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Don't forget poor justme. He wants to be in your gang too. The amount of electricity he used up generating troll images would power London for a month. Throw the guy a bone.
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I'm sure I'm not the first to feel this, but today's squad feels like Souness's squad to me. Old players coming to the end of their careers. Good players needlessly sold and new players either not of the standard or not working.
It's a bit disconcerting to say the least.
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Disagree(slightly)Originally Posted by redgold
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Have you watched any of our recent games? Genuinely? Our best players have been Wirtz, Kerkez, Ekitike and Frimpong.
Alisson, Jones, Slobo, VvD and Robbo have generally been good when played.
Grav, Macca, Mo, Gakpo and Konate have been poor. All part of the team that won the league last season. IMO that's where most of our issues are.
Bradley, Isak and Leoni out for the season with injuries.
The squad is good. There are definitely players that need replacing over the next couple of seasons. Same as it ever was.
It's nothing like the Souness squad.
Last edited by JockStrap; 20th January 2026 at 12:25 PM.
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It’s Souness in tearing up the winning blueprint and selling players who fitted it trying to needlessly create something in his own image instead that isn’t nearly as good
Jurgen sorted us out with a fantastic midfield 3 that’s having issues because Slot needlessly made it a four sacrifing one forward to do so and then insisted all the other players play through him and everything was played short
We’ll be back to 433 next season and Slot will be gone I’d probably go for De Zerbi if it were up to me as he has his players over achieve like Jurgen did.
It’s important we learn the lesson from last time a manager fucked us like this and get back to what works as quickly as possible
So we need a CB a ball playing No6 and two top class wide forwards in the summer and we can probably sell Wirtz to Bayern for what we paid for him as I don’t see where he fits in we never needed him in the first place
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Are issues are in changing from how we played to win the league at a canter
Wirtz is constantly in the space Macca used to arrive into a 10 position in from the midfield 3
Grav’s been very good
We’re wasting players with all the short overpassing crap and trying to play everything through Wirtz and he’s in all of last seasons best midfield in the leagues space constantly
Slots changes and his use of Wirtz are the issue and he’ll be gone in the summer if not before
Hopefully we scrape top four
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Kerkez has run a lot and defended ok but his ball in and lack jf forward passing has been abysmal
Robbo’s instantly miles better with the ball when he comes on Jerkez needs to learn from Robbo
Frimpong is a great option to have for RFWD or RB not a top player in either the RFWD position needs a forward who will always be threatening to score and create not just looking to cross
Sane at LFWD too Isak thrive in a Newcastle side who set their press to win it in the centre of the park and transition from there to directly release either lightning quick and talented LFWD or RFWD ahead of him stretching the opposition and attacking thr box or putting balls in for Isak to come into
He’s not a fix in the box in an overcrowded penalty area he relies on the directness we had last season and under Jurgen, that’s his game and what made him great for Newcastle and Ekitije’s no different
Pretty much all our players are suited to playing how we played last season and under Jurgen I can’t wait for us to get back to that
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Marseille pre-match presser
Still no confirmation on whether Konate will play or not. Also very positive about having Salah back.
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The most attempts on goal by any team in the league this season, according to Slot in the presser.
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Number of saves made by their keeper? 🤫
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