Holmes_and_Watson

I thought it was a province in Afghanistan, one of the few places Nathan felt was aggressive enough for his playing style. 🙂

Mind

I saw Jerome a fair bit for Norwich. From his lonely spot up front, he could just about see his midfield support in the distance. Playing for Luton and Göztepe would have been the ideal NJ/SR combo. But he also played for Stoke, so NJ wouldn't have wanted a reminder. 🙂

Fears

I thought JRM would start turning up in the period dramas that BBC Radio 4 is so fond of. Each appearance would be further back, as he searched for a time where his views wouldn't seem backward and out of touch. In the end we'd not be sure if he had ever really existed at all.

Well he wasn't a striker. Might have worked as a full back. 🙂

Sweat

I'd have thought they would be in there as standard. Southampton have finance arrangements with MSD because we are at too high a risk of the drop for others to accept. That should be replicated in the contracts of the playing staff. I can't think of any player we've signed that was so good, we'd risk not having that clause in during negotiations.

Hope he settles in quickly, and does well when called on. He's a known quantity to NJ, so not a risk across a lot of areas. If he steps up as well to this level (which we'll hopefully be at for a while), all the better. I'm not a fan of our CBs as full backs, so this helps balance the squad too.

Rasmus prefers people who have come back from a failure. So, with results not mattering so much, imagine how much they will learn when we drop.

I was wondering if NJ is looking for someone particularly loyal to him, in the dressing room. That can go both ways. On one hand, you've got someone you can count on. On the other, it could be decisive, seeing Bree crawl to the big cheese.

Didn't concede with him on the park! Instant impact!

Newcastle on top for a lot of the first half. Blazed over their efforts. We, and most do, struggle from teams passing through us. Second half, we came back into it in spells. As usual, we didn't take advantage of it, with a fair Che chance. Then, as usual, we concede from a fairly avoidable error. We did manage to get back into it, only for it to be ruled offside. We didn't offer much after that. Newcastle are a much stronger, balanced team than us. Our failure to bring in a striker and keep the midfield solid will cost us in every game. We will always be likely to lose by fine margins, even at our best.

Baz does everything he can to push Isak wide there.

Janny B getting minutes! Astute to recall him now.

Salisu isn;t shy about trying to pick out a good pass. DCC off. Bruno or Murphy showign themselves as the clowns they are.

Bruno should know better than to mess with Lyanco.

Lavia on for 10 mins. Shame he wasn't on, while we were a little on top a while back.

I'm thinking NJ needs a warmer jacket. He looks really cold and sniffley in that one.

VAR denies us yet again. 2 games on the bounce. Utter nonsense.

Oh come on. How could he possibly have doen anything differently there.

Well doen AA. Great to see all that effort pay off.

DCC was done far too easily for that one. Always a chance with the game getting stretched. But disapointing for it to be down to such another obvious error. But as I type. NJ's goal machine pulls it back!

Aaargh.... Again with a sucker punch. really Saints?

Alcaraz in the midfield and AA supporting, allowing JWP with more freedom to get across the park. Nice to see.