into Europe. If not he has done a tremendous job again anyway.

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You'd play Anderson there before you thought about putting Murphy there. You need to start doing jigsaw puzzles or something, keep that mind active, or these suggestions will start getting worse.

You seem to think I want to be starting these, are the titles too subtle?

It's just lazy pundits and knee-jerk fans. Last season we benefited from our new players and new style surprising so many of the opposition, other teams having poor seasons and a good amount of luck with injuries. So our position of 4th was definitely better than expected. In many other seasons we'd have finished around 6th or 7th This time we've had to try and compete in four competitions, without a great deal of new players available and the worst injury crisis I've ever seen. Without the injuries I'd expect us to finish around 5th or 6th. We're still making progress in my opinion.

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Agreed. The fact he’s still around is fucking frustrating, the blokes an absolute tit and what he did today underlines that. If there was any truth there was a contract extension coming his way I sincerely hope his cameo put an end to that. I’d far rather we shift to putting on some of these youth players like Murphy that we’ve signed than continuing to field these players who need to have their contracts ended. I agree we should have been out of sight in this one but I fully blame Dummett here. What he did was pure fucking stupidity, what was the point in doing that? We could have played the game for a fucking month straight and that turgid bunch weren’t scoring until that fuckwit decided to headlock a player that was never making a play on the ball. Rip the cunts contract up and let him get picked up by a League two side, where he probably should have been all along.

They’re also struggling to get SME owners to pretend to like him if they’re getting a couple of lasses running a part time business whilst doing their A-Levels (or whatever). Assuming they’re not completely fabricating that part too. Should’ve got CT involved and had him hold up a ‘Fuck off, you cunt!” mug if they wanted a real captain of industry

yes. A useful reminder that he’s a great option at cb

This 👆As I am now retired, my window for dispensing shite patter has increased massively and it is my intention to take full advantage of that fact.

Frustrating match exacerbated by where I was sat, with all the boring old bastards in the paddock. Great view just above the dugout but fuck me, what a miserable set of cunts. The corner did its bit to get the atmosphere going and part of level 7 near the away fans gave it a go but I was literally the only person in my block singing. Time for some of these miserable old twats to give it up for the next generation. As for the football, I’m devastated. No chance we deserved to draw that game, despite what the moaning OAPs around me would suggest. Everton are minging. We let them off the hook massively. Disappointing on a positive note, I had a pre match Chinese at Happiness Inn on Percy street. No frills restaurant/service but the food was first class. Better than anywhere I’ve been on Stowell st

Hey man. Old enough to start a small to medium-sized business, old enough to get down to the business, as the saying I've just made up goes. I'm on a watch list now aren't I? *ABORT*

dear fucking god.

That's him off, then.

He put his phone in rice so soak up the spit after filming this.

We’re probably only having this conversation now because Dummett is such a fucking nugget.

Ok for the slow amongst us: From last nights starting XI, you take Murphy and slot him into Longstaff’s position (who is rested). Gordon takes the open slot. Anderson is still in the side, in a position he’s done well in, don’t want to mess with that. It’s not that difficult a concept to grasp. Perhaps I should have tabulated my thoughts in a spreadsheet.

Even then Wilson (from memory) had knocks and was unexpectedly available more than usual, and Isak was largely back for the remainder of the season following his thigh problem and they were never really injured together (at least for long periods). Aside from Bruno crying because he thought he'd fucked his ankle (only to play a week later), Longstaff missing a game or two with injury, and Willock getting fucked up at Everton I can't think of any other real injuries. The daft cunt is probably counting injuries of players out on loan too - Hayden probably makes up for about 7.4 of that 9.4.

Correct, I'd add one player..... Januzaj.

He's fucking hopeless. He can't even do pathetically shit staged social media content right.

Their fans are quite angry at the moment so everyone bring your quinoa to throw on the pitch after 24 minutes

6-7 or 7-6 Dummett with all of them after coming on in the 93rd minute

The fuss about Mainoo reminds me of when McTominay broke through and they constantly hyped up his performances, Mourinho even giving him player of the year iirc . Fwiw he seems a tidy enough player but I agree I see absolutely nothing that points to him being a bigger talent than Miley. He’s an undersized defensive midfielder, compared to Miley who has a big frame and is clearly learning how to use it, I’ve also seen a far better range of passing from Miley whereas Mainoo tends to do short sideways and backward types of passes. Again though Mainoo plays for Man U so this will go on for years, there’s a reason players like Kieran Richardson and Tom Cleverley have England caps.

To even be in with a fucking shout of Europe given our luck this season, is remarkable. 2 domestic Quarter Finals, about 30 minutes off getting out of the group of Death, 8th in the league, 3rd best attack in the league. All with an injury list that would have most teams in the relegation conversation.

Brighton and Wolves dropping points means we stay 8th. Very much in the hunt for 7th (Europa place right?) and possibly 6th if Man Utd's luck ever runs out. Either will be a brilliant achievement considering everything the team has gone through this season.

Paloma Faith would fit in well here.

Sad to see Dummett getting stick. Loyal servant etc but his best days are obviously behind him. Not his fault but he’s another player we’ve outgrown. I was struck by how our attacks lost any momentum when he got the ball as he needed a couple of touches to set himself before inevitably passing sideways or backwards

I heard his left hand dumped him via text last week, poor lad is suffering.

Embiggened YP. And yes, it is you, you absolute Gary Glitter.

The figures seem strange to me. Last season I felt we were largely injury free for most parts aside from Wilson and Isak but according to his figures our injuries were actually worse? And we'd need to see the comparison with injuries under Steve Bruce for more context. Correlation isn't always causation.

so sack the cunt then?

The joke was not at your expense

I’d be embarrassed to start a thread after overseeing a home draw to Gemmill’s relegation picks. Like a lot of the miserable old season ticket holders in the Milburn paddock, it’s time to step aside.

i listened to talk shite on the drive home after the match and that’s exactly what the two WUM presenters were up to - fishing for bites by asking if Howe is underachieving with no mention of he season-long injury crisis

Even then it's not like Plan A isn't a really good plan. The issue is that the squad is so decimated that a reliable Plan B is tricky to come by. Its not just the first XI that are getting injured it's their replacements and the replacement's replacement. So we haven't had a settled squad to select or cater a tactic for. Wilson and Isak have both missed great chunks of the season. So have 2/3 of our first choice midfielders; Joelinton and Tonali. Then their replacements too. Look at the fucking state of that man.

Thought he was class last night in his primary position.

Out or out out?

Fuck sake. It not just MF, you've all went full Nathan Barley. If anything MF could be the Dan Ashcroft of these General Chat threads.

The fact that Dummett, Ritchie, Hayden, Hendrick et al are still on the books is a fucking travesty

If it stays 1-1 at West Ham v Spurs it’s as you were in the table tbh. I think we’ll get Europe but that presents a whole load of other problems re the squad strength.

We have the easiest run in in the league, which we only get because we've had the toughest schedule up to now and we're already 8th. We'll climb a bit before its over. We've played all of the top teams, which none of our rivals have, they've all got two of city, liverpool and arsenal to play.

What you’ve done there is, piss yourself.

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Aye it was a nice video. I didn't come close to crying though cos I'm stable and nails.