Holmes_and_Watson

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I only caught the second half. Where the comments seemed to suggest we were doing fine, until an error cost us. Looking at the highlights ... One off the line, a strong save to stop AA among other good moments. We have a system where I'd trust Baz with passing it out and accross the box, and McCarthy to be a better shot stopper. Neither is currently ideal, but the replacement must genuinly be able to play to Martin's system, or we're going to have the same issues. Completely fair red card. Silly use of the head. Second half, we failed to stretch 10 men. Loads of possession. But the old lack of incisiveness when needing to change the risk. Newcastle were allowed to settle into defensive shape easily, and we did little to move them out of shape. We created none of the quick passing moves needed to shift and create chances there. The slow approach play gave Edozie lots of the ball, but with no outcome. We caused them no panic when holding their lead. Quite a lot of positives from the game, with new signings bedding in. Good to see youth used from the bench, and hope that Martin thinks they've developed enough to get more minutes. No surprise that we lacked that creative midfielder to try and unlock things, a 'keeper decent with both feet and hands, a more experienced driver out wide than Edozie and a strong presence up front. All areas we know we have to improve in.

Edozie wins a freekick. Considering the end product they could just have let him run until he fell over. 🙂

Absolutely. Ideally, Edozie would be the developing player getting regular minutes from the bench. His directness and speed of decision aren;t there, so his opponents are coping fairly easily, regardless of what he tries.

Archer and Edozie combining to be less than effective there.

Edozie: He's trying lots of different things - passing through and running behind; stopping and passing back; trying to get to the byline. Zero joy from any of them today.

Making use of the young 'uns today rto freshen things up (and give them game time ahead of any decisions in the window). As above, lots of possession, but fairly controlled by Newcastle. We've made little from all those corners. We're looking for a deflection more than anything. At least KWP is looking for just that.

It's all the tougher when we allow them to get back, get central and block everything.

Headless

He will be inspirational, wherever he happens to be on the park. It's an attitude that unsettles the home crowd this afternoon, and then their players.

Execute

I think banishment is that they can only play football in car parks outside football stadiums. 🙂

No. There is chance a return story will include a reference to a fictitious friend handing out water bottles in Gaza. I'd not rule any subject out, as we saw with Nazi belt buckles.

That's what I was thinking. The radio likes to have the judge read out the whole sentence, and I just assumed he was one of the "keyboard warriors" that came up. The alternative was we were going to get a "return from holiday" approach, just looking to pretend nothing had happened. An extended version of the tactic used for years.

Going into the window, I thought we clearly needed 6 first team (lots of minutes) players, with an ongoing requirement to strengthen DM, that's been there for ages. Leaving: Alex, Che, Stu, Brooks, Fraser, Flynn In: Alex, Flynn, BBD, Cameron. Up front is not like for like with Che, but Martin may have different tactics in mind. A unit of BBD, AA, TP, Cameron, Mara as it stands (Stewart perhaps at some point) BBD and AA can both play in attacking 3. It would be nice to have someone with Tella's profile on the right. But we do still have Edozie, Sule for the left and SAA pushing for a spot on the right. Leaves a Stu replacement to be found. We have Dibling pushing through too, and Alcaraz and Aribo here too, with Will supporting any other 2. Les incoming, to give Charles a loan move, may give us that DM cover we've been needing too. With MOR and Fraser presumably still ongoing, we're not that far away. There may also be incoming competition for Alex, even if on loan. We've also got Taylor, Suga to push for first team berths, with Edwards and Woods too. A lot of decently budgeted business there.

I saw Archer when he was appearing in League Cup games for Villa. He was a stand out in those games, and I thought it would be good to have a player like that here. 5 years later, he's still young and has a lot more experience under his belt. I've not seen his recent games, but really look forward to him doing well with us.

Jones had been dreaming of signing him through all his years coaching. By the time he became our manager, Hughes was well on his way down. Ineffective up front for us, shoehorned into midfield. I remember more fouls than successful tackles. The reasoning was that he could use his experience to read the game from midfield. But it wasn't in his skill set. He was a striker. Jones kept playing him, as he was such a name. Looking back, there's the experience of a big club, successful player helping a fairly new manager at that level. Someone with a certain attitude, and looking to coach, that the others could learn from. As I type this, these are all reasons we brought in Lallana 🙂

Misdemeanor

You know it mocks sense. Makes sense. I mean makes sense.

Emphasis there.

There will be some nervousness, but Stephens' leadership at the back steadies us, and we see it through.

1 -0 to us. They push up, to put pressure on us, only to be undone with a couple of incisive passes and a AA goal.

From fullfact "During the 2019 general election campaign, the Labour Party registered donations of £5.4 million, of which just over £5 million came from trade unions. It also received £160,000 from individuals and £200,000 from companies. By comparison, the Conservative Party registered donations of £19.3 million, of which £13.2 million came from individuals and £5.9 million came from companies. No funding was received from trade unions." Basically, whichever one is in power will look out for the people/ unions that paid donations to help them get there. Much of the rest of the time is looking out for those they are told to, or for their future careers (whether from donations to their own campaigns or relating to jobs they get along the way in government). During the campaign, I heard a couple of union interviews, where they tried to be coy, but we're salivating at the thought of their upcoming negotiation. A representative in a recent dispute (quite possibly junior doctors) was saying that the bumper deal on offer, really wasn't a good deal. It was just the start, and they'd be looking for the rest of their lost pay since the financial crash in due course. For balance, the head of a train drivers union said something like "Yes. We do try to get the best deal for our members. That's what everyone else should have been doing."

From all the posts of him having iffy injuries and not pulling his weight as we got relegated. They just assumed he didn't have one. 🙂

Strayed into 5 live, who are devoting a programme to their double promotion. I've not been listening closely, but Aaronson (accused of not trying by tator) and Bamford at fault for Leeds conceding twice. Farke making 5 subs, as they nearly concede a third. Tators mentioned the continued clear out.