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Get in. Well done saints. Bloody hell that was hard work

Well not like he didn’t shield the ball in the corner or win a corner no

Just relentlessly allowing them the ball. It’s weird. Why so bad at keeping the ball and drawing the foul. Argh

Hurry up clock

Ralph’s blood pressure off the scale

Laughable. It’s been one long sting

this is torture

Good sub. Well played Adam Armstrong.

Yep. Glad it wasn’t a striker he took off.

god. McCarthy’s kicking tonight. Palpitations.

Best form of defence is attack. The lesson I wish Ralph had read about.

This has a distinct ‘they are going to score’ feeling about it

Just invites them to attack more.

That is a rubbish substitution. So negative

Absolute belter

Ooh. No Redmond. *perks up* great to see Stuart Armstrong start.

It's 'you're'. But no, not really. Or not this season anyway.

Nope. Top trolling though

seems like a fair swap

Nervous about tonight. Think we're all underestimating them, even without Ings et al. The times we have not performed when it's there on a plate over the years... Wouldn't be unhappy at a draw, but this is a golden opportunity to really go at them. Hope Broja is fit

Presumably if you appoint a shit manager you bounce less. Suspect Conte will bounce a bit more than Nuno. Emery will at least plug the goals at the back for Newcastle in a way that Howe probably won't. Hey ho. Maybe it will make Dean Smith throw everything at us in a last bid for a stay of execution.

https://socceranalytics.substack.com/p/is-the-new-manager-bounce-really Here's a bit on it. Personally if we were playing Spurs next I would be more concerned than I would have been two days ago but you're right that doesn't prove anything. https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/football/16605822/aston-villa-paul-fonseca-contact-replace-smith/

Villa have sounded out Fonseca to replace Smith. Hope this works in our favour and that they don't pull the plug before the game and get new manager bounce

Even paler now

Everton look shocking. Actually not a great squad. Barring excellent keeper. Wolves all over them.