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Slashman X
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Poe
Not so sure we can call it an injury crisis though, considering we've only actually lost 2 defenders to injury.
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Shola
Still not sure how buying players, paying them and then selling them for less money than you pay for them is 'cashing in'.
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I'm under the assumption Streete and Mbabu are on "no recall" loans like Darlow and Lascelles currently are. Anita seems to be used in more midfield even if he can be at full-back, while Jonas appears to have been forgotten, even if he may well end up back in the squad.
I think its interpreted as cash in because they could be of use yet are sold. Clearance sale might be a more appropriate terminology.
Poe
And he cashed in on Mbiwa and Santon because he was under the (wrong) impression that their values would dwindle.
They've moved on and both played European football since.
And even still, they were both sold without replacements - the fact we failed to get good money for good players isn't a good thing. They needed replaced regardless of how much they went for, which wasn't done.
Cabella now injured too.
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Anyone else worried for the game tomorrow ending very badly?
Shola
Anita has probably played as many games at full back then in midfield in his career? Hasn't he? And Ryan Taylor should be nearly fit by now hopefully.
And yeah, Newcastle were probably OK with allowing MYM to leave, but Santon leaving is ridiculous, especially with Taylor breaking himself again.
I presume Streete and Mbabu are recallable, allowing Darlow and Lascelles to leave was presumably a sweetener to get Forest to sell, whereas Newcastle have nothing to gain from a similar arrangement with Rangers.
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That's so going to stop him.
bmg033
A billionaire being fined £7.5k is like me or you being fined 1p. Good work SFA.
Shola
Poe
Which will make him more money.
Slashman X
Poe
Why oh why did we let MYM and Santon leave.
Shola
Anyway weirdly warming to John Carver more and more.
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Poe
Yeah I'd give those 2 new deals too, only a year though.
His obsession with 4-4-2 is annoying me - Obertan and Ameobi are hopeless. Our only attacks of any note yesterday (Perez to Cisse and Sissoko to Riviere) came through the middle - although Cisse did have a chance from a header.
It's unsustainable - we'll never move forward playing 4-4-2 with poor wingers. Although then again we'll never move forward under Mike Ashley.
Shola
Was more of a 4-2-3-1 on Saturday, and Riviere was still well behind Cisse last night. And Carver only had 2 CM's to pick from as he's clearly pissed off with Anita and Taylor had to play LB (and his nowhere near fit enough to play CM).
Reckon Colback will be in for Riviere, next game.
Poe
4231 with a striker (who is awful,btw) in AMC is pretty much 442. They're never going to track back properly to help the midfield and are never gonna be capable of building play properly. Unless they're a deep lying striker which Rivière clearly isn't.
433/451 is the way forward, 442 is too easy to play against, especially with two centre midfielders like Abeid and Sissoko who love giving the ball away.
I know the CM position is depleted but then again we should stop selling players and not replacing them.
Colback Tiote Sissoko is a decent CM trio - just need to get it into Tiotes head to tackle and win the ball then play it simple instead of thinking he's Cabaye.
Provides protection for our awful back 4 too.
Cabella Cisse Ayoze upfront.
Shola
And not replacing CM's?
K3V0
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Most of us have put the blame on Abeid. He got in the way of Gouffran, who looked to have Shrek under control, and then made the idiotic pass while falling to Krul, who did not want it. Rooney's running did not help Krul but his composure was non-existant. Don't know what the fuck Janmaat was doing either. He stood and watched the ball go past him.
Shola
When Abeid plays the holding role, allows Colback to press higher up. Certainly looked good, for the two or three games they played it.
Poe
Cabella cisse ayoze with de Jong just behind them has potential.
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There's probably someone who would try tbf. Though for once his only tactic of "hoof it" would've saved us a point.
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No shit.
Poe
Poe
Sums us up under Mike Ashley, really.