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I just had to rewatch the highlights to check I hadn’t dreamt Murphy’s backheel assist for Isak’s third goal. Beautifully cheeky bit of skill. Btw if Salah had done that it would be headline news…

Lol, whamageddon at the end there

Tonali!!! Brilliant corner

That’s more like it lads 👍 Goals from Murphy, a goal from midfield, and a clean sheet from Dubravka. Wouldn’t have bet on any of that before kickoff, but all great to see!

All I want is a win, don’t care about the score, thanks. Actually, make it a scrappy 1-0 win, Isak scoring a stonewall penalty, so it gets put last on MotD and I can justify staying up for the whole thing on Saturday night.

Me & the other NUFC supporting fella in work have both predicted this one as 3-1. Therefore, using the wisdom of crowds, it’ll be 6-2. The hammers getting a hammering.

IIRC he skied a volley at the back post against Forest. Given the pro he seems to be, I bet he worked on that in training afterwards.

Picking it up is where he went wrong.

Great to see Miley back on the bench. Mitoma not starting for them either. Good.

If you want another option, the BBC commentary has Pat Nevin talking about Lewis Hall’s preference for short shorts

Triple captained Haaland in the fantasy football this week. You’re welcome.

Man City don’t always look like the best team in the world. They were shit in last year’s cup final iirc, and they had Rodri & De Bruyne there for that one. BDB to score from a corner in the first half. In the second half, they’ll look to £100m man Grealish to make a difference. He’ll come on and fall over a lot. 1-0 to the Toon.

I can’t see any club in their right mind paying any money for him based on his injury record. So maybe Chelsea?

If we’d added the extra 2-4 games to our season last year, we wouldn’t have been able to field 11 fit players by the end of it 🙁

Their ring fingers

I’d expect the charts to start looking a bit better assuming Tonali will now be playing instead of Longstaff. Tonali’s passing range is superb, he can ping the ball anywhere, compared to Longstaff’s more normal distribution

Just saw MotD. Some Wolves player grabbed Havertz by the throat and held him down against the ground. VaR looked at it, said it was fine, wasn’t even mentioned in the studio. Surprised Arteta didn’t mention it. Don’t understand how that gets ignored, but Schar gets a red that they all just nod and agree with.

Signing of the season: Kelly. I think we’ll walk away from Palace’s demands over Guehi, and Kelly will play most of the season at centre back Top goalscorer: Isak. Otherwise, it’ll be a very weird season Most assists: Gordon Biggest surprise: Tonali takes over as main set-piece taker Best Young player: Hall Player of the season: Big Joe PL finish: 5th. But I think everything from 3rd-8th is going to be real close Trophies? Yes please, that would be nice.

I don’t think Howe would want it. Based on his time here, he wants players of the right character and work ethic, and he trains them hard for months before he trusts them to play in his system. I just don’t see how that works in international management, where he would get so little time with the players, and would be forced to play the big names even if they don’t put the graft in. Also, he doesn’t feel like the sort the FA would pick, i.e. he’s obvious quality. They’ll give it to Carsley as interim, he’ll win a couple of matches against shit teams in qualifying, and will “earn” the permanent job.

Anderson was so unlucky to get injured last season, otherwise it would have been him (rather than Miley) getting all those first team games, and then we’d have a much better idea of his level. Seems a shame to consider letting a local lad go who could be a perfectly good squad player. But if that’s the sort of shit we have to do to survive the financial rules 🤷

No bed wetting from him. Didn’t he bet on us to beat Man City in the league cup, when we had Lascelles, Dummett, and Targett at the back? And we won? The man is a prophet. If he wrote a betting tips column, I’d follow it.

I’d be fine with a draw tonight. If all we get from this season is finishing above this lot, I’d be happy.

I’d start with Hall. But if Howe has another option (e.g. a half fit Trippier), he might not.

I’d be surprised if Hall starts. Looking back at the stats he’s started one league game all season, and got hooked at half time. And there’s been plenty of games we haven’t had another fit left back. I’m guessing Howe will find some way to avoid picking him.

Yet more evidence that this season is cursed. They must have disturbed an Indian burial ground when they did that training ground revamp 🙁