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Ok, so with benefit of hindsight: What do we think the manager got right? What should we have done differently? My take: 1. The starting 11 I think he probably got about right. A goal up at halftime probably validates that. At right back, Lamptey/Veltman just back from injury, so not fit to...

Let's not scapegoat a player for missing one chance for the 5 mins he was on the pitch. Every player misses chances. I'll judge him when he has longer match day minutes, but so far he looks like someone with real potential. He's definitely done well in other games. Let's not forget...

Someone on twitter said it looked like he initially tried to be thankful to the Newcastle fans, got a little abuse and a few two finger salutes, so he told them how he really felt and where his true home and heart is 🤣 I enjoyed his recent interview where he said he'd fallen in love with our...

That celebration... It looked like he was thanking home fans, saying no to the away Newcastle fans, then grabbing and kissing his Brighton badge?! Feels like he's got nothing but love for Brighton and no love lost for Newcastle. 🤩 I didn't realise he had beef with, or felt hard done by at...

Thanking North stand fans, saying no to the away Newcastle fans, then grabbing and kissing his Brighton badge? Feels like he's got nothing but love for Brighton and no love lost for Newcastle. 🤩

Correct. Lallana was 2nd highest paid in the club, behind... Ansu Fati who was on double Lallana's wages 😭 Gross was 3rd highest paid behind Lallana. So our wage bill actually fell this season. That's right, all that money spent but our wage bill reduced. Again, puts the "spending spee" and...

For the current season. That's why we're so well run as a club by Bloom and outperforming expectations. And the difference in spending is astronomical at the top end of the table. So it's not about knowing our place, but when the top 6 are spending double what we are, it helps give a sense...

That's a really good point. Hadn't really thought about it in that way but you're spot on. 👍

I'll add a related positive thing on FH from me. Ultimately in cold light of day, I sort of agree with something Justice said 😱 - money talks. What clubs spend in the league is normally a pretty fair indicator of league position. It's sad, but true. So what does that actually look like? We've...

My god, some people on this forum are insufferable. Every thread, even ones specifically designed to get away from it, descend into the same boring drivel. It's a binary he's not good enough bicker. There's so many more interesting discussions to have about formations, tactics, management...

He has never complained about injuries, not once. It's frankly remarkable and he's made clear that's a choice he's making. I think it's a huge testament to him. Any other manager and it's all you'd hear about. Then that's all the media would talk about and it becomes the narrative. He's owned...

I mostly have. All's well that ends well. But it is different to Bruno. Potter instigated the issue. Dropped us at an all time high, mid season after being backed through periods of terrible results. He also didn't do years of hard graft on the pitch for us. As such, I'll enjoy a humorous...

JP confirmed out. Veltman an option. So: Verbruggen Veltman, Dunk, Baleba, Estupinan Hinshelwood, Ayari Minteh, O'Riley, Mitoma Welbeck

Yes, for now. But Fab came with no entourage - very unusual. Another manager might change this all again. You take the bird in hand in this situation, especially when it's a bigger role with a massive payout. We all know how it's ended up. But put yourself at that same decision point, I highly...

Totally different. Crofty was much lower down the pecking order. He managed our kids. Bruno was at the level to be assistant manager level for one of the biggest clubs in the world (as much as I hate Chelsea, they are huge financially at least). My point is exactly that, in order to stay...

I don't buy this. He really didn't. Any new manager coming in would have their own entourage and he would have been demoted and out of a job. Proof came when De Zerbi indeed came with loads of people who he trusted as his inner circle for assistant managers. Faced with a massive pay rise by...

Verbruggen Wieffer, Dunk, Baleba, Estupinan Hinshelwood, Ayari Minteh, O'Riley, Mitoma Welbeck If JP is fit, Beleba replaces Ayari in midfield. Likewise Veltman if fit replaces Wieffer. Think this is best we can do. Thoughts?

I also completely agree. All this talk of spending loads of money and should be higher in the table - but we've got the 9th most expensive squad in the league. Any better than 9th place is outperformance. Then when you remember all our players are young and learning, then even hitting 9th is...

A bunch of kids with potential for the future, who are all now probably worth a lot more than we purchased them for. For all the doom and gloom we're on for one of our best seasons in the league, which means our players are also proven as PL quality. They are worth more now and will still grow...

Come on then Steve, let's hear why you got banned. You say it was for celebrating at an away game. There's obviously more to it than that. What did you actually do and what was the reason for the ban. We're all on tenterhooks...