Saint86

Presumably the picture or Dia...🙄

why do Newcastle have a striped back and we don't? I thought the regulations prevented it for all shirts?

Jayrod has equalised for Burnley as well

The table certainly doesn't lie regarding how shite everton are. Newcastle look like they have more than enough to stay up and are certainly better than Everton tbh.

Significantly to blame for Newcastle's second goal. Doesn't look very fit and basically no defensive work ethic on show.

Armstrong is class for us. Players like KWP, JWP, S. Armstrong, Romeu, Salisu, and probably Broja should all be certs on the teamsheet atm.

Hard to get excited about this one sadly. Spurs are garnering momentum, we're likely to be leggy, and we don't traditionally do very well in this fixture. Feeling very pessimistic on this one sadly. 2-1 or 3-1 loss?

Egypt play a very defensive and organised style of football. Salah is the exception for their squad re quality. Compare their team to Senegal and their is a huge gulf in class. Expecting more from Salah would be like putting him in lower championship team, telling them to park the bus, and then expecting him to shine vs a top 6 prem team imo.

No it isnt 😅 But its a reasonable backup option. He's fairly key for our side, and it would allow us to properly scout and get the finances for a replacement once Broja has gone for good. If it was the only way to retain him, i would take a second loan. The only caveat to that is that I wouldn't if in some way Broja's loan was preventing the signing/development of a long term option - which i'd say is unlikely. The only thing i would say, is that Che Adams is a solid option for us and the way we play, he's still young and improving, and if he had a dangerous second striker alongside him (or 2 good No.10s) he would be more than adequate.

When you bed in young kids you need to put them into a strong side where they have support all around them. In comparison, his debut was managed very badly. As a result Small was quite nervy (certainly at the start), but he did grow into the game in an attacking sense (shows he was able to overcome his earlier nerves and get some composure).

30 seconds less. And the goal was offside imo - interfering with play.

Really 🤣? I've been a consistent supporter of his and often get flack for it. But he had a mare and should be called on it. You should always beware when someone is put on a pedestal and becomes above criticism. That team selection today was incredibly poor - it nearly cost us and meant we had to use substitutions early and couldn't protect key players - all of which resulted in several of them playing either a full match or even 120min ahead of Tottenham and United away, and a potentially serious injury to broja picked up late in extra time. Most of that is avoidable with a strong starting 11 and taking control of the tie early on. I also doubt it did Thierry small's (or even Armstrong's) confidence much good playing in such a weak starting 11. 🤷‍♂️ Given we generally like to take the cups seriously under Ralph, it was an odd selection and a let off. Hopefully he learns from it.

Agreed on this. The initial selection was poor. Left us exposed to a long slog with extra time and not being able to protect key players through substitutions!

If Broja and Lyanco are out long term it really doesn't justify that spectacular error of a team selection. Plus we will be knackered for 2 tough games in a week. Ralph had a mare today.

Everyone celebrating the win today, missing that Broja had to be carried off by 3 people and couldn't put any weight on his Knee. Hopefully he's alright!!!

Broja's fooked. Good job Ralph - That will help keep his price / the interest down for the summer. Glad to have the win, but two injuries, one massive for us. And needlessly tired legs for 2 big games. Poor from Ralph today.

yeah. Valery will make a mistake that will cost us the game. And livramento isn't fit. Well played Ralph on the shite line up.

Be tempted to bring salisu on, our defending is dire!

Thank f**k for stuart Armstrong.

Broja and Adams on please. At least one of them for Theo.

Small at least is growing into the game.

Will be fuming at Ralph if we lose this. Absolutely no excuse for the line up.

We'll be lucky if this is salvageable by half time.

Yeah totally. Small is looking poor in a terrible 11. Harsh on the lad to make his debut in this 11.

Yup.