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It's Fulham or West Ham IMO.

Meh, he wanted a win. Mission complete. Teams that manage to win even when they play crap go on to win things.

Being outworked here

BBD is fucking pants.

People who say "'of' an evening."

and after two years of inflation...

West Ham should be on there, to be fair. £30m for Fernandes is great banter.

To be fair, they've watched a pretty good prequel with us last season.

Rangers looks better on the CV (assuming he doesn't fuck it) but Leicester is the one he should have gone for, longevity-wise.

Swear this team will be the death of me.

Co-commentator is atrocious. Must be on the same Disney bonus list as the ref.

Edwards looked decent in the Brighton friendly, I think he's just having a very bad day. Can't help playing next to Stephens. Armstrong, on the other hand, is consistently shite. Gets a pass because he's good at stat-padding.

Bloody awful. Armstrong playing in the anonymous role again, no proper strikers on the pitch. Went into it strolling around thinking our quality will see us through. Wrexham rolled up their sleeves and we've got nothing in response. Too lightweight, too empty in midfield (Charles has been alright though) and no target at the front. Fraser's doing alright, Robinson slowly coming to life, Wellington putting in a shift but that was atrocious. Reminds me of last season, where we're slowly trying to play in a certain sequence and then every time the other team try to stop us, we all have to stop and start all over again. It's bollocks. We just need to WIN! Send AA home early.

That starting lineup is pretty concerning 😐

I REALLY hope you're right!

They nearly did!

This is our biggest problem, IMO.

If it wasn't in the Scum, I'd have been encouraged by this claim.

I watched that game yesterday, St Mirren (my adopted Scottish team) were, at best, mid-L1 level (though they defended like lions). Anyone who says the PL is broken hasn't seen the SPL!

Of all the players and all the performances in pre-season, Bazunu isn't one of the ones I'm worried about.

I'd take that, as long as we were sufficiently financially compensated.

Christ, imagine being a team that were comfortably being beaten by Southampton not 10 years ago, now buying one of their prized assets simply as a squad player. Not sure if it reflects well on Newcastle, or badly on us. Probably both.

That's a better way of saying how I feel about JB to be honest. None of it's his fault, and he's been excellent value for money. If he'd remained a squad player, he'd have been a great success, but that's a reflection on the club and the people running it, not him.

Best of luck to him, but not sorry to see him go in the slightest. One of the first signings to me that signalled all was not well with the club. Bought in as a squad-level player (same as Martina, McCarthy, Pied etc) who was some way off the quality of the established starters, but ended being up first-choice in the PL when he should never have been (though still ahead of Stephens, easily). That signalled the drop of quality of the team to me, as opposed to an issue with Jan B - the fact he shouldn't really have ever been a starter. He was too slow for the PL. Proved a good CB at Championship level, sure, but he's been part of the same squad of losers for too long now. He needs a new start, as do we. That's a great move for him, no doubt about that.

Some finish from Downs, that.