Right, we are out of Carabao Cup and FA Cup, but not everything is lost. We are 11 points clear of Man City in Premier League and we can take that lead to 12 points if we beat Bournemouth today. City do have 2 games in hand, but if they win both, we will still have a 6 point lead with only 6 games left for the season. In Champions League, we have a 1-0 advantage against Sporting and the second leg is at home. If we managed to get at least a draw, we will be playing Atletico (most likely) in the semi finals. I would rather play Atletico than Flick’s Barcelona.
The chance of lifting a trophy is still a possibility. And a win today will improve that possibility even more. Bournemouth are sitting in the bottom half of the table, and I hope we don’t shoot ourselves in the foot today.
Playing XI is out and I still don’t understand what has gotten into Arteta’s mind.
Why is Martinelli in the playing XI when you have Hincapie available. It’s not the time to be concerned about the injuries, because a loss in any of the games could mean a title. I’m OK with rest of the selection, Eze could have played ahead of Havertz but I’m not sure how much of his fitness is back.
I don’t understand the fact that we spend more than 250m on midfielders (Rice, Zubimendi, Norgaard, Havertz, Odegaard) and yet, we always have 2 DM-profile players and an option to choose from a non-performing Odegaard with a out-of-form Havertz. Anyway, that shouldn’t be a problem for a team sitting on 1st, playing against a bottom half team I suppose.
We need to win today. Man City has to visit Chelsea tomorrow and though I don’t have much confidence in Chelsea beating them, anything can happen. In last 3 seasons, we have always been the favorites going into last 7-8 games but have given it away. There are 7 games left, and 7 test of whether we have learned something over the years.
Right, game starts in an hour. See ya.
KP
and no St Totteringhams day to celebrate
Aitcho
I haven’t been since October – do you think I give a fuck what you think?
I won’t set foot in the stadium until the cunt is gone.
not time for MA’s micromanaging this week…handbrakes need to be off for those with something to offer going forward and the rest need to focus on thwarting any attempts by the opposition to fuck with our shit…I have a feeling that Howe would like nothing more than to be a part of another MA cock-up, but I kind of think he’s lost the room, so any attempts to fire them up might fall on deaf ears…speaking of fire, it sounds as if Howe might have done what any good manager would do in this situation, start a bonfire in the locker room
no time
that’s why you play Eze in a more central position…prior to that there was several good chances for the away side and a lot of nervy groans from the crowd…hopefully that will settle things down a bit
DON’T FUCKING SIT BACK NOW.
Jovet new trick repeatedly used , last with a variation worked.
Newcastle could not see the glaring common factor of Eze always taking a central pot shot
Reason why Eddie Howe , et al are limited to come to only max 4-7 place
Eze—10th goal from outside the box in the last 4 years, more than any other player…thankfully the set piece boss helped to give him a nibble, otherwise he might never get a similar opportunity while he’s being shoehorned out on the left
Strange one with Havertz there – obviously injured but wasn’t limping when he came off.
Havertz injured
We are winning the league
not sure about Howe potential fit at Chelsea, which seems to be a topic of conversation nowadays…I don’t think he’s shit but I just can’t imagine that ending well…with the present ownership I think Chelsea have to hit rock bottom before any real lessons are learned…only then will they bring in a name-brand manager with a longer leash and considerably more say when it comes to recruitment…if not their rinse and repeat nightmare will continue on for the foreseeable future…maybe while they’re taking on water we can find a way to finally get someone of consequence from them instead of the usual dross…tbf I think Noni has some quality, just not sure our manager knows how to get the best out of any player, at least not from an offensive standpoint
TRVL
I think Chelsea need to get a management structure in place before they think about actual managers. Their recruitment policy seems to be based on the Magpie approach – its shiny lets buy it.
the only thing worse than a healthy Havertz is this new paper mache version…even if we wanted to sell that awkward fuck, who would take that on…maybe one of those thirsty Turkish sides??
Marc—that was my point…they need to fire just enough coaches that some higher-up in that shit show finally says maybe we’re the fucking problem…
TRVL
If Arteta is still about next season no way he’ll sell Havertz. The more I see the more I’m convinced Arteta never actually wanted another striker and only bought Gyokeres to shut the fans up – Gyokeres style just doesn’t match how we play.
TRVL
Problem there is too many will have their own interests as a priority.
We’re sitting far too deep.
I think once Merino’s back to full health I think it will be easier for MA to part ways with the oft-injured Havertz…problem is who the fuck would want that vastly overpriced shitberg…btw MA didn’t want VG, he wanted the much younger Sesko as a bench option behind the likes of Havertz, Merino and possibly Jesus, which is why he didn’t want to come here
no “I think” after full health—my bad
hardly the kind of performance that will instill confidence, especially with Eze going off injured